The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

ET is rumored that Private" John AL
 len of Mississippi will be substan- tially remembered by President Roosevelt with a good, easy job that will harmonize well with his philosophic temperament The promised plum will probably be in the nature of consular position, for which MT. Allen is well fitted. The chief qualifications for hold ing a government station in foreigr. lands is an ability to entertain, and at that Private" John Allen has done himself proud. In fact, a consular office would be just the thing for the humor- ous and brilliant Mississippian Few men can tell a story as well as he and few would do the nation more honor at a Christmas dinner across the water. While he is not built for the court of St. James, there are numerous diplomatic positions that he could fill with credit. The peeu- liar feature of the report is that Presi- dent Roosevelt Is looking kindly toward Mississippi, despite the fact that Gov ernor Vardaman is Misslssippis chief executive.
 Numerous brown jugs that adorn the sidewalk in front of establishments con ducted by dealers in liquid rejuvenators probably account for the announcement that ''our Christmas goods have arrived"
 
 It was not exactly a thunderbolt but the Anti-Women stenographers' society has announced some statistics in support of their campaign against the pretty girl who manpulates a typewriter that are surprising. As a predatory explanation, 1t may be stated that the purpose of the Anti Women Stenographers' society is to promote happy homes by suppressing women stenographers. The society says that during the last ten years 6263 di- vorces have been filed by wives in the courts naming the stenographers of their husbands as correspondents, and in 5951 of these cases the plea was granted. Also, in the last ten years, 796 employers in the United States have been made de- fendants in breach of promise suits brought by their stenographers, and in 361 cases the employer had caused the disgrace of the plaintiff by promise of
 
 mSnt against the practice of employing young women as stenographers, but no one ever hears the stenographers ''rais- ing kick" Neither does the business man cause a disturbance because he is forced to have a woman to take his dictations who is both young and pretty. The chief complaint seems to emanate 1 from the Housewives union and the Amalgamated Order of Ancient and An 1 tiauated Maids. The only solution of the problem Is to require that the first qualification of the female stenographer be total absence of good looks. Of course such solution is impracticable and not to be desired The girl steno- grapher is here to stay while, and the better she looks the easier it is for her to get a position.
 | A Pennsylvania man who got mad | with his wife because she accused him of spending his money improperly, knocked her down, jumped on her and nearly beat her to death with a spade. A man ought to exercise some moder- ation in ehastising his wife.
 | Dr. Lyman Abbott has announced that hereafter he intends to steer his spiritual course without the aid of the Bible. He believes in an omnipresent God, a God who is everywhere and in everything, in- stead of an absentee God, who has to be reached through the Bible or some other