The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

HHE man who made the popular kOD priced shoe famous will soon take
 his seat as the democratic gov ernor of Massachusetts. while a pluto- cratic and aristocratic successor steps down and out. Those who have kept up with contemporaneous history and have read the current publications are familiar with the face of ". L. Douglas and his modest statement that he sells the best shoes in the world for the price. In fact Mr Douglas has been such a successful advertiser that there is now some ques- ton as to whether he made the Douglas shoe famous or whether the Douglas shoe made him famous. At any rate when ". L. Douglas was nominated for governor of Massachusetts by the democrats no one asked, "Who is Douglas?' Every body knew. "Why, he is the shoe man." and there was an end to it. When Judge Parker was nominated a great cry went up over the land as to who was this new Moses destined to lead democracy on to victory. Some one discovered that he looked like Douglas, and after that his identification was complete. Thus we see the advantage of doing all things we'll Douglas made money by making good shoes and then he conducted a cam paign that won him votes, while the in- dications are that he will soon make good governor of Massachusetts. Mean while there is no reason why the Douglas shoe should not attain to even greater popularity as a result of the advertising 1t Is receiving.
 l Where, oh, where is Fairbanks? In the rumble and roar of the republican land slide that swept away one ambitious guest" named Parker, the vice-presiden- tial candidate on the republican ticket seems to have been also engulfed In the ruin. Since the election returns began to come in Fairbanks name has scarcely been mentioned. and if he cut any ice in the election 1t was not apparent. No one said anything about Warren being sur rounded by his friends and hearing the reports of victory in joyful jubilation; no one seemed to care where or how he voted, and when the obscuration of dem ocracy was complete no one thought to Inquire how MT. Fairbanks felt over the situation. Of course this is no dispar- agement to MT. Fairbanks. It merely goes to show how very unimportant the vice. president of the United States can be while the President is still alive.
 Now that Birmingham is pluming her self on the forthcoming production of
 ParsifaP' by Conried's Metropolitan Opera company, the elect are beginning to discuss the etiquette befitting such an aus picious occasion. After you have acquired the price of seat the next question to be considered is that of dress. It will be remembered that when "Parsifar' was first given in New York there was a great stir as to what was the proper dress to wear, inasmuch as the perform ance began in the afternoon and ended in the evening. Many facetious plans were advanced, but the problem was finally solved by every person doing as he or ! she thought best, although there was a scramble among the ultra to change from afternoon to evening dress during the in- remission. Now "Parsifal" will begin here at o'clock and will be continued to Il o'clock in the evening with an inter- mission of an hour and a half, the same schedule that prevailed in New York During this interim the South Highlands contingent is expected to mount its auto mobiles, speed away to a little wine, a few salads and other prerequisites of a dinner and return in claw-hammer coats and low cut gowns. Of course that DOT tion of Birmingham's vigorous popula tion