The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD
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honor for the evening and a crowd had
assembled for a glimpse of the man who
had come off victorious in many a fistic
bout. There was a general craning OF
necks, great hubbub and confusion and
a consuming desire on the part of every
one present to grasp the champions
hand. The crush of his levee was over
now, but many came up to the platform
and paid homage to the man who licked
them ALL" On each side Of him Sat local
celebrities, proud of the honorable places
which they occupied; walters rushed to
and fro plying the crowd with mugs. of
foaming beer; over in one corner an or
chestra was playing diligently. its music
drowned in a babble of voices A spirit of
revelry and good fellowship was in the
air, so that a vaudeville programme for
the evening was carried out with diff
Guilty. Amid all this adulation. the cham
pion sat and smiled or buried his nose In
b mug. He was experiencing the joy of
being truly great!
In the old days when man wrote a
good book he went off and hid himself
until the world proclaimed him famous
and he was dug up out of his retirement.
Nowadays, matters are reversed. A re-
porter or a society girl writes something
ike 800 pages of rubbish and is Immediate
ly made famous by a publishing house.
He or she is never for moment pei
mitted to step out of the limelight and
the operations of the modern literary
press agent are so similar to those of the
theatrical press agent that they are dis
gushing. Just pick up any publishers an
about each writer: read of their hobbies.
of their eccentricities, of their homes and
their methods of work. and you will be
able to appreciate the literary business
of today.
A strange sight was witnessed in Wash
ington when old Geronimo, the noted
Apache chief and reputed to be the worst
Indian who ever roamed the west, begged
President Roosevelt with tears In his
eyes to take the ropes from the hands
of me and my people and let us be Free
The aged warrior pleaded to be released
from captivity at Fort Sill and be allowed
to return to the tribes former hunting
grounds in Arizona. Needless to say, the
President turned deaf ear to the old
mans prayer and he was led away weep
ing before his speech was ended. There
was something pathetic in the incident,
since Geronimo has grown feeble and
childish, but his exploits in the past will
not awaken much sympathy for him now.
The rural editor lives in anticipation of
the season. now fast approaching, when
the tenor of his editorial paragraphs will
be as follows: "Silas Tucker was in town
Tuesday with a load of watermelons. He
presented the editor with the finest rat
tlesnake' we ever saw and gave US
dollar for years subscription to the
Clarion. 81 is the right sort"
EXCURSION SEASON is NEAR.
Three wise men of Gotham
Went sailing in a boat
And when it turned right over, then
They all began to float.
They had their life preservers.
Which were not filled with lead.
And that's the reason why the men.
CT Gotham are not dead.
ERE LONG.
San mammals darling Jimmy
VIII take the beaten track
And in the pleasant swimming hole
Get blisters on his back.
A FAILURE.
He did not blow his own horn,
He never worked a graft,
And that's the reason why he sleeps
without marble shaft.
PAUL COOK.
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