The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-20
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

1HE announcement that Andrew
Wy Carnegie will reimburse the stu
dents OF Oberlin college, who lost
money by the failure of the Citizens Nat
ional bank, opens up new field of philan-
thropy for the Ironmaster. OF course
every one knows that the banks failure
was due to the operations of Mrs. Chad
wick and the fact that her name was as
ISOLATED with that of Mr.. Carnegie has
not prevented the philanthropist from
making his liberal offer to assist some
of those who are indirectly her victims.
Indeed, he no doubt thinks he is doing
very handsome act because his signature
figured so extensively but innocently in
the swindle. Now that he has swamped
the country with public libraries and
longs for other means to make himself
poorer he might we'll lend helping hand
to the victims of swindlers in all parts of
the land. In that chance his chances of
dying poor would be very good.
Don't tell the world your troubles. for
the world will not hear Neither is 1t
eager to learn of your joys unless per-
force, your pleasures are contagious and
the happiness that gladdens your life
sheds its rays on those about you. The
world was ever impatient of any story
that individualized; 1t would listen to the
narration of your triumphs because you
have proven yourself superior to the COM
mon horde but would turn a deaf ear to
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business of the world is to be glad. The
calamity bowler often finds listeners be-
cause there are others who fear the evils
he decries may concern themselves; the
pessimist commands an audience because
he too complains of generalities but he
who can recount but a dreary array of
personal misfortunes would do well to
confide them to his pipe, his dog or his
book rather than the ear of man.
OF the many disgusting affairs that
have been aired In the courts during re-
cent years that of Hannah Elias and
John r. Platt is most malodorous. The
aged dupe, or hypocrit, as you will, pre-
sents a "pitifur' spectacle as he sits
trembling and hating under the fire of a
cross examination; his frame weakened
by age and his feeble steps already on
the verge of the grave, but 1t Is also a
contemplate picture Gray hairs and
years that should have been filled with
honors are brought at last to figure In
low imbroglio more worthy the time of
corrupt Rome.
The hotels of Lowell, Mass, have begun
to charge 10 cents for a glass of beer
at the suggestion of the police commits
sion. 1t is hoped by this means to ad-
vance the cause of temperance by dimin-
ishing the number of buyers. Ten cents
| for a glass of beer, when there are scores
of places scattered over the country
where a deserving but pecuniarily def
cient man may purchase a draught of
amber solace for a niclxle and have a
square meal thrown in for luck The
Lowell hotels do we'll, mayhap, to line
up with the w. C. T. u, but eager re-
| formers should stop to consider that
the free lunch is a national institution,
and If the price of a beer Is to be
raised to a dime 1t is easy to see that
the man whose limit has heretofore been
5 cents will have to pass.
Chicago Is to have a union church
worthy Of its name. 1t will be union made
from basement to spire There will be a
union pastor, a union sexton, a union
organist, a union choir and a union Sum
day school superintendent. All the hymn
books and Bibles will bear the union label
and every piece of furniture in the house
will be union made.