The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-01
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

lar apDfeNldtloh Oh Ia grippe, you nave
missed something of the winter season of
1905 However, do not give up hope, for il
you have not already succumbed you
stand about ninety-nine chances out of a
hundred to do so before the glad spring.
time arrives. One sees a great many peo-
pie on the streets these days who do not
appear to be taking the proper interest IN
what is going on about them; they wear
a pessimistic air and no anticipatory
smile of joy lights up their countenanoes
when meal time arrives. These unfor-
Inmates are unwilling recruits in the
army of General Grip. and the fact that
they have rolled off the water wagon
with a mournful thud should not be laid
up against them in the great hereafter
Whose pictures fill the yellow journals
in bewiidering array? Who is the talk of
the town and the cynosure of all eyes?
Whose movements are watched with a
jealous care? Who is the only man who is
really worth while? He is the baseball
magnate. Fen now there is nameless
stirring in the air. fanatics grow rest
less. the dope is being consulted more
| and more, speculation is rife and ore can
almost hear the crack of the bat as a
long drive to left is laced out" by
the strong right arm of a diamond hero
who can have anything he wants in the
particular town for which he officiates
Captain Baldwin's airship, 1.-The Ar
row." is still Topping about in California
Perhaps, after all, the day is not long
! distant when every summer park will
have its airship for the entertainment
| of visitors, just as the chutes and va
rious other fiendish contrivances now
afford opportunities for people to risk
| their necks.
George NJ. Cohan, the popular come
| dian, playwright and librettst, who is
| favorite in Birmingham, is something
| o. prodigy. Since the age of fourteen
| Mr.. Conan has written and published an
| average of 100 songs year and has to-
| day about 1900 compositions the mar
ket. In addition to playing the leading
| roles in his productions, and playing
| them well. Mr.. Cohan finds time to make
! more ambitious plans for the future and
| is now engaged at odd moments on a
new musical play which he will produce
next season.
| Alas, there is little ehivalry in modern
days! We are told of a latter day Loeb
| invar who pursued his Dulcinea fer
| wildly and because she would not re-
cprocate he thrust her in a snow bank,
where he could certainly have no hope
that the fame of her devotion would
burn any the brighter. Neither did the
| maid yield to the solicitations of her
| lover at the last nor did they live happi-
| ly ever afterward. In the cold pariance
| of today, she had him pulled" and sent
to a place where his sanity could lie
| questioned.
And London town is being stormed by
Sousa with "Bedelia." The song has be-
| come a mockery in this country, sport
| for frayed paragrpahers and lame joke
smiths, a very shuttlecock for tho ex-
ercise of so-called wit, but in London the
ultra set is going wild over it ard Sousa
is more popular than ever. 1t is true that
the bandmaster has changed the music
about bit, but the very fact that he
has the courage to cling to the name
| 'Bedelia" and that the composition has
! been warmly receivet. under that title
| shows that England differs from the
| United States in more ways than one.
| Deeming it safe the minstrel smote his
harp full and deep. HID sang as follows:
l. r. E. MORSE.
| Sing a song of six pence
| A bottle full of booze,
Little journey down the line
Then a little snooze.
Wake up in the morning
| With a great big head,
Swear you are a foolish ass
Wish that you were dead.
! PC.