The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-25
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W senIusi What pleasure is to W be derived from the contempla- ton of this quality Tn those who utilize 1t for the world good! Monday night Birmingham thearegoers had an oppor- tunity of seeing George Ade's "The Col lege Widow and the laughter which greeted the types he has so aptly drawn was tribute to the humorst's clever ness that has been paid him wherever this brilliant satire on college life has been presented. "The College Widow is not a great play; perhaps 1t is destined to be short-livcd, but it's humor is freshing and natural, It's characters peo- pie who are familiar In every day life It is his realism and fidelity to the orig inals that have made Mir Ade successful Perhaps the great American novel; and the great American play" so eagerly awaited, will be on the order of MT. Ade's brilliant satires. There is abundant ma terial in this country for a second Thaek cray. May he soon arrivei
 There Is no use to keep harping on the fact that Richard A. MeCurdy draws salary of S15O0OO a year. while Admiral Togo is paid only 5000 year, but the relative values of the two men are not to be judged by their salaries. One is hero, the other a target for pert para graphers.
 OPPORTUNITY.
 (Revised)
 There is tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the food
 Leads on to fortune. but if it is not
 Your name may well be Mud.
 Olga Nethersole denounces divorce in no uncertain terms. Olga will be remem- bered for her pulsating performance of "Sappho,' a play that set stern moralists by the ears and woke up the blase thea tregoers of New York While awaiting the dread results of faculty meetings. now being held behind closed doors, the sophomore is wondering if the fun he had at the expense of fresh- men was really worth the price of his present anxiety.
 Now that the President has gone, Bir- mingham will settle down for a more careful copsideration of the Alabama state fair and dream nightly of the circus which is due here next week. Will we circus? We guess we will, to the further most recesses of the side show!
 TIME FOR ALL THINGS. While there Is time for mirthfulness
 And also time for laughter, You'd hardly expect a smile from us
 At dawn of the morning after.
 Creatore, the band master is being sued for a divorce by his wife. He con- fesses simply that her soul does not re- spond to his "She jars on me-" he says, and thus discloses a gulf of do- nestle unhappiness. The man whose fam fly jars keep him Jumping the bumps could not be expected to get much melody out of a band.
 OVERLOOKED
 While talk about insurance graft
 Has lately been so rife,
 We have forgotten how to prate
 About the simple life.
 It is announced that "Death Valley" Scott has engaged a playwright for fabulous sum to write melodrama about himself and his mule, Slim. The chances are that the report is erroneous but the possibility of such an offering is awful
 The Princeton students have been not flied that they must attend chapel ex- cises twice week. The new -rssulations will not interfere with football practice, however.
 Yes remarked Smathers, "the hat