The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-21

n MBITION? Ye FESTIVE climbers OF
WV the heights, who fret because
your goal is not reached in
few years, listen to the story of man
whose life offers an example of perse-
verance well worth following Fifteen
years ago he left the pillow, a green coun-
try boy, and walking in to the office OF
the managing editor of great newspa-
per, asked to be made city editor. The
very audacity of his request procured
him a trial as scrub" reporter, and
for two weeks he ground out copy" zeal
orsly. Atthe end of that time about three
sticks of his composition had found
Its way into print. so the youth called
on the city editor and asked for his
advice. Go back to the country" said
the great man, land learn the newspa
per business from the ground up The
boy did. For fifteen years he has work.
ed in many capacities, and at one time
was editor and manager of a small daily
paper, but his ambition has not yet been
gratified and, marooned in a small coun-
try town where he is correspondent for
several papers, that man is still plodding
away, determined some day to hold re-
sponsible position on responsible news
paper. The fires of his ambition burn as
brightly now as they did fifteen years ago,
and he looks forward as confidently to
the future. The world would indeed be a
sorry place without that divine spark we
call hope, the beacon light that ever
leads us onward ana 11nuard
The utter insignificance of a man was
strikingly illustrated last night in the
lobby of the Jefferson theatre, while an
opera was being presented There were
assembled perhaps a score or more dis
consulate individuals, some with UNI
brellas. who prowled aim1essly about
while their spouses, decked in fine feath-
ers, appreciated Tam. auser'' within
the theatre, provided with seats that had
! been procured in a rush at the last mo-
ment. Some of these persons smoked
modify, others yawned at intervals and
still others snapped observations in a
desultory fashion They were escorts who
had been dragged to the theatre by de-
termined females, and it would not have
| taken much effort to have organized them
into Knockers " club. An expression
of complete WEAKNESS and indifference to
life was remarked on each countenance
As the time for the opera to end drew
on apace their numbers rapidly increased
and when the crowd at last came pour
ing out the hapless escorts heaved sigh
of relief that came straight from their
hearts.
Luther Burbank, the California wizard
OF Horticulture" claims to have discov-
cred an everlasting and fadeless flower
and has received many tempting offers
| for his creation. But who really wants
a flower that will not fade, a strange. ex-
quisite thing that will bloom always? 1t
| is because flowers fade that we love
them. Their frailty is but a lesson of
human weakness When their beauty is
gone and their fragrance is dissipated
they but typify the great law of life.
that all things have an end. We could
admire a splendid blossom that disre-
CARDS the flight of time; we might marvel
at It's fadeless beauty but the flowers
that we really love are those that perish
ii a day.
1t seems that out in California dogs
| are voted in the elections. At last a
use has been found for the nondescript.
yellow cur
| In Bethlehem, Pa, the chief burgess has
| ordered the arrest of all profane per-