The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-07
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WCR8 !

though wise individuals ao as 8o i- ware of the weather in N rch. tVltn | due respect to the courat zH s al1 who is first to proclaim Iae ne as [ spring by his attire. a M d. this stage of the proceeding rna a. t. tie short of arrogance.
 The worm has turned out H8nfaHa
 gentleman named Davis tea5 az.eHeH#9= to the number of his wifes #a8 camped with him a large E q Ias time, and refused to contl Chs support of persons who wers aa# set ly connected with his family. cal Hid joke that in this case has be ais 4 r edy Married men in various ffs et #hs country who have suffered Hifa Hf Davis will regret to learn taa. ha .
 given sentence of thirty day a IaH
 Indictments have been retur
 Will J Davis, formerly man, tHa Iroquois theatre in Chicago FfIan Laughlin deputy building il setnf ol Chicago, and George Williams, ls Hulf ing commissioner, charging taan r+Ifn responsibility for the Iroquois taraiss dse# aster In the meantime nothns haaI from the slocum investigation H
 York. It would be a fine test of hs sfeaf. ness of these rival cities to see gfiah ne them could be the first to pun 5haHs who are to blame for two of tae nass appalling tragedies that the coaHHr5 a ever experienced.
 A modern fairy tale relates h. a.d sailor in Wisconsin walked H
 to pay debt of 25 cents whica na nae owed for ten years. It was a. aasf debt he had and his conscienc Ntll not rest easy until it was paid. This mans name will not figure in song and story. In fact, he may be a very ordi- nary sort of person. and being sailor. he probably swears terribly, but the ex- ample of his honesty might be followed to advantage by great many individ-
 uals of the times whose ideas anent mine and thine" are trife peculiar. While looking about for choice exam ples of chumps you would do well to turn your attention to musical comedy as perpetrated on the modern stage. In nearly every musical show you will find youth who wears a uniform and sings love songs beneath the rays of vari-colored lights. His principal achievement of the evening is a ballad which he diseourses with his arms about q pretty young wo- man, who sings also At other times he brings his sword out with him and gets off a rattling military air, while the chorus evolves pretty figures in the back ground. This soldier lover is indispensi- | ble in musical comedy In most cases he wears an officers uniform of the United | States army. Sometimes the uniform is blue, sometimes brown. Often he will wear white duck, but for some unac- countable reason he appears to think that l he is the revolving point of the universe. This opinion is paraded before the audi l ence by every move and gesture. It is true that he must be fairly good-looking l to hold his job, and singing love songs l for a living may upset even the best bal anced person, but the gentleman is not
 half so important in the scheme of hu-
 man events as he wou'd have US be- | lieve.
 l Now the smart set dreams on tinted 1 silk sheetsl The luxury of such sumber
 is not to be denied. but sillxen sheets in
 marvellous colors will be no better than
 linen after one has dropped to sleep. The texture of ones bed clothing does not enter into the fabric of ones dreams. The
 starving poet who rests upon his bed in
 a hall room can entertain visions even
 more glorious tn. he who lies on a couch l or SIX and down. PAUL COOK