The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-07

N AVID DRAPER. diamond expert VJI from Johannesburg. says that
 N Elliott county. Kentucky. has better prospects for the production of dia- monds than any district in South Africa. Is it possible that diamonds are to be added unto the manifold blessings which Kentucky now enjoys? It would be vear- isome to dilate upon Kentucky's beSuti- full women, fast horses, good liquor. mint beds and famed blue grass regions where pace and plenty reign. They have in- spired eulogies before. Yet in addition to having about all the advantages one state is entitled to. 1t would seem that fortune smiles once more upon old Ken lucky, promising diamonds. If the South African experts dream comes true there will be lively times In the Kentucky dla- nnond fields, what with six-shooters and shotguns to enforce the rights of belliger- ent claimants. If it proves a myth the dew drops in Kentucky's fields will con- tinue to rival the carbon product of Mother Earth, her whisky will make a man feel just as happy as a dimond king and the colonels will still be able to sip their julep in a peace that passeth all 
 understanding.
 A chorus girl who was "all to the good" and sizzling favorite" among the "boys who sit down in front has forsaken the glare of the footlights to open a millinery shop. That girl has a good head for busi- ness She knows that beauty is but skin deep, that not every footllght favorite can marry a millionaire. and that the best looking chorus girl will have to be back number some day although grand mothers in the ballet are not unknown It Is a long jump from making eyes, to making hats and this chorus girl de- serves to succeed
 The Philadelphia man who took a day off to kill himself must have been char acteristically slow.
 | Astute policemen are just beginning to find out that the vacation season is the time when burglars do their best work Burglng is business that requires close attention. and a talent for grasping op- portunities when they arise. Frequently 1t is necessary to grasp a householder in the same way, but opportunities are prln- cipally to be seized. Burglars don't take vacations, therefore they have been ex- ceptionally fortunate this summer, while people of wealth have been away at the various resorts leading glad life. 1 It is estimated that nearly 200O0 yellow fever refugees from the south are so- journing in Chicago. They probably pre- fer being robbed in Chicago to being in- fected in New Orleans
 It is announced that former Judge AL of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company at an annual salary of s100.00O The judge is going right up
 gratifying feature of the theatrical season which Is now open Is the absence 1 of problem plays" Although the larger cities of the east and central west will. of course be favored with such dramatic offerings from time to time the south will not be called upon to witness many | of them this winter, and as a result the
 theatrical atmosphere will be less murky It is noticeab ble this season that there is a preponderance of American plays, a situation which inspires an abid- ing faith in the future of the American drama. The public is turning more and more to dramatic works by native au- thors in preference to adaptations from foreign languages. and managers have been forced to fall into line. The na- tional drama is showing a steady and healthy growth.