The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
MILLIONAIRE clubman, who had been cradled in the lap of luxury
 from his birth and had prac-

= from his birth and had prac-
 tically all the advantages deemed es- | sential to enjoying life in q worldly way, shot himself through the head in his apartments. His friends wondered what | prompted the rash deed. Although there | was divorce, such affairs do not usually have disastrous effect on people of wealth, and therefore fashion was at | loss to explain the tragedy. But the ex- | planation of the mllionaire's suicide may not be so hard to give after all. He was driven to the deed by sheer ennui, the bane of the idle rich, the curse that turns l the roses of life to ashes and the wine | in the cup to bitter draught. At A years of age this man had begun to work. He | realized the fate that was overtaking | him but waited until too late. The empty | pleasures of life palled upon him. intropec- | ton produced melancholia and finally the gloom of dispair. No wonder automo-
 piles, horses, yachts, palaces. travel. dis sipation and intrigue compose the Thigh life!" In killing time one must follow a | killing pace.
 The quantities of New Jersey elder con sumed and sold as champagne impress on one llfe's little vanities and the fact | that things are not always what they seem.
 I The number of people In China Is about | equal to the number of dollars supposed to be In Andy Carnegie's pile" The | figures in both cases are large. l It Is not surprising that President | Roosevelt, in his characteristic fashion, | has decided to brave the terrors Of yell | low fever and pay New Orleans visit, | despite Madame Stegomyia. Were 1t not | for the fact that he Is possessed of so many chivalrous and admirable qualities | 1t would be hard to refrain from censur- | ing MT. Roosevelt for thus obviously | playing to the grandstand." There is | no earthly reason why he should. go to New Orleans at the present time. except | to show that The Is not afraid" He | would nave many opportunities to visit l Louisiana and New Orleans In the future, | but he Is determined to come now. So | let 1t be. There will be a risk, but what | Is that to a man who fights bears and | went down In a submarine boat? It Is | to be hoped that no ambitious mosquitoes | will be seized with the desire to puncturc | the person of the President It would | not be a bad idea for MT. Roosevelt to
 take the "big stick" along to be used
 In case stegomyia fasciatae become too | strenuous.
 | Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Sholl of Birming- | baD Io | day night by celebrating her thirty-sec- | ond year of continuous service for the family. People who have been against | the servant problem all their lives will | note this and forthwith entertain
 the green-eyed monster of envy
 While Secretary Tafts special train | came very near to being wrecked there
 was little danger of derailment No ordi-
 nary train could jump the track with | all of Secretary Taft aboard.
 | Henry Labouchere discusses How to strap a wife" but that is a matter which depends largely on the size of a mans
 wife.
 CONTEMPT.
 A mule in pasture unused like this As he saw a nauto speeding:
 Although that thing makes a lot of fuss | It don't break Into my feeding" Thomas Dixon is disposed to stoutly hold his attitude on the race question. Something Is wrong when Mir Dixon can not be drawn into a lurid and vehement defense of the views which he has ex- pressed in "The Leopard's Spcts" and l ''The Clansman" None will oaipsov ba