The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-01
T HE promptness and vigor with lCp which Governor vardaman of
 Mississippi frustrated the threat

H HE promptness and Vigor with kO which Governor vardaman of
 Mississippi frustrated the threat ened lynehing at Jackson few days ago has earned him some flattering press mo- tiee from papers aDove the Mason and Dixon line. Eastern people seem to be somewhat at a loss o understand Varda- man. One day they aver that he is crazy and the next they must confess that he has a certain greatness which Is revealed in streaks. No Governor of termination to suppress lynehing than Governor Vardaman, and yet he has made his name familiar from coast to coast by his violent attacks on President Roose- welt. Perhaps the secret of his conduct may rest in the fact that he believes the Roosevelt way of considering the race question leads to ce equality. At any rate, not even the enemies of yardaman will longer deny that he has his strong points, not the least of which is his mas tery of denuVciatory English.
 Now that harbingers of spring are in order the snake editors of the national press are preparing to resume work. Snake editors have an easy time in win ter but as soon as the suns mellow rays begin to warm the earth again. when the sap begins to rise and all the cum ming reptiles wake up, these gentry get very busy. Already the first snake story of the season of 1905 has made it's ap- pearance in print. More are to follow. There is every reason to believe that the crop of snake stories this year will be fully up to the standard established in the past. A fertile imagination is your snake editors prime qualification, and the various experts assert that their ability at "coloring facts is not impaired.
 The cables are telling a pretty story about Princess Victoria of England and a poor leather glider who makes but S6 a week. Eight years ago the youth be- came enamored of the princess and wrote her the first of series of beautiful let ters. From that time until recently, when the romance was interrupted, the two have eorresponded regularly, but have never met. The leather glider has revealed the soul of a poet and the heart of a gentleman, and has poured out his golden dreams for the pleasure of princess who he could never hope to wed. The adoration of the youth was discov- cred, and he has been thrown into an in- sane asylum-a rude. but very natural ending. The story may be exaggerated, and 1t may be untrue. but all the fairy tales are not confined to books
 A woman out in Iowa is suing for A dlvorce-from her husban. of course-and charges that when he looked at her pam cakes the expression on his face was such as to do permanent injury to her health. Iris, indeed, a sad picture of do- nestle infelicity here presented, and moreover the mans mother was an ex- pert at making pancakes. What was the expression on the husbands face after he ate his wife's product is not stated.
 Dr. Parkhurst jumps on tardy church. goers in characteristic fashion He has the support of a great many people who suffer from the dilatoriness of the man or the woman who Is slways late Fash ionably late" may offer an explanation of why tardiness is so popular but it is strange that promptness in attendance on public exercises is not an American characteristic although we pride our selves on never getting left.