The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-07
IN October 1s Miss Alice Roose- welt will set sail from Yokohama
 for San Franciscn. after xisiting

N/NNN October 13 Miss Alice Roose- O/ welt will set sail from Yokohama for San Francisco after visiting Japan, Chmina, the Philippines and Corea.
 If one may judge from the press re-
 ports. Miss Roosevelt has had what she
 would call, in her characteristic Amer ican fashion, a good time" She has
 been accorded honors enough to dazzle
 any young woman and has been paid enough attention to turn the head of any but sensible American girl Per haps the Presidents daughter will cher
 ish most fondly the memory of her visit
 to the Empress of China, but from the time she began her journey with Secretary Taft's party, Miss Roosevelt has had no lack of attention. The travels of the
 American princess" are unique, in that
 Miss Roosevelt Is the first daughter or
 President of the United States to en- joy the honors which she has received l in foreign lands. John Van Buren played l the role of the American prince.'' but | Miss Roosevelt is the first American | princess" Being endowed with some of
 her fathers good sense and democrati, spirit, there is no danger of Miss Roose- welt trying to keep up the role after she gets back home.
 Why does the Prudential Life Insurance company wear the smile that won't come off? Answer: The Prudential is a New
 Jersey corporation and can not be wor- ried by the life insurance Investigating
 committee of New York.
 
 TOOK TOO MUCH.
 | He was the kindest, incest man His neighbors all did say,
 | But when he skipped the city they Did curse his taking way
 Birmingham preacher recently took l as his subject, What is that in thine hand?" In view of the fact that so many grafters at present have their hands full
 of plumber, the text is peculiarly apt | The bride of a glass eater who mar ried out west recently is not looking forward to the servant problem with any
 amount of trepidation. Preparing break | fast food will not trouble her enough
 to notice. All she will have to do will be | to set a few lamp chimneys before her | lord and then let him eat to his hearts | content.
 The sensational episode In which Mrs. Lillian Sprague of St. Louis shot at
 George Morton, general passenger agent
 of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail- | road, served to again call attention to the
 fact that Mrs. Sprague is the original
 of the famous Katy Girl" by which
 the road has been widely advertised. The | fact that this honor was paid Mrs | Sprague rather than Mrs. Morton is sig nificant and suggests complications. MT.
 Morton was always proud of the idea which resulted in the Katy Girl' and | 1t has proven one of the most effective
 methods of railroad advertising in the country. Some people don't know how the
 Katy Girl'' originated. Trainmen on the
 old Kansas and Texas railroad called 1t
 the kay tee," designating the initial let | ters of Kansas and Texas When the
 Kansas and Texas was merged with the
 M. K. & T. railroad the word Katy
 survived and suggested girl, chic and
 breezy with travelling bag in hand, who
 should henceforth appear in all adver-
 tisements of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad.
 | It Is interesting to note that the profits from 'Davis Harum." the masterpiece of | the late Edward Moves Westcott, netted
 the authors estate $l25.0OO David
 had an enormous sale and continues