The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08

\GH keep the politicians guessing
 during his term which has just been inaugurated was known to great and small The day after taking the cath of office and laying aside the shoes of Mckinley he starts the ball to rolling right merrily by appointing Charles w. Anderson, a negro orator, to be collector os internal revenue In New York and F. Carter Tate, distinguished demo- crat of Georgia, to be district attorney of the Northern federal court Of that state. This is a good days work for any President, when the circumstances are considered, and nothing MT. Roosevelt has yet done will make him more popu- lar with southern people. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Eastern politicians have smiled approval when negro was appointed to office in the south, and frowned when south ern people objected. Now they will get a dose of their own medicine. Anderson at New York will balance Crum at Charleston admirably and the fact that New York politicians are kicking will not make MT. Roosevelt sleep any the less soundly. The appointment of Ex- Congressman Tate is also one to warm the hearts of southern democrats. If the President springs many more sur prises of this nature the "solid south" will be a thing of the past so far as he is concerned.
 Colonel Watterson asserts that the Riviera is deserted. Not long ago he told us that Paris had grown almost commonplace, certainly much tanner than 1t was in the halcyon days of his youth. T. would appear that Europe of today is not quite so fascinating to the dis tirguished Kentuckian as it was when he took his first trip abroad. Even the greatest of the worlds show places lose part of their charm when seen more than once and 1t also must be remem- bered that the world before forty looks much different after that age is passed. A small disturbance resulted at Welles- ley college because come fair freshmen Insisted on wearing their bloomers to the class room after a warming up" in the gymnasium. [ course they had their flannel skirts on over ''the things" but it is reliably stated that the bloom CTS were somewhere about. Think of the excitement the long-winded discussions, the signs, the tears and the laughs that have been started by bloomersl Bioomer 1 jokes are thank heaveni-dead, but bloomer "iurries'' are still reported. Perhaps no article of dress ever devised I for feminine wear has precipitated more l talk than boomers.
 Chicago professor has created all kinds of trouble for married men by urg- ing women to insist that their husbands quit going out at night and remain at home to amuse the children. He suggests that papa could make shadow pictures deck himself up to represent an Indian chieftain, caper about as a horse and do innumerabe tricks to entertain his off, spring, all of which makes it appear that there is hard row of stumps waiting for papa.
 | Very few people dare to take spring seriously. much less sentimentally at this stage of the game. It Is permissible to wax facetious over the gentle season s approach, but nearly everybody is afraid of being laughed at, and even the poets are a trife shy. However a great many feel that they are going to sing" and before long they will be heard in all parts l of the land.
 Senator Morgan of the Colorado legis- lature says that he was offered $1500 to vote for Adams This is enough to awaken envy down south where votes seldom 1 bring more than $2.
 Out west and down south Dame Part