The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-17

\ tor, is of the opinion that George Merediths plan for ten-year matrimonial handicaps Is idiocy. It will be observed that sho docs not mince matters. She hopes that no woman will approve this absurd and libidinous ex- perimental Meredith way station on the read to conjugal harmony" thus per petrating an American sentiment couch ed in American terms. While 1t is true that Mrs. Leases name is not written high Up on the scroll of fame, that does not prevent her being very 'sot" against limited marriage contracts. She argues that men and women who make mistakes ought to be permitted by the courts to rectify these mistakes through the divorce courts, but the trouble Is that the more lax divorce laws are the more apt peo- pie will be to make these little mistakes, while the more strict the sentiment against divorce the more careful people will be about getting married until they are satisfied that they can live together in peace The ten-year marriage plan Is simply solution that Is offered by dreamer and Q theorist and has lately been seized upon by an cratic state leg islator out in Kansas
 Certain lady barbers in Los Angeles went on strike because their employer passed rule which forbade their talk ing during office hours. Naturally a wom- an wishes to exercise her prerogative to talk It is not surprising that the father Venuses of Los Angeles were indignant and that the rere man who attempted to curb their tongues fell upon parlous times. Down south people can hardly realize that there is such thing as a woman barber but in many of the west ern cities they are to be found doing a rushing business. There is no denying the fact that woman can shave a man as way of touching his face with their hands that easily accounts for the extensive patronage they enjoy. They are quick. delft and cleaner "tonsorial artists'' than most men and when they are good look ing-well the female barber is hard to resist.
 They are telling a pretty little story of Senator Philander Knox When MT. Knox l purchased his farm at Valley Forge he installed a fine herd of cows and began to supply the people around about with milk. Previously to that the pretty daughter of an aged country physician had enjoyed a monopoly of the milk business but when Senator Knox enter ed the field her customers began to drop away. MT. Knoy learned unexpectedly of his fair competitor and straightway ceased his dairying operations Now the Valley Forge belle is again holding un- disputed sway Here we catch a glimpse of the renowned trust buster'' in a gentler mood. Clearly, Philander has A better side cen though the trusts, for purely commercial purposes, would have us believe that he was once a very dan gerous person.
 Miss Bertha Krupp Is still resting in maiden meditation fancy free. At least she is not married yet. What a fine op- portunity here for a flight of fancy in which homeless adventurer and the daughter of big guns" might play A prominent parti In a novel it would be easy to marry the girl who Is blessed with wealth, beauty and sweetness of temper to hero such as fiction readers admire. Yet 1t is a safe prediction that when Miss Krupp does marry she will wed some fellow who ought not to have her.
 The annual outpouring of gush and slush is scheduled to take place just one