The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-08


 W Birmingham has offered to pay A off the debts of Vulcan and fur nish money enough to have the iron man brought back to the city of his nativity, provided the Commercial club will agree that he shall hereafter act in the ca- pacity of a monument to the pioneers who started Birmingham on the road to greatness. It appears nov that nearly every prominent citizen has views about the various men who should thus be honored and the press Is working over time to dispose of letters to the editor. Since it is clear that Vulcan will not be able to commemorate all the truly great men who have been associated with the progress of Birmingham and since it seems that every person has a different pioneer in mind it is respectfully sug- gested that these persons purchase the Vulcan miniatures that are on sale in Birmingham and set them up wherever they desire in honor of that particular pioneer whom they deem most worthy. The price is only SIPS and "hard feel ingsn could thus be eliminated.
 IG S6ltEhAtd OdlidS NUNS lo llCh taking any chances with the theatrical press agents. Advance notices of shows are given generous space, but they are always prefaced by the announcement that the press agent of the "Dottie Dim ples" or the "Fascinating Lulu Musical Comedy company says Then if the attraction fails to merit what is said about 1t the blame falls on the press agent who Is paid to see things through rose-colored glasses and not upon the |. head of the esteemed Dallas News. Birmingham is honored by the pres ence of two gentlemen who are not un- known to fame. Both John Mitchell and James J. Jeffries are important enough to cause talk when they affix their names to a hotel register. Although they have achieved greatness in widely divergent ways, still they are both associated with | strikers-Mr. Mitchell with strikers who strike for higher wages or shorter hours and MT. Jeffries with strikers who strike for a knockout" and a purse
 Clearly, MT Pulitzer is in no hurry about starting his school of journalism No doubt he feels that it will do little harm to proceed in a leisurely fashion and permit the idea to thoroughly per | colate through the brains of the pop ulace. Since he has already put up a | substantial sum there can be no suspi- cion of an attempt on the part of MT. Pulitzer to "crawfish, and the school will certainly be established at Columbia university after his death. However, it Is quite a slam" on the profession that MT. Pulitzer is still looking for an ideal editor" Perhaps an ideal editor is one who does not work.
 Among the new "thrillers' announced for next summers pleasure resorts is a ride on a comet" which promises to be a gold mine for it's promoters. Of course the ride is largely matter of illusion enough to travel about on real comets.
 In order that he may have more time to devote to politics, William J. Bryar has engaged Richard Metcalfe, who sue ceeded him as editor of the Omaha World Herald, to be editor of the Commoner Can 1t be that this is the first step thC noted Nebraskan is taking in the pro cess of stripping himself for another presidential race?
 John L. Sullivan lectured to two peopl, in Kansas City and then borrowed s2