The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-18
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

poetry belongs TO the whole country.
There Is optimism, bubbling humor and
clever satire IN his verse ;ha. make 1t
distinctive ana so great has become his
vogue that you can hardly pick up
paper these days which does not contain
a poem from the Houston Post. or at
least joke, both the product of Mr..
Lewis active mind Mr.. Lewis strong
point is hsmor but frequently he drops
into a sentimental mood and composes
lines of rare charm. The Posts poet has
been called the Frank L. Stanton of
Texas. He more than deserves the title.
L is remarkable with what intensity
fellow begins, about this season of the
year, to yearn for a change of underwear.
Temperature has very little to do with
the matter. His thermometer may regis
ter only fifty degrees and the weather
may be pleasantly cool but he has SUM-
mer underwear Oh. his mind and is con-
tinually planning for the day when he
win make a change. It soon becomes
such a nightmare that he decides to take
the plunge and lays aside fiannels. Then
forth he ventures with a pleased express
sion. althoug.- the wind may be a trife
chilly In a few. days a cold snap comes
on again and he goes back to heavy un-
der garments-but only for brief space
Happy is the nan who can contain him.
self until the proper time and blossoms
out in lightweight neither garments with
the satisfaction of knowing that he has
put them on for keeps" and will con-
til the winds of winter again whistle a
warning in his earsi
Tuscaloosa, a town that has many adj
vantages bu. is sadly in need of thea
tire, recently lost the structure which
acted in that capacity as the result of a
benefcent FIRE. Now there is and was very
little complaint heard in the old town
when the Academy of Music departed
hence. There was no mourning and signs
were infrequent. OF all the fire traps in
Alabama the former theatre at Tusca-
loosa had no peer and it was only through
a kind prov.t ence that the structure
burned down without a catastrophe that
might have been a second 1roquois dis
aster on a snaller scale. Such places
SAAOulu iiOS NC pCiAhibec0 " opch NAAStt
doors to the public. 1t is to be hoped
that Tuscaloosa will now have a thea
tire commensurate with the literal patron
age bestowed on amusements by her popu-
lation. Nothing brightens a town more
than a theatre. well built, pleasing to the
eye and well conducted.
The exhibition of political jobbery and
corruption which Colorado has been put
ting up for the past few months is enough
to bring a frown to the face of fair Co
lumbia. It is hard to decide just wherein
lies the greater burden of rascality but
it appears that there is something so es-
sentially rotten in the state politics of
Colorado that even Missouri has been
placed in second place. The boodling of
Missouri seems to have been confined
largely to her legislators and lobbyists.
wfo are subject to weakness of this char
acter. but it would be unsafe to say just
who is not to blame in Colorado. What
with the tactics of Sherman Bell, the
| strike and its political stink-pot Colorado
| is getting 90 much advertising that her
well organized publicity bureau can go
out of business. PAUL COOK.