The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-23

himself, here's something worth
whfle! With Haunting tail he bound
after the ball. Every drop of his
sporty dog blood Is a-tingle.
The arab beats the dog in the race
for the ball and rolls 1t back. In a.
Jiffy the pup whirls and goes for it,
This Is touch of high life. He Is no
longer thing of the gutter--nobody's
| dog. He is dog full of JOY
| The children of the school near by
are let loose. They stream down the
street. The pup leaves off leaping In
great curves after the ball and leaps
up to the children. He would lick
the midgets is frightened, and then
| the cry goes up:
Mad dog Mad dog!"
The children flee. The pup banks
and jumps after them in great glee
What fun for a yellow pup! How
nice of the children to scamper so ana
scream with delight!
Bang
The policeman's wicked gun cracks
and Tommyss pup Is of no more use
in this worldA-as a. pup.
The moral of this tale?
Oh, any old thing-the lesson of
poor dog Tray, or life misunder-
stood, or the sting of ingratitude, OF
the joyous soul of good woman
Of these or others.
This is only dog story.
M A Wise Bride
She married beneath her,
That was what her circle of friends
said about the marriage of the daughter
of the Judge.
And whya Because the girl married a
young blacksmith.
There could he M ohia,+f1,, - A.
bridegroom He was of good family, was
bright, clean and steady and able to
support his wife. But
He works with his hands,, l
The young husband is a natural me-
chanic and of the inventor order of mind.
He has rugged up several inventions in
his shop and IN all probability some day
he will own big factory.
Besides, he was denied school facilities
through no fault of his own. When he
was 10 years old his minister father died.
and the boy went to work. though he
has always been great reader, and all
through the years he has been the head
of the family and has kept his two
younger brothers In school.
But he works and gets dirty" He
does.
Now, the older daughter of the Judge
married a man with soft hands and soft
ways. He was young snip of lawyer
without brains or practice, and the judge
has always paid most of his son-in-
laws bills But the Judges wife was
greatly pleased with that marriage
Honor to the girl who married the man
who carried his dinner pail.
I do not mean that carrying his lunch
and working at the forge for that reas-
on made him desirable husband But
l say the girl was wise and brave be-
cause she knew what he was and loved
him.
1t is too late in the history of the world,
my dears, to. try to look down on the
man who labors with his hands,
Whether the hands of labor make or
design the bridge, plan the skyscraper or
erect 1t, grind axes on the emory wheel
or spectacle lenses. handle the surgeons
scissors or heave clay out of an irriga-
ton ditch--these are the hands that turn
the wheels of progress today.
Honest labor, whether of brain cell or
fiexor muscles. dignifies the man.
Just wait. In 10 years. barring acci-
dent, that young blacksmith Will be able
to buy and sell the while bunch of those
who feel so sorroy for his wife.
And she? Whether he gets rich or
stays poor, becomes captain of indus
try or blows the bellows, She
Why, she married him because he was
clean inside and worthy and energetic,
and most of all, because she loved