The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-17
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

The many friends of Rev. J. s. Chad wick, formerly editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate. published here, will be glad to know that as assistant editor of the Christian Advocate, the general organ of the M. E. church, south, he is making good. Dr.. Chadwick is 8 quiet. lovable, scholarly man.
 Here is a Mark Twain incident that has never gotten into print. Back in the eighties, while living at Vicksburg, had for a friend a telegraph operator who told me this story. Said he: Not long ago I was at the desk and in came a big, strapping man who picked up a blank and leisurely wrote out foolish letter addressed to someone in New Or leans. signed it Samuel L. Clemens, and handed it to me- saying: Send it col- lect.'"
 Tt was so long" said my friend. that I was afraid to take chance, so said, MT. Clemens, I'm sorry, but don't know you. and you'll have to pay in advance
 "Then, in that inimitable voice, he said: Son, so you don't know me? AL right, give the telegram back to me- He took it, ran his pencil through Samuel L. Clemens and signed it Mark Twain, and with merry twinkle asked How bout it now?' Oh said I, I'm very will ling to pay for it myself or deadhead it"
 As Billy Sunday is billed to come here at sometime in the future and the newspaper boys will have to report him, give for their encouragement the fol- lowing from Laurence L. Winship, who reported the Boston meeting for the Bos- ton Globe: every night because they can't keep away; some because they are paid to, in- cluding the policemen, firemen and re- porters. And the policemen, firemen and reporters usually agree that listening to the preaching of the revival leader, who is making his first appearance in Boston since he came here 25 years ago as pro- fessional ball player, is one of the most diverting assignments of the season.
 This being true, the sporting editors the job. Here's one who will give way without fight on the ground that I'm already saved, and I want to see what Billy can do to knock out a sport writer.
 
 Hon. Richard H. Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers Record, the great booster of the south (and particularly of the Birmingham districD, writes: T am doing all of my editorial work here at Daytona. Fla. Much of my stuff has to go to Baltimore by wire' I hope the balmy air of Florida will give fresh strength to the great industrial publisher who has done so much for the land of his birth.
 I got letter from a man the other day. It was a hard luck story shot through with optimism-the clouds how ering over him, opened every now and The ending of his story was unique. He said: 'I believe my miss fortune is a blessing in disguise" Being an un- educated man he misspelled misfortune, but in so doing he went to the heart of a true philosophy of life. I hope every one who is in trouble will be able to see that the misfortune which dogs their steps may become Miss Fortune to lead them into a happier way
 It will be good news to Episcopalians to know that Bishop Lawrence of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Massa- chusetts has passed the mark of s4, ,0OO 0OO toward the s5DoO,OO0 Episcopal pension fund for ministers and their dependent families. He hopes to close the cam paign March 1.
 Someone has said: For clearness, read Macauray. For logic, read Burke and Bacon. For action, read Homer and Scott. For condolences, read Bacon and Pope. For sublimity of conception. read Milton For vivacity, read Stevenson and Kipling. For imagination, read Shake 5kSoA Benjamin Franklin. For elegance read Virgil, Milton and Arnold. For simplicity. read Burns, Whittier and Bunyan For smoothness, read Addison and flaw thorne. For interest in things real, read Jane Austen"
 But I say for news, read The Age Herald.
 
 There are many Depew jokes. Seldom now do we hear of, him as ''the peach" He is grave and reverend seignor. Sem atorial dignity has wrapped itself about him. Yet in his palmy day, he was some jokesmith. Here is ono of the best that is hung on to his name:
 Many years ago when he was head of the New York Central he sent a notice to all trainmen to call out the name of every station, as the train approached it, in "a clear, tenor voice." so that passen- gers should make no mistake. MT. Depew received note from a crotchety train man in these few words: "What sort of a tenor voice do you expect for $40 month";
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