The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-26
MATT MYNOR
GOES TO ATLANTA

That is the hottest Gown on earth. and,
lest. If they have street sweepers I'M At
larta they never go away from Peachtree
street. Atlanta has heightened out
good deal since was there last. It's pop
its dirt. About 1.-The same number of
loungers in the Kimball house lobby that
were there several years ago.
Funny thing about Atlanta, I belive SO
per GEN.. of the male population after
having breakfasted go directly to the
Kfmball house before they go to their
places of business. I cannot explain why
this Is, but if a guest of the house will be
a little observing he will see this to be
true. Some mighty fine people in Atlanta.
Every man you meet wants you to take
a drink with him. If l had been drink
ing man 1 could have consumed barrels
of whisky and beer IF 1 had accepted all
1.-The invitations received. The first thing
is to ask you to take a drink with him.
Drink is all right, that is when you like
it.. 1 don't like 1t. expec. a little drink
is not bad thing, but this cons lanl.
drinking is the qufnation of young man.
hood. I am mot a refoqmer. I never
thought could successfully reform my
self if undertook the job. That is why
I am not reformer.
&c af+ a..
that wants something new lit is Atlanta.
And that something new is a depot, or,
more politely speaking, railway pas
senger station. The one they have there
Dirty, dingy, and built low down lin
hollow. Got a bad restaurant. THE door
from the Kitchen would make an ostrich
sick.
q DON'T know many people in Atlanta
That may be to my benefit. Cos some
good newspapers There, however. The
CONSTITUTIONS away up paper. Lots of
brilliant minds employed i'm that thought
factory. Constitutions dead set for sill
vef. Everything it says has silver in it,
although nEIdce that Clark Howell, its
editor has one tooth filed with gold He
may have more. Mr.. Howell treated
me WE'LL and I didn't believe in looking
a gift horse in the mouth. He is a NICE
clever, brigh.-eyed, smiling youth-that
is, he looks like a youth, but he is a great
deal Older chan he looks. Clar4z's old
enough to know something about crime
Went UP in his office. He received me
very acknowledgements glad that had
come. OF course, didn't ask him to let
me go through the exchanges, and for
that reason he perhaps liked me better.
I tell you, Clark Howell is MIDeral.
He is so strong on silver that ne has
. refused to print any OF the gold stories
from Klondyke. Got his office half full
of silver. Great piles of silver dollars
stacked up in a back corner of the room,
just like corn in a crib. They handle sill
yer dollars in his office with a scoop
shovel. Anybod can have all he wants
up stairs in his room. Said he was very
busy and could not show me the town
but he wanted me to feel that was his
guest, whereupon he ordered a niger to
scoop up a bushel basket full of silver
which he intended that'I should use for
my incidental expenses about the town.
He gave me so much I couldn't carry it,
and as had no Incidental expenses be-
yond buying few bars of soap to keep
clean, but while in the city / respectfully
declined his generosity.
j saw Joel Chandler Harris and Frank
Stanton. Never saw either of these dis
tinguished gentlemen before. Joel Harris
has red hair and is freckled. He's been
all his life trying to live 1t down, but
don't think he can ever do it.
Frank Stanton Is good fellow. He
don't say much, but just keeps on writin'.
He never writes anything harsh about
people-always says something nice. He
makes the world laugh and the world
laughs with him. Col John A. Joyce, of
Washington, and Maj. Ella Wheeler Will
cox, of Stamford, Conn, will please OBJ
serve that I am respecting their copy
right, as each of these two people claim
to have written that beautiful poem,
Laugh, and the World Laughs With
You."D The only silver seen floating
s'iShiiu thC oPSlollo OillCC Is III 1ldIh
Howells room.
Down in the business office there's sill
yer everywhere-thati is in Bill Hemp
hills private office. It's in the ceiling, in
the walls, in the floors and in the safe.
Everywhere you look you see silver dol
lars, but they are all fastened down.
Could not pry them out with a cant hook.
You can't get any out of Colonel Hemp
hills office unless you earn 1t.
Hemphill is just as strong for
silver as Howell, but then he knows bet-
ter how to curb his generosity than does
Howell. He has no silver to throw to
the birds.
Went from the Constitution over to
the Journal office. The Journal is the
hated rival of the Constitution. The RI
, Yalry between these two papers has per-
neated every department. The report
srs don't speak, neither do the printers
nor stereotypers, nor the pressmen. It's