The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-22

A NEW store has recently been opened
~ on the west side of Eutaw street, In
the shopping district Tho larger
stores and the greater part of the trade
are on the east side of the street. So the
ingenious proprietor of the new estab-
lishment has placed the following sign
over the entrance to the store;
THE RIGHT STORE
On the Wrong Side of the Street.
According to sermon preached recent
| " by a well known local minister, there
is wave of reform spreading over this
section of the country, especially Balti-
more, Whether his assertion is based on
facts or mere theory is a matter OF con-
lecture. But. all the same, the residents
in the immediate vicinity of Brown Me-
mortal church are inclined to agree with
this eminent preacher.
Every night, Notwithstanding the con-
dition of the weather. number of felines
congregate In the rear OF the church and
begin to screech and cry, filing the at
mosphere with hideous melody. On this
/ the residents base their belief that wave
of reform liz on. Even the cats are pc
coming converted, they say, and pelofe
long they expect to see a pack or cannes
following their example.
Eyes. | was truly afraid on one occa-
sion,' said a Baltimore ex-Confederate
the other day. ut was very DARK
stormy night in February during the war,
and the company of which | had COM
mand was camping near the Happahah-
mock river. Toward morning the SKY
cleared and the mercury dropped 10 seV-
era degrees below zero, and IN SHOT
time the roads were as sond as MAJ
| adam. We were startled by the sound OF
horses, hoofs In the distance shortly pe-
fore dawn, and soon our guards reported
| that a regiment was approaching ana IL
appeared that our little company was al
| most surrounded. SO we ATTEMPTED 10 es-
cane. Our horses were already tied out,
but | leaped into my saddle and started
! in the direction of the river.
at had covered several miles. when
| observed that my pursuers were rapidly
gaining on me and my horse was grad
| iially growing weaker and would soon
| drop from exhaustion. Fortunately, L
came to a corral of mules and without
any hesitation | jumped from my morse
and mounted the nearest mule. ala not
think that he was covering the Brouhu
very rapidly but he was long winded ana
| r hoped to escape. My hopes were
e.
sound of approaching hoofs beating the
hard road behind me. They were gaining
rapidlv on my mule, despite my liberal use
| of the spurs Finally they were less than
a hundred yards in the rear of me, and
as I dashed into woodland jumped
from my mount and slipping behind
large oak tree decided to make my cap
lures as costly for my pursuers as pos
| sibIe With my gun ready I had waited
hut a second when II seemed that n
thousand horses plunged into the wood
and gathered about my mule, almost ex-
hausted. They came no nearer to me,
1 and as I peeped out from behind the tree
saw that / had stolen the leader or
drove of mules, and that the regiment |
thought meant my destruction was made
ND of the other mules. They had broken
from the pen as soon as l rode away
with their leader and followed him.
"Then breathed a deep sigh of relief.
The old clubman sat in his favorite
! EASY chair at his favorite window In his
favorite club and in a ruminative mood
talked of the local 400" His special
waiter had just set before him the par
ticular cocktail he had been drinking
every morning for twenty years, and the
old man was In a ripe humor for remin-
iscenses
Years ago. he began, my blood used
| to Jingle at the thought or dance, Out
now they get up such queer affairs and
call them balls that l really think, don't
YOU know would be afraid to try one.
When was young 'un, and didn't mind
dancing until and then finishing up with
a few hours of 1ackpots, they had real
| dances and none of these costume things.
where one has to get ones self into all
manner of odd dresses and frills to be
able to look in place. My programme for
| a dance in the old days consisted simply
of taking a nice nap at the club In the
late afternoon and. after a little bite of
supper, slipping into my spike-taiP and
| quietly going to the dance. where one
| could see ones friends and did not have
| to dance with lot OF strange looking
figures in nondescript costumes
There were always a lot OF nice little
hooks where one could take his partner
and have quiet innocent little Irritation
| and know whom he was flirting with. But
| 1t seems that it is all changed now, and
| the pretty white dresses OF the girls and
| the plain black 'spike-tals OF the men
| are not brilliant enough to suit old Mrs.
Grundy or whoever holds sway In the
/ realms of the 100
THE Blanks are giving what they term
| a baby party Imagine the men and wo-
| men who will go and dixie themselves out
| in style that would make Mother Goose
characters look like Quskers. They tell
me they will play real grown-up games.
lsuch ~ Ring Around thssRosy.' 'ki1G