The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01

Birmingham will be a moving scene to- day Here and there will be vans carry Ing the lifetime savings of hundreds of eople-it is very true a rolling stone gathers no moss-but a moving house hold carries lot of plunder. No mat ter how poor one feels, on moving day they wish they had less.
 The vans are packed and stacked high. and wind their way into every neighbor- hood. The times are so exciting there is cften little done except to watch to see who your next door nsighbor will be, ard incidentally what she possesses. Everything looks like rubbish to the curious eye, but there are numberless valuable heirlooms in the haul-things We would not part with for the world.
 The city does not become thoroughly settled within the month. Each new conner finds a need of nsuch to do. The Taperhanger. the painter and even the carpenter must be busy to comply with the requirements of the new lease. Then comes the inside decorator with shades and draperies-and the new stained floors flor none of Us are thoroughly satisfied with the other tenants footprints and scratches. Just why folks will move is hard to tell-except to keep alive the transfer man. for it is one of the hardest jobs in the whole category of household duties. One lady who has felt unsettled says: We've changed our minds about moVing-'tis true the landlords pay little attention to even necessary repairs, but do yon know it costs something to move? l he hauling is only the beginning, yet it iS a n 10 HNif Think of the misfit shades and rugs, and the draperies and incompa tibility of paints To get these things adjusted means quite outlay of money so what's the use until we buy home. l guess we'll stay right here and see the balance of the folks wander abont.'
 Changing neighbors is another great displeasure to moving. Why, one hardly gets accustomed to the crankiness of folks until they move 10 find maybe more cranks elsewhere added another neigh Dor, who declares: Tt is terrible to see so many strange faces right at your door. and it takes a long time to know folks"
 Our own experience has taught us a good dealgof new neighbors, though We admit we have never had poor neghbor in our near 90 years in Birmingham, and after having lived in nearly every corner of the city.
 On one occasion especially we had a neiShbor that enjoyed everything pre- pared in the kitchen, and thus to eX- change even the painest dishes gave LIS mutual pleasure. After having lived in the same place several years a move be- came necessary and We learned our con- templated neighbors were dainty eaters, and we simply remarked we could not af- ford syllabubs. This was repeated, and ere we were adjusted to our new quar- ters the new neighbor came to our door and said, We brought you a syllabub, now we want some of your eggbread. . and this introduced us to the best neigh bors in Birmingham.
 So there is virtue in all things; if we do not move among the people We do not know them and this knowing folks is the greatest pleasure in living after all. We all need each other. and would probably only know a small circle if everybody lived at their own home year in and year out.
 Moving is no foreign subject to us. When we had lived in Birmingham 19 years we had moved 22 times So we know the art if there is any in it. In the early days of Birmingham people had to live in any old shack they could get. until something else was built or vacated. Well do We recall the first tele- phone on Seventh avenue. It was placed
 in the home of Mir Frank Y. Evans. and he generously told the neighbors to use 1t. One servant had to be detained to ones came in almost every day. it was