The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
WEST IS FEELING AS
 GOOD AS THE SOUTH
 SAYS GLYNN HARRIS
Just Back From Trip-New York Central General Agent Here After
 Circus Travel

E. Glynn Harris, of Harris & Sons Co. returned tfrom an extended trip to the east and middle west yesterday. where he was buying stock for the winter season. Mir. Harris visited Pitts burg. Cincinnati. Philadelphia. Balti- more and New York while away. Bus mess conditions in each of the cities visited" said Mir. Harris. ''as far as could see, were in excellent shape There was no talk of hard times. The people in these sections were just as optimistic over the future as we of the south are
 philadelphia has assumed an air of hustle that is entirely new to the city of William Penn. l have been to Phil adelphia several times. but this last visit impressed ne more with the en- ergy of the people than ever before Contrary to the information I had be- fore I left regarding the coming presi- dential election, President Wilson Is held in the highest esteem by every one and indications are that he will be elected for the second term without any trouble if he sees fit to run again In New York the people are as opti- mistic as ever and they are doing an immense business with the out -of-town buyers. I return to Birmingham with more enthusiasm over the renewed prosperity than ever before. I am con- Yinced that the south as we'll as all other sections of the United States is about to have the greatest season of prosperity that has ever been known"
 Oscar L. Mitchell. general southern agent of the New York Central lines is a guest at the Motion. Mir. Mitchell Is here for the purpose of getting some business out of the Hagenbeck- wallace shows on their return to West Baden, Ind, for the winter
 "A great many of the circus folk Will return to their homes instead Of going back to the circus winter head quarters,' said MT. Mitchell Any num- Der of them are from Europe and all over the United States. The perform CTS will have to pay for their trans- portatlon to their respective homes and the result is, I am here for the pur- pose of selling them their tickets. A great many of them are going to New York city others to various points in the east
 "I have recently been to New Or leans and find that everything in the Crescent City Is booming. The people down there are not prone to talk of anything but good times and judging from the looks of things they are hay Ing them. Chattanooga Is doing fine and the town Is prospering. I suppose everyone is feeling the same way I am these days-prosperous and glad to see business coming my way"
 James B. Freemont of Boston is in Birmingham for a few days on busi- ness. He talks interestingly of the Yale-Harvard football game, which will be played today.
 'I am a Yale man." said Mir. Free mont. "ande naturally my sentiments are with the Blue and White Never the1ess, l realize we will have tough time in winning from the Harvard crowd this year. ] want to say this much. though, when the game is over the Harvard squad will know they had a real battle. Yale had rather lose every game of the season and then beat Harvard than to win every game and lose to Harvard. Harvard is about the same way. thus one can readily sec why there is so much rivaly be- tween the two teams.
 The Yale team had some trouble owing to friction between the coach
 
 the season. Tom ShevIin with a few other graduates in the art of football and other things decided 1t would not do for the Yale colors to be dragged in the dirt and accordingly went to New Haven to bolster up the football az gregation. They have worked wonders thus far and I would not be surprised to see the Harvard crowd beaten. see from the papers odds of 10 to 8 are being given by Harvard. The odds should be more. but at that the Yale boys are liable to spend the Harvard money after the dust of battle has cleared away. Of all the games in the country the Yale-Harvard game is the most interesting one on account of the earnestness of the opposing athletes. There Is no foolishness in that game; they are both after blood and they are never beaten until the end. I will not be on hand to see the battle and know I will be lonesome tomor- row. I haven't missed a game In the past 15 years and if it were possible I would be there when the whistle is blown tomorrow afternoon. Such is life. Anyway, I will read The Age Herald with great deal of interest Sunday morning.
 '1 was very much interested in the unloading of the Hagenbeck- Wallace SHOWS toody, 5dlu A<uHuy NrdlHtb. u Is remarkable to see the efficiency of the circus men in unloading the enor- nous amount of paraphernalia upon their visit to each city It was evil dent that every man had certain thing to do and he had to do 1t quick ly and we'll.
 '"rhe elephants certainly earn their food. judging by the way they are forced to push and pull the heavy equipment up and down and off the cars. They seem to be very intelli- gent animals and easily trained. They do the work well and with no ap- parent effort. Their strength is re- markable and they go about their tasks in a leisurely manner but never theless with certain amount of skill and carefulness that approaches hu- man intelligence. The placing of the stakes to hold up the big top and the dexterity employed by the men who have charge of this task Is wonder full. Tn a twinkling stake is put in place. In minute it is driven firmly into the ground and another is in pro- gress of being put in the earth. Circus life must be a wonderful thing, but to my mind the putting up and tear ing down of the equipment is the most interesting part of the whole thing"
 Boyd Le Grande, district sales man. ager of the American Snuff company, is one of the best posted men on con- ditions in Alabama. He says that the people in the surrounding country