The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-25

ITO sit on rocks, to muse Ger flood and
fall.
Slowly to trace the forests shady scene;
Where things that own not mans domin-
Ion, dwell
And mortal foot hath rarely been.''
The couple could not secure parental
consent and preferred to die together
and tbs said their spirits haunt the spot
forevermore.
The hotel known as the Bluff Park Inn
is ideally located for rest and cure. Like
everything else that has to start, its be-
ginning has been a luckless struggle
each year it opens and makes ready--but
our home folks want to travel.
Like candle that flicxers in a storm,
the doors open and close. The people have
not learned the way, but gradually they
are finding the path, and now many fam
lilies are spending their vacation on
Shades mountain, where everything is be-
ing done for their comfort and content
ment. 1t Is an ideal place to relax and
rest, and with a dance every Saturday
night there is enough of fun to vary the
quiet they have needed throughout the
week.
The property was purchased about IS
months ago by the Ingram Bros, COM
posed of r. M. Ingram, Jr., Francis c.
and Henry B. Ingram, who, together oper-
ate the house. The lot consists of five
acres, ideally located, overlooking the
beautiful valley. with a splendid view of
small farms at distance. The water is
supplied by five bored wells and the build
ing Is lighted by their own electric plant
There is no pretense at style-everything
Is simple and whoesome-and the meals
q n Nf Ia,
with a plenty to satisfy the increasins
appetite of the guests. Mrs. NJ. L. Scales
Is the hostess, and to her the credit is
due for this splendid feature of house,
keeping. She Is tireless in her efforts
TO please and gives to the premises the
air of home,
There wers $50 local people there las
Saturday for the weekend, and Sum
day morning Mr. Leo Loeb motored out
with his family to breakfast. This only
emphasized the real desire for some spot
nearby the year round where those who
need Just such diversion and change could
motor out for weekend. Then we fig
| ured, what a splendid place for teething
babes, depleted children and worn-out
mothers. Near their own physician, with
In As minutes comfortable ride of Five
Points, and with a street car operating
| more than halfway.
This mountain could be made a sani-
| tarium for the sick and weary, and a
boon to those who could not leave home
for long period Of time. 1t could be
| made a necessity to Birmingham Climat-
ically, 1t is equal to the mountains of
North Carolina, and logically 1t Is adapt
ed to meet the needs of the folks Of the
| city.
Mr. Ingram tells me he buys all that
he can from the neighborhood truckers
to supply the hotel, and that the supply
| 1s insufficient to the needs. Think of
| having to buy chickens from Morris ave-
| nue.. with all of this country around 80
suited to poultry raising, and eggs from
Tennessee Are we not throwing away
| an opportunity? Impoverishing ourselves
for lack of industry? This range of coun-
| try is well adapted to trucking, and to
| domestic stock. and it seems an unac-
countable mystery to be forced to pull
all or even a part of ones supplies up
| the mountain when they could be a source
of revenue to the permanent home
! makers
Mr. Walter B. Fowlkes has an ideal
| country home about mile beyond,
| with a bountiful garden, home cured
bacon and hams. a yard full of friers
with milk and butter in profusion. Be-
sides these daily necessities his yard
Is one big bouquet of blooming plants.
| He Is Shades mountain crank and
| climbs the mountain to and from the
city every day--the year round. This
country is an asset to any city and
| Birmingham is gradually waking up
| to its beauty and its regions for
tealth Nature has outlined the plan