The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-23

sence that wonderful new kind of show widow you see in the west. I think it was in Kansas City I saw them first. Instead of the common or garden va riety of straight up-and-down plate glass that often throws such a reflec- ton that the person on the pavement can't see the frock marked down to $7.S9 or the baby carriage with the fold ing wheels, those new-fangled windows have a concave front tasting no shadow and deceiving the eyes into thinking there is no glass at all.
 I sneakingly put out one hand to see if l could actually touch the goods dis played behind these hollow panes and two passersby smiled delightedly with a "oh-see-the-t e-tenderfootr' expression on their faces. In cases of jewelry or eat ables these windows are almost cruel New York will probably adopt them in couple of hundred years
 I'd like to say a word about western hotels, too, if you won't accuse me of base advertising motives. I have heard hotels in New York are sometimes very sn1ppy toward the lone woman who ap- plies for accommodation. I don't know much about my home town hotels but I feel as if I knew a little about western ones.
 They are like western people. They assume you are all right, they hold out the glad hand with a sort of "Howdy, friend" cordiality, and proceed to be as nice to you as they know how.
 If there is more beautiful hotel any where than the Davenport, in Spokane will somebody have it paged? I want to meet it. As for the Benson, in Portland, Ore. I take off my new hat bought in Chicago, the other one wore ouD, to it and to the charming, old blue-eyed apple checked Norwegian who built 1t and runs 1t, Simon Benson
 MT. Benson evidently combed the coun- try for hotel ideas and crammed the best into his house. It was the only place stopped where the bathroom had shower, and when I mentioned it they apologized. explaining that it was a "bachelor room I had, there being no other available
 But it's the only kind of bath to have" I squeeled gleefully.
 "Oh!' said they, i've thought you were complaining
 Now, lastly, my brethren, I wish to say little word in praise of western men, The western man differs from the eastern man by being spontaneous and sincere, ad assuming that others are as he
 He diqers from the southern man in his attitude toward women. He treats wom- en IS comrades. as friends, as regular feI- lows like himself. He does not view them as lacking minds, and, therefore, either to be appraised for charm or protected because of helpfulness.
 The average westerner is used to have women work with him side by side They have built their homes together. Devel- oped their ranches and business under takings together Voted together Camped and swan and motored and fished and survived hardships together
 westerner will not hesitate to speak to woman if he can help her, or even if he can entertain her in passing with bit Of information or debate or exchange of ideas. He never thinks of her misunder- because there is nothing to mis- If a woman adopted the same attitude toward an eastern man that she can safely adopt toward a western man, the customer, on general principles would probably say, Hello lid,' in the next breath, if she were 46 in the shade
 It Is simply that the easterner has grown accustomed to sizing people up for motives. He is afraid of being taken in. or asked for something, or put to trouble He has grown sort of semi-British shell. Whoever attempts to penetrate it in- formally is apt to be suspected, repulsed, The west has been