The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-18
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

l I am sorry for the man who is tied | to desk these glorious days. l I have had to work at nights to get l to enjoy the sunshine
 i I greatly enjoy my trips with the 1 food preparedness and market bureau { teams. I have always liked to get out into the country, the towns, and the
 smaller cities.
 ! Thursday and Friday I was under I orders to go to Opelika, Waverly and | Camp Hill with w. F. Tyler. presi- ] dent of the Tyler Grocery company and Frank Stevens. assistant cashier Of the American Trust and Savings
 bank; but unfortunately MT. Tyler got
 a fall on Wednesday night which pre- vented his making the trip. I greatly missed his presence, for he was t'
 present the merchandise end of the ! propaganda.
 l Frank showed up and we boarded l the Central of Georgia for Opelika. | When the brakeman asked me where 1 was going I said, "O-pel-i-kaw" He arsw cred he was sorry but there was | no such station on his run; that ne thought 1t must be on the Southern. | A bright idea struck him and he asked me to show him my ticket, which l 1 did Get on," he said, you are goinE to O-pe-li-ka" overheard him say as climbed aboard, "He must be nut ty. talking about O-pel-i-kaw." He never knew that was kidding him. I travel so much that I find out that when q have to catch an early train if I hold my nerve and don't get grouchy before the engine pulls
 out that I can keep sweet during the 1 day, so I try to think of some fool l thing to have little fun out of just I to get the sleep out of my eyes and the fog off my mind and the grit out of my temper. If you have never tried l i,, just do so. for have no copyright
 on the idea.
 l It may be "a long way to Tipperary" but it hasn't got anything on the way from Birmingham to Opelika. Having l made the Journey many time and oft l prepared for it by putting two ex- ] haustiye treatises on scientific farm ] inc in my grip, for if a man will l stick to his text he can come pretty near mastering any subject before be hears the brakeman yell, All out for l O-pe- li-ka."
 If it's a long way going. the trip seems short to the one back home which puts you in the Terminal at i iG:20 if "she" q have never known 1 why they call a big mogul engine "she" but they dol is on time. There 1 is, however, one bright oasis in the weary desert q do not refer to any l place where one can slake his thirst in dry and parched state. but to
 the lunches which are brought on the enough surprise packages when il
 comes to getting. good things to eat,)
 
 Eating is one of the pleasantesi ways to kill time that I have ever found in travelling. have never giumbled much at the price of things
 on diner for it's mighty comfort. able feeling to know that the trair is devouring the miles while you si tight and eat the food that is servet
 you. I am generally impatient when give an order in a hotel if the walt
 CT Is slow, but on diner I have tim,
 to burn and it makes little difference,
 to me how slow the service is. II I have to go out on trips with man, different men. If you want to know ;
 man, about the surest way to- find hin
 out is to travel with him. If he is self , ish or has any little meannesses, the, , will be sure to crop out; and. on tn , other hand. if he is a good fellow. h just can't hide it, for he will have s
 many chances to exhibit his unselfish
 ness. For years used to travel up an, down Alabama with Dr. Montague, tn
 president of Howard college and tn highest type of the Virginia gentleman
 His courtesy was more than skin deer lit was inbred. Night or day he wa } |agreeable and thoughtful.
 He was so chivalric iu his manner tha