The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-01
MEN, WOMEN
AND THINGS

I am going to give a few sidelights on
the trip to the Twin Cities. and to the
Tri-Cities; just some of the little things
which helped to make it pleasant.
The five sleepers were filled with a con-
genial party in spite of the fact that
there were young and old, rich and poor,
and if any one gets mad for my limiting
that some were not overwhelmed with
this worlds goods. / am sure a few
of us newspaper boys will be willing to
be goats when it's question of lack
of tainted money.
Major Tutwiler, Frank Nelson and John
l.. Raul, the millionaire trio, were as
democratic and having just as good a
time as if they didn't have a dollar in
the world to worry about. 1 am sure that
Jeff Bailey, Tom Akers and l, the happy
trinity of newspaper men, unworried by
the income tax, were as aristocratic as
though each one of us had a swollen
bank account.
Capt Franks. White and I, being the
food preparedness speakers, were placed
in the same Pullman. He had lower
nife and l upper nine on the way up,
but when he decided to remain at Flor
ence l said nothing about it. for 1 wanted
to get /his berth on the return trip.
was fast asleep when someone parted
the curtain to get in. 1t seems Arthur
Crowder had traded the right to sleep in
| Having a heart, and then knowing l
would scrap to hold my place. he quiet
| ly climbed in the upper and left me
| to snore below.
| It was hungry crowd that awoke on
Friday morning. Only a few Of the early
birds got up in time to get a bite at
Decatur. They were the wise guys, for
the line to the diner was long and the
wait still longer. but everybody was in
good humor. and breakfast was served
| to as jolly crowd as ever sat down to
morning meal. The remarks from the
sideline were frequent and personal. The
dishes ordered were criticized, the ia
BILE manners commented upon. the slow
| ness Wlln WHICH IL was cdlcil Cdli6Q IOt
speeding UP by the hungry ones.
After an hour got far enough to get
the aroma of food in another half hour
got in sight of eatables. and in another
quarter of an hour l got to the door OF
the diner. 1t was then only 60 minutes
before the train would reach Birmingham
and 1.-THE slow service meant that my
chances of breakfast had gone glimmer-
ing. The waiter set down before Dicl,
Burnett plate of scrambled eggs, dec
grated with tempting slices of bacon
and bordered with hot mullins. Dick,
said in a tone that would have touched
a harder heart "cut open muffin and
slip a streak Of fat hog into it, and pass
grabbed it and made break to get BY
the jeering crowd, l heard an angry
chorus shouting. "Can you beat it? You
'cant down that preacher when it comes
to feeds"
It's good thing that l was given the
third degree by the Rotarians on tha
famous boat trip on the Warrior when
was tried for being a card sharp, a boot
logger and for filming, on framed vi
charges supported by suborned witnesses
and tried before corrIpt and unprin
cipled tribunal and prosecuted by an UNI
principled solicitor. 1t was Gard on m,
at the time, but it was seasoning m,
for the future when anyone should tr.
land get my goat
1t all happened at the enjoyable Dime
a. the Twin-Cities on Thursday night 1
number OF stirring speeches had beef
made and as is my custom when Gale,
upon to speak, l try and respond evel
though it is well known that hate t
do It. I got going pretty well whe
There was disturbance in the rear Q
the hall. l gimpsed Buster" Brow
! and q crowd of his ''Apilies.'' and
knew it meant that they were after nj