The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

l the entertainment was cordial and tho
 weather pleasant In spite of the oite , of belated March wind which was ] trying to drive away an April shower
 About noon I sto1led up to the South
 ern club, the starting point, and found | only a few of the Realtors in evidence
 feared that the invitation of the Fair field Land company was unappreciated' l but in a few moments automoolles
 seemed to spring up out of the ground
 and I heard Mercer Barnett say Get 1 in Frank" and away we went.
 advtsedly left out the word
 "speeded,- for one of our party could | not resist the temptation to try out his I car on the good road between Rickwooo
 Park and the fair grounds, ana watchful motor cop put on the Julce
 and overhauled him, and as we passed l was putting him to the annoyance oi 1 signing a bond. I'll not give his name i away, for his humiliation in being
 caught is sufficient punishment even l though he gets by without fine. 
 If you haven't been out to ball game this year, I bring you the good l news that the road is in fine shape, ana with the exception of few blocks In 1 front of the old Smith residence in Ely I ton, the dust is not so bad. The fact l is that with a little doctoring there l is good road now from Birmingham l through Ensley to Fairfield. con gratulate the city and the county on
 having such a good stretch for mo- | toring.
 On our way just ahead we spied couple who oblivious to the world were walking side by side with arms en- \ twined around each other. They showed
 no sign that they were conscious that | high powered car was close upon ! them, and when a few yards away Mer- Ger blew his horn vigorously. The | husband of lover with his sweetheart l or wife stepped leisurely aside and be- atifically said as We glided by, You can't bother me-" Mercer, Rennie Cur rie, Dick Randolph, Hugh Martin and
 I agreed that nothing could shake them
 loose or interfere with his joy.
 | Erskine Ramsay's marble banking
 palace stood out as a beacon of light 1 and strength as We rushed through
 Ensley and faced down the broad bou- levard to Fairfield. am glad that some of our great commercial institutions I are learning that even business homes | can be made things of beauty without sacrificing dividends The Bank of Ems ! ley is an architectural gem.
 Fairfield was a mass of green to re-
 ceive us The green leaves danced in | the wind. and the turf was wavy like
 the sea- Flowers were in bloom, the birds were singing. It was just such l day to give wing to friend Otts
 fancy when telling of the beauties of l the loveliest industrial community in
 all the land Now, J. M. P. does not l need the assistance of nature to get his imagination playing when he has prospective buyer, for the very dirt under his feet makes the connection ! with his brain, and loosens his tongue. It's good thing, however, to have something as attractive as Fairfield to 1 talk about
 l We first went to the great hospital
 of the T. c. & I. which crowns hill 1 overlooking a great valley It's mar ve1lously Illuminating view which one gets from it's roof. Any man who, with his eyes resting on the busy scenes be- 1 low. can fail to believe in the future
 of this district is without vision and ought to be treated for myopia; for
 even a blind man ought to be able to ! sense it.
 l Just a word about the building, for | 1t is really one of the show structures l of the entire section, and when it comes 1 to the latest thing there is in hos I pital construction it leads anything 1 in the south, for neither pains or ex-
 pense have been spared in its erection.
 walked through it with Hugh Martin.
 and he knows both the architectural
 and construction side, and he was most
 enthusiastic and generous in his praise
 of it in detail and as whole. It is
 well worth trip to see.
 l
 1 After viewing the hospital we came down to the civic center of Fairfield l and lunch was served us at the Plaza hotel which was greatly enjoyed. The
 service was unusually fast and quiet, the food was well cooked and daintily prepared. The dining room was light | and airy and the decorations appro- priate. The flowers plucked from the square added to the pleasure of the guests MT. and Mrs. Crowder have the art of giving just that touch needed to convert a public lunch into a home- like affair.
 Hill Ferguson, who has the happy faculty of retaining boy-like enthusi-
 asm, told the virtues of Fairfield in a | pictorial way through a set of care fully prepared charts. Bob Jemison. Jr. gave us in a short talk the benefit of
 his expert knowledge on the housing
 problem gained as a practical develop
 CT and through his connection with the
 emergency fleet corporation. Manager Decker made a happy talk about Fair
 fields future. Friend Smith, the silen
 man behind the Fairfield Land com.
 pany, as usual, refused to respond wher 1 called upon to speak. Arthur Crowdel | our aDDreciation th,