The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-21
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

Tuesday morning on coming down town I made for the Tutwiler. for Isknew that 1t would be by far the livest place in the city, and although I arrived a little after 8. I found it to be a wigwam full of Kiwanis braves.
 have seen many crowds take posses sion of the lobby since the great hos telry has been made the meeting ground of great conventions, and the home of the various war activities, but for noise and motion none of them were in the same class with the Indians who had come from near and far to have their annual pow-wow.
 I am just back from a great religious convention at Atlanta, and l was bit amused to see just how different things were over there around the headquarters In the Piedmont. The Baptists were most orderly crowd and at no time did any of them even break out in any of the old time hymns. I do not mean that 1t was a solemn bunch of delegates, for there was laughter and plenty of good fellowship but no hilariousness.
 I am afraid the twentieth century h. dian is not running true to form, for instead of my running in on silent lot of red men, I got into the midst Of about as wild lot of braves as every went on the war path. It appeared to me that the whole outfit had come back to the tepees with scalps enough to give them the right to celebrate with war dance.
 Anyway, I saw a captive maiden sur rounded by dancing braves who were chanting some weird song, but she was not in the least frightened, being a local belle doing Salvation ArmysSwork, and thoroughly capable of handling men singly or in droves. for after they had put her through what they thought was the third degree, she sweetly but firmly held every mothers son of them up for a contribution, for the first victim saw to t that no one escaped.
 The Kiwantes were rich picking for the Salvation Army lassies, for they just lantry made them dig up even though the work itself in spite of its value may not have made any special appeal. l saw one young buck who was a sport. showing he had made a contribution, yet when solicited said, "A1l right, but it means it gives me another dance with you," and she smilingly answered Sure" Just as I came in the Fifth avenue en- trance a man was standing up on the marble rail of the stair which cuts off the dining room blowing horn. I knew it was an Atlanta man taking his morn ing exercise before breakfast, and was right, for down below all in white were a bunch of Atlantians letting all Birmingham and the visitors within her gates know that the Kiwanis club of the Gate City was about to feed.
 Big Fred Houser was in charge of the Atlanta aggregation, and they pulled off some stunts in the lobby which made the rest of the Kiwanians know that while the Atlanta members were less than a year old that they were all roosters and had no feathers on their legs. Now here is to the dozen or more who raised such racket that every one had to sit up and take, notice that they were in Birmingham and proposed to be heard in the convention.
 l The Cincinnati boys brought the largest buttons of any of the other clubs. the Nashville crowd put one over by wearing white felt hats with a black band with the name of their city on it, but the Canadians pulled one of the best things l of the morning by forming in line and marching up the circular stairway to the ballroom waving British flags and sing ling God Save the King" They got a hearty encore. The Canadians seem to l be great favorites in the body.
 | The morning session lasted only one hour, but things happened fast and the meeting was full of pep I saw that the vice president wasn't going to waste any time, for when he got ready for the in ! vocation he simply said: "We will listen to Parson' Barnwell." There was no per 1 functory introduction. It may have been little out of the ordinary, but 1t did not interfere with the opening prayer
 which was fervent and reverent.
 
 | Then Mercer Barnett took the gave and immediately started something, by apologizing for his cerise necktie. by saving that when he saw the Atlantians wearing red crevats he wasn't going te 1 let them be brighter than he was. so ht
 just went in the first haberdasher's shor he came to and bought the crimsones
 thing they had in stock.
 l Lieutenant Governor Miller made Iii with the audience in his speech of wei! come, as did Commissioner Burruss ant pr. Daniels. They were all timely and ir fine spirit, and the best thing about then was that they were short, as was that o Albert Dodge. the vice president. In fact II have never heard at any convention ,snappier addresses of welcome, and thu crowd showed it's appreciation by giving each one of the gentlemen named z
 hearty hand.
 The thrill of the meeting came wher
 two flag bearers with the Stars ant Stripes and the British colors entwinet
 ca me down the aisle as the crowd aros