The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29
MISS A. M. HARTLEY

To the Editor of The Herald;
 Have just finished reading Mir J. 0. O Connor's letter. and as a member ot the weaker sex, l heartily agree with him. think too much of mankind to advise anybody on Gods green earth to come to Birmingham. l have met quite number of folk from other cities who recently came here, and 1 can positively state l have yet to hear anything but the wall of, 'Oh, why did 1 come to this town?"
 Take, for instance, a stranger com- ing into town. not knowing a soul; what is he going to do on Sunday? No movies or theatres. so he hies himself to the corner and parks himself there. Then shortly will come a 'legger," and fmaybe he will buy the 'stagger juice, and maybe he won't That depends on him. There is plenty here-right on Twentieth street, and everywhere else, l hear
 And as for the "jellies," well, every body that isn't blind can see how that stands. l can't figure how man can enjoy standing for hours watching girls get on the street cars, or when girl passes, say Hot dog! Aint that some sweet mamma?" some disrespectful remark. l can't understand why they don't get killed, and I know Birmingham and Montgomery have the world %skunt' when it comes to 'jellies,' or, as we girls call them. chocolate milk hounds
 Mir, Frank E. Butler said he thought The Age Herald should be criticized for it's publication of MT. J. o. O'Connor s letter. Well, I certainly disagree there, think this will give some of the poor, deluded people that come to Birmingham expecting to see a real live town chance to say what they think l, for one, am glad to avail myself of the op- portunity
 If yoh,> will notice, you will see more drunkenness on Sunday than any other day. Why? Because there is nothing else to do 1 am speaking from work ing mans viewpoint He has no car; we'll even if he had one. if the sky blue law" had gone into effect, what good would it have done him? Well, l Will have to admit Brmingham's commis- sion showed sanity in that case by turn ing it down. Why, the idea was ridicu- lous As Mir. O'Connor said it is really pathetic.
 Why not make Birmingham a real town? Why, if you'd stop to think, just imagine what wonderful place Birmingham would be if you'd only let it be. A jollg- town, where strangers could come and enjoy themselves. Open movies, etc, on sunday, ana chase these Johnnies off the corners and round up some of these liquor dealers and realize that this is 1920 not back in the sos still. l am sure then the strangers would cooperate and then Birmingham could build up again that name she has certainly lost. | came here from Memphis and, and as you all know, Memphis is supposed to be a corrupt place. But I can assure you we can enjoy ourselves there in decent way on Sunday, and while cir cumstances compel me to stay in Bir- mingham it would be so much nicer to remember Birmingham as an up-to- date real town than to think, Well. thank the Lord, 1 am away from that holel"
 The only thing (alniost) that Bir- mingham can really be proud of is The Age-Herald and that is the only thing we visitors can really enjoy on Sun days. and I think I express the senti- ments of all when I wish it all the success inithe world.
 tMiss) A. NJ HARTLEY.
 P S.: I speak of Sunday because I am one of the folks that have only Sunday for leisure, working through the week.
 BAXTER ALLEN To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 Regarding Mir OConnor's letter, Il wish to say that I agree with him concerning the jelly beans,' I am a travelling man, having been on the road for eight years, making every city in the United States of any importance Have recently been stationed in the south with my own people. having been born in old Kentucky
 l. like MT. Frank E. Butler, resent any one across the Mason Dixon line. one of our southern cities, but MT. OConnor has hit the nail, on the head in reference to the afore- about 8 o'clock while en route to the Louisville and Nashville stationto make | I observed three young | ladies walking just ahead of me. con ducting themselves properly. when two of the so -called "jely bean" variety twe | could hardly call them men) drove up ! to the curbing and invited them to | jump in and take a ride, sis The | young ladies resented the insult, and. l inable to otherwise defend themselves, l ignored the said j. b.'s, hastening their | step in order to escape further insult.
 Has it ever occurred to you that | what Birmingham needs is police | women for just such cases? Meaning 1 that you have laws to protect ladies in ! such instances, but they not en- forced. Last nights occurrence is not ] the only one of it's nature that I have |
 BAXTER ALLEN.
 Address, 143 N. Montgomery street. | NJ emphis, Tenn.