The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19


 his tarpon outfit to troll a litle, as he
 expressed it--about an hour after
 wards he pulled out Jew fish that
 weighed over 100 pounds. Today he topped that with a 250-pound sea iur
 tie, and by the time this letter gets to The ge-Herald, officials of the United States Steel Corporation will be en- |joying turtle soup, for he has the tur-
 tie packed up and ready to ship to bir-
 minghanl We have another fellow here ORera by name that can catch any kind of a fish any time. We were the guests of the postmaster at East
 Pass today, where we had a genuine old fashioned fish fry from fish caught
 by him. While we were tied up at the docks, l saw fishing smack come in with a catch of over 1000 Spanish mackerel some of which we had for dinner. This salt air gives you an ap- petite that only food in plentiful Iuan- titles can appease. We have lady along that I will put up against any man in the world when it comes to eating, but she lost the belt to me to- day, when l consumed two bowls of fish chowder, four mackerel steaks, three cups of coffee with the cakes and trimmings that go along
 TOUCHES OF SENTIMENT Speaking of fishing smacks, I found today the greatest evidence of affcc- ton for his mother that I have ever known. There is a young chap of twenty here on vacation. and he nas fallen in love with the fisher folks and they have made him one of their guild. went into the shack today and over this boys bunk I saw the picture of his mother minus the one that young chaps usually have of their sweetnearts. Back in days gone by, I knew his mother, and I am sure that if she could visit this camp and see how her boy remembers her that it would make her more than happy.
 Fisher folks are kind, and I am .:om- ing to understand why poets and oth- CTS have written so much about hem and how so much romance is woven into their lives. They live mostly to themselves, go out among men but Ht- tie but living close to nature they
 nave that aversion to the sham and hypocrisy that Is a characteristic of our city life. You can go down to tho decks clad in overalls and a straw hat ana say Howdy, partner? How are they biting today?" and he will imme-
 diately come back at you with. Fine ] come along and join me-" but if you Icome down to the dock with a suner- clllous air, he will pass you up in | stanter.
 Marvin Mccarthy may be some sport writer, but he does not know the mean ing of the word until he has ridden q sklpJack. To the initiated this is a "iue board that is tied on to the rear end Of a sped boat The rider of the skip JACK taxes his stand on the skipjack and 1he speed boat starts. Only a strong
 s~in inner and real lover of aquatic sport can stick on when the boat is going aoout twenty miles per hour. for the s<in- 1 jack swings from side to side and fra quently the rider is tripped and goes down | m the sea, but he comes up on top if he ooes not lose his head. I would ike to
 give Marvin a trip behind the boat we
 had today It belongs to the fish com l missioner of Florida, and it goes through 1 the water like an aeroplane through the ar By the way, we note that the home
 team is on the downgrade. and it now
 LOOKS like Little Rock for the pennant winner.
 LOCAL MEN EVERYWHERE l verify believe that if man were to | enter Hades about the first man he ] would meet would be from Birmingham
 TOT you meet them everywhere When I we tied up at the dock this afternoon
 noted the biggest aeroplane I ever saw, ] and as l clambered out of the poar Il
 young chap in naval uniform came up 1 and said, Why, howdy, MT Sikes, when aid you get here?" l had to get my bear lhBs before l recognized young Davidson | of Birmingham, who had enlisted in the | naval air service and who had been rapidly promoted to the position of ma chinists mate. Davidson had two years l in Howard and now sees that he should | have finished. What a pity that young | fellows cannot SC this in time. He was extremely kind to me, and presented me 1 to his superior officers. for whom he seemed to have deep affection. found him at the supper hour with his lieuten- ant, listening to photograph. mingling l on common level with none of the usual l fcrmalities. After supper we had the ! usual lawn meetings, where it is the cus- | tom for some newspaper man like Stanley l to lead off with a discussion of current 1 matters. At the Indianola everybody is at home and the naval men and news | paper men haunt such a place. had the | good fortune to meet Commander Dessez who was with us in Vera Cruz. Then he 1 was in the medical corps, and had now l stepped up to d three-striper; honors have | not turned his head, and he is still the I fine fellow knew down there. Naval of- | fcers are veritable arsenals of informa- l tion, and for two hours I listened to the many adventures that they had passed l through in France and Europe.
 Of all the interesting men I ever nc. do believe that Lieutenant Comma nder Brown was the best, for he gave me an insight into the life of the common peo- pie of Russia While we were economlz- ing on sugar in this country he was in the territory of Murmanks, and while on fishing trip went itno the home of a
 peasant, who gave him good cup of cof- fee of American brand, and took dtvn from a shelf canister of cube sugar put up by the Arbuckle people. He found the children very much inclined tu be friendly to the Amercansky. and the older people extending a glad hand be- cause they seemed to feel that we were there to help and not oppress. By an- other coincidence tfns lieutenant com mander was chum of Lieutenant Com mander Emerson of our recruiting seIv- ice in Birmlngh gham They had shared common dangers together and he was anxious to know about him-strange old world. all roads lead to Birmingham some way or another. While I was being en- tertained by the lieutenant commander with his stories of Russian life longed for Frank Willis Barnett to put the thing into one of his inimitable stories. REAL ESTATE SHARKS have always known that real estate men were "sharks" when 1t came oo trad- 1 ing in Birmingham, but l struck ono down here who Is sharp" when II l comes to swimming. If he deals in realty l when he gets back like he swims his name will not be a nisnomcr, for TO