The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

only good walker. but very fond of it, and so away we went
 
 The citizens of Birmingham are for tunate in having such beautiful scenery at their very doors. for even those whose homes are down in the valley can take a street car and soon be at point for a lovely stroll. Some places have walk ing clubs.
 Now, for the benefit of those who live down in the city and who may care to have a chance to take short prone made which can be made in a very little while without much exertion, l will sim ply set down here the route to follow. and I am sure that those taking advan- tage of my tip will thank me for it.
 
 Take a Lakeview car and transfer to a Mountain Terrace one and get off tt the end of the line. Then follow the road turning to the left along the wind ing road which leads to the crest of the mountain. It will give an opportunity to see the new developments in Forest Park, where already number of at tractive homes have been built One of the spots where always stop for rest is the stone wall above the old quarry just before reaching the turn in the road which leads up to the homes on the top of Red mountain. There is huge powder down in the middle of the level space below, and for years | it has been the target of every small boy, for the minute he sees if he wants to drop rock on it.
 The boys start it but soon the old folks are at it, for it always seems to them that the youngsters do not know how to throw straight, as the rocks for awhile go wide of the mark, and so picking up something to cast they soon discover that it is not near so easy as it appears, for it requires some practice before one is able to get anything like a line on the distance.
 | I first got initiated into the deceptive i ness of throwing when as a lad I made my first attempt to throw across the | Chattahoochee river at Eufaula. The bluff overlooking 1t is about the high est on the stream. The river below looks narrow, and the average man thinks that 1t will be easy to throw a rock across it, but soon finds that in- stead of his stone landing on the other side 1t just splashes in the water on | the near side
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 l From the stone wall one gets par ticularly fine view of the territory to- ward East Lake and Gate City and is really surprised to find that at the very door of Birmingham there is a virginal forest stretching for miles. At the curve in the road the first view of Shades val | ley is to be had, valley which some day will have many handsome estates nestled on it's bosom between it and Red mountain.
 i Then comes steep climb up to Don- aid Comer's, the first of the homes browning the summit of the mountain Next door lives Robert Jemison, Jr., then Hill Ferguson, and at the end of the TOW
 
 derces are guiltless of having Queer Anne fronts and Mary Ann backs. foi each one of the owners has spent much time and money to make the rear o1 their homes attractive in every way. | sss Donald Conner has put in a fine play. ground, while Bob Jemison has had built one of the best equipped small dairies in the state, and Hill Ferguson has his flowers, and Bob Myer has installed a swimming pool and is beautifying hi; home in other ways. It is really won derful the opportunities which Red noun tain gives for landscape effects.
 Following the road down to the foo of the hill where it stops to become I llevel for a bit before a further ascent one gets a sight of Helen Bess,' as thu lboys call it. It never ceases to be { (matter for wonderment to the visitors who pause long enough to see the tun >lnels running into the sides of the hills and hear the whirr of machinery below for it gives them a chance to see ac ltual mining in the backwards of some of Birmingham's show residences. Now comes as pretty a path as car be found anywhere. I remember whel first moved out in the section it wal trather tedious climb. but engineer went to work and found an easy grade and put in steps and laid cement walks until it is now just a pleasant uphil walk from the street below But tt really enjoy it one must go down it which is hard to do for at every turn { panorama of such beauty unfolds itsel as to make one want to stop to talk it in.
 A man will have to be in a great hurr, who at this season of the year can rae : down it, for at one place there is sea which invites one to sit down and rest . Just By it is crabapple tree in bloom in my opinion one of the most beautiful of all the varieties which grow wild do not see why more people do no set them out as ornamental trees, fo
 there is none other which is showier o sweeter
 The woods all around were white wit , idogwood. I was so glad to see in Mon days Age Herald a protest against tn wilful destruction of the Towering shrub : Ii in the woods. It does seem to me tha ttA,. ,,,ero 1ox. of Draearvi,,o Q tho hea,rtv n