The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
He Got His

He Got His
 Overcoats made out of army blan- kets were the accepted thing in the army of occupation in Germany though they were forbidden as soon as ing from. fN
 While the 167th infantry was in Sinzig, Germany, I noticed the num- Der of good looking overcoats that were appearing among the soldiers" said Capt. H. B. May. T made in quiry and found that /the men had taken 300 blankets to German tailors, who were making them over into overeoats for 10 francs each. The workmanship on the coats was splen- did and they looked better than any of the regulation variety when they were finished. The practice was stopped and notice was sent to all tailors that they would be fined 5000 francs if they were caught making any more of the coats. l took my orderly's coat, which had just been finished, and paid him 100 francs for it."
 Captain May was wearing his coat yesterday. It looked like the latest shriek from Bond street, London.
 Touch and Go
 The steady stream of transients who march through our offices, in- quire for work and then disappear dur ing the winter months of every year iS draws near" said H. E. Oliver, su- perintendent of the municipal and fed- eral employment bureau. The num- Der will reach the peak about January l, remain at it's height for about six weeks, and. then slowly decrease dur bearing during the warm weather. These men do not really care about working much or long. They are the 'noaters,' and what they want is enough money to get little further on in their wanderings. Occasionally For the most part, however, they are here today and gone tomorrow"
 Stop
 T think that the motormen on the Lakeview and Highland avenue lines ought to be cautioned to come to a full stop on reaching the Mountain Terrace junction." said R. c. Redus. Tt is junction point and should be called. When passenger asks for a transfer going out on the Lakeview car at least nine out of ten times he is told to wait until he Is getting off. Strangers are frequently carried by and sometimes the regular patrons. A full stop should be made, as 1t is a dangerous crossing and if the cars Keep on going as some do there is going 10 be an accident. These may already be the rules, but if so they are not obeyed in many instances"
 Red Diamonds
 'The army recruiting service has been directed by the war department to fill up the ranks of the Fifth division, the famous Red Diamonds which won fame on the battlefields of France" said Col H. D. 4AsbyS. lnlS QtV1SlOn IS now stationed at Camp Jackson. near Colum- hia. s. C., and o.4O0 men are required to complete it's quota. %
 The army recruiting service only re- gently was assigned the job of filling up the ranks of the Second division, which it did in record time, and it is believed that the men required for the Fifth di- vision will be recruited just as quickly
 And it should, for the present station of the Red Diamond division, near the historic city of Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, is both ideal. as to climate and site. Several of the units of the division. including the Twentieth field artillery. Eleventh infantry and the Seventh engineers. nave been allo- oated to this state and many Alabamians are to be found Serving in these reg