The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-27
BIRMINGHAM GREETS
 MIR. AND MRS. HARDING
 IN WARMEST WELCOME
fContinued from Page One)


 like hunting for an oyster in cafe stew. Around Into Twentieth. Look at 'em. Count 'em. Go call on brother Burroughs. Banked as far as the eye can reach a solid mass of humanity. Pyramided as far as the eye can reach, in windows of sky scrapers, clinging to the cornices, atop the roof. The human fly's act beaten to a whisper. Atop of troll Jews at the street intersections. Cling ing to telegraph poles. Holding by eyebrows to wires that may be in fected with short circuits for all they know.
 The Presidents smile. It's indel- ihle. It will never wear off 1t seems. And, now the Tutwiler again. lie dismounts. On to the balcony to re view the great spectacle. Music.
 The Sharp and Flat brothers are certainly busy today. And look ai 1 those salutes. Hope the President
 doesn't spring charlie horse in his ! arm from so many salutes. Senator l Underwood on his left. The Senator g smiling, too. It must be in the air. It's contagious. Everybody smiling | A woman feints, but she does 1t
 with a smile on her face. Her escort picks her up with smile. A little l Scotch on the hip you say An. another
 smile. That's bringing her to. The parade is winding up,
 | Another jump. It's Capitol park this time. System. You said 1t. | Not a hitch. Not delay. Every thing like clock work, and on to the | recreational center named after 1 Woodrow Wilson. Great to be | newspaper man. You can get in any where. It's even said that Mephisto makes no exception to this rule. Assembled on the platform. Thous- ands Hundreds of thousands. And that's conservative, too. The recep-
 ton committee. The queens from the various counties. The Governor. Doctor Barrett, president of the city commission. An, Doctor Barrett is speaking. Short and snappy. But epigramatic at that The doctors | finished. Now comes Governor KiIby. He wades right In. He speaks many philosophic thoughts. He praises the queens. He has a 1 boquet for the womanhood of Ala l bama. He tell's the President that | the task of picking the most beauti- fui. and the most comedy girls in the | different counties is like unto choos- l ing the most lustrous pearls from q string of priceless gems, or like unto | choosing the most beautiful rose | bloom from n vast acreage of rose- | garden. Good lines. those. I'm go- | ing to use 'em myself some times. 1 Now comes Sidney J. Bowie with
 the introduction. Where's the ann | pifier. They advertised they were | going to have one. Not here. Gee
 the voice of the President will nevor l carry over that vast acreage of faces Uncle Sidney is winding up his re- | marks.
 | The sun is smiling it's fetching
 smile of June. The skies are azure An Indian summer breeze is borne 1 down from the rock ribbed sides oi Red mountain. It is laden with the l perfume of the woodland hills. Mag. nificent. Perfect. Somebody should l write Brother Horton a congratu- latory letter. The President steps forth. He's cheered to the echo fer was promiscuous by its absence I No voice could carry over that stretch of faces. Necks craned l Ears propper open wide. Eyes ex- l pectant. All trying to gather wort here and there. The speech Is mas. l ter piece. But the crowd cannot heal 1t. They do no. know when ts cheer. As result they're reverent ly quiet.
 | The space 10 the left reserved fol Il the blacks. The President is ad dressing many of his remarks t, them. A new thought. It rings
 with sincerity. It carries a heav, | coat of logic. The race question All sincere. honest, frank, upliftins But the vast majority cannot hear Oh. well, they'll read 1t in the news | papers. But that's a good line, there l The black men should endeavor t' l make the best black man possible instead of attempting to make a poo
 imitation of a white man." or word
 to that effect.
 Never believed in the Darwiniai theory before. but look at those hu mans swaying from limb to limb Il
 the tree tops. Nothing more thrilling
 than the kings of trapese in tn
 greatest circus on earth. Officers or
 der lem down. but where are the.
 gonna light?
 The sun. It's abnormal for an Oc
 tober vintage. And its terrific hea
 Is beating down on the silvery un
 covered head of the President. Gee
 its awful to negotiate that man
 milestones in the timetable of Tiff
 and then contract freckles in Bir