The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-15
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lnzer gave recently and now / am
going to write about typical Eng
lish dinner which was served by Capt.
Jack Phillips.
hunter always enjoys a game din
ner when he has killed the game, =
! fisherman prefers to eat the fish which
he has caught, gardener rclishes
more the vegetables which he has
grown. The fact that one has had a
hand in what's in the pot gives it. an
added zest.
Nok, it has been several years since
II have hunted any, and my fishing
tackle has not been in service for many
moons. and during the war in spite
of all my boosting of war gardens 1
lost the habit of working in my own,
but the spring is beginning to rise
again and l went SO far as to buy a
work shirt on Friday.
l am net a cattle raiser. but l am q
cattle booster. If there is anything in
the transmigration theory 1 am conf
dent that some time in the dim past in
SOHic lllCdl defOH l. w DIS d uCiuSHfdu, LOT
1 can watch a herd of cattle by the
day or sit on the fence of stockyard
by the hour watching the calves, cows
steers and bulls.
/ had planned to run down to Tus-
caloosa with Capt. Jack Phillips to at
tend the sessions of the Alabama Live
Stock association, but the rain pre-
vented our, going by car and the
weather dampened our enthusiasm for
getting up before day to catch the
train. But having seen how the body
got to resoluting, I'm sorry I wasn't
on hand to stand by my two "buddies,"
Fred II. Jones and Frank I. Derby.
It's sure thing taht when these
two get together at a cattle meeting
that things are going to happen live
~. But | did not sit down to go into
the cattle industry. My idea was to
say that while a fellow could get in
.terested in the game, fish and vege-
tables which he raised, one could also
find a special interest in knowing the
history of even a piece of beefsteak
that he was eating.
I'll never cease to thank Capt. Jack
Phillips for inviting me to go to the
Fat Stock show at Nashville, for it
gave me chance to study side of
the cattle game which was new to me-.
/ had attended numerous live stock ex :,
hibitions and state, county and COM
munity fairs where money premiums
and ribbons were given for the various
kinds of cattle, but I had never seen
a hot competition between the stand
ard breeds for fairness.
That was a jolly story Dolly Dali
rymple'' wrote about "The Survival Of
the Fattest.'' and 1 am sure it brought
Tetrazzini, the Queen of Song" in.o
the hearts of the people much mora
than critical estimate of her wonder
full singing gifts could possibly have
done. 1t even reconciled me to
the fact that when l called on her in
her private car that her impressario
actually called her Louisa to her
face.
It's good to know that Fatty Ar
buckle isn't the only celebrity who
| can have a good time out of being
fat, for only too frequently those who
| tip the scale above 200 are the least
bit sensitive. I know perfectly well
that I'll never have to diet for fear
of getting fat, for if eating had any
thing to do with it 1 would have been
fat enough to have secured a place IN
years of attending Baptist ASSOCIATIONS
with dinner on the ground cannot turn
the trick there is no need of alarm.
/ have purposely, led up to this point
as 1 am always telling about the
things have eaten on my travels
and even when I stay at home, for
while I am member Of the min
iisterial, legal and editorial professions.
yet if the truth be told am a pro
fessional eader." Some day want to
find time to write book about "Thc
things Which 1 have Ell" could
cover much territory for I have tried
out the dishes Of many countries, arc
could shed sidelight on table man
ners as we'll as bills Of fare.
/ see l am rambling again, SO ack
to the Nashville Fat Cattle Show, for
lit was there that I saw the picked
steers of the south in competition in
carload lots, and then as breeds, and
finally as individuals. saw some ua-
usually fine specimens. l have told
how Capt. Jack Phillips bought the
grand champion for the Birmingham
Packing company, and how. with sew
eral other prize winners, he was led
through the streets Of Birmingham
and finally bought to q halt in front Of
| the city hail. where the city fathers
looked them over.
f, was in the parade and on the side
Hines many were expressing tho wish
that they might have = cut from the
great steer which had won over ev-
ltrything in the south. Now. this is
just what I have had. saw him when
he was judged l saw him when he was
auctioned on. saw him when he was
LOADED and unloaded. saw him on
the killing floor. l saw him in the
1refrigerating room; but best Of III
saw him on the table.
/! For five years Capt. lack Phillips
/ has given dinner once every twelve
month to the pastor and to the board