The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-14
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
asmnu Town stuff,

Town Stuff placed over an artidl I in your today's editorial page an
 taken from the Montgomery Adver
 tiser is 2 bit too discrIminatin
 against the small town.
 Group psychology in its cravinI
 nary, of which fires and fights ar
 the most frequent and appearing il
 the realm of physical Uanifestations 1 dare say is the same whether it b
 kio or even Zion City. l can at leas
 speak for New York and severa l other places and if these serve cor rectly as our premises. taking int. elementally of human beings--the! being basically the same as far al l fundamental instincts are concerned l then would it not be logical for Il. must remember, Of course, that fl group psychology and elemental be, ings lose their indivldualitles tha' had been acquired by their environ ment and experiences, for the time being, and recvrt more to theii basic self being guided by their more dsep seated instincts-which arc nearly the same in all beings whether they be Anglo Saxon. Hin doc or natives of the South Sea Is- lands.
 where people in general are probably as self-centered and disinterested as anywhere else in the world. I have seen a crowd gather around corner traffic fin the theatrical section of Broadway Just at the time when the dazzling lights began to attract the throngs to begin their night of mer- riment. One would have thought that the news of new World war was just being made public to peaceful America. On elbowing and figh ting my way through the crowd, I emerged at the center and found the only at traction a small elderly man, very shabbiiy dressed and unshaveri, ap- parently having had wee bit too much of Ye Spirited Water cutting some fancy steps and displaying his general ability as master of the terpsichorean art. with cow-like gracefu1ness--all to the refrain of some tazz music which sifted through the open windows of an upstairs cabaret. His audience was most appreciative and continued to grow until an exponent of the stern law stepped in and said, Move Onn Did they Move On?" Well. yes. they fol- lowed him around the corner where the performance was continued only to be broken up a second time with Q final warning to the applauded performer. The crowd melted into the Broadway throng.
 Once again on Investigating the cause of the gathering of an enor- nous crowd about Times Square, was surprised to find that the crowd consisted of three separate groups and in the midst of each group were (not discussingl vital topics. One group was discussing the Irish question; the second the la bor question and the last baseball. C. Ao n !, were doing the most talking were the ones that knew the least about that which they were arguing. This crowd continued to grow until the Move On" Yes, they moved on to the next corner and continued-hard ly one of the crowd having been lost in the transition.
 Tn the midst of another crowd two newsboys were fighting to finish. A young lady stepped into the ring and tried to separate the warriors amidst the disdainful glances of the onlookers. The fighters informed her that they did not wish to be sep arated so she departed and the fight continued with the crowd increasing until the harsh Move On was ut tered.
 The crowds that witnessed these things got nothing of any educational value from watching the dancer or newsboy fighters or listening to the pointless arguments mentioned--but they did get some excitement-they had something different. something they crayed for and they "stuck around" Isn't it obvious from these cases that people everywhere get tired of the ordinary hume drum of everyday affairs and crave for scme sort of excitement-someth flat is different? Then is It merely Small Town Stuff" because crowd gathers to see q fire or fight? think not.
 s. J. NADLER,
 Gadsden, october II. 1921,
 5oe Firth street. south