The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-28
Listening In On EUe

me any old way, but after had had
glimpse of some of the results 1 de-
clined to do it any more"
II don't mind being taken in Or
binary duds," said the out-of-town Gus
toner. But 1 do draw the line at
funny folks swapping me in overalls or
when l am under thew heels of the
lizzie or something like that. l. once
slipped on a banana peel, and thus
gave my small daughter a chance to
get what she called a dandy moving
snap, That is, picture taken of some
thing in motion. If you ever feel too
stuck-up over your own appearance,
get somebody to take a picture of you
under such circumstances and you'll
be cured.
my daughter is out west now to
spend a month with her aunt" con-
tinued the out-of-tOwn customer. "And
there the local newspaper offered
prizes for the best amateur photographs
of something in motion"
"Aha !" cried Wilkinson. II see
your sudden leap to fame!"
Nothing of the Sort" retorted the
Out-0f-t0wn customer. 1.-THE competi-
ton was too close in two days, so my
picture. Instead she started out one
morning to find something as striking
as the windmill effect she got of me.
She couldn't find thing except a man
who was running quite fast along a
side street.. She said the man did not
look very pleased when he glanced at
her, but he did not say anything and
she got the picture. It>turned out well
and she sent it in to the paper at al
most the last minute. But she won no
prize"
poor kid!' sympathized Wilkinson.
My daughter was pleased to have
the snap published as good example
of light and shade" said the out-of-town
customer. "And of course she liked to
have her name in the paper. She
wrote us all about it and sent us a
copy of the paper, but he could see that
she was disappointed
makes me think of my first gar
den" said Wilkinson. Instead of buy
ing seeds at a local house 1 sent to
some place for them by mail. 1t was
some company that guaranteed the
finest seeds ever produced and l fell
for it. nearly wept when finally
decided that those seeds never would
come up. 1t was too late by that time
to start any others"
II tried a garden, too, when I was
kid" said the Out-of-town customer.
THE soil was poor and had to coax
things along a lot. Most of the things
gave up the struggle and died, but my
beans grew. picked saucerful of
them and my mother let the maid cook
them for my dinner. was so excited
could hardly wait and was on time
for dinner for the first time in weeks.
The maid brought in the dinner and
announced all too cheerfully that my
beans had got burned up
II can well imagine how your little
girl felt" said Wilkinson.
<"Well, the next letter we got was as
excited as one could WISH" said the
out-of-town customer. ut seems that
there had been a series of small bur-
glaries in that city and some leading
citizen had offered a regard of $25
for information leading to the arrest
of the thief. When that motion snap
shot was published the man was rec
ognized as a well-known burglar from
st. Louis and it wasn't long before he
was arrested He confessed and in con-
sequence my little girl was handed
over the check for the reward. What
do you think of that for luekE
There is encouragement in the fact