The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20
FINAL PLANS<FOR
 B|G CONVENTION
Press Club Will Have Meeting
 This Afternoon
MORE HOMES ARE WANTED
Various Committees Have Done Excel lent Work and Indications Point To a Most Successful
 Convention.

The blIIlllBldll Nlub VIII AiSAN it's final meeting before the convention of the International League of Press clubs this afternoon at D. m.. at 11ils North Twenty street. This will be a very important meeting and it is hoped that there will be a large attendance. A number of committees will be appointed, among them citizens who will be asked to act as escorts to the delegates on the various trips about the district that have been planned by the general arrange ments committee. It is desired that few more homes be placed at the disposal or the homes committee and people who wish to extend this courtesy to the visitors are requested to telephone 2650, either phone, today or 2. either phone, tomor- row
 President Heating wires that the Den yer delegation has started for Brming- ham and will join the eastern delegates at Chattanooga. Last night the Pen and Pencil club of Washington entertained the eastern delegates at an elaborate af- fair. The eastern delegates will leave Washington this morning. MT. and Mrs Opie Read are in Nashville. While here they will be the guest of relatives, Mr. and Mrs. W. c. Searight.
 Col. John Temple Graves, editor of the Atlanta Georgian, wires that he will not be able to get here on october 2S. but will be here on the 24th and 18th.
 Committees Busy.
 The various sub-commttees for the en- tertainment of the International League of Press Clubs are still hard at work The committee on Homes and Hotels of which John c. Henley is chairman, held meeting at the News office. There was a full attendance and good reports were received in regard to entertaining the degelates in private homes. After comparing notes, 1t was found that at least 10 more homeA would be necessary for the entertainment of the different delegates. Ii was decided to make a public request of all citizens that would volunteer to entertain some of these dis tinguished editors and authors to notify the chairman John C. Henley. by tele- phoning him at the News office, Bell or Peoples phone 27. This will be rare opportunity for the people of Birmingham to meet and know intimately some of the best known writers in the whole coun- try. It is to be hoped that there will be no trouble about getting a number of tlllZenS to volunteer to take some or these delegates.
 The committee on the Might in Bo- hemia,' of which Richard F. Johnston is chairman, has arranged all the de- tails of the programme for the enter tainment on the night of October 9, from II until o'clock in the morning. This entertainment will be stag af- fair, but it will be one of the most unique and cleverest entertainments that has rrfxr f, of the noted actors and actresses that will be at the four theatres next week. will be invited to ''do stunts on this occa- sion. Every contributor to the conven- ton fund will receive an invitation and will be expected to attend
 The committee on Club Rooms" of which c. P. Jones is chairman furnish ing the club headquarters in the council chamber of the city hall. Tihs will be one of the handsomest furnished rooms in the city when they get through with their work.
 Work On Souvenir Booklet.
 The publicity committee of which John w. Sparrow Is chairman. has o. K.'d the proofs for the handsome booklet which will be given each delegate. It has also decided on advertising matter that is to be presented each delegate. This book is going to be splendid advertisement ol DliIHinBHdlll, ana one that every cit izen will be proud to see distributed
 The literary symposium, which is to be given on the night of October 24 in the auditorium of the High school building, promises to be one of the rarest enter tainments that has ever been given in Birmingham. Such celebrities as John Temple Graves. Opie Read, W. D. Nesbit, Mrs Belya Lockwood of Washington; Miss Will Allen Dromgoole of Nashville: Mrs Harriet Hayden Finck of Phadel- phia, Mrs Ada Cable of Bradford, Pa anu Mime. Von Klenner the Marquis di Patteria, will have numbers on the pro- gramme. The general arrangements com mittee has ~ent an invitation to the pres idents of the various literary clubs of Birmingham, inviting the members to at tend this symposium. This will be a rare treat for the people of Birmingham, and the Birmingham Press club is very desirous that as many citizens as de- sire will attend this entertainment.
 Max J. Winkler, chairman of the "Au- tomobile Committee" reports splendid progress and states that already q large number of citizens have offered their machines and will take part in the au- tomobile ride on October 22, commencing at o'clock.