The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-05
BIRMINGHAM WAS
 PAINFULLY QUIET
Remains for Little Willie to
 Start Something
HE HAD PLENTY OF FUN
One Man Throws Brick Through a Plate Glass Window and a Few Were Arrested for Becom-
 ing Too Hilarious.

From the celebration of the glorious Fourth, Birmingham came with jolly number of trunks, few burned fingers, and happy lot of sober, tired people. Everybody enjoyed the day in his own peculiar way, and no one was painfully injured.
 Originality was the feature of the days proceedings and perhaps the king of all was no less than little Willie Sampson, who lives on the second floor of the Vic tor hotel. Willie Is chap of only 6 years, but he has the world in his little fist and enjoys a good thing when he lights upon 1t.
 It happened that everything went wrong with wf1lies Fourth yesterday morning. The first crackers wouldn't shoot, and the torpedoes wouldn't pop, and mamma got cross. He was about ready to throw everything over when happy idea came to his juvenile head.
 At the same time his mother was taking a needed sleep after putting up with him all morning; he rose from the floor with the look of determination in his eyes. and the puckered lip that means danger. Care fully surveying the room he tiptoed over and secured the coal bod, which he placed by the window, then he got the broom, the shovel, the water pitcher, the comb the room, until he had them all piled up in circle around the window.
 Then the fire works began.
 Starts With Coal Hod.
 Willie let fly the coal hod, which mashed in the brand new derby on a beaux's head, and imprisoned his white puppy by pinning 1t to the sidewalk. Willie had just begun. The broom whizzed through the air, poised upright upon a ladys flower garden and then gently ripped up the sweet ones escort.
 By this time the pedestrians on Nine- teenth street had begun to look up, whereupon Willie knocked ones teeth down his throat with the brush and mashed another's nose with the powder bowl But 10. the young Sampson per ceived a fat woman lumberly approach ing! He leaned out over the sill and soaked her with the contents of the water pitcher, which useless recepticle then dropped with a crash on her toes.
 A large crowd had accumulated in few minutes and stood in a wide circle as the little fellow proceeded with his fun Mamma could be seen quietly re- clining on the bed, taking her evening nap Then while mouths gasped and some giggled Willie dashed back and forth in the joy of his celebration. Umbrellas, cups and saucers, ink stands, cuspidors, everything he could get his hands on fell like showers of rain, and over tall was the jolly smile of unlimited pleasure that beamed from the little fellows face.
 When he had practically stripped the room of everything except his mother, Policeman Fully came along, perceived the situation and ran hurriedy up the steps. The crowd heard the knock at the door, saw Wille's face take on puzzled look as he paused with flower vase in his hand, saw the mother awake and open the door and watched her as the horror spread over her face. She ran to the window, looked out on her broken possession and at the big, grinning crowd, gasped, and hastily pulled down the window shade. The show was over. For several minutes afterward strains of sweet music ioated out of that room be-