The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

climate just as the Floridian does, from
all points of that state.''
And the Washington mani
Politics, of course was the quick re-
Spouse, while the Cleveland man tells
about the beautiful boulevards and we'll
kept parks they have And every one of
them from all points of the United States
speaks of the dirt and SCOT and dust we
have here, except the Pittsburger, and he
feels at home in it.
What do the majority of them think
about Birmingham I asked.
They say we've got the finest and big
gest and most enterprising city in the
south and nearly all of them speak of
how well laid off it is, and of the hand
some skyserapers'
so you are almost as accommodating
as policeman, listening to all the talk
and comments from various people,"
remarked.
well, it all helps in the long run. That
is one thing news wagon must stand
for, and courtesy and politeness has made
us many a friend. I've often had people
stop and buy newspaper just because
I'd given them d little information at
some time or other, or had listened to a
tale they had to tell. Besides, it gives
them a good impression of our town.
have people to ask me to direct them to
who have never been here before. They
ask for the best newspaper In our town
and by that I know they mean the one
with the biggest lot of advertising and
the best news. They want to know the
best shops and the prettiest street car
rides, for maybe on a Sunday fellow
may have an afternoon on his hands and
wants to spend 1t that way. And then
a lot of women ask us for information,
81 hot I ,ta1
before the Mayor when / was getting
ready to open the news wagon was just
that sort of proposition. I said, for in
stance. suppose mans wife or daughter
was away from home and wanted her
home paper. She would dislike to go into
a cigar store with a lot of Johnnes stand
ing around staring her out of counten-
ance. Maybe some bully making remarks
as she passed like, I love my wife, but
oh you lidr or something like that which
she hears, and is embarrassed and wor-
ried over being there. Now, on the other
hand. she can come to the news wagon
and get her paper and go on her way re-
joicing, as we don't allow loafers hang
ing around"
"And you get lots of fun out of It, dare
say" I remarked, as scores of people
passed stopping to buy paper, the news
man having a pleasant word of greeting
Tor each ana all.
Eyes, and It's hard work, too was the
answer. "Getting all our papers here at
the same time, being quick with money
and handing a fellow his change as he
stops to buy a paper, his car right at the
corner which he is rushing to catch;
and keeping It all up to the level, rain,
shine hail or snow. It's work, | can
tell you"
And the foreign papers, what do you
carry?" I inquired
"Oh, lots of them" said the speaker
as he ran his hand over the dozens of
papers. each In its separate cubby hole.
There's the Stats Zeitung, Weshliche
post in German the Greek Atlantse, sew
eral Italian papers, Spanish. La Voz Del
Pueblo La Canada: French, Lloyds
Weekly News, London daily socialist
papers. Yiddish papers and besides all
the commercial, financial and the best
sporting papers of the country"
And as saw my car coming, and made
ready to go, heard the familiar song of
the news wagon man: ''Hapers-papers-
all your home papersi Papers from the
rock-bound coast of Maine to the sun
kissed Golden Gate of California! From
the ice-bound regions of Alaska to the
the cactus-covered plains of Mexico! Pa
ners from Jamestown, Johnstown. George
town and your town! Papers from every
city in the United States. Papers! Pa
persi Papers"