The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-07
TAMMY M'QUAID
NOW DOING PARIS
Former Newsboy's Impressions
of the Louvre
THINKS THE BURG Is @. K.
George Washington "Put 1t All Over
Nap" When It Came to Getting
Place for Final
Sleep.
THINKS THE BURG IS 0. K.

| Tammy McQuaid, the Birmingham boy
on the streets here, but who is now play
ing in the best vaudeville theatres in
| Europe with a troupe of jugglers and
| who is receiving a fancy price for his
work, has written another letter, under
date of October 20, to friend connected
with The Age-Herald.
The letter previously received from
Tammy was dated London. BY this time
the boy is in Vienna, having closed an
engagement of several weeks IN Paris.
The London letter received several weeks
ago was both amusing and interesting and
received the attention of many people in
Birmingham after It was printed. The
letter just received Is from Paris. Tammy
is evidently just as much a scream as
he ever was and, judging from the tone
of his letter. he is enjoying life thor
oughly. The epistle, which Is full of the
Vernacuar of the newsboy, has "Tammy'
written between the lines all the way
through. No elaboration by way of in
PRODUCTION is necessary as far as the
boys account of his impressions of Paris
is concerned.
In opening his letter Tammy congratu-
lates Birmingham on Its success with
the State Fair and expresses his hope for
Odom's ultimate success with his airship,
stating that ut gives Birmingham some
good Advertising" Continuing he says:
Il was down at the office of the Amer
lean Express company and to my amaze
ment and CONSERVATION l read again the
letter which l mailed in London. 1t was
on the local page, and II surprise every
was written upon my clear-cut Grecian
features 1t was then. You caet imagine
how it feels to be 1000 miles away from
home and pick up a sheet and find your
name In 1t in big type
20, boy, but I felt glad and I tender
you my heartfelt thanks, for to be ex-
elusive foreign representative of 'Ske
Age-Herald Is some job, but L guess 1
can handle 1t. However, 1t must have
made some of those guys who handed me
many a lemon feel pretty cheap when
they saw the article.
Perhaps you would like to know of my
observations of Paris. II you think 1t
will increase the circulation OF The Age
Herald any, then you have my full per-
mission to reproduce this manuscript.
After the boost you gave me oa my Lon
don letter me soul is fired with ambi-
ton to be a real pencil pusher.
well, I am in what is considered the
fastest town in the world, bar none. l
am somewhat handicapped by not know
ing the language, for my dear father,
not knowing that 1 was cut out for a
globe trotter. neglected my foreign edu-
cation. However, after having sold papers
on the street corners one doesn't mind
such matters for the experieAce OF sell
ing gives you the nerve and wit that
otherwise you wouldn't have. So not
knowing the French language hasn't wor-
ried me in the least.
81 have been further in the dark holes
on this town than Stanley went in Africa.
Paris Is o. K, full of life. swell cafes,
plenty of swell looking girls who dress
well and don't know when Sunday comes.
wine is cheap. You can get quart
of good wine for % confines Gu. s. s.
cents. They use 1t here in the place Of
water; actually feed the babies on 1t,
as they claim 1t is better than Mellen's-
food.
1.-The only real drawback to me is that
l can't talk to these French girls, for to
try to talk with one who can't speak
English is like getting sociable with a
corpse To see them pass by me with