The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-28
NATIONAL GUARD At
WORK ON BIC SHOW
Indoor Exposition viii Be Given
Next Month
FUNDS GO TO NEW .ARMORY
Popularity Contests and Baby Shows
VIII Be Held in Addition To the
Fine Attractions Which
Will Be imported.

Members of the military companies
have never undertaken a big exposition
and they all seem interested in the in
door affair scheduled for next month. 1t
is big in every feature and will be given
with considerable expense
The merchants of Birmingham are CO.
operating and many of them have al
ready secured their booths where they.
will have large exhibits
The committee of amusements is now
In touch with some of the largest at
fractions procurable and this feature of
the affair will be worth seeing. At least
eight special attractions besides those OF
the local affairs will be secured and there
will be entertainments daily and night
~. One of the latter class is an aerial
act that is in reality very high class and
is announced as a veritable sensation.
The big band that has been secured will
give a concert every afternoon and even
ing
There will be a ladies' popularity con-
test in connection with the exposition
The contest will be for the most pop
ular young lady in Birmingham. There
will be ballot boxes placed in prominent
drug stores throughout the city. The
young lady having the most number OF
votes on Friday February Is. will re-
eeive beautiful prize. which will be
announced later. There will be a list
of the candidates published later. There
Will also be a contest known as school
chldrens contest conducted on the same
order. The prizes which will be award
ed will be placed in one of the prom
inent windows in a few days
In addition to the contests there will
be grand baby show. This special day
will be on Friday, February IL, and any
mother can enter her oaby ut the baby
show. There will be beautiful prizes
awarded to the different classes. There
will be five classes. Class !. babies one
year old; class 2, babies between one
and two; class 3, babies between two
and three; class 4, prettiest little girl
carrying doll; class ), prettiest dresser
doll baby and doll buggy. There win be
no charge for mothers to enter babies
All they will have to do in advance
is to call at the exposition headquarters
at the armory at the city hall in rooms
of Troop ID. There they can receive
blanks on which they may fill out the
babys name and the class they care
to enter them in. They must then oring
their babies to the baby show the att
ernoon of the event.
There will be a large selection of tirss-
class side shows.
The National Guard association intends
to make this memorable affair and is
leaving nothing undone to make IL a
financial success
The funds will go toward erecting
new armory. The men have been sue
cessful in securing an experienced man,
A. f. German of Jacksonville, Fla, who
comes we'll recommended and under
stands the business thoroughly. Any
merchant desiring space for exhibits can
call at headquarters or call Peoples phone
1885
Committees on securing exhibits from
the merchants are as follows: Lieut.. j..
d. Carlisle, Maj. r. L.. Gregory. Col.
c. l.. Ledbetter Capt. j. B. Scully, Maj
C. Fl. Seals, Capt. Z. J. McCrossin. Com
mittee on advertising is composed of
Lieut. Frank Morgan, Lieut. Harry
Poole, Lieut.. Ed l.. Anderson. The other
committees on other special events will
be announced later
The Jefferson County National Guard
association has never. attempted an af-
fair of this kind before, but they feel
without doubt they will have no trou-
BILE In securing the cooperation OF the
citizens to help them In raising funds
for the new armory.