The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
The 6O,252 Names Recorded Make Some Interesting
 Reading Matter
NOTABLE NAMES IN
 HISTORY FOUND HERE
Estimated Population of City Based on Names in Directory Is 165,693. New Publication Has Just
 Been Issued
BY WATER HARPER

contains 1340 pages, printed in clean, clear type and displaying announce ments of most of the business firms of the city and district.
 The book makes good reading. Un- like the dictionary, the city directory deals more with that phase of litera- ture known to newspaper men as Thu man interest," It deals with people. The dictionary. Is more a symposium of lit erature, philosophy and scientific thought in the concrete.
 The city directory deals with the beauties, the eccentricities, the foibles the hopes and the despairs of the peo- pie Through it's pages trickle the dis connected story of Hope, Harm, Joy Harsh, Love and the other passions and fancies of the human mind.
 Geographically II gives a delight fully rambling picture of Birmingham with its Fields. Meadows. Brooks Rivers, Hills, Dales, Woods, Lanes Marshes, Parks, Ponds, Springs and Forests.
 There are in Birmingham 30 Rivers with 7s Fords. There are Forests with more than score of Hunters Game Is said to abound. consisting of Badgers, Bares. Beavers, Foxes. Tiger. 16 Birds, l Bee, 1 Snake, and l Frankenstein. There Is only 1 Fish in several Ponds but there are many Fishers.
 There is only one Fly for three Fielders.
 Only one Flower grows in the city, but there are several clusters of Flowers.
 Though there are 23 Parsons in Bir- mingham nor one of them has been ordained for the ministry. There are two Raspberrys. one Sugar and one Sweet. It Is quite correct that the Sweet should be a woman, but it seems unkind to designate the only Fury as a woman. Birmingham has three pieces of Money, two Nickels, two Gold Peaces and only three Friends. And Moore is the wonder. There are several Goodgames with two Highs and 31 Loves.
 Birmingham has five Hopes and four Joys. with 40 Loves. There are III Bakers, 12 Barbers. IT Beans, one Blessed, nine Blisses and two Angels One of these Angels Is street car con- ductor and the other is woman.
 There are only eight Darlings in this great and prosperous city with an estimated population according to this same directory of 165,e93.
 rDr l. A. but only nine Neighbors There Is plenty of Green with its variations, a touch of Brown, streaks of White, some Grey and a smattering of Black.
 Only two citizens are Gallant and, strange to say, they are women.
 In the midst of the three Forests of Birmingham there are two Forts with a full equipment of Gums.
 The directory carries a weather report. There are two Foggs, three Clouds, two Freezes, two Frosts, with some Hale and Snow. There are six Frys Chat makes a half fry). some Ham, two Nuts, two Oats, four Rolls and five Custards.
 Twenty-three citizens are Rich, 24 are Savages. only two Sleep, two are Smack CTS, only 10 are Smart, while there are more than 060 Smiths.
 Ten unfortunate persons are Short but IS are Shorter. While there appears to be 2s Rich there are but two Fortunes in town, which probably accounts for the fact that there is but a couple of Para discs.
 Though there are 13 Persons in Bir- mingham only seven have Peace while the one Pagan perhaps is the sappiest of AL who is an attorney ready to get you out of Fix if you have the Price, and there are many of them.
 Birmingham has 35 Princes and four Singers. It is considered Singular that none of them can Sing, though they claim to be Singers.
 There are 1s Houses sitting North. East, South and West both Day and Knight This city can enjoy only seven Holidays. Two Nuns administer to the spiritual and charity needs of the Peoples.
 Three Manuels are located in Birming- ham. but they make no pretentions to being Kings. as they are laborers and honest people so far as can be gathered from the. directory.
 Adam lives on St. Charles street, while Abraham sells candy and groceries. There are 90 Farmers living on one Broadway. while II Crooks follow three Brothers in alphabetical order. Six men pay Cash when they pay their respects to them selves while nine Lemons are reserved for other Folk, who is a shoemaker.
 The new city directory makes public a fact that will perhaps astonish number of beople. Some of the most notable names in history and literature are dis rlayed.
 William C. Bryant is a carpenter. Robert Burns is chauffeur. car tender, a porter a teamster and black smith. Caesar is a colored laborer. Thomas Campbell is laborer in ono guise. In another he is father.
 Joseph Choate Is carpenter.
 Henry Clay is carpenter and re- pairer.
 Henry D. Clayton is a drayman. Grover Cleveland is a laborer. George Elliott 0 an engineman and a brakeman.
 Benjamin Franklin is laborer, steel worker, a carpenter and motorman.
 James Garfield Is laborer
 Andrew Jackson is represented in six men, most of them laborers and portes
 Robert E. Lee is represented in five