The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-25
POST CARD DAY IS
 GREAT SUCCESS Nearly All Cards Given Out
 Yesterday WELLER IS PLEASED Chairman of Chamber of Commerce
WELLER IS PLEASED
Chairman of Chamber of Commerce Committee, Who Promoted the Scheme, Says 100000 Could
 Have Been Handled

Today the advertising committee or the Chamber of Commerce will have the pleasure of seeing Birmingham's first post card day an unqualified success. lhe ready co-operation of the entire city has nracticalIv exhausted the supply of oO,- ooo cards placed at the disposal or the nnhlic Those who have not obtained their cards to mail out today can do so at inc various downtown drug and cigar stores. where distributing stations have been established and the office or IT. A. Weller in the First National Bank build ing as long as the supply lasts.
 The secretary's office of the Chamber Of Commerce was thronged with persons all day yesterday, who were after their cards. The Chamber of Commerce advertising committee. which has instituted this plan, is composed of T. A. Weller, chairman; J. A Gorham, John LuslS, A. R. Dearborn and Colman Blach. The effective pub licity methods employed by this group to make known the wonders of the Magic City will be climaxed with post card day today. The popularity of this idea to boost Birmingham has been attested by the clamor for the cards, and the fact that the 10000 postals were given out with the exception of about 1000, before the day set aside for mailing them. Esti- mating that every individual who receives d. Birmingham post card will show it tc at least two other persons, the commit tee is of the opinion that. the circulation of these cards will total 150,o00, and if one
 out of every 10 of 25oo newspapers tc which the postals have been forwarded make mention or reproduce the statistics on the cards, much advertising will be gained thereby for this city
 Weller Talks
 1 T. A. Weller, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce advertising committee, in speaking of the newly inaugurated institu-
 tion, said yesterday: This post card day proves that things cant be done half way in Birmingham. and that the patriot ism of the citizens of the greater munich l pality is of a very live quality.
 "There could not be a better proof of it than this post card day. We have sim lply been swamped with demands for these cards. It is the opinion of this commit tee that 200,000 of these cards would not have been too many to supply the de- mand. Nothing could prove so conclusive 1 ly that our citizens are filled with pa | triotie pride and enthusiasm for the cit.
 in which they live. W. feel that thi
 post card day is a grand success, and vii
 do a great deal to advertise the city. Thli
 form of advertisement brings out the per
 sonal local patriotism of the people. l
 makes tkem feel that they are given {
 part to do in the advertisement of theil l town.
 "The enthusiasm shown by our citizens l in this post card day Is proof positive
 that our town is filled with boosters. Il
 Is hoped that the future will bring othel plans of advertisement whereby every
 man, woman and child in the city car
 be placed in a position 10 say good worC | for Birmingham. All they need is to b, shown how they can do 1t. They arc anxious 10 Nel 10 the world what g great place Birmingham is and what ( great place it is to live in. There car | be no better advertisement for d city 1 than personal boosting, for that is the 1 kind that brings new capital, new citi. zenship, new industries to swell our pay rolls and general increased prosperity
 "It is the hope of this committee that | the Chamber of Commerce will continue 1 to have these post card days on January | 25 of each year. We do not believe there could be a better way to advertise this city than 10 send broadcast to other towns throughout the country these tabulated figures telling what is being done here.'