The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-28
Best Amu.ement City

Best Amusement City
 Birmingham undoubtedly leads the south as an amusement city," said Morte Semon, manager of the Wells houses in Birmingham. Take last Saturday for in stance. There were 650O people at the football game, POO in the Bijou. 1900 in the Orpheum and 1200 in the Majestic at the matinees, and that night there were POO in the Bijou, 32O0 in the orpheum and 2400 in the Majestic, the vaudeville houses having two performances. That makes a total on the day of 1s,3oo, besides the thousands who went to the motion pie ture shows.
 T was up town during the afternoon and you couldn't notice any difference in the size of tho crowds on the streets while all these people were seeking amuse- ment After the game and the theatres the streets were packed with people
 ''The same facts will hold Thursday after noon, Thanksgiving. The football will draw several thousand, the Bijou will be packed both afternoon and night, and was forced to put on two matinees at the Majestic and orpheum in order to hcconiiuoudto tne croWuS.
 'T am familiar with Richmond. Nor folk, Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville and other southern cities, and none of them approach Birmingham in this matter" Makes Street Cars Comfortable
 "We were very fortunate in getting the storm doors on the summer cars just in time" said a well known street car conductor yesterday.
 "We have had some fairly cold weather heretofore, and there has been some complaint of the coldness of the cars, although we have kept the cleo tric heaters turned on. on such day as this it makes all the difference in the world to have the cars closed.
 People. as a rule, on the street cars are in too big hurry to think much about the comfort of the motormen and conductors. but I had almost reached the point where I would have had to lay off on account of spell of sick ness. From the standpoint of the weather, today is the worst we have had so far this year and yet I have been more comfortable than at any time since tine summer season ended.
 
 Red Cross Christmas Seals
 q hope to see everyone take an in- terest in the Red Cross Christmas seals campaign this year, said Dr. George Eaves, secretary of the Jefferson Coun- ty Anti-Tuberculosis association,
 "The general public is probably aware that the receipts from the sales let. x~,f1l 1S- in Alabama in the fight against tu- berculosis. We think it is especially important this year to sell as many of them as possible so that the pro- ceeds can be devoted to some of the necessary work that must be done at the camp on Red mountain.
 'rhe main thing in making the sales success Is to get as many people in- terested as possible. The number of stamps purchased by individuals is, of course. not large in itself but it is the aggregate sum that will do us so much good in our work. We should like to get every man, woman ana child in Birmingham interested in the sale of these stamps, even if they can only buy or sell few of them. We would like to see the Red Cross seals attached to every Christmas gift tha, I is made in Birmingham this year: ano we should like to see them pasted or the backs of the thousands of letters and Christmas greetings sent out from the city.
 T know. to people generally. 1t seem. like a little thing to buy few stamps and because it Is such little thin people are apt to neglect 1t. What W, want is to arouse such interest tha every person in Birmingham and Jei ferson county. and the state of Ala bama, for that matter. will feel tha he has not done his entire Christina duty unless he has purchased or sol a quantity of these stamps. Any vo unteers who are willing to assist | In disposing of them. I hope will g, h touch with me ct enes. Thoss who