The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-15
TUNE OF POST CARD DAY GETTING INTO EvERYBODY'S FEET Enthusiasm and Civic Pride Is Spreading Like
 Prairie Fire VIEWS OF CITIZENS
 UPON THE SCHEME I. D. Moore Strong for the Idea. Rick Woodward Says Out
 siders Will Stop, Look - and Listen
 

post card day on January % promises to be n genuine success. Judsihs iio the ardent admiration of the plan tiial = being expressed on every side py may p;r,,incham believers, not a dissehtlhs ,ote has been cast into the rounu U. comments heard regarding the prae.'o"' ,ood end civic cooperation to result rom this advertising scheme. Methods oi Ia cr,tatinr tie distribution are now peihs co,upleaed by the advertising committee of the Chamber of Commerce. | T, tentative way 1t has been an> ro,,nced that plaeards directing the pass erbv to mail one of the cards to ms | friend elsewhere will be placed apoVe .npuber of the postals stacked In prom ,ra,+ drug stores The Civic league will rrobsblv be invited to pledge the sending ! ont of 0 certain number, and 1t IS most likely that 1t will accept this oppor- tunitv. Other modes of placing the cards where the putlic can easily secure them riil he f,ll1v discussed and worked out at n eefomittee meeting called for next Monday.
 The following statements were made yesterday as the opinions of citizens con- corning. the post card day:
 J. D. Moore
 sJ n. Moore: The feature of post card day to be observed on January 25 by the citizens of Birmingham that most highly recommends itself to my good opinion is the possibility of the enormous width of publicity to be se- cured through 5O,O0o persons receiving these cards. It is probable that people
 Yf1aa who could not have their notice so well d. rected toward the Magic City in any other way. A glance over the figures of Bir- mingham's increase for the past 10 years which. incidentally, is the first table of this kind to be compiled for this city in it's history, will certainly put an end to su argument that might be advanced against the wonders of our city.
 Anything that tends to bring before the minds of the residents of other cities the fact that Birmingham is forging to Inc front is calculated to be of itselt a. fine plan.s and this scheme of having each and every man and woman or this great CT rai,nieipality do something for their city gives the plan reinforcement or CIVIC pride that cannot be oyerestimated. Pup lio sentiment toward bringing about the success of any movement directed to- ward the uphuilding of a town Is one oe the essential aide. de camps to the general. maneuvering of campaign or advertising and l am sure that Birming- ha,n people realize this and possess the reo,,isites to bring about glorious vic- tory On that day"
 Rick Woodward
 Rick woodward: Birmingham is real town of ginger and this post card day ,5ea ,s one of the characteristic public op- norrunities opened for all the fans and b,saoherites of the city. l consider IL no- only a very novel and unique method for placing the very cream of Magic Cily achievements in the hands of 5o,ooo neonIe in all parts of the country and even in the Orient, but privilege grant ,d in extending the invitation to the en- s;-e citizenship to pass these cards on to tl,.,r friends who are not so fortunate es to be listed in a Birmingham directory. Many oersons in other cities have their eyes o, this southern hustler, and when tbis roorvelors array of statistics, giving Pirn,ioeham's history for the past de- cada in A nutshell, reaches them, they still stop. look and listen to the thought
 
 flies that overlook Red mountain. It W{I suddenly occur to them that trip {o this city would be the only live thinc to do after learning of what they fsye missed by staying away. And reas- fkS;nv that eventually this will come to &3ss will say. Why not nowT *A..5he Chamber of Commerce is inaugu- rating a civic boost that I hope will be FTF ie +to ,1{, 4xiputed for the day each year contain auch concise and concentrated data as those for January 25, 1912. believe that tHe Birmingham people will become so fa- niliar with this information that they VII te talking 1t whenever the chance presents itself to tell of the glories of the Maggie City"
 A. w. E. Johnson "A ". R. Johnson, president of the ntee-Smith Dry Goods company. "As the hopuar tune of some months ago runs, srverv Little Bit Helps and every lit- ale bit added to what you already have -fnakes just little bit more might be a slogan for post card day on January u. as it will certainly mean great ad- Svertising for this city through a small expense to the people most concerned The surest test ofs a good ad is the se- curing of the greatest amount of ,pub- 1icity at the smallest possible cost. Post cards reach the standard of good ad in .this respect, any man, woman or child, l understand, who can purchase cent etaml, can put their spoke in the postal whec, of advertising and make 1t have 6o c)0 revolutions on that one day. It ls splendid thing for Birmingham, and e better thing for her citizens for we ,all know that the individuals of a corpo- rate body increase in wealth and educa- tion proportionate with the growth of the whole.
 Ut may seem the face of it that the expenditure for a l cent stamp and the placing on an address could not bring in harvest for Birmingham, but 1t is just athe reverse, as the smallest things are srnost Cftsn the most powerful in sug- gesting to a man that this city has made good. is making good and always will make good for herself the south and the nation. With 5000 of these suggestions sast into action, the result will be far more than the average person thinks for ol first consideration. I greatly in farcr of the movement and am sure that every citizen will cooperate in making