The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

working hard and making good progress.
| II is stated that the 20 floats will be COM
pleted in plenty of time for the festival.
To give some idea of the size of these
| floats it is announced that they are %
| feet long, 9ls feet broad and 1S1a feet
high.
| For the day parade they will be elabo
rately decorated and equipped to represent
Birmingham on Wheels for the night
parade they will be electrically lighted,
tproducing wonderful effects in an ale
gorical panorama of Indian life as it once
was in Alabama.
| Today the potlatch BUTTONS are on dis
play, together with the membership cards
and ballots in the following downtown
store windows: Loveman, Joseph & Loeb,
Steele-Snith. Drennen. Pizitz, Parker's
Drug store, Golfers Drug store, Nun
nally, Florence Cigar store, shop of
Quality and Blachs. Attractive cards are
also in the windows appealing to every
one to be "a good Indian, and rally to
the support of the Birmingham potlatch
festival
Not button nor hatpin will be sold un-
til Wednesday morning at o'clock, and
not one will be sold after the 5000 have
/ been disposed of. there being, as Chairman
Turner said yesterday. just about one
button for every tenth person in Birming-
ham,
Demand Outside Birmingham
But many of the buttons will be hold
outside of Birmingham Over 100 requests
have been received by the committee in
charge from persons not only in Brming-
ham, but all over the state asking for
the privilege of buying the first button.
One of these requests was from Mobile
and another from Sylacauga. No an
nouncement has been made as to what
will be done in this connection.
The Chamber of Commerce headquar-
ters will attend to all the mail order
business. Anyone desiring to order a
button or hatpin by mail should ad-
dress the "Birmngham Potlatch Associa-
| ton. care the Chamber of Commerce,
Birmingham, Ala.,' inclosing check or
money order to cover the cost of the num-
Der Of buttons desired. and they will be
sent by return mail. From present indi-
cations members of the committee were
of the opinion yesterday that out of town
sale of the buttons would be much larger
than they at first anticipated.
The buttons are making a very desir-
able impression on all those who have
| seen them. Several men when shown
the button yesterday by members of the
potlatch committee expressed their sur
prise, stating that the general attrac-
tiveness of the button or hatpin, either
one. made it worth dollar in itself, not
mentioning what it was. nor what it
stands for.
AS already published the buttons are
| to be sold for 81 and with them will
be given membership certificate in
the Order of Potlatch and two ballots
emitting the holder to vote in each of
the two contests which will be e\started
Immediately after the short selling cam
paign for the buttons is closed.
Not a Money Making Scheme
Everyone should realize that this is
not. a money-making scheme" stated
General Potlatch Chairman Turner yes
Eterday Not man connected In any
way with this festival or celebration ex-
poets to get a penny for the work he is
putting into 1t and don't want a penny.
I'VE have carefully gone over every de-
tail and by close estimation have reached
the sum Of $4,000 as the amount Of money
absolutely necessary to make the cele-
bration a success. That's what we are
going to spend and we are going to sell
1900 buttons and hatpins at 81 each to
meet this Indebtedness and there will
be an end to it. Not button will
be sold after the 5000 mark has been
reaciieu, = WHICH We expect 10 90 easily
within about two days. Any man after
that time cannot secure button for
any price and no one can secure admit
tarce to the various events of the fes-
tival unless he does possess q button
and membership certificate in the Bir-
mingham Order of Potlatch.,
ANY man can buy as many buttons
as he wishes, to give to the different
members of his family. But any man
who Thursday night is not the possessor
of a button is going to feel just about
as lonesome as lone man at an after
noon pink tea party. The ballots given
with the buttons can be used by the
purchaser Of the button himself or he
can give 1t to anyone OF his friends to
be used II he SO desires
The contests between the different
churches and charity organizations and
the different fraternal lodges and labor
organizations is expected to be SO keen
however, that Chamber OF Commerce
headquarters were busy yesterday num-
bering the certificates and the ballots
Several churches Of the city have already
started plans to organize campaign ia