The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-16
VANDERBILT HOTEL
 MEN ID MEET HERE
Lyles Black Arrived Tester day and Manager Mar
 shall Comes Today

Lyles Black representing the Vander-
 hit hotel interests of New York, is In
 the city He will be joined here this
 morning by W. H. Marshall. manager of
 the Vanderbilt, who Is widely known In this city. MT. Marshall selected Birming-
 ham a meeting place with MT. Black
 by reason. of the central location of this city and because the Vanderbilt hotel interests propose to attempt to interest local citizens of Birmingham in that hostelry in New York
 MT. Black, who was for years resident of Nashville, Is already well known in Birmingham and he succeeded yesterday in adding to the list of friends that he has in Birmingham. MT. Black was | guest of Edward R. Crawford at the press club for luncheon. where he met several prominent Birmingham men. Later he was shown over the city by George R. Knox, Jr., and other well known cit- | zens. He visited the Country club. Roe | buck club and other places.
 T am very much interested In Birming- ham" said MT Black at the press club. | This city possesses so many attractions
 
 greatest one. would say off hand, however, that the greatest claim to the 1 attention of the country that Birmingham l has Is her magnificent residence sec l tions. This city cannot be compared with | any place that l have visited In years 1 when it comes to beautiful homes and
 beautiful residence sections. I am amazed
 at what has been shown me. Birmingham 1 should take particular pains to tell the
 country what a delightful place this Is
 to live and to show the country what can me personally l shall be slow In forget ting what l have seen. l cannot forget
 that your press club is an ideal place.
 and that your Country club Is the last word in places of that sort. I cannot
 forget that the Altamont road and Moun- tain Terrace are places that defy descrip- 1 ton.
 l '1 have heard a great deal of Blrming-
 ham for I lived fin Nashville for many l years and New York lesser length of 1 time. But l am free 70 confess that so
 far as places of interest are concerned
 Birmingham has it over most any place that l nave ever visited.
 MT. Marshall. manager of the Wander 1 bilt hotel will be here Saturday. He wired me to meet him here. I have been 1 travelling all over this section of the
 country in an effort to interest the south | crn people in our hotel. We think 1t 1 Is the best proposition in New York and 1 we cater largely to the people of the south. We attach a great deal of pres | tige to the fact that southern people stop at our hotel and we are trying in every way to encourage that disposition on the part of southern people. We have made an extraordinary effort to let the people i, of this section know that we welcome | them to our house and have left nothing undone to assure them of welcome there So it is perfectly natural that we | should feel kindly toward this section and the people that come from here to l New York"
 l MT Marshall. who will arrive in Bir- mingham today, is widely known in Bir- | mingham. He was here sometime ago and for a long time figured on taking the Tutwiler hotel. It was stated yes. terday by MT Black that the people in
 several cities think at this time that MT Marshall has the Tutwiler.
 ''I hear great deal about the Tutwiler hotel here" said Mir. Black. "A great
 many people ask me if Mir. Marshall is to be the manager of the place, and I am forced to rcgretfully announce that such Is rot fact. The Tutwier hotel from what have heard about it Is hotel in class by itself and one which will shed great deal of credit upon Bir- mngham."
 MT Marshall will be entertained at the press club at luncheon. Ills hosts will be Fred Larkin, William c. Watson, George R. Knox Jr., and other local eiti zens. MT. Black will also be present.