The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-09
OLIVER COX TELLS
 OF TRIP ID TORONTO
Much Impressed With Expo sitiOn Grounds Where
 Ad Men Met

Oliver Cox, secretary of the Birming-
 ham Ad club, returned tofthe city yes i terday from Toronto, where he with
 other members of the club, has been
 attending the convention of the Associ-
 ated Advertising Clubs of America. MT.
 Cox spoke glowingly of Toronto as a
 city, and referred in terms of especial
 praise to the exposition grounds, where
 was held the convention of advertising i clubs. He said, however. that he was
 indeed glad to get back home and that
 there was no other place just like Bir-
 mingham.
 Toronto is a beautiful city" said Mir i COX, last night. Tt Is very much like
 an American city, in that the streets
 are kept clean, well paved and the gen.
 eral appearance of the city. It has many shade trees and the green grass grows all around The City Beautiful move
 ment in Toronto had a running start be- fore it ever reached Birmingham. The city has beautiful harbor and expensive docks, where vessels drawing many feet of water can be cared for.
 T was especially struck with the man ner in which the convention of ad clubs
 was cared for. The exposition grounds at Toronto face on the lake, and there are many permanent exposition buildings lilcit lflal are Ine constant attraction or 1 tourists. We were given these grounds and the use of the buildings In one
 building the entire body met for dis eussion and there were many depart mental sessions held in various buildings over the spacious grounds.
 T went over to Montreal after leaving Toronto and was surprised at the con-
 trast between the two cities. Toronto is almost as much alive as Birmingham. While Montreal ia a old T, | decidedly colonial appearance The stones in its buildings appear to have | been in use for hundreds of years and the streets are poorly paved, while the city | Is lighted in a most perfunctory manner | If one was seeking old ruins or desired
 to see things reminiscent of ancient days,
 Montreal is good place to find them. But l believe Toronto would have more success when 1t comes to doing things The general atmosphere of Montreal is conducive to inertia. In Toronto an air 1 of expectancy hovers and one feels that
 ne must do something because everybody else is busy
 T took a trip on the historic St Law renee river and found it thoroughly de- | ightful. The scenery along the river | Is superb and the gentle motion of the | huge river steamer made life worth liv-
 ing. The Thousand Islands were source
 of constant admiration, and one day of l | Getting back to American soil, I took
 a trip down the Hudson on one of the
 new S,O00000 steamers and enjoyed 1t
 thoroughly. It was a beautiful trip and
 l am not sorry I made it. Albany, N
 r.. is building some new docks that
 will cost them $7000,0Oo but they will
 prove to be worth more than that sum | to the city
 T am glad to get back to Birmingham
 To appreciate what a good town this real ] ly Is one must go away for a week or
 so. l missed the busy scenes here, the | air of rosperity-although the places I ! visited seemed prosperous enough and
 that Birmingham spirit, that makes men
 go out and do something to help build | the city.
 Speaking of building the city, the men | who are canvassing for a fund of $1, ,000, GOO | to be used as an inducement to the | Methodist commission to locate the Meth
 odist university here, are doing a great work. A university such as Is proposed
 to be established is one of Birmingham's s l greatest needs, and as a business propo-
 sition should appeal strongly to good business men. I believe that the citizens | generally will subscribe literally to the | fund and when it Is secured, I have no
 doubt but that the Methodist commission will decide that Birmingham is the logi-
 cal place to establish university. That | is the only logical conclusion to which
 they can arrive, whether we have the million or not