The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
Royalty Entertained by the Local Club at Big
 aua Jet
Ahr. WELCOMED BY
 DIR. HI. M. EDMONDS
Birmingham Men Accompany Visitors to Train at 4 O'Clock This Morn ing-Hackett Receives Ova-
 ton When He Speaks
Fly ELLIS c. HoLLUMs

This morning just a few minutes be- fere the elcck in the courthouse tower struck 1. something like 40 or 50 men moved along Twentieth street in the direction Of the Louisville and Nash vile station They were the Mont gomery Rotsry club visitors and at o'clock the entire party crawled into their berths in the Pullman and stretched thoir weary limbs for sleep as the train sped on It's way south ard
 ;he Rotary club of Montgomery paid 1. visit TO the local Rotary club last night and were royalty entertained. severely roasted and grilled to a turn. The fun began when the entire mem bership of the local club met the Louisville and Nashville train bearing the Mon, gomery delegation at 7;45 last evening. served them with sandwiches and coffee and hurried them to the Lyric theatre. Here the actors and act resses were persuaded to step into the plot and to interpolate into their lines roasts and other mention of the vis- itors and loca lclub men.
 Miss Grace Wilson made the hit of the evening when she sang You Made Ne Lovs You" and as she reached the chorus of the song the spotlight was turned full upon Dick Burnett MT. Burnett sauirmed under the glare of the 1gbt. but the operator kept it focused just right There was consid- erable amusement at his expense and at that of J. E. Shelby.
 Leaving the theatre the party pro- ceeded to the Birmingham Newspaper club whsro was spread magnificent banquet The work of sydney Lazarus Edward Crawford and John Henley, Jr, was noticeable in the extensive prep arations for the success of the affair here.
 There were something like 175 Ro- tarians present and none of them was permitted to view the cafe until ev- erything was complete. Then the tire party, headed by President Shelby of the club. ascended the stairs to the twenty-fifth floor of the Jefferson County bank building. The only light in the c1fe came from the huge Ro- tary wheel lighted by electricity and revolving at great speed. After every one was placed the lights flashed up and the fun began. President Shelby Introduced MT Glass. who took the chair. A.r. shelby in his speech told \. "the rural visitors something of the wonders of Birmingham and said that the greate3t thing Birmingham had ac- complished in the past two years was the establishment of eight Rotary clubs outside of this city.
 Mir Glass welcomed the Rotarians to the city and then introduced pr. Henry MT. Edmonds, who made the principal address of welcome to the visitors Dr. EdmondS prefaced bis remarks by say ing he was some what fearful of the safety of the visitors, and that he un- derstood they had very pretty little city some 9S miles south of Birming- ham. He said he had been reliably in- formed that some of the Rotarians from Montgomery had brought lunches with them and said that if someone would kindly search Tom Hacl1ett he believed they would discover two bot ties of ccca-cola on his person. He said prominent Montgomery druggist had brought matted milk with him and that another visitor had brought city hall plums.
 The applause that followed pr. Ed ,nond's address was prolonged for per haps five minutes.
 Ovation for Hackett
 Thomas l.. Hackett, president of thu Montgomery club. was the next speaker from Montgomery and he received ar ovation Mir Hackett, with clever re partee replied to the base islander or his home city by the Brminghamian' in calling it small village. by say ing that Birmingham w.s taking ava, all the best men of his city. He pointed to pr. Edmonds as an example and hi. views received the appreciation of thu banqueters.
 The toastmaster then called each o the Montgomery Rotarians to his sid, and presented each of them with beau tiful Rotary watch fob on which hat been engraved the name of the recipient
 President Shelby at this moment re ceived a telegram from Duncan May O. Montgomery, who was unable to attend Tie telegram said: Everybody wortl while has gone to Birmingham and lef the old man here to hold down the town Duncan May, Jr, will take my place Ptuce Kennedy must come back tomor row. If not, save the pieces"
 Harry Jones was then introduced H, said that one of the most serious thing he had seen in recent years and on of the things which nurt him deepl, when he had time to think about it. wa the fact that Atlanta got Montgomer, to indorse her for the regional bank and then failed to put the capital city o Alabama a map wnich she prepared fer the federal reserve committee. MT Jones was frequently interrupted bu completed his address with the shouted words: "Build up your Rotary club!'
 One-Act Play Given
 Doc Baker, clever vaudeville singer WHO IS IloW pidyhis III l'ii hShdih' Woa next on the programme and he and Syd nev Lazarus put on a one-act playlet en titled, How Atlanta Got Montgomery Endorsement for a Regional Bank mucl to the amusement of the banqueters.
 MT Baker appeared first, singing. H got through the chorus and had begul the second verse when he was interrupte by MT. Lazarus. who. as master of cere monies, demanded peremptorily why h twas there singing. You have not beel engaged to sing here and you have n right here; how did you get in?' de manded Lazarus. The banqueters wer not in on the joke, aud thought tha the singer really had gos in the wronl