The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15
Novel Announcement Card


 Perhaps the most attractive novelty that has come to my attention lately is the artistic announcement card recently issued to the patrons of a local theatre by its management" said MT. Fairchild, assistant manager of the Hotel Tut wiler.
 The card presents a neat appearance, and the color design, which is in good taste, is carried out we'll It is lettered in orange with a rich purple border on white background. The envelope in which it is mailed corresponds with the card in colorlng. The lettering is as follows:
 Owing to the success of the previous engagement of Today the Broadhurst- Schooner play, at the Jefferson theatre early in October, I have prevailed upon the New York booking office to send it back, and those who saw it before and those who did not see it will have an opportunity to do so on Friday, Jan- uary b. A special matinee will be given at 2:S0 p. m. R. S. DOUGLASS.' Visiting Ills Old Friends Here walton Peteet. editor of tho Waco Morning News, but some years ago A. member of the Birmingham bar, is here Tor a short visit. He has a number 1 Of warm friends here and they are all glad to greet him.
 Texas, like all other cotton states. has been hurt by the low price of the staple, but it has large diversity of iufareata and huoi,aus eo,~.. AL cities is very good, indeed" said MT. Teteet. "One thing that particularly distinguishes Texas is it's great num- Der of small cities. We have several large cities-San Antonio. Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth; several cities of the second class, including Waco with population of about 45,O00, and countless towns of from 2O0O to 5000 pop- ulation. In travelling through Texas on | a train one is hardly out of a large town before he passes through anoth- | CT. Another thing about Texas that indicates thrift and progressiveness Is the large number of daily papers | There are about 50 of them "When I left Birmingham for Texas l in 1892 this town was not making much headway. But after the hard l times of the sos were over the city began to go forward and it is now one of the marvels of the country" | The Next Music Festival
 "The Birmingham Choral association. | under whose auspices Damrosch and his splendid orchestra will appear here on the 18th of April in two festival performances, has decided not to give an entire evening of oratorio. out to have two choruses of 30 or 35 min utes each--von Felitz's The God and
 end,'" said a member of the Arion club.
 MT. Rienzi Thomas. the chorus di-
 rector, will soon begin rehearsals on
 those two beautiful compositions. By
 having only short works MT. Damrosch will be able to give an overture and q
 symphony. The afternoon performance
 will be principally orchestral. "The association had an option on two nights and a matinee. but it was decided to confine the festival to a
 matinee and one night. The good wom-
 en who managed the festival last year came out with g. little surplus instead of a deficit. They are determined to 60 likewise this year. They thought
 that three performances might not
 pay out. By having only two per
 formances there can be no possible
 risk and in all probability there will be a larger surplus than last year.
 The Iron Market Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati repor
 says in part:
 '.General trade and financial conditioni
 appear to be rallying consistently, thu . underlying sentiment in the iron trade f.
 improving accordingly. but the week ha g seen no particular demonstration in tn } way of sales in the pig iron trade. Lo
 cally the market Is marking time. in ! quiries and sales being small, but move
 ment on contracts and consumption b, buyers are on the increase. Sales mad 5 are for a variety of grades.
 "In many of the consuming plants, par ticularly the steel end, business has ac complished marked improvement. l Is reported that the Steel corporation ! business has increased some half-millio
 tons in orders during December, and tha