The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31
Search Among Alleys With
 Red Lantern for the Sewanee Tiger
LITERALLY PAINTED
 BIRMINGHAM RED
Parades About Town Before Game Attracted Wide Attention-Stars of Game Carried Around Field on
 Shoulders of Frantic Students

Overjoyed because of their scintillating triumph over Sewanee on the football field yesterday afternoon the students of the University of Alabama celebrated, in hilarious fashion, Halloween in Bir- mingham.
 The chief of police, genial Irishman in whom there still remains a whimsical respect for the frivolity of youth. very thoughtfully excused himself, and 1t is their inimical ''shirt-tail brigade" no man would have said them nay.
 The principal game of the night was en- titled, Searching for the Sewanee Tiger" The Alabama boys several hundred strong, went through all the streets and alleys of the great City. and as each of | the celebrants was armed with pie turesque lantern, and as each without | hesitation endeavored to make himself heard over the rest in jest or song or story, 1t goes without saying that the band attracted attention.
 Sentiment Toward Sewanee
 At the noon hour, the Alabamians. in anticipation of triumph paraded the streets behind a banner on which in blaz- | ing letters flamed:
 ITO H. with the Sewanee Jinx." l This banner containing its paraphrase of the Excelsior of another banner, excited the ire of number of the puri- tans with which Birmingham is blessed, and insistent complaint was made to the I structed to destroy the banner and jail the boys. But the chief, laughing silently in his sleeve, declined to carry out the l instructions. He did however, induce the l youngsters to conceal the banner, and express their sentiments only in theii hearts.
 l Last night, however, the youngsters were not to be restrained, and the fact | that Birmingham this morning is no, painted red in due solely to the fact tna, in the time limit, its size made the task impossible.
 Sought Sewanee Jinx l The youngsters did not find the Se- vance Tiger in their madcap search last night. The lads who fought so gallantly beneath the purple banner had discretely retired Some of them fingered lovingly over books in the chambers of their hotel Others repaired for an hours forgetful- l IeSS iIr0 pldyHOuSeb. AIQ Stiil very wisely buried themselves and theil vain regrets in the secret passages of g sleeping car.
 l For hours, despite it's impossibility oi l result, the Alabarnians with their lanterns
 continued their desperate search. Tn tn, midst of the pleasure of the afternoon they captured an African of particular ebony hue and characteristic disregard fol 1 convention, and forced him, bearing 6 lantern attached to his head and drum attached to his back, to render arduoui service. With a smaller negro beatinf
 the drum, the larger negro led the pro. cession--and all the while the sidewalk,
 were lined with hundreds of men ant women enjoying the spectacle as much al the boys their sport.
 | At 10 o'clock every youngster. in ap parent disgust, dashed his lantern on rn' pavement to the front of the Hotel Tut wiler. Shortly afterwards, in a specia train of seven sleeping cars the students
 sobered again by the ever-arising ghosts
 of books, returned to Tuscaloosa.
 Was an Alabama Day
 The day was decidedly an Alabama day During the battle, 600 lusty throats sant the songs dear to the hearts of all stu dents and former students of the univer sity; sang the songs and yelled the cnal lenge cheers which have never lost thei ! power to move.
 After the game, the 600, as one. leapet
 from their seats, dashed headlong iron the stands over the wires and rope which previously had restrained, am hurtling themselves among the exhausted players, fell upon their necks
 T Each of the stars was lifted upon tn shoulders of half a dozen and more 0 the overjoyed lads, and all over tn
 spacious field, they were carried. Ther
 uyara choars md fhora were tearB-fOr be
 tween the two. when the heart Is glad
 there ia little difference.
 Under the goal posts, eventually, tn
 800 gathered. and the air was rent alter
 nately by songs of a mellow sweetness ! and yells of a blatant triumph.
 And through 1t all, Birmingham sti : lives. and strange to say. looks the sam