The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

I don't know whether you felt about | 1t like I did or not, but when somebody
 asked me about 'Sixty-One-One, didn't
 know whether they were talking about Q new brand of breakfast food, a "Keno
 party or the number of an automobile; sol began to inquire, and what-d'ye
 'spose I found out? Sixty One-One' is the incest sort of a magazine, sent out by the First National Bank of Birmingham, edited and gotten up by the incest sort of young man, and it affords the incest sort of an hours pleasure if you care about really clever, unusual, up-to-date things.
 i Now you know what Sixty -One-One" l is; but, forgot; haven't told you why l it is thus named; but I will because, when I asked MT. Herbert D. Todd, for 1 it is none other than he, MT. Wells sec retary, who is "Ye Editor in Chief of this bright publication, he said that I
 wasn't the only anxious inquirer" on his list, and in explanation he wished to say
 that Sixty One-One' is the transit num- Der by which the First National Bank of Birmingham, Alabama, is known in
 the American Bankers association, what
 ever that means. I have a very slight acquaintance with banking terms.
 ''SiXty-One-One" is just another exam pie of the progressive spirit, the fine cit
 izenship and the splendid business acu-
 men of MT. Wells the president of the
 First National bank, for, without his ap-
 proval and cooperation, "Sixty-One-One'
 could never have existed. By the promo
 tion of this clever magazine he touches
 a note of sympathy and comradeship be-
 tween the big bank and the outside world
 which brings them into very close rela-
 tonship; certainly he has chosen well in giving his clever secretary, MT. Todd,
 the opportunity to show his originality in
 getting up the magazine, and that he is
 doing it with intelligence, rare discrimi-
 nation and keen perception. is very defi-
 nitely shown in the Christmas Num- ber," which in it's pretty dress of green and red and gold, sends it's happiest
 greetings to you for the joyous season
 of 1916!
 This is the age of youth and youthful ambitions, and Mr. Todd is a fine exam pie of the young man who means to ac- complish big things; he's clever, and the word "slothfulness has no place in the lexicon of his aspirations; from a literary standpoint this young man may be regarded as unique, both as to style and ideas.
 Aside from the ''Personals' in Sixty One-O One" some choice bits of "bark"
 news, and some very good photographs of big men in the banking business, Mir Todd contributed some good stories, a | cycle of Christmas Impressions Give | in number) being of unusual literary 1 value, the best being ''We Be Good Eel
 lows AL" which runs as follows: 1 Wassail! wassail. all over the town, 1 Our toast is white, and our ale is brown; 1 Our bowl is made of maplin tree; | We be good fellows all;-I drink to thee. Robert Southwel. | The Christmas cotillion, the social event of the season, was in full swing. | The ballroom was decorated in pro- | fusion of holly with niistletoe pendant | from every chandelier.
 | Under the mistletoe in the arch of an l alcove, the back of a slim girlish figure | in black was visible. The boy thought | that never before had he beheld such l marvellous arms and shoulders. The | gleam of the ivory skin bewitched him. {! From beneath the dainty frock a pair | of perfect ankles were visible.
 | The boy stole up behind tho radiant | vision. "Ah, fair one, know not who
 you are. but if your face fulfills the
 promise of those exquisite shoulders, you are the most beautiful creature in the l world"
 The temptation was more than any l mortal could withstand As he bent for | ward to accept the invitation of the mis- l tletoe, she turned, and behold! it was 1 his modern grandmother.
 ' The decorations" of the Christmas