The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-16
MASS MEETING ID PLANS FOR OLD NE VISIONS DAY Many Unique and Beautiful Costumes Will Be Worn
 By Sellers and Aides COL. T. H. MOTION WILL APPEA RAS UNCLE SAM Downtown Parade Will Contain Many Social Features-Many Prizes
 Will Be Offered for
 Sellers

There will be a big mass meeting at the Civic association tonight in the interest of the great celebration that will be held Wednesday for "old news boys" day, and all members are urged to attend. The meeting will be called to order promptly at 8 o'clock by President Weatherly and will trans act no other business except that bear ing on plans for the day. Everything will be done with promptness and members are promised that the meet ing will be adjourned by 10 o'clock. The idea of this meeting is to get as many of the members as possible to appear on the streets next Wednes- day in costume of some unusual kind. The movement was first suggested by a Civic association man, T. J. Critten- den, and the officers of the associa tior feel that 1t is up to them to see that nothing is left undone to insure sue cess.
 The strangest and most daring cos tunes that can be ina gined have al ready been planned by the boys who are to sell the papers. One of the chief sights will be T. H. Motion as Uncle Sam" on the Sass corner. With hlnl will be the real estate men, all dressed beautiful maidens arrayed as Miss Lib erty. The Iliwanis club. the Commu- nifty club, the Rotary club and numer- ous others who are concerned with civic work will be on other prominent corners all in some unusual costume that will dazzle the purchasers while they pay S1 or smore for their paper. Birmingham will have Indians, oriental girls, society girls, gipsy girls, skat- ing girls and every other kind of at tractive girls that can be imagined by the most hopeful They are not going to be in seclusion, either, but will be out on the streets all day helping the good work on and raising thousands of dollars for charity's sake.
 The parade will start about Il o'clock and pass through all the down town streets. All the girls and the sellers will take part and will drop out as they reach their respective cor ners. Miss Fancy is going to visit Birmins sham especially for the occa- sion and has been persuaded to march in the parade. Several bands will also be on hand and furnish music for the day
 The real estate men are going to have a special meeting this morning at in the directors room of the Cham Der of Commerce and all who are con- nected with the exchange are to be present and be assigned their part of the work This is the bunch that raised more Red Cross money than any other team and they are out to repeat their victory if it takes them all day to do At. There are about 200 others, though, that say the real estate men will have been left far behind when the day $ results are known. so there is bound to be some very keen competition. The swell assortment of prizes that Chair man Bob Murphy of the prize commit tee has gotten together for the reward of the most successful has put re- newed life into all.
 the day are the newsboys that have volunteered to give up their usual posts for the day. They are going to take day off for once and enjoy themselves as they watch the old boys" try to sell papers, and see how much better they are than the men who are taking their places for the day.