The age-herald., 1899-06-10
CIVIC DEPARTMENT OF WOMAN'S CLUB Will Present a Petition to Board
 of Trade URGING EARLY CLOSING Of the Stores-The Cooperation of Bir- mingham Woman is Necessary ,E--Gossip and Events
 in Society.
URGING EARLY CLOSING
BY ANNIE KrNpRIoK wALKER

BY ANNIE KENDRICK WALKER A petition from the civic department of the Birmingham Woman's club will be pre- sented this afternoon at the meeting of the | board of control of the board of trade, ask
 ing the board of trade to recommend the
 closing of the stores every afternoon ex- cept Saturday, at o'clock, until the first | of October.
 The petition was to have been presented
 at the last meeting of the board of trade, | but owing to the matter not being brought | forward no action can now be taken until the next meeting. A recommendation from the board of control will then be
 made when the petition is presented. prominent member of the board of
 control said yesterday that the closing of 1 the stores was a question which must be
 decided by the women of Birmingham.
 "If Birmingham women," he continued,
 twill do their shopping before in the
 afternoon every merchant in the city will l be more than willing to close his doors at l that hour. A majority of women prefer to | do their shopping in the morning, but there l are numbers of them who shop of after | moons, and during the summer months they | of course prefer to do it as late as possi-
 ble. It is this class who demand that the stores remain open. The board of control will recommend the petition to the board
 of trade, but after all it is the womei the city who must cooperate with any ton taken by the board.' Mrs. s. D. Cole, the president of the
 partment of civics was interviewed
 terday.
 "The resolution passe-. by the ladie the civic department she said, lis to effect that the stores oe closed every a
 noon at o'clock until the 1st of Octt
 We feel that the merchants will endor | heartily, and we are anxious for the B
 of Trade to take action at once. The moye-
 ment will certainly meet with the co-opera-
 tiop of Birmingham women." Mrs. Cole spoke of the great need of fresh air for the men and women who are confined all day in the shops, which an early closing of the stores during the long
 days of summer makes possible for them to enjoy. She also referred to the other
 cities where the shops are closed at this hour and on Saturday at 1 o'clock. The women who are taking an interest in the
 matter will feel that great things will have been accomplished if the o'clock closing
 on every day, with the exception of Sat urday, will become established for this | summer. The Saturday afternoon vacations 1 will come later as Birmingham grows in greatness If the question of closing the stores is one which must be decided by the women of Birmingham, surely the matter
 need not await the action of the Board of
 Trade.
 The petition is however addressed to the
 board and a favorable action in regard to
 the resolution will meet with the hearty
 approval of Birmingham women. The
 crowded condition of the stores on sum-
 mer mornings is evidence that it is
 the morning hours which are more popular
 for shopping. The average woman prefers
 during the hot months to do her shopping in the mornings, and to spend the after
 moons leisurely. The woman who enjoys
 the luxury of a trap takes her summer
 afternon drives along the country road
 ways and gives her mornings over to any
 necessary shopping
 Auburn will be unusually gay during the
 approaching commencement exercises, in a social way. Indeed the entertainments of the cadets have been going on since
 Thursday night. The dances and recep- tions given by the Auburn cadets are noted all over the state and hundreds of visitors attend them annually.
 Thursday night the Sopomore class gave their annual commencement cotilion. Last called the Festival of Lights" Tonight the freSnmen WILL give IDelT QdnCe 1He seniors will give their farewell cotillon to their young women friends on Monday evening; the juniors on Tuesday evening, and on Wednesday night the famous com-
 mencement hop will take place in Langdon
 hall.
 Miss Migron Conner has returned from
 Baltimore, where she attended school at the Woman's college.
 Dr. w. E. Morris and Dr. Lewis Coleman Morris left yesterday for Charlottesville, Va, where they were summoned by the death of their mother, which occurred on Thursday night. Mrs. Morris recently vis- tied Birmingham. She was an unusually attractive woman, with all the inherited charm and graces that are associated with southern women.
 MT Allan w. Haskell is in New York.
 
 Miss Lou-Reese Johnston has returned
 from the Womans college at Baltimore.
 Miss Moie Cullom has returned from Baltimore where she attended the Womans
 college
 Jackson C. Halstead has gone to Clarkes- vile, Tenn, to attend the commencement
 exercises of the university. Montgomery Brown has gone to West Virginia to visit relatives.
 Mrs. Lewis Coleman Morris is spending several days with Mrs. Allan w. Haskell. Miss Mary Johnston is visiting in Atlanta.
 Mrs. Margaret Wheat Allen has cards out for a reception on the evening of June 16 from to Il. The cards of MT. and Mrs. Vassar Lyle Allen are enclosed.
 Mir Crosby gave an informal musicale at the residence of MT. T. r. Walters on Thursday evening. There were thirty l guests including a number of the most | prominent musicians in Birmingham. MT. and Mrs. OByrne gave an informal | reception on Thursday evening for Miss Alice Fallon. Several of the "Terra Sortis"