The age-herald., 1900-05-01
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trial at Montevallo for two years. If they send her another year she will have com pleted the full literary course of the school. This is a grand work for one little club. The Shakespeare club of Mobile has also had the same girl here for two years The Montevallo Studiosis has had a different girl each year. The same girl has been sent two years by the different clubs or the Federation-at-large. All four of these girls are fine types of womanhood, and two of them are preparing to teach summer schools. They are fully alive to what is being done for them by the club women The Decatur club has contributed $25 to- wards this fund, but the committee has re- served this amount, hoping that by fall this club can raise enough to have in charge the individual education of some girl. The committee had hoped that more clubs would take up the work Yet they are not dis couraged over what is done. After all, it is four times better than what was. Four human beings brought into higher living and thinking; four more homes brightened and beautifed; four girls fully equipped for the battle of life This, then, has been a good work"
 The committee includes Mrs. McCon- aughy Studiosis, Montevallo, chairman Mrs John G. Mann. Shakespeare Club, Mo- bile; Mrs B. T. Woolley, Literary Circle, Guntersville; Mrs. E. H. Allison, Progress i've Culture Club, New Decatur; Mrs. George Cruikshank, Woman's Club, Bir- mingham; Mrs A. T. Goodwin, Press Asso- citation, Montgomery; Mrs. J. G. McAn- dres, Magazine Club, Union Springs, Ala.
 Travelling Libraries
 The travelling library system in Ala bama deserves a brilliant chapter, since at its head Is one of the alost brilliant and progressive club women in the south, who has carried on successfully a movement that Is recognized every where as one of the most important that club women have fostered. The system followed in Ala bama is similar to that adopted by other states, but that Mrs. Haley has been con- fronted with many obstacles may be judged by her recent appeal when she states that ",rhe greatest obstacle in our way has been the indifference of our peo- pie as to whether they have or have not any library facilities. In many instances they canddly write us that 1t is true they have but few books, but that they don't specially care about having any, and are perfectly contented with an occasional peep at a newspaper.
 Now, here is where every club woman in Alabama may help in this work. When ever possible, put in a word for our travel ing library. Help us to arouse people to the benefit to be derived from good read ing; send the committee a list of places where libraries could be stationed to ad vantage; and above all, get your friends and acquaintances in small villages or country districts interested Tn the WorK, for there lies our most fertile work.
 Another hindrance, and I think the greatest one to the success of our work, is the excessively high transportation rates we have to pay on our libraries. In some cases the cost of sending a library to a place and bringing it back again exceeds the amount of the fee paid to obtain it."
 As chairman of the committee on travel ing libraries she went before the Educa- tional association, which met here last June, and before the Association of Coun- ty Superintendents and presented the claims of the travelling libraries, and asked the assistance of the teachers in circulat- ing them.
 Associated with Mrs. Haley on her com mittee are: Mrs. John London, Nineteenth Century club, Birmingham; Mrs. Joseph McLester Cadmean Circle, Birmingham; Mrs. c. T. Randall, Highland Book club, Birmingham; Mrs. Griffith Harsh, Edge wood club, Birmingham. Associate, the president of every federal club.
 Reciprocity
 The following circular letter issued last fall by the chairmanof the committee on reciprocity will give an idea of the char