The age-herald., 1900-06-20

since it's influences reached them before it was too late to reclaim them. Miss Sta leys work has not been confined to that of the college settlements, and although the poverty and haplessness with which she became familiar in the sweat shops have naturally deepened her socialistic theories, she is not at present in Birmingham in the capacity of lecturer on social problems. although number of Birmingham women interested in redemption work are anxious to have her speak upon these subjects. Miss Staley is now a member of the fac- ulty of the Jessamine Institute near Lex ington Ky, and she is in the city in the interest of her school She is gifted with a beautiful voice, and it has been a great influence In reaching the women and chill dren of the factories, who would be quick ly attracted by young woman who would sing to them at the schools and homes. She is imperSonator, well as being an elocutionist, and her recitals include both musical numbers and recitations. Miss Staley also lectures upon scientific phys ical training gymnasium methods, food, hygiene and kindred topics. In addition to her talks upon athletics she has written many scientific articles for the papers and magazines, illustrating her work by the cleverest drawings. Her pen and ink sketches nave frequently Deen tdhen Aoi those by well-known men artists, and she is one of the very well-known coterie of women artists of the Salmagundi Club. She is also a writer on art topics, ana while she was at college she made special study of Creek Sanserit and Oriental ht- erature on art and antiques.
 She spoke yesterday of the clever Work of the Goodwin girls. Carolyn Goodwin and Miss Staley were great friends in New York before the formers departure TOT Paris where she is the best-known woman illustrator in the Latin quarter. Miss Sta ley is an enthusiast in physical culture by gymnasium methods. TO my mthd' sie said, there is nothing splendid as a 1.-the, plastic body in the expression Of a sound, wholesome interior mechanism. Re pression of movement, pose and gesture has made sticks of Anglo-Saxons, and the glory of Greek expression has become lost art. l wish to live to see them with capacity for expressing the delights that really en- compass us.'
 Miss Staley has done a great deal of newspaper and magazine work for both the Western and Eastern papers, and at one time did desk and department work on the Louisville Courier-Journal. She is devout Catholic and a part of her life was spent with the Anglican Sisterhood in London. She has accomplished so much in various lines that one marvels at her extreme youthfulness, her knowledge and fund of information being more general ana al the same time more specific than Is usually found in a young woman whose college days are not very remote. She Is typical Western girl, with the thorough education acquired in the universities and followed up by winters of study in Boston and New York. With hundreds of other young col lege bred women of the West and East, she followed the trend that led into the serious study of social conditions and that resulted
 in serious work for their improvement, and while her present work is along other chan nels, she is none the less interested in the work of reform. She was particularly in terested to hear of the work of Alabama women in establishing the Boys Industrial School, and declared that the same problem of placing youthful delnquents in cells with hardened criminals had not been solved by Eastern women as it has by Ala bama women. She expressed her surprise that condition that had existed so long in New York State remained a problem while here the law had been made by which a like condition was remedied.
 Since Miss Staley has been in Brmineh am she has conducted a Sunday service at the Pratt mines prison, having been invited to do so by Mrs. R. D. Johnston. i
 It is probable that the Woman's Club