The age-herald., 1901-04-23
THE AGE-HERAl.D. TUESDAY. APRIL a 1901


 ests of the city. the, public school system, he declared that any system. or any indi- vidual to. whom Is entrusted the interests of five thousand children needs the as- distance Of every woman in the commun- ity. In referring to the Influence of the Woman's Club. which he characterized as the unofficial clement since its work Is purely voluntary, he said that it's CO., operation with the work of the public school system could be directed in various ways Dr. Phillips spoke of the confer ence of mothers as one of the needs to be continually dwelt upon by Birming- ham women. He urged the cooperation of the home and the school and the im- portance of elevating the moral stand ard. The school, by the standard main tained, must needs elevate the stand ard by which the child judges life; and In emphasizing the influences of the school, Dr. Phillips did not omit the value of proper home training. His remarks brought forward the importance of both, and placed an obligation upon every indi- vidual, a debt that society owes to the future, to see that proper legislative AASaAodi CS dIc ctdCtcO tO NhS cause of education.
 Dr. Phillips placed the public school system in the same category with that of the fire department, the police department and other municipal institutions. It comes under the same jurisdiction, and should interest every person who values the proper administration of municipal gov ernment
 Dr. Phillips was followed by Mrs. Car rie Bond. the president of the Saleswom- en's Union, who gave an interesting &C., count of the object work of this organiza- tion. Mrs. Bond Is also member of the Woman's Club, and she urged the coop eration of the members with the work undertaken by the Saleswomens Union. She spoke of the early closing of the stores, this humanitarian move being d. rectly the work of the Woman's Club.
 The Board of Trade was represented by its president. MT. John ". O'Neill. who explained its broad plan of work and the results that had been accomplished.
 He urged that the Woman's Club CO., operate with the Board of Trade by pa- tronizing home industries.
 Miss Willie Allen spoke for the literary clubs of the city, the value of club work. She admitted that she had sometimes thought that much of the work had been accomplished in the dark, and that there was a lack of definiteness. This idea had been dispelled and the work of clubs was conducted now along more practical lines.
 She said that the concensus of judg- ment of the literary clubs of Birming- ham had long been the organization of a club, the policy of which was adopted when the woman's Club was found.
 The other speakers were Aldermen Thach and Mrs. Edmund Taylor Taliaf- ferro, principal of the Pollock-Stephens Institute.
 Alderman Thach said he was an advo- all lines.
 "I am not exactly an advocate of wo- mans rights" he added although I have been a submissive victim for ten years.
 .I have attempted he continued, "to discover a common bond between the Board of Aldermen and the Woman's Club, and have concluded the Board of Aldermen needs the influence of good women" -
 Alderman Thach paid an eloquent trib- ute to the philanthropic work of women, and said that where men in their work for charity were perhaps blunt; that women were ever tender and sympathetic.
 'The Board of Aldermen is not such bad thing. after all,' continued MT. Thach, amid great laughter. Ut has to be abused by everybody, but 1t has many problems to consider.
 "On one hand is the COW law and on the other is the issuing of bonds to the amount of hundreds of thousands of dol lars. The educational interests of the city, the need of adequate police protec- tion, the thousand interests that are to be considered and decided upon by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen empha- size the importance of every member of that board doing his duty we'll. The board expects advice and suggestions, and since it is the women who understand the art of making home pleasant and agreeable, of improving conditions, the Board of Aldermen will always listen pa tiently to any suggestions made by the Womans Club and will feel benefited by it's cooperation. I hope that the Wo- mans Club will grow. develop and pros per"
 Mrs. Taliaferros remarks concluded the symposium. She said that the speakers who had preceded her had touched upon almost every topic In which the Womans 8 Club was interested. and she would not go over the same ground. She spoke with beautiful emphasis of the altruistic prin- ciples of the club. the ideals 1t maintained being those which the teachers attempted to inculcate in their pupils.
 When a teacher desires to emphasize these altruistic ideas, she points to the Woman's Club as embodying these prin- ciples in its work. and for thls," con cluded Mrs. Taliaferro, 'I wish to thank the Woman's Club''