The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09

way, is beautiful and tender tribute to those women, who forget not, but remember
 The work which has already been com pleted is surprising. The first home to greet the visitor is the D. L. Moore, a neat five-room cottage, presided over by Mrs. Williams. She is a soldier too. When one of the ladies asked her haw many soldiers occupied this cottage. she an- swered, There are six of us." she is a sprightly energetic little woman, the wife of MT. Williams, who was one of the first soldiers to enter the home. She proves beyond the cavil of a doubt, that woman is needed every where even in a soldiers home. To questions she answer ed:
 ''Yes. when I first came I felt mighty curious for l was the only woman among 'em and l don't think they exactly liked it; but bless you they've come round now. Why left for a few days to make a visit and when I got back they was sho' glad to see me. You see I cook for em at this cottage and keeps things agoin'."
 Her cottage Is as neat as a pin and her kitchen as open to the stranger, as her dining room. She is very proud of the fact that she lives in the room furnished by MT. B. Wolf and points with equal pride to the room furnished by the Sophia Bibb Chapter of Montgomery
 The Fox Maull, Is the second cottage to gree you; this has six rooms and is one of the most attractive cottages. The chimneys of all have wide open freplaces and the bright pineknot fires throw a cherry glow over the home and hearth these cool November days The first two rooms in this cottage, are the Phelan an hn fsiu1af or76 fIn I orT ,,,f fl,o l.,ff The Mabson room Is also in th.s building These two cottages are the only ones occupied by soldiers. and the day of this visit, it was uncomfortably crowded be- cause as the nights had grown so cold the generous veterans of this cottage insist ed on having those sleeping in a nearby tent, removed to their rooms. However this temporary arrangement is only for a few days, for the neat and commodious Lizzie Cameron cottage Is almost ready and several others as well. This cottage was named in a unique way in com pliment to Mrs. Lizzie Cameron Fall1ner, the interchangeable co-worker of her brave hearted husband Col. J. M. Falkner. the founder of the home.
 As the story goes, the prize offered for the largest sale of tickets to the Bob Taylor lecture, was the privilege of nam ing this cottage. The two sides competing worked manfully and jealously, with the same name in view, so that what prom ised to be a great disappointment to the loser was a delightful surprise to all when it leaked out that Lizzie Cameron was the name chosen by both
 The next cottage No is yet unnamed. Let the enterprising patriots find some | ey-making scheme for the naming | and thereby hastening the completion of | the good and glorious work. No 5 is the | Flowers cottage being built of lumber 1 donated by the Flowers brothers. | No. is also yet unmarked by a name | as are numbers and which are as ye | paper houses or one should say Chat teaux D Espagne. All these cottages con
 tain rooms with bath and lie on tn
 south side of what shall be ere long | beautiful driveway. On the north side O
 this driveway facing south the cottage just mentioned, is Camp Hardee' tn
 most pretentious and prettiest of all tn
 cottages yet completed There is only on
 soldier from Jefferson county and he i
 proud of his county and of his camp an | his beautiful cottage, but there is still
 sigh in his heart and he whispered it
 me. Said he:
 "rhe ladies of Montgomery come ofte
 and bring trunks and boxes and baskets
 but the ladies of Birmingham-the
 haven't been here at alli
 'Ah" replied one, but when they d
 come they'll make up for lost time, fc
 I know those Birmingham women. Py for them, nor will he look in vain