The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-06

~ R THE several papers submitted to
 the Womans club outlining the
 work for the winter that of Mrs. James M IIardeman was awarded the club prize as announced in Sundays Age Herald.
 Mrs Hardeman was warmly congratu- lated by the judges and club women. and yesterday there was an urgent request from a number of Birmingham's public spirited men and women that Mrs. Harde- mans paper be printed in full. The pro- grammes for each club meeting are out lined and the prospectus teens with practical suggestions for philanthropic and educational work.
 The object of the Womans club of Bir- mingham as embodied in it's constitu- ton is to strengthen individual effort by organization and to promote such meas ures as will condnce to the best and high est interests of the community.
 TO remove the work of the club from this broad basis would cause our name to be a misnomer. Mrs. HarGeman first suggests that the club should publish calendar as nothing adds more to the dignity of a club. She further suggests that the members take the following pledge:
 "Believing the aim and object of the Woman's club of Birmingham IS high and worthy, and that civics should be di- vorced from politics, I pledge myself to give to the club my most loyal consid- eration and support.
 Absence from the club without good excuse should constitute a breaking of the pledge, and a forfeit or a fine be required and enforced.
 A prize to the member attending most regularly and one for securing the great est number of new members, Mrs. Hen derson believes would encourage the building up of the club numerically and increase the attendance.
 It is suggested that only two meetings a month shall be held, as the women of Birmingham are interested in many lines of charity
 It is suggested that the first meeting of each month be a business meeting, com bined with current events, and that the second meeting to be a social one, and open to the public at option of the club.
 The guest tickets, instead of admitting only strangers, (non-residents) should also admit resident friends upon appli cation to the treasurer.
 "No one wants to join club" says Mrs Hardeman, "of which she knows nothing. Once let the women of Birming~ ham realize the great work being accom- plished by a few and they will want to join our ranks. Make our social meetings so interesting they will want to coEle all the time.
 Continuing, Mrs. Hardeman says:
 "The great complaint in the past has been the lack of individual responsbil- ity in attending the meetings. Let each woman be made to feel when she joins our club she is needed and appre- ciated by us, and that we want her in- dividual thought along the civic line. This will bring the club into larger field of knowledge. and give us greater scope for doing good. Let such institu- tions as the Hillman hospital, free kim dergartens, Mercy Home, Boys Indus trial School, Young Womans' Christian association and the Humane society feel that they have our support Let club members visit these institutions and see just what they are doing for the cause they represent, that we may discuss what they are doing and be able to help them in their work"
 Among some of the subjects Mrs. Hardeman suggests for discussion are Comparison of the well-bred child to the child of the alley; the free kinder gartens and their influence for good; comparison of the church to the saloon, the influence they exert on our commun- ity for good or for evil; the responsi-