The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31
THE SOCIAL SIDE
.rrErrNcs TOR PERMANENT 0R-
 rANrxATToN or HUMANE s0OIEfl

ANIMATION or HUMANE sOOiETn
 There Is called for Thursday even fng next, meeting to be held m the Auditorium of the Girls High School for the purpose of perfecting the orr uanization of the Humane Society, nlane ana preparation for which have heeu on foot for the past six months The program for Thursday will con- tain short speeches by persons repre- santing the diferent departments of the city government and officials or tne State.
 The plan is that there shall be one mass meeting of the members year and as many meetings of the board ot directors as the members shall see fit to hold. There will be no tax of att tending meetings imposed on the mem bers and the dues are to be only sl.oo year.
 1t promises to be one of the largest examinations of the city as almost every citizen, man woman and child. viii feel it small thing to do to eleviate the suffering from careless ness. ignorance, neglect and in few instances cruelty to the animals who serve humans" There are already nearly a hundred names, on the list of membership although no canvassing has been done. These have indicated their wish to join simply because 1t has reached them that the movement is on foot. The promoters want every one to join and they find that there Is constantly growing interest on the part of the people in general who recognize the crying need of such an organiza- ton, and realize that the movement Is in line with the 1910 plans for the city's growth and development show a wise mans group of the average stock of city. and it's state of pro- gress, civilization and prosperity, is nTx 4,4k kkf e. between the stock in q city where a humane society exists and in one where the established law Is left to it's fate to be a dead one, is very apparent to any one who has travelled and noted tn conditions he finds in each locality.
 A member of the Humane Society Will pay his $1 dues and will procure a small and very inexpensive badge and will be ready for business There is no other requirement., save a promise to wear the badge. and at all times, make some effort to help Gods dumb brutes when. the need of it comes un- der his CT her observation.
 The Thursday evening meeting is set fer ss3o o'clock and the officers se- lected will bespeak the success af the organization. Let this first mass meet ing be a rousing big one. It will be interesting to hear the short speeches on the subject.
 No good citizens will mind the small requirements which will result in the elaviation of so much suffering on the part of the dumb beast of burden and the encouraging of those who are making an effort to help the helpless SOME SUBJECTS THAT
 INTEREST SCHOOL. IMPROVE
 MENT ASSOCIATIONS,
 4 desire dear to the hearts Of the ? members of the Montgomery School Improvement Association, is the estab- fishing of a course of home economies in the public schools of the city. No cause that they could inaugurate could surpass this one in importance.
 All that life tends for in it's drift outside is to perfect the home. and yet every line of study supercedes it in the plan of education in the public schools. The girl of the day gets her bit of learning In music, art, lam guages and mathematics, but she rath- CT scorns tuition on the subject of home economies. Before that comes, self adorning, the importance of which cannot be overestimated. But the young woman who has learned to look to the care of herself, but who is helpless when it comes to the care that is necessary to make @ well or- dered and attractive home, has taken only one step.
 
 home extravagance or home economy that is extravaganza or economy of ef- Tort in bringing about the desired re- suit of "the home beautiful' and com fortable and this should be and is in some other places a part of the edu- cation given by the State to her chll- dren.
 Is 1t right that in home the mother should bear the burden of all the work that Is necessary for the entire family? Why should not each child, no matter how young, take her portion and rem der her share of the service2
 Some one asked of a mother: Are you not very lonely while the girls are all off for the vacation?'
 She-that mother-is one of a family or two men and five women of various ages, and she replied:
 We'll. no; of course. I miss them all, put with only two of us and good servant, there Is nothing to do and I do so enjoy the rest We have a big family when they are all at home and. of course. with one servant there is much to do in keeping the home in or der." Now those are not the right condi- lions. Tn a home of seven members. 1 there is seven times as much to so as in home Of one, and if every one did l her duty fin not making work and in 1 doing here share, mother" would rest | as much with them at home as away 1 It should be done. There is no place in weil-ordered home for the drone and | the specie should not be tolerated A woman should have more to do before she is a matron and less to do after she is one.
 A girl should be a pleasuree, and not | altogether burden, in the home of her | parents. as she will be In her own after | she Is married. Even the office girl | may, with advantage to her bodv and | mind, spent a half hour in house work | properly done before she goes to her | outside duties. And all of this may be | brought about by study in home econ | omies at school and practice in home l economics at home.
 Historical Committee. An especially important department 1 of work which the School Improvement l Association's effort is centered ia that |