The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-09
NEW MILK DEPOT |S
 FORMALLY OPENED
Representative Crowd h. spects New Home Estab-
 lished by Ladies

The opening of the milk depot and day nursery at Avenue E and Nineteenth street, under the auspices of the ladies' committee for the. "Prevention of Infant Mortality" was held yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock under the most pleasant and most favorable circumstances. A large and representative gathering was brought together by the occasion and many of the prominent men and women present heartily Joined in praising this latest of benefieent undertakings on the part of the women of Birmingham.
 Before the beginning of the exercises the crowd had begun to assemble and each was so taken with a curiosity to see just what a pure milk depot and day nursery might be that all must needs be taken on an inspection trip through the ently fitted up for the care of infants of working mothers and for the dis pensing of pure milk and other nutriment
 to sick little children.
 i Each person was loud in praise of the
 baby home which, though apparently small when viewed from the outside, con- tains seven comfortable rooms fitted UT with small, white beds for those infants who will be taken care of while theil mothers are at work. The various apart ments where different phases of the work will be conducted were likewise inspected and found to be excellently arranged.
 Following the inspection of the build i,,to lar meeting and beautiful invocation of fered by the Rev. Robert l.. Bell, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, for the Divine protection and guidance of the life which is budding in each small child.
 Immediately after the invocation Secre- tary William M. McGrath of the Asso- ciated Charities. which which the commit tee for the prevention of Infant Mortal ity' is associated, delivered a short ad- dress, in which he set forth the plans to be pursued by the committee in the work among, the infants and children of the community.
 The next speaker was Mrs. George c. Ball, who showed in a most interesting and entertaining manner something of the possibilities for such work as has been inaugurated in the pure milk depot and day nursery. Mrs Bell is familiar with this phase of social work and con seauently succeeded in presenting the meeting with some very suggestive ideas.
 President Culpepper Exum of the Bir- mingham commission was present and made short talk, in which he took occa- sion to bestow upon the ladies who are responsible for the milk depot and day nursery the very highest commendation. He dwelt with much pride upon this latest of the many achievements of the women of Birmingham and pledged them that the commissioners were always ready and willing to cooperate with them in their efforts not only for the welfare of humanity at large but also along those lines of activity which have at heart the beautfying of the city and general civic improvement.
 There were many other speakers who were called on during the course of the afternoon and all were sincere and un- sparing in their words of commendation of those who formulated the idea of the milk depot and day nursery and brought it into existence. Among them were A. II. Ford, Dr. Cunningham Wilson and Dr. J. A. Bryan