The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
North Birmingham Home Makers Busy With CiUic Interests
By MRS. J. B REID

Several months ago a branch of the ''Woman's Civic league was organized at North Birmingham, with Mrs. $. D. Harris as vice president. The following committees were formed, with Mrs. Cleon B. Rogers, chairman parks and high ways; Mrs. M. E. Moorlan, chairman health and santation; Mrs. Foster, chair man of public morals.
 The membership is composed of 20 work ing members, and they have determine ton and great civic interest. Their sys- tenn for reading the needs of the com- munity has already attained definite re- suits, and the spirit of the City Beauti- ful'' has no limits. It is for the people and of the people, and has it's influence on the simple home and the more preten- tious alike.
 This section of Birmingham has been divided into working members. within the radius of each nine blocks, with an active supervision from a chairman, in touch with the vice president. Every seeming neglect or oversight is brought to their notice and new life is bred in their immediate cooperation. This sec- tion of the city is the very first to catch the idea of methodiealy separating the refuse from their homes. and have set the example of having two receptacles for their "trash"-one to receive ashes, the other cans and indestructible rub bish, with the determination to put to flames papers and such that cause a need less hauling-endange the care of the streets by wind blowing the fragments hither and thither.
 Again where yards are necessarily high CT than the streets and the rains have washed the dirt to the sidewalks, the chairman of highways sees that an imme- diate repair spares the pedestrian. She daNa Ia nf ofr n aa. with her corps. She obtains the permit from the landlord, with the privilege of removing the dirt With this amount of authority she then begins to demonstrate her genius-serving two purposes-and helps both ways. The negro workers who take the job work for the yard re- kpairs are often in need of dirt and here tofore have had to buy it. Now. under this system he repairs the terrace. sods
 il and is given the extra dirt to complete another job that he has in low place, This is the highest type of neighborhood
 improvement: we have given the means to the laborer for making good on his job and our terraces are being kept in repair by this system without extra expense to owner. City Engineer Nicholson has been giving the committee on parks his atten- ton, and with the joint interests involved they feel soon their park will be real recompense to the pleasure seeker. The location of the proposed park is ideal and occupies about 5S acres, with shade trees and bold chalybeate spring flowing through it's center. Even now, parties are seen both morning and afternoons autong from the city's dirtiness to catch a draught of the mineral water. many filling their jugs that they may have 1t in their homes and many frequent the grounds before the breakfast hour. while the dew is vet on the grass and the birds are chirping their joy over catching their early spring worms.
 In addition to women workers, they have organized the boys into senior and junior workers. The seniors are the car penters for any work that needs to be done, and the juniors we'll. they can all ways move the earth, so they are used in filling and levelling the low places and clearing vacant lots The remuneration to these will come later, when the women promise to serve them ice cream in the park.
 The success with outdoors has been SC great that they feel they need an indoor to congregate and plan and entertain, so that now they are looking for more worlds to conquer, and are asking the city to give them the old club house for a public hall, where they can hold institutions, con oerts or public gatherings, This does not seem unreasonable when they are giving so much for the citvs welfare.
 They again ask the board of educa-