The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

ed the business details, Mrs. oscar Hund- ley presented the social side, and Mrs Solon Jacobs, president of the Alabama and of the Birmingham associations gave a stirring resume of the effect of the con vention upon the cause of feminine en- franchisement generally, presenting val uable deductions, reached through at tendance upon the five daily sessions.
 Several matters of timely importance were presented to the organization, which was notably large and representative, numbering many visitors of prominence, who, while not allied, are in sympathy with the association and it's principles.
 Mrs. Charles E. Bowman, chairman of the committee to sell Red Cross Christi mas seals, was given the privilege of ap- bearing before them to present her plea for assistance in raising money for fight ing tuberculosis She stated that in plan ming her campaign she finds a need for eight working committees, each commit tee to include 20 women; that she had ap- peared before other organizations and gained the consent of 20 members to as- sist in the promotion of the sale of seals
  the women who volunteered to assist her in behalf of the suffrage association ca Monday are Mrs. Oscar Hundley, Mrs William Vaughan, Mrs. c. s. Simmons Mrs. Sidney Ullman, Miss Ethel Armes Miss Helen Benners, Mrs. w. L. Mur- doch, Mrs. w. N. Wood, Miss Amelia Worthington, Mrs. Summers, Miss Goar Mrs. Klappelt, Mrs. c. D. Brooks, Miss Rinehart, Mrs. Dewey and others.
 Standing Committee Reports Reports were heard from standing com mittees, Mrs. Solon Jacobs in her official capacity presiding over the meeting and Miss Amelia Worthington, acting as tenn porary secretary to fill the place recently vacated by the resignation of Mrs. J. F. Frazier, reading the minutes of the last meeting and recording the action of the organization on matters presented to it's attention.
 A letter from Miss Partridge of Selma, in which she pronounced January 29 a satisfactory date for a state convention, scheduled to assemble in Selma, was read by Miss Helen Benners, corresponding | secretary. A report from Miss Worth ington. chairman of the financial com mittee for the Crane lecture. was received with evident qualification since it an- nounced a gain of $S9.lO for the treasury by this lecture. Mrs. Jack Bowron's re- port of the condition of the treasury was also favorably received She stated that there is in the treasury s59.12. A short time ago the organization was financially in arrears.
 The routine having been dispatched, Mrs. Jacobs invited the reports of the two delegates beside herself to report upon the national convention. She expressed her regret that the fourth. Mrs. Chappell Cory, was unable to attend and present a comparison of this with other conven. tions which she has attended. In this, Mrs. Jacobs remarked, Mrs. Corys wider experience made her more capable than the other delegates.
 Miss Worthington Talks
 Miss Worthington's report was a con :ise review of the business details of the convention. She injected much of her feminine appreciation for the attractive setting in which the vis- itor found the meetings Witherspoon hall. which was draped with suffrage colors and decked with flowers to do