The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-04

| lnOu2I Int Pidle Y dlT tdHilOt bt Sh'i to have fairly started until today-the 1 first day being given to getting things rather into running order-a mere glance at the situation. a birdseye view, as it were, of the grounds suf- l feed to show early yesterday that it 1 will be Q big fair, a successful one and a fair in which the women of Blr- ] mingham have a big share. Maybe you don't care for a fair, or a circus-or lot of things that your girls and boys like-but everyone wants to go to it;I to compare it with other fairs, and to be able to talk about it intelli- gently with his neighbor It means a lot to Birmingham. does this fair, and it has developed into such a fine insti- tuition that 1t deserves the patrona ge given it by the city and its visitors.
 Yesterday even the approach to the grounds along the tracks block after for a long line of cars lately empted were awaiting removal; there was a workable din of voices as the work men along the outer rim of the Midway and the little booths were placing the finishing touches in preparation for the coming of the visitors. And it even smelled like a good fair. The peanuts. the apple cider and orangeade and the luncheons cooking for serv- ing in the nice white little booths of the church folk arranged along the promenade sent out an aroma that said We expect a big patronage, There Is going to be enough for everyb body. Come and get some" And from the en- trance of the ground, where MT. Gull pepper Exum's genial welcoming voice was floating over the heads of the people who wanted to be among the first at the fair down past the candy booths and the miniature restaurants opened by the 2ealous ladies Of St. Mary's, and the various Methodisrs and the Baptists and Presbyterians around workable catacomb of candy booths and curiosity shops and lemon ade stands, into the exhibit halls. where everything that any merchant or any housewife or any farmer ever thought of having is to be found; around the poultry and stock exhibits on to the Midway, everybody was having fine time and a proud time of it. to, for the exhibition is exceeding even antic-
 pation.
 The womans building is again a great credit to Mrs. Reid her part of the fair certainly never stands still. and to the credit of the women of Ala bama be il said that they help her tc make each one better by far than the one that preceded 1t. Past the artists T. charming, cool representations of Mas ; saehusetts, boat scenes. which lately caught her captive in admiratio Miss Della Dryers paintings and her quaint metal exhibit telling of her two years in Paris.
 On around the big circuit in exhibit hall with a glance now and then at some evidence of feminine skill along domes- tic lines presented in pretty booths filled with fancy needlework and jelles, cakes preserves and such: then the woman suffrage booth. This is the first State Fair booth for the purpose of olistribu- ting suffrage aganda in Alabama and for this and other reasons it has gathered interest Two representative members of the local league were in charge. They were Mrs. Sidney Ullman and Mrs. w. N. Wood. Mrs. Solon Ja- cobs was also out a part of the day. The
 
 There are yellow suffrage pennants fes- tooned about and balloons labeled Votes for Women: there are posters giving realistic pictures of conditions as they exist in the homes today awaiting the alleviation expected from the fenine vote: there are suffrage maps and charts and there is plenty of literature awaiting those who wish to become informed upon a topic of world wide interest just now.
 Read one of the slips of paper placed there for your attention and you find the following:
 There are thousands of children work ing in sweat-shops. There are thousands of children working in mines and mills and factories Thousands more are be- ing wronged and cheated by society in countless ways
 "Is not this YOUR business?
 Intelligent citizens who cared could change all this-providng always. of course, that they had the power of the ballot.
 DO YOU care?
 "Mothers are responsible for the well fare of chldren-all children. Do your duty as a mother and demand votes for women.'
 or you may pick up a pamphlet pre- pared by Max Eastman. answering the question. 'ls Woman Suffrage Import ant?" or another by Jane Addams telling 'Why Women should Vote' or a leshet sent out hy tho National Suffrage asso- ciation answering the promise that if women vote they should fight and do po- lice duty. These and dozens of other leaflets and larger books denote the anx- 1.--I--