The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-03

izing home departments has Just been
completed with this fattering result or
course many of this number have only
recently been organized, and have really
I not accomplished any great amount of
work. but the foundation is laid for the
building of practical and systematic re-
suits"
Tell me something of the organization
of these home departments" / re-
quested.
I'VE have general conferences" Mrs.
Wright replied ''and district conferences.
At these meetings the officers, teachers
and members meet together and discuss
the best ways and means of carrying on
the work in the most practical manner.
Our motto is, our homes for Christ
which it was my privilege to select and
a. the last state convention it was adopt
ed for use as the state motto, which
cons lered great compliment. We have
our standard of excellence and round
table talk among other features
How old is the home department." 1
asked.
'"Only two years DID," Mrs. Wright re-
Piled but 1t is we'll organized and ii
good running order. The county is di.
vioed into four divisions, and each OF
these is sub-dvided into four districts.
The division superintendents are Miss
Lucie Finch. Mrs. c. NJ. Kenyon Mrs.
NJ. e. Bell and Miss Agnes Averyt, and
the district superintendents are Mrs. y.
o. Bondurant, East Lake; Mrs. r. y.
Sigh, Woodlawn Mrs. Price. Avondale;
Mrs. NJ. l.. Pearson. North birmingham:
Mrs. c. T. Starbuek. Northside; Mrs J.
T. Palmer, Southsde: Mrs. r. A. Rumage,
Fairview; Mrs. S. l.. Selman, West END;
Mrs. Curtis, Pratt City: Mrs. J. C. Bry.
ant, Ensley; Mrs jamie Ellis. Wylam. on
January our number aggregated 3S5i
While on April the number had increased
to 1900 members"
In conclusion Mrs. Wright said
I'm one of the divisions. one of the SUI
perintendents tells me, that when she
took up the work she found that only
| IL out of % churches had home depart
merits. and little interest manifested in
the establishment of the work. deep
| interest in the work by those engaged in
it formed an incentive. however, to 9TH
| ers with splendid results. Thirty-seven
/ home departments in which a conserva-
| tive estimate results in 1000 persons study
| ing the Sunday school lesson, in a sys-
| tematic way, with another 1000 studying
a part of them, is one of them. Among
these classes were three classes of fire.
men. A class is established at the tuber-
culosis camp with Mrs. Bessie Barry as
| superintendent and Mrs. r. w. Craven,
| conducts a class composed of the inmates
| Of the Octavia White Home for Old
| Ladies.
| MlS. M. Is. w tllef ana AlTS. craven
! conducted the work at the Tilman hos
ptal, visiting all patients daily, supply
| ing home department magazines. flowers,
| current magazines and fruit when possi-
| BILE. Miss Marian Goar conducts the work
| for the nurses and we have a class at the
| county jail. One-little girl has been cured
at Red mountain camp and placed in the
! Girls Industrial school at Cedar station.
| and is developing into a splendid Chris
| tian woman. Girls found stranded ia the
/ city are returned to their homes, some In
| distant states. One girl was reclaimed
from a life of shame and money was
| raised to place her in training school
| in a distant state. where she will be fitted
| for life of usefulness and given a Sec
| ond chance. man at the Hilman hos
pital estranged from his family for Is
:, years, was restored to them and has be-
| gun life all over again determined to re-
| deem the wasted years. These are only
| few instances of what the home depart
ment is doing and what it means to do in
the future