The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-19
NURSERY LADIES
WILL GIVE DINNER
Proceeds to Go to Children's
Day Nursery
AT 21ST AND 4TH AVE.
AT 21ST AND 18th AVE.
Nursery Is Where Babies of Working
Women Are Taken Care Of While
Mothers Are at Work-The
Menu for Tomorrow
nx ELLIS G. HnI.I.I-MS

| The board of directors of the Childreu's
Day Nursery will serve dinner from =
to 2:9O o'clock daily beginning TOMORROW
and lasting through the 9th. These din-
ners are To be served for the benefit of
the nursery and the menu will be up to
| The highest standard. The cooking will
be of the home variety and the lady
directors pro Mise feast to all who will
call. The enarge is only 50 cents ann the
first days menu is to be hot turkey
with just the right proportion of cram
| berry sauce; q salad and the whole topped
| of with cheese and pie. The ladies IN
charge tomorrow and Friday are, Mrs
| Campbell Maben, Mrs. Culpepper Exu1a
Mis-. William NJ Walker and Mr. T.. W
Barrett
1t will be recalled that the Children's
Day Nursery was founded about three
years ogo. Its beginning was from he
proceeds of a little operatta, n he House
that Jack Guilt" y little band of ladies'
formed the nursery and it has been and
still is supported by the monthly dues paid
by those ladies'. The city appropriates
a little each month toward It's main
| tenance aud so does the county bnt it is
mainly kept up through the efforts of its
members.
In Small Cottage
The first nursery used was "a little cot
| tage, but as the new departure got to lie
better known this place was soon in
adequate, and it was necessary to secure
| lnore commodious quarters. Ths was
done and the nursery is now in a two
story dwelling at Avenue E and Nine
tcenth street. south Mothers who are
compelled to work during tho day can
leave their children here in the morning
returning for them in the afternoon. a
| milk oispensary Is run in connection With
the nursery and the little ones are reg;led
or, tresl. milk, given 4 bath and allowed 10
play all day in a large room.
| Since the beginning of the Children $
Day Nursery the ladies' in charge have
found many needs in settlement work
that they have broadened the scope of
their work. They cooperate with the
| juvenile court, the Boys club, the Mercy
Home, the Young Women's Christian as
sociation and other similar institutions.
They have d playground Of their own, a
Boy Scout organization and have social
| features in connection.
One of the special social features is
the evenings" On these occasions, two
or three times a week, Young people
may come here for pleasure, or to give
parties.
Public Never Called Upon
| Although the day nursery has been In
| operation something like three years the
citizens of Birmingham have never been
| called upon to contribute towards its
maintenance. There are no men connected
with the organization. 1t is a band OF
ladies, who are public spirited and who
| realize the needs of the community. They
have on two or three occasions found 1t
necessary to raise funds from some
| source. but never yet have they asked
anyone to donate unless that person has
received full value for his donation
The dinners that will begin tomorrow
cost 80 cents. That is a very nominal
charge, for the menu is to be of the high
est order, cooked in the real home style,
and served most delightfully."- They are
| being served because it is necessary to
raise funds to help maintain the various
work in connection with the nursery.
The president of the Children's Day
| Nursery is Mrs. Sterling Foster The
| board Of directors is made up of the fol-
lowing ladies': Mrs. James Bowron, Mrs.
b. f. Tyler, Mrs. w. d. Smith, Mrs.
| Ned r. McDaVid, Mrs. j. ". Donnelly,
Mrs. Marie McBee Mrs. Oliver Bartlett,
Mrs. e. L. Mountfort, Mrs George Con
nors, Mrs. E. NJ. Kilby, Mrs. Victor IL.
| Hanson, Mrs. John l.. Kaul, Mrs. Henry
| r. Howe, Mrs. Robert Jemison, Jr., Mrs.
Otto Marx, Mrs. Willard Wilson, Miss
O'Neill, Mrs. Victor Prowell. Mrs. Solon
Jacobs Mrs. q. b. Mccormack, Mrs. j.
| c. Maben, Jr Mrs Culpepper Exum and
| Mrs. Il. w. Barrett. The lady directors
will take turns serving the meals. The
| dinners will be served on Twenty-first
street, between Third and Fourth ave-
| uues