The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-18
GREAT INTEREST Is
TAX EN- IN CAMPAIGN

/ AfItdl lDAtItsl Is tdiAeii III tie idQlltD-
ing of the campaign at the luncheon
at 1 o'clock today. The enthusiasm
manifest at the meeting of the chair
man at the Y. NJ. {. A. yesterday aft
ernoon was almost inspiring. All are
prominent men in the affairs of Bir-
mingham and Alabama and their eX-
trayagant Endorsement of the cause
and what was being done by the Y. W.
c. \. for the community indicated that
the campaign which starts this aft
ernoon is going to be one of the most
successful in the history of similar
events in Birmingham.
The principal address to be made at
the luncheon at ! o'clock today Will be
delivered by Miss Abby MeElroy, who
is a verye talented woman with re-
marlxable oratorieaI ability. Her adj
dress at the luncheon of the business
men of the city last Saturday was
enthusiastically received and has been
the cause of much favorable comment.
Miss McElroy is thoroughly alert and
energetic and her speech carries with
it the charm and magnetism that stirs
the enthusiasm of all who hear her.
Several other small impromptu talks
will be made by the local workers in
the campaign, probably by Mr. Bowie
and some of his chairmen.
The experts and specialists who have
been sent here by the national board
of the association have ensconsed
themselves in the Y. w. c. A. build
ing on West Twentieth street, have
opened official campaign headquar-
ters there and are hard at work on
the preliminaries. The room at 1928
First avenue where the daily lunches
are to be held will be known as the
downtown headquarters of the cam
paign.
Mrs. Passmore's Talk
Yesterday at the union meeting held In
the First Methodist church. at which Mrs
McLester presided, Mrs. Passmore told
how she set out as a tourist for trip 10
the Orient purely from pleasure stand
point and how Bishop Gilbertof her own
church placed a bundle of letters in her
hands and said: Now, when you are in
any of these countries, present these let
ters and study foreign missions a little"
Mrs Passmore said. mo, indeed, I'll do
nothing of the kind. I'm going on 4
pleasure trip and don't believe in for
eign missions anyway" Bishop Gilbert
said: "Weil, Just take the letters along
anyway" SO she took them and put them
into the bottom of her trunk and forgot
all about them till on one of the Pacific
Mail companys steamers she heard the
passengers discussing foreign missions
and one said: They're no good anyway"
Why do they send missionaries there?
It's lust a Waste Ol IiBHGY, ETC.. until
Mrs PASSOVER became indignant and.
turning to her friend, she said II don't
believe a word of what these people are
saving. Probably not one of them ever
visited a mission. Let's look into this
thing when we get over there and see for
ourselves" I'Il be delighted to if you
WILL" said the friend, and SO the looking
into missions started, ana it ended with
two of Minneapolis leading women being
~ t,e,..,tol,Ix, oopyerted m fpe uyor1x
She says the women doing mission
ary work in the countries she has Wis
tied, and she mentioned Honolulu.
China, Japan and India particularly,
would grace any drawing room In Bir-
min ngham. She said that they are wom-
en- of the finest culture and the most
brilliant attainments, and that they
move in the highest circles. though
the majority, when they return to this
country for a vacation, are too modest
to tell of their social positions, for
such women in such work not only
teach the poor classes but hobnob
with royalty. She says 9S1s per cent
| of tourists miss the best travel be-
cause they don't visit missions.
| Miss Taylor opened her talk by say
| ing that she believed she was well
qualified to speak on interdenomina
/ tional work for in one day in China at
| the Worlds Student Christian confer
ence. which was held there In 1901,
she had been entertained at the home
of Y NJ. G. A. secretary. had lunched
with all the Presbyterian women mis-
sionaries, she had attended a reception
of the students OF Shanghai at the
Southern Methodist Compound, took
afternoon tea at the American Epis-
copal hospital. dined with the men and
women congregational missionaries
and slept IN the Presbyterian Com
pound. And thus she made her poinl
that Y. W. g. A. work Is not denom-