The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-06
MRS. REID TALKS OF
|. THIS C|TY'S PANTRY
Cannot Speak Too Often Of
City's Manufacturers
WANTS PAIR OF SHOES
Contest To Be Conducted For Gold
Watch-Many Getting Excited
Over Baby Contest in Which
There Are 200 Entries
Wanted: A pair of shoes.

Wanted: A pair OF shoes
They must be Birmingham made
shoes
Mrs. j. B. Reid wants them at the
Alabama State Fair to go into the Bir-
mingham pantry, which is one OF the
biggest features of the wonans de-
partment of the fair. Mrs Reid is
working assiduously on the. lsirming-
ham pantry
MRS Reid says she wants everything
made In Birmingham represented In
this pantry and does not see any rea-
son why the pantry should not be dec
grated with cloth from local cotton
mills
In speaking of her department. Mrs.
Reid says:
what privilege it is to see people
with their everyday clothes on and
their everyday nature, too; see them
earnestly working out their little in
terests and solving their own problems
and TO compare their resources fer ao-
compiishing something-not compare
opportunity and adversely, but the eff
fort
HAo 10 50 much nOnof In well do
Ing little, so much genius in max
ing the best of what one has. ! an,
glad to get out with the world and
see the good in people and there is so
much of it.
one feature of the 10 days with folks
proves that real happiness exists more
piehtiruily in the simple life where
people love home and are proud of IL
anu are working together to Improve
IT. II the fair had but one feature and
mat one was as ! see it. ii would be
worth While To see half i dozen
young housekeepers demonstrating
their own means of home making -.
See the father lacking on the buntins-
oI shelving the preserves while pabv
pays with bag of nails on tie floor,
mon IN the undertaking,
lhen, too. | am able to say the lit
re Ioiks nave their place in the hap
pines. The best bay show has
evinced the fact that Nothar Gees,
rhymes viii still be needed nv IN. firs.
slde for the babies are reaching for tho
scales on October Ia. over 200 LADIES
are ciamoring for the blue ribbons in
thelf respective classes and there are
as many eager fathers and mothers
DESTROYS of winning
iio'Hef observation is tie great
number of idle men and woman ~ this
ci.N' what is the matter? think Bir-
mlngham could give them some year
round means of support OF course this
uoes not apply to those who want to
iroilc Tor 10 days and intellectually
make a little changes This latter class
Is OVERLOOKING
Ahother subject worth talking about
is the Birmingham Pantry I had the
fha l..
which seems to have awakened the .Rir-
mihgham made spirit and | am glad of II
am glad. too. to know that the ad men
OF thls city have aroused themselves to
the business end of making Birmingham
products grow And 1 stand by with pride
point my finger with pride at them and
say, i told you So After the aoors Of
the fair are closed / am going m be,, ~
liace these products on the shelves ~ the
exposition because I feel that one cannot
speak too often of the city's ind,sr-;es
anu tueir outputs. You have often heard
tlat You can lead horse to water hut
you cant make him drink So it is win
our plans. We can gather the crowds and
nave the place, but we can't force the
'nahuIacturers to exhibit. T want every
thihs made In Birmingham in tho fair
pantry. Many have already started an
'te way; some are already here, bur We
wait the little man and the big man The
expense Is nominal and will rebound in
5000. SHOW the people every time YOU
get chance 1t takes time and o,por
tuillty TO solve these problems"
WIS feld has announced the institution
OF novel contest to take place in her
department during the fair in which some
iady VIII win handsome l5-jewel EIgIn
watch Tor nothing. There will be a yot-
ing box in F. w. Bromberg,s booth IN
Inc wonan's department. Every woman
ana girl visiting the fair is invited and
requested to look at the Birmingham
views paintings in the building and vote
o., on ,ne best dropping the vote in the box
In Bromberg's BOOTH AT the close of tba
cohtest-probably the last F'riday-oue
name VIII be drawn out by some child and
the name appearing on the ticket drawn
py the child will be the name of the VIM
ner of the watch. The watch Is being do
mated by Mr. Bromberg