The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23


by the city beautiful department of the
different chairmen in most of the sub
urbs of the city These women will be
chairmen of the different street clubs
into which the entire city has been di-
vided, each club to look after the beau
tification of its own particular section
o. street
little booklet containing the by
laws of city beautiful Improvement So
cieties of Birmingham, has also come
off the press and will be distributed to
all chairmen and members of societies.
1t is little booklet full of epigrams
and optimism and contains certificate
of membership in one of the street So
cieties.
The first page contains these quota
tions:
"The principal value of a garden is
not to give the possessor vegetables,
fruit and flowers, but to teach him
patience and osophy.'-Charles
Dudley Warner.
He who knows what secrets and
virtues are in the ground, the waters,
the heavens and how to come at these
enchantments, is the rich and royal
man. an."-Emerson.
whoever can make two ears of corn
or two blades of grass to grow upon a
spot where only one grew before. de-
serves better of mankind. and does
more essential service to his country
fhaL the whole race of politicians put
together. Dean Swift.
nd the last page this admonition
Let no woman who feels the desire
TO uplift the conditions for beauty
4 l,ft I,.ac oh hnr n1xn
refrain from an attempt at least. to
form an organization among others
eho may be easily Interested, even II
hut half dzen be gathered together
for The start.
fsDon't be discoura ged if this move
ment seems to lag at times. All such
,nselfish and phlanthropic ideas are
subject to ebb and flow. but the flood
tide is higher each time, when the cour-
age of good women is maintained
Actual active work by the societies VIII
begin in the near future. The chairmen
appointments made public yesterday
were as follows;
WYLAM
General chairman Mrs. A. II. Sawyer;
Fifth avenue, Mrs. Samuel Sewer; sixth
avenue Mrs. Samuel j. Camps. -Jr,; Sew
enth avenue Miss Chella Poe Eighth
avenue: Mrs. II. A. Rivere; Ninth ave-
nue.; Mrs G. W. Canterberry; Tenth ave-
nue.. Mrs. ]. c. Mason; Eleventh avenue,
Mrs r. H. Arnold: Twelfth avenue,
Mrs. Fred Reid; Forty-third street,
lower Wylam. Mrs Neil McClellan; For
ty-fifth street lower Wylam, Mrs. A. j.
Pitts: No. neighborhood Mrs J. NJ.
Russell; East Wylam, Mrs. e. r. Fergu-
son.
EAST BIRMINGHAM.
Thirty-ninth street Mrs. $. II. Wilkes,
Fortieth street. Mrs l.. r. Greer: Forty
first street, Mrs. r. X. Sims; Forty-sec-
ond street. Mrs. j. W. b. Chambers;
Forty-third street. Mrs. \. r. IIobbo.
Forty-fourth street, Mrs. Thomas Bell
snyder; Forty-fifth street Mrs. l.. e..
Kirby: Forty-seventh street, Mrs. e. h.
Emerson; Forty-tghth street. Mrs. J.. f..
Ellis: Forty-ninth street, r. l.. Livings-
tom Fiftieth street Mrs. O. II. Montgom-
cry: Fifty-irst street. Mrs. Ninet Smith;
Fifty-second street Mrs. II. Reinfield;
Fifty-fourth street, Mrs s. J.. Lancaster.
Fifty-fifth street. Mrs. Charles Frffith:
Eighth avenue. Mrs. William Spencer;
Ninth avenue, Mrs. n. ]. Kern; Tenth
avenue. Mrs. J. NJ. Anderson Evelenth
avenue. Mrs. MILESTONE; Wade avenue,
Mrs. johnson.
NORTH BIRMINGHAM.
Thirty-eighth avenue. north, Mrs. r. II.
Wharton: Thrty-seventh avenue north,
Mrs. Ike r. Wharton; Thirty-sixth ave-
nue., north, Mrs. A. y. Dunagan; Thirty
fifth avenue, north. Mrs. +. d. Near
tltl, iilii ~ -iOuTtH avenue, HoTtn.
j. H. Blackwell: Thirty-third avenue,
north, Mrs. Hermon Kockritz; Thirty
second avenue. north. Miss Bessie Rus
sell; Thirty-first avenue. north, Mrs. s.
D. Harris: Thirtieth avenue. north, Mrs.
f. A. Brown: Twenty-ninth avenue,
north, Mrs. Charles e. Glover: Twenty
sixth avenue. north. Mrs. T. A. Casey
Twenty-first avenue, north, Mrs. s. NJ.
Blake
AvONDALE
East of Spring street. Avenue A. Mrs.
A. E. Darby; Avenue B. Mrs w. T..
Starbuck: Avenue C, Mrs. ]. F. Grady:
Avenue ID, Mrs. G. c. Ellis; Avenue T.
Mrs. G. b. Hamlin Avenue r. Mrs. c. A.
Vldibill
West of Spring street: Avenue B. Mrs
A ]. Snowden; Avenue c, Mrs. Garnett:
Avenue d. Mrs. G. r. Tarfford; Avenue
r Mrs. ]. v. Hafer: Avenue F, Mrs. z.
NJ. Scott: Roe street, Mrs John ODei,
South Fortieth street, Mrs S. F. Frey.
ELYTON.
Second avenue Mrs. Felix Blackburn
Cotton avenue Mrs Woodell; First ave-
nue.. lower half Mrs c. NJ. Btz; Broa,i
street. Mrs. Millie Alley: First avenue,
lower half. Mrs. p. o. Watkins; Eubanls
street Mrs. W. 5. Montgomery; Mont
gomery street Mrs. j. C. Davidson
PRATT CITY
Highland avenue, Mrs j d. Handy
Armory street Mrs John f. Measher.