The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

nursery 25 tots and in the various social and domestic clubs 50 of the
 'teen class" The community spirit
 Is good there is kindly interest in the village affairs among the settlers and good neighbors are manifest in an exchange of deeds
 The departments of work are divided
 in the following classes: l. Friendly visiting. ?. Day nursery. 5. Kinder garten. 1. Sewing school. 5. Cooking classes. 6. Kitchen garden. :. Story hours. 8. Play hours. 9. Mothers club. 10. Boys club. H. Girls Cooperative home. 12. Night school. 13 Library IA. Pure milk station. 5 Sale of sec ond hand clothing. 16. Cooperation with local Methodist church, especially in Sunday school and evangelistic work. IT. Loan fund. IS. Playground
 This work is Accomplished entirely by personal service, with the generous and hearty cooperation of the Tennes- see Coal X Iron company at Ensley and ex-Governor B. B. Conner and his operators at Avondale. The fixed in- come of the board is uncertain. but there is certain outgo of $500 month
 At Avendale the boys have organized into a garden club in the mill village, with the purpose of nei,yhborhood inn provements The mill at one time em- ployed a care taker. now the boys are paid careakers in his stead. thus encour- aging them to become better citizens. The members of the board have made the work social by personal visits to the homes. It is not charitable in the com mon use of the term, it is lifting. train ing to helpful life for themselves that they in turn may help others.
 The foreign mothers are eager to learn Eno 1fcl,- tha not.ion t,cfn or6 h. l it's; and mothers meetings are great in l centives to them. Can you think of a 1 nobler work than in giving our stranger I friends the interpretation of our lan- guage, and our welcome. To know them 1 in their homes and give them opportunity | to adopt the methods so foreign to their own yet so necessary to their success in strange land. This chance for their l children to grow up with the necessary environments will very much affect our | future foreign population.
 l This work is ably presided over by the following officers:
 l President. Mrs. Oscar Reinhart first | vice president. Mrs. R. N. Bill; second | vce president Mrs. R. s. Munger: third
 vice president, Mrs J. G. Sparks; fourth vice president, Mrs. c. A. Jeannette; Mrs. | J. B. Simpson. secretary; Mrs. George l Wade, corresponding secretary; Mrs. w. A. Reynolds treasurer, and the remain I ing 993 faithful followers-1O00 women in the field to uplift and extend friendship | is a wonderful soldiery to reinforce the community welfare.
 Miss Mary N. Moore, president of the ! Athens, Ala, Female college, will add
 another link of interest to the field wher | she lectures Sunday night at the First Methodist church. subject. Social Service and the Church." Miss Moore needs nc Introduction in the south. especially ir Alabama. where the power of her in. tellect and the influence of her splendid life has been felt.
 There exists in Birmingham a Fedora ton of Missionary societies, and if this organization would begin activities witt the various denominatiohs of this city and their mission societies with some dis tict plan of work for each, the cry o1 suffering would not be so apparent IT this city. It Is not always for bread it is for the lack of knowing how to fight many of the battles of life. The world needs friend, there are many hands reaching out for kindness and hope. Wt remember years ago, when the writer was much younger, in another town visit. ing we saw a lonesome. neglected ole man standing on the streets. thought lessIy as we drove to the hotel in pup lie hack with several others, we re marked we were glad he was none o
 our kin" He waved the \hack to stop and hardly seated he said, you are -
 and I am your fathers cousin,' and WI
 recognized the name. He was. This wal
 a lesson Some of our very own else
 where may need another's hand. H'
 had money, he did not need that-h'
 wanted his friends to know him an'
 wanted to see them. Friendly visiting is
 a great pleasure to give to the lonely enc
 of the world. and there are ioneiy cor