The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

Yesterdays Dinners and
 Luncheons - Notes and
 Personals
 Birmingham's quota of women who are Doing Things" is constantly grow ing. Birmingham's business and com mercial value has long since been rec ognized the country over but until the last few years the woman movement vas practically unknown except that the Birmingham women have always been cultured and charming hostesses ideal wives and mothers and the young girls noted for their beauty and per sonal attractiveness. The number of the younger set who are mapping out "careers'' are very rapidly growing, in- deed so rapidly that one rarely has a serious talk with a college girl but she will tell you how she hopes to finish at one of the great colleges and take an especial course in something best suited to her taste or talents that she may have a "career." A very love- ly girl whose mother has taste and talent for literature at the same time an independent fortune told me the other day that when she finishes at st. Marys this year she hopes to go abroad and study the languages. "I do not want to be just society girl" she said, "but I am anxious to make myself independent of misfortune by giving myself a profession and the for I a especial talent. One of the wealthiest financiers in Birmingham says he is going to have his three daughters take a thorough business course. Another, a daughter of a brilliant and lovely society woman Is taking business course along with her college training and with determination to use it. An other one blessed by beauty and for tune is going to work out career in sculpture, and so on and on, to a num- per surprising to one who does not know the Birmin gham girl in an inti- nate way.
 In the very front rank of these girls who are making plans for the future is Miss Leona Plosser, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Louis Plosser, who few days ago returned from Boston, where she spent every moment of a year in hard study and brings back diploma from the Boston School of Expression which Is presided over by pr. Currey, one of the best critics and writers on ex- pression in this country. Not content with the years course, which ended the first of June, Miss Plosser took a post course of six weeks in coaching plays, so that she might be fully equipped for teaching in any of the branches of her profession.
 Miss Plosser is Birmingham girl born and bred, and patriotic that whom asked if she would teach else wlere she said. No, indeed. l know there is a field for my work right here at home. Expression is almost q new art to the average Birmingham resident or rather l should say an art which Birmingham hasn't thought 2 great deal of until recent years wher our matchless reader and lovely wom- an, Mrs. Beecher, introduced it so per fectly to the Birmingham public. Grad rally we are coming to take more in terest here in all the arts. Music i: becoming more and more appreciated Painting is rapidly gaming recognition and our artists studios are becoming riore and more places of resort fol people who are interest in the work Just so my profession is one which oul people are realizing more and more ii necessity from a standpoint of req culture. So much so indeed that l hay, no fear but l will have a large a class es l will be able to teach this winter. "Do you expect to do anything besides teach?" I asked wondering if this charming girl would spend all of hei time training women speakers voic, f,,r rhn wi taly law as a profession, or children whos mothers want them taught voice place nlcnt, tone, production, etc. "Oh mo- sine said enthusiastically, T am plan ming to organize a club which will hay, a membership consisting of girls wh' gre interested in the same branch O work as myself and you haven't al idea how much talent we have here.
 1Cind out all about the organization o such clubs in Boston. and my idea f. to have a story Tellers' Club organize, on the same principal as the Musi Study club, with an associate and ac tive membership, and give entertain ments, plays and readings at intervals. Are you anticipating anything of thi nature this winter?'. I asked yearnini for sound of her voice in one O tiose lovely plaXs or one of the charm ing productions which received sue favorable criticism from Dr. Curry ''Yes," she said. "I am working up tn play of Henry Herbert Davies. 'Th Mollusc.' How I wish some Birming ham organization would present me i 1t at one of the clubs. It is a comed rIost interesting, with four character and so adaptable to our present da lives.
 l of course give all four of the char acters in my reading. This is one ( me many things l want and expect { &do sometime in the early fall. My cal Hest ambition, l might say life's am bition, was to teach in dear preciou Margaret Allen school, where l wa educated, but for many reasons I al going to "try it alone" this winter an know l am going to be thorough happy and successful in my chose work. >I am sure of the thoroughnes of my equipment. l am sure of my an bition to succeed and l am certain the growing appreciation of the Bi
 niingham people so-'
 With all these requisites is there ar doubt in anyone's mind but that tn