The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-03
Mrs Arthur 0. Lindsay, Birming ghdns Only
 Woman Architect Contractor and Builder
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

HIS IS the story or young woman who by dint of brains and hard work and worthy bit of ambition, has made a place for herself in the business world of this big city, which many a man might envy.
 This is the story of young woman whom nearly everybody in Birmingham knows and likes:
 As society girl she was popular bril- liant, noted for her clever epigrams and bon-mots, and always in demand at so- cial affairs, always charming, always agreeabel.
 This is the story of young woman who is happily married, whose husband is a prosperous business man. and whose young son at the age of promises to in- bert the talent of his father and mother.
 This is in the story, in other words. of Mrs. Arthur O. Lindsay, who today bears the distinguished distinction of being Bir- mingham's only woman architect, con tractor and builder
 Mrs. Lindsay is not an amateur-a dille- tante, but she is shoulder to shoulder with the professional house buildef-the man who does ''big things and whose talent ~N<N> that he does an exalting monument to his name.
 Mrs. Lindsay is very unique in the po- sition she occupies and the story of her work and how she started it will no doubt be an inspiration to many other women who would like to do something for them selves outside of the home circle" but few of whom have had the grit and the eleVerness to enter a profession which until recent years has scarcely been in- vaded by mere woman.
 Music. art, stenography, typewriting bookkeeping, clerking, running a board Ing house-everything, in fact, except fe- male motormen and engineers, we've had as women have entered these professions right along with the men, pioneering in a new field-that of house building up to the present time has, to say the least of it. been little heard of. especially in the south.
 Mrs. Lindsay couldn't have done any thng but succeed if enthusiasm has any thing to do with success
 She is absolutely the most enthusiastic person over her work that l have ever seen.
 Nothing gives her more pleasure than to talk house"
 Clothes, feminine gossip, the latest scandal-not one of these subjects inter- ests Mrs. Lindsay as much as the price of nails or how lumber is selling at the present moment.
 How and when did you consider talk ing up house building?" I asked as Mrs Lindsey and l chatted about her work
 Don't you think it's profession that woman ought to know something about?' she answered, quietly, turning
 interviewer herself They say that woman makes the home so why not the fouse? l consider a woman far more oap- able of building a comfortable, convenient house than man. She is the one who lives in it constantly, who knows the ne- cessities and conveniences like she knows her A B C's. The lack of closet and cup board room never occurs to a man. When he Is at home everything looks beautiful and smooth runninw order. He doesn't know what inconveniences his wife has had to put up with probably on account of poorly planned house. q think the ideal house could be built only by woman"
 T quite agree with you on that point" l answered. T have never yet seen an architect who would put enough closets in a house or build them big enough unless you took sledge hammer and knocked