The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10

came forward ag;,in, however as Miss
 Kennedy called out the name of each dis
 trict in turn. Miss Ford stood little
 ways From tie thrcne,i ane as the repre-
 seHtatives from the 13 districts came for ward With their offerings to her majesty received them on a waiter. bowed to the queen and stood at attention while the queen removed the tribute, passed 1t to one or the maids. who in turn placed it at | the foot of the throne.
 l The North Birmingham district presented | the queen With her crown and the east Northside district presented the sceptre. ! me Wylam district gave her beautiful
 ivory fan and Five Points Southside and Woodlawn districts each gave her a
 Friendship pin The East Lake district
 presented a huge basket of flowers and other districts made floral offerings. The queen rewarded each giver with a gracious
 smile
 Throne Decorated me decorations for the throne were
 purple and white and puple wistarias
 formed the floral part of it. When the
 flowers from the several districts were presented and placed at the foot of the 1 throne they came near reaching the
 lowest branch of the wistaria decora-
 ttons The queens dress was of sim I purple trimmed with ermne. The inn mense train was carried by two small children and when she had taken her place on the throne was draped about
 her feet All the maids dressed simply in white end carried huge bouquets. Following the coronation and the pre- sentation of the council to the queen l there was grand march in which all | took part. It was a colorful scene a the young ladies, dressed in every color of the rainbow, began their march. Everyone seemed to be happy and smile was on every face The march came to a halt at the banquet board and Mrs. Charles Plosser. chair | man of the banquet committee. an- nounced that everything was In read mess for the feast. A dainty lunch was served. The afternoon closed with an automobile ride around Highland ave lnue, thence home.
 l The second annual conference of the | Older Girls council was called to order at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the 1 Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church There were present upwards of 450 delegates and visitors. The session was opened with a song service. which lasted perhaps for 10 minutes. The election of conference officers then took place, the following being the unanimous choice of the dele gates: Miss Zoe Black, president; Miss | Isabel Ford, vice president; Miss Freda Matthews, secretary; Miss Lucille Hill, l treasurer. These officers are for the con ference and do not constitute the officers of the Older Girls council, although Miss Black is president of that body The annual election of officers for the coun- ell will be held later. in order to permit ! the new members, elected yesterday, to vote.
 Class Demonstration | One of the interesting features of the morning programme was the organized class work demonstration by the Wolo class of the Park Avenue Baptist Sun day school. The young ladies took seats on the rostrum and performed the func- uons or the classroom just as though they were in their own classrooms in North Birmingham, and gave a demon- stration to the conference of how a mod el Sunday school class for girls should be conducted The class president first was in charge and after the transaction of routine matters turned the class over to the teacher for instruction. The subject. Why Our Girls De- partment Is Worth While was under discussion and the following young ladies took part: Miss Roberta Livings- ton, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian; Miss lla Jennings, First Presbyterian Miss Mary Virginia Cummings, First Metho- dist; Miss Grace Robinson. East Lake Methodist
 Miss Williams III
 It was announced that Miss A. L. Will
 Hams was desperately i'll and would be unable to deliver the address on The Call of the Twentieth Century," which she was scheduled to give at ll;30. Miss Kennedy took her subject and delivered what delegates termed one Of the most beautiful addresses they had ever listened to. The registra- ton of delegates and distribution of badges closed the morning session.
 There will be the closing session this afternoon, beginning at o'clock at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. Only girls and speakers are to be admitted and Mrs. J. M. Broadly leads in the de- votional service Mrs. John D. Taylor formerly Mrs. M. S. Cecil, delivers the principal address of the day, her subject being Service" Miss Mary Rumage is tn. soloist
 In connection with the closing session or the conference the womens mass meeting. which takes place simultane- ously at the Handley Memorial church. IS an interesting event. It is for women who are interested in girls work and there will be two interesting speakers Miss Lena Easley is first on the pro- gramme to speak and her subject is. Banded Together for Service" Mrs. s. P Moore closes with the ,opic Our Responsibilities to the Girls"