The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

MT. John D. Rocke1eller not iofis ago. If scientists could solve .hc problem of equal distribution of sun light it would raise the moral standard of both men and women. Dull days breed unhappiness plenty of sunlight aids in making a contented commu- nity."
 Therein lies the secret of the lack of happiness to many: the lack of sunlight and strange to say. not even the richest man in the world can corner the mar ket" on it. Sunlight comes to him just the same as it does 10 the poorest of men.
 [ There are days when you are wan and weary and spiritless and you just cant fix the blame; you are restless and everything seems awry; many tines it is the absence Of sunlight.
 The day may be gray one or per haps you are closed in dim little cf- flee or some place where the st.a doesn't enter: yet. let bit Of sunligM changes. but for the life of you it is i'm possible to tell what has wrought the change
 Sunlight is the panacea for ills ana therefore when the "blue devils" seem to be lowering about everywhere, just try to get some sunlight and see if it doesn't help. IL is the ounce of preverl- ton that saves the pound of cure, and It creates gladness in the heart so taat we may all exelaim in the words of Id Capt. Jack Crawford:
 
 When a bit Of sunshine hits ye,
 After passing of cloud:
 when bit of laughter gifts ye
 An yer spine is feelin proud
 Don't forgit to up an fling it
 At, soul that's feeln' blue
 For the mint that ye sling it
 It's boomerang to you"
 To let bit of sunshine into the lives of busy girls and women is what the Young Women's Christian association has planned among others of its summer activities.
 Always alert and ready to inject a Dit or wholesome pleasure into the life of every one who comes under it's sway with its usual broad mindedness and iar-reaching generosity this splendid Institution has arranged most delight iui campaign for recreation this Sea son Tor its members and their frien Is
 Always mindful of the happiness of others, always ready to throw the glor- lous rays of the bright sunlight into the hearts or those who will. Miss Edna Sandlin, the popular secretary of the Young Women's Christian association, with her constituents, has achieved what seemed almost the impossible in regard to some of the work
 Miss Sandlin herself is a ray of sun light to each and every girl who comes In contact with her -marvelousiy magnetic personality at the Young Women's Chris tian association, or anywhere else Her gentle love of humanity-her sweet Chris ton character and nature, her boundless love of girls and her intimate understand ing of their needs. makes her an ideal leader of the Young Women's Christian association work in this community.
 Everybody who knows Miss Sandlin loves her: they can't help it; her anima- tion and her vivacity are contagious. If you are not in sympathy with the Y. W. C. A. work, after you've talked with her and caught bit of the enthusiasm that she possesses, you are heart and soul for anything that she suggests.
 All this work you've planned for the summer l suggested to Miss Sandlin. when we were talking about the recrea- tion work of the Y. W. c. A., seems won derful to me-
 I followed this with the bromidic re- mark that it was my experience that it was so much easier always to plan things than to do them, and so I took my hat off to her for her splendid ingenuity in doing both.
 Summer time spells recreation time, as l see it,' Miss Sandin said enthus- astically and way hack in the early spring we began to arrange for recrea- ton work for the Y. w. c. A. Every body wants to get away from the hot, d. t.. tI.. our ideas for vacation cottage seemed rather slim In fact. there wasn't a chance for us, but persistence and insist ence, what you will, finally won and to- day we are opening 'Bde-a-Wee' on Shades mountain through the courtesy and kind generosity of MT. and Mrs. Spier Whitaker. who have donated their lovely house for this purpose 'Bide-a- Wee is beautifully located on the top of the mountain near the Bluff Park ho- tel, 12 miles from Birmingham Those who have witnessed the golden sunset. across the mountains and felt the delight full breezes that continually blow there. tell us that we have an ideal vacation spot. All young women are invited to visit 'Bide-a-Wee' and see for themselves the spacious sleeping porches. porch din- ing room, wide verandas and other at fractions. Miss May Jones. as hostess of 'Bide-a-Wee,' will see to 1t that every guest fOrgets she ever had a care, for there will be hikes, picnics. swimming in Mountain lake, tennis, games, weiner roasts around the camp fire on the bluff at night and lots of other good times. We are arranging for a bus to meet the Edgewood car and carry guests directly to 'Bide-a-Wee' The charge will not be more than 25 cents per person, and prob ably less-owing to the number Then. too. we have designs on an old surrey that we found tucked away in MT Whit takers barn, and if we can get an old mule or horse to pull 1t, we expect to use 1t as the official vehicle of Vacation Cot tage."
 And let me tell you something about Miss -Jones, who Is to act as hostess for us," Miss Sandlin continued. "She Is the original pioneer worker in the mill vil- lages of the south introducing the Y. w. c. A. work into these settlements through out the Caroinas. where she did the most effective work imaginable. This is her second experience as hostess at a sum- mer camp, having served under the Bal timore Y. w. c. A., auspices at their camp, and it was largely due to her ef- ficiency and personality that it was such, a great success"
 "On next Saturday large crowd of girls will go to 'Bid-a-Wee,' Miss Sandlin said "One of the evening gymnasium classes which we call the Crckets.' numbering between 35 and 40. will compose the group: however, as we have accommodations for only about Ia or 16 this number alone will go, and not the entire class. Each Satur- day similar excursions will be made, and large numbers of the society girls of Bir mingham will aid us, conducting hikes
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