The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
Alabama Should HdUe q State
 Federation of Music Clubs
By ISABEL MARR.

development of music. Rapidly the indi- vidual states are forming state musical organizations of their own In many of the states, as in Alabama, musical edu- cation has been carried on through de- partmental work of state organizations of literary clubs, but now the irnmensity and the importance of state organization for music clubs has become so necessary that each state Is forming it's own fed- eration, and the state federation of lt- erary clubs, which has so enthusiastically carried on this work, is now abolishing the department of music and giving in- fiuence to organizing and maintaining state musical organizations.
 Fifteen, 10 and even five years ago, many of the southern states were un- able to form state musical clubs. Such was true of Alabama, but today Ala bama has 20-odd music clubs which have been nurtured and inspired to live on and on against odds, through the department tai work of the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs and now these clubs that have been so strengthened by this de- partmental work are strong enough to
 stand alone and form federation of their own. The Alabama music clubs have fol-
 lowed with interest the great work and success of the literary clubs through their
 own state organization along literary
 lines, and also seeing the great possibili-
 ties for future musical advancement in
 Alabama and the south, the music clubs
 of Alabama are desirous to form an or-
 ganization. Tho individual music club
 has become such an important factor in
 co immunity upbuilding that the mere an-
 nouncenent of an open-air concert brings out hundreds. yes thousands, of eager lovers of music to satisfy that longing for the beautiful.
 Birmingham, Alabama ard tho whole south will be called on to make the 1917
 biennial a success, and an Alabama fed eration of music clubs can do more to
 make the convention a success: can get more out of 1t for the federated club and the individual, if the music clubs are or ganiged into 8 federation of their own, Let the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs lend it's aid in forming an Ala. bama federation of music clubs by closing it's department of music at it's next board meeting, and recommending the formation of state organization.
 Let the Alabama Federation of Women s Clubs, whose policy it is to advance ed ucational interests, is the first to aid ir forming the state organization OF music clubs. Mutual benefit will come to both state organizations. The Alabama Fed eration of Music clubs can always sup. ply the music (which is an important fac tor in all conventional for the annual meetings of the Alabama Federation oi Women's Clubs; the state musical organ ization can aid the civic work through out the state by open-air concerts; car
 aid tho literary clubs in conjunction witf
 a music club to bring good artists to small towns, where the music club is not large enough to support such work without as. sistance. There are many ways this work
 may be of mutual benefit.
 Alabama Is now in the limelisht in the
 musical world of America, because oi
 the fact the big national convention oi music clubs is to meet in one of its cities Let Alabama music clubs federate and pull for it's success.