The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
SUFFRAGE DAY
 AT RICKWOOD PARK

Its short, short way to suffrage, but we are on our way will no doubt be the music presented by the band at Redwood next Wednesday afternoon when the Birmingham Chattanooga game is played. It is to be Suffrage Day. Suf- frage colors will be seen on cars Suf- frage decorations will adorn boxes Suf- rage horns will be blown. Even the baseball players will wear the colors The gymnasium nine of the municipal league, bunch of charming girls, will play the first inning and Miss Shapiro Will pitch the first ball for the con test of the afternoon. Suffragists young and old, are buying tickets. Anti-suf- fragists, young and old. are also buying them. The boxes are going like hot cakes. broad-minded member of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage association suggested in the plans for the game that one or the contesting teams wear suf- frage badges and the other anti" badges. "Oh, no,' said Mrs. Taylor, the local president, to whom the suggestion was made. The suffragists might not Win. So all the players will be suffpa- gists Tor the afternoon. The suffrag 4 association Is offering number of prizes. The best man rooter will be given some thing, 1t may be a Panama hat or it might be stickpin, or who knows; 1t might be Votes for Women badge. Of course, if MT. Harry Jones gets the prize or MT. Oscar Turner should be the fortunate one and they really need new summer bonnet that lovely Panama which was contributed by Bir- mingham merchant may fall to their lot IT there is "a new Richmond in the field.' he might prefer a stickpin, but certain it Is that the best man rooter and the best woman rooter both will get prizes. Little Alfred Turner, the hand nf AIr
 Turner, is the mascot for the day, and he predicts the biggest success of the baseball season."
 Miss Myrtle Miles, who is chairman of boxes for the affair, is rapidly dispos ing of them. For those remaining she will be glad to have reservations made by calling phone 116O.
 Among the Birmingham ladies who will sell tickets on the grounds or will be in charge of horns and twirlerse and buttons are: Mrs. Lewis Underwood who is chairman of the decoration commit tee; Mrs. Jack Bowron, Mrs. Angus Tay- Tor. Mrs. Conrad Ohme Miss Mary Rit- tenberry, Mrs. Troup Brazelton, Mrs. c. J. Sharp, Mrs. Richard Johnston .,lrs T. L. Hill, Miss Helen Benners, Miss Amelia Worthington, Mrs. Oscar Hund- ley, Mrs. Charles Caldwell, Miss Myr- tie Miles, Mrs. Belle R. Gore, Mrs. J. Y Martyr, Mrs. Solon Jacobs, Mrs. Nixon Norris, Miss Nell Freeman, Mrs. Henry Fitts, Miss Marian Whidden, Mrs. w. l.. Murdock, Miss Carrie Hill, Miss Maud Davis, Mrs. Sidney Ullman and others.
 No extra charges are made for the occasion. the regular baseball prices pre- vailing for both seats and boxes
 An officer in the local association said yesterday: Please say that we expect to beat Nashville's suffrage baseball day in attendance by thousands. We, of course, expect to see the antis as well as the suffragists. We are working like beavers to make a success of it and 1t is going to be the largest attendance day that Redwood has seen if our ef- forts and the encouragement we are re- ceiving count for anything, and it will be the most spectacular game ever wit messed at Redwood