The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-13


have little effect in Keeping people
at home. Even in the middle of the
day, when the suns rays are the fiercest,
the streets of the business and shopping
districts and moving pictures are always
crowded. True, everybody is warm and
looks warm and every one tells every
body else 1T is hot, blistering hot" until
it is fully impressed on ones mind but as
to remaining at home, why, that is alto
gether another thing.
Mondays here seem to be the big bar.
gain days if the crowds indicate any
thing, and despite the heat and rains the
stores are crowded and every one all in
tent on picking UP something for almost
nothing
1t is a strange crowd we sometimes see
There is the dainty gowned matron and
young maiden jostled by the good, homes
sunbonneted women, and lady and serv
ant, the same ideas seems animates both,
to get something real cheap.
In lots of instances things are. wonder
fully cheap, and we feel tempted to buy
articles for which we have no use just
now and probably never will. "Oh, but it
when we get them home and find we have
no use, or can possibly make use, of the
bargain"
We women do so dearly love a bargain,
anyway, and what a great pleasure it
gives many these hot and rainy days and
affords, l am sure, great delight to tho
merchant Then, too, it gives the women
such a fine chance to go to town and see
friends, for during the summer there ID
very little visiting.
The Alabama Association of Teacheit
of English, under the supervision of tnt
National Council of Teachers of English.
is undertaking movement for encourag-
ing among all classes the use of better
English. This work is being directed
in Alabama, by Miss Claudia E. Crump-
ton, who Is head of the English depart
ment of the Alabama Girls Technical
institute at Montevallo, says the Mont
gomery Journal.
Miss Crumpton, who is emnently fitted
for this undertaking, is also editor of the
Alabama Association of Teachers of Eng
lish and chairman of speech improve.
ment committee of the above association.
All classes of workers will be employed
by this educational organization, for the
advancement of this movement which
state 1t is intende dto interest. as far
as possible, teachers, preachers, profess
sonal men and women, and business peo-
pie in the agitation of this subject. The
Alabama Association of Teachers OF
5 English will accomplish it's purpose by
means of agitation and instruction.
Very soon Miss Della Mohr of the Sid
ney Lanier high school, will inaugurate
the movement for better English in Mont
gomery. She will encourage the forma-
ton of speech councils in schools, and
the agitation among employers, for re-
during better English of employees. Miss
Mohr will also arrange for classes to be
conducted in oral English at the Young
Mems Christian association and at the
Young Women's Christian association.
The appeal just now of the association
in let everybody use his or her best
English at all times" Gu Thursday aft
ernoon August 10, Miss Crumpton will
present this cause to the Farmers union
at Birmingham, and hopes to enlist the
interest and assistance in this work, for
the betterment of spoken English.
So many of the bright girls of the state
are the daughters of farmers, and fire.
quently are timid about the use of good
English, and the need of home encour-
agement is very obvious.
Mrs. Frederick schoff of the National
SOuSTeSS VI MOIHciS, WIitco ihlclcSliHSiy
in the Mothers Magazine for September
on Preparedness Through Organized
Motherhood" saying:
ITO help every home to understand
children, mothers circles. child welfare
circles, and parent-teacher associations
have been employed to awaken interest
and to stimulate study of child welfare
by parents, These have brought to-
gether local groups of parents in rural
districts, in villages, towns and cities in
every state of the union, and are of in
estimable service to parents, teachers and
children. The state provides that in
school all children shall have equal edu-
cational opportunities Organized mother
hood seeks to give equal educational OPP
portunities in the home by making it pos
sibe for all parents to have proper un>
derstanding Of their duties and privileges
as parents and home teachers
1.-The acquaintance of parents with their
children's teachers is of great value, be-
cause 1t means intelligent, sympathetic
cooperation. The teacher cannot know
what mother knows about her child, and
teacher often knows things about the
child of which the parent is ignorant.