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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
Postoffice for Juniors

Dear Mrs. Ullman: had a good time reading the Junior page. I like it very much, and hope you have one every Sun day only it was too short. Would you write and tell me some good games to play on rainy days. I like the way you showed us how to make the doll cap, but would rather know how to make a baby dolls dress Will close. Your title friend, JENNIE H. HERMANN. Dear Little Friend Jennie: It has given me a great deal of pleasure to get your letter, and I am answering it at once so you can see how much like it. am so glad you like the junior and hope you vii, write to it often. You want to know some good games to play on rainy days. Well, lets see. I suppose you play dolls and cut out paper dolls. Have you ever made scrap books for the poor little hos pital children on rainy days? That it profitable way of spending the time. This is the way to do it. Cut out all the pretty pictures in old magazines you can find, as many about children as possible, and paste them on sheets of manilla paper that have been cut and sewed together like book. After the books are neatly made and the pie lures pasted in. send them to the TIi,lman hospital or to the Children's hospital
 
 the sick children
 With much love and the hope that you will write soon again, I am very fondly,
 MRS ULLMAN. Dear Mrs. Ullman: I like your page. I had good time reading it yesterday and would like you to have good story in every Sunday.
 Write and tell us some good books for 1o uf,. .Je -~J ! T IL much love from your little friend,
 HENRIETTE JOSEPH. Dear Henriette: Your nice little letter was much appreciated. I am so glad you like the Junior. I shall certainly try and have story in it for the little folks from now on and thank you so much for the suggestion. NsN am going to give you a list of books that think little S-year-old girls would like to read. Let me know sometime how you like them and how many you have read.
 It is great pleasure to have letters from the children, and I hope you will write soon again. Ever fondly,
 MRS. ULLMAN. Books for an s-year-old girl: Aspinwall-"Short Stories for Short People,
 AnureWS-- seven hltCl0 sisters. Bigham Madge-"M Animal Tales p
 "Stories of Mother Goose Village" Blaisdell--"Twilight Town"
 Coe and Christie-"Story Hour Read ers.'' Book 1T. M
 Craik, D. M.-"Adventures of a Brownie"
 Little Lame Prince"
 Craik, G. M.-"So Fat and Mew-Mew.'' D Fmdley-Little Bird Blue.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
HOUSEKEEPERS'
 CLUB AT ELYTON

In the sixth and seventh grades of the Elyton school the Housekeepers' club was organized February 8, 1s1S. It is only few weeks old, but it has an enrolment of 12 members. We have meetings every Friday afternoon and after the meetings we cook We have cooked spagetti with tomato sauce. soup, hot chocolate and a number of other things.
 The officers are: President, Mildred Blackburn vice president, Mary Pow: treasurer, Eunice Ensey; secretary, La- roma Pickens.
 At our first meeting the secretary read the following rules, which each member promised to keep:
 l. To try and protect all growing .L.ngs
 ?. To respect the property of others as my own.
 3. To love and protect the birds.
 4. To keep both my back yard and my front clean.
 5. Not to deface any fence or public building.
 6. Not to throw waste paper or ruh bish on the ground.
 [. Not to do anything unbecominw | good citizen.
 s. To become better housekeepers.
 The first meeting we were enter< tained by our teacher, Miss Snead. who is also our manager. We invited lie seniors. who had been promoted Is Paul Hayne, to be our guests. and tAo3t. gladly accepted We had a inc timo and were so glad to see them axnln. We expect to have many moro en5oyn 2 ble affairs of this kind in the futuri:
 MILDRED BLACKBURN. Age-Herald Junior Editor. Elx1srj
 School.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

Somehow it's hard to think of great people as ever being children, but of course they were once upon a time. This, then, is true of Helen Keller and the most wonderful part Of her little girl hood was that she vas just q normal little girl that could see and hear ex- actly like you can.
 Helen was born right here in Tuscum- bia, in the northern part of the state. The lovely Keller home was called Ivy Green" and was all covered with vines and honeysuckle and roses. Helen's S mother was a real gentlewoman whose grandfather was Alexandria Spotswood, one of the early colonial governors of Virginia, and Helen was a wonderful child from the very beginning. Why, 1t is hard to believe, but when she was only six months old she could say how dye do"-and one day just a little while Ia ter, she startled every one by asking for tea, tea, tea" This very active young body jumped off her mothers lap at the age of one year and went scam pering over the floor after some leaves.
 Helen was the happiest little girl in Alabama those days. She was so good to look at, too, with great soft, blue eyes and golden curls, but the happy days didn't last long for Helen. One day she became very i'll, and when she was better, the dreadful disease had closed both her ears and her eyes.
 Then came the days when the little girl wanted to be understood she re- n:embered few things from her seeing days. and would shake her head for yes and no. When she wanted to ask
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Several months ago the Senior Music Study club. decided that it was not quite fair to have all the good things and not make it possible for the children to share them so they planned to have a Junior Music Study club, just as The Age-Herald planned The Age-Herald Junior. About five months ago they started it, and be- hold the children came in droves. l sup pose you were one of the first, if not you you didn't stay out long for the whole workings of the club were so delightful one wanted to be a member right away. The new club had preliminary meet ing, elected a president and other officers and a programme committee just like the big club and then started in to work and ever since has regular meetings, con- ducted entirely by the children for the pleasure and profit of all.
 The object of the club is very splen- did one, and should be the real object of all clubs, of this nature that is to be able to give to others the benefit of the talent you enjoy. l heard not long ago, a beautiful singer say that although she had many hardships to suffer on the tours she made, and had to leave her devoted husband and lovely home, she felt she had no right not to give the world the; benefit of her "God-given gift and that is the same feeling the Music Study club should give to you. 8
 And it has another great advantage, you have heard so many people that really could play beautifully say that they can't play in public; well, that is all because they didn't play in public when they were little children, and get over the feeling of timidity that really is very hard to overcome This club helps you overcome your shyness.
 And aside from all of this, is the ad- vantage that the Senior club gives you in being able to attend all the artists
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l beautiful movement? l heard Mrs. Du- pont Thompson say there was to be q definite plan in which every child in this city would be given something to do to keep the streets clean and the parks In good order. As I understand, it is to be a sort of police band with supervision over the streets and parks, wearing
 badges and having honor rolls at the city
 hall. shall get Mrs. Thompson or one of the civic board ladies to write the Junior all about it.
 You know, you cant start too early to show your "civic pride.' That's the way to begin to be good citizen, and girls,
 don't ever let the boys bluff you into the belief that the "civie pride" should not
 be as strong in you as 1t is in the boy; who knows some day there may be a woman President of the United States and l am sure that she (who ever she
 may be) will be credit to the country Out in Colorado there is a woman sen ator. and being a senator isn't so far from being a President, is it?
 If your school has not furnished The Age-Herald with an editor yet won you please see why, it will be too bad not to be represented on the Junior. With love for all of you, am yours for the Junior. MRS. ULLMAN.
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he persuaded MT. w. S.. Pritchard to suc- ceed him. MT. Pritchard is a well known attorney and has natural liking for boys. He has taken up the work with much enthusiasm, and has introduced some new methods which are proving very interesting to the boys.
 All of the scout officials are busy lining up new troops. The scout executive has engagements every day looking toward formation of new troops. MT. Cooley. the commissioner, is helping w:th new troop he hopes to organize at Pratt City. The deputy commissioner at Ensley, Rev. w. Fulford, is arranging for some new troops there. troop is suggested for Bayview, too.
 Did you see how wei the boys ham, died the crowd at the bicycle races Tues day afternoon. That was a hard crowd to manage, and the boys were late get ting there, since the hoLr was so they could not get out of school earlier. Scouts were stationed along the route, especially at turns and railroad crossings One bunch Of boys were near enough to the unfortunate rider who fell on Eleventh avenue to be the first to reach him. and take him to the hospital They also Tagged the traffic during the race and added to the safety of the riders that way
 After q Boy Scout has eaken the oath. and in so doing said "On my honor I will do my best to be trustworthy" then Scout official has right to trust a boy, on his honor. to do given task to the best of his ability. and to let noth- ing interfere with his 50 doing. If a scout has volunteered to do a certain thing at given time, tl.e scout master las perfect right to count absolutely on that boy performing his task in the proper way, and at the proper time. Possibly parents do not realize that if a boy promises to do some scout work. that no unimportant home duties, that may have been unforeseen, should be al- lowed to keep him from his appointment, One boy in that way proving not trust worthy may cause a scout master much inconvenience. It is a very serious thing to become so tfat you cannot be relied upon in the m:nor affairs of every day life. A man or boy might have the very best intentions, and would not fail in big crisis. such as betray- ing friend or accepting a bribe, vet he might be absolutely unreliable in every day affairs through lack of dis cipline in the habits of punctuality. promptness and perseverance in carrying out job.
 We must impress the importance of this upon our scouts now, for it will be very important to have trustworthy scouts to help in our many civic activi- ties. Do not let scout volunteer for a task unless he knows that his home duties will not interfere. It is very ern- barrassing to all'concerned for a scout to fail to keep an engagement and later to explain that his mother made him stay home to do certain chores. We realize that the home has first call on the boy but he must be taught that he must not assume responsibilities which are apt to be interfered with by duties at home. and if the responsibil- ity is assumed. then the homo folks ought to be impressed with the serious ness of interfering
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
BOY SCOUT NOTES

This Boy Scout did a good turn.
 One of the boys in troop No. lives ir a boarding house. Going into room that had been vacated he saw public library book that looked like it had been desert ed sOh. ho.'' he said, There is a good turn for me" So he tucked the book under his arm and hilSed to the library and took the book to the return desk with out explaining where he had gotten it. Twelve cents," said the librarian, and the scout went down in his jeans and gave up the price of two picture shows.
 One of the troops that has been recent ly organized is at Powderly. There is a bunch of live boys there, and they have a wide-awake man for scoutmaster in R. D. Crow. He has been interested in boys for a long time, and therefore we predict that before long this troop will be one of the best in this district.
 Each troop is requested to have two boys report each afternon of Fashion Week to be lon duty on principal street corners from to D. m. Those report ing must be in full uniform, with shoes polished, and neat in appearance. They will be given printed slips giving routes of cars, with which they must become familiar so that they may be of special service in directing strangers where to catch cars. Each scout will also be ex- pected to be alert, and watch for oppor- tunities to do as many good turns as possible. In this connection we will put on walk rite' campaign. Cards will be printed asking people to observe the ordinary rules of the street, such as keeping to the right, walk with the traf- fic, do not stop in the middle of the side walk, etc The boys have a stunt in this connection that will be surprise to the public.
 The Ensley district will be heard from soon. Frazier Banks and the Rev. J. w. Fuiford.. deputy commissioner for that territory. have some well defined, plans for organizing new troops Troop No. 20 at Ensley. of which Carl Jackson is as- sistant scoutmaster in charge of the troop. is live bunch of boys. These fellows are capable and can put across anything they try. Look for No 20 when it comes to hard work.
 Troop No 10 at St. Paul's has a new scout master. MT. LaPolnt, who organ ized the troop and conducted it for one year. found that he could not give it as much attention as it deserved and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

plcked Tor the honor roll. And "Sv' takes them out to his house and gives them some feed The lucky guys this past week said they had so much in em when they stopped eating that they had to walk out the door side ways. Sy' is some guy, anyhow.
 SOCIETY NOTES
 frank Collins is' taking music les sons. His mother makes him wash his hands before he practices. Frank has devised a snappy scheme to friss his ,notner. lie practices on the black keys.
 Frank Stack was reminded bv the fortune teller on second and Twenty third that he was "very economic J Frank thought it was a compliment ,ln- Ill the weird man continued: "Very eco homie with soap and water on your hands,
 George Dismukes accepted a place as office boy on the following con dltlons: "! want boy to be partly in doors and partly outdoors" But on second thought George asked: "say mister. what must I do when the door slams?" George is looking for another job, and his pants have been alarmed in the rear.
 Shine Mooney was worrying "Sy'' about getting him a job. Father" Sy says to the Irishman: 'Why, my dear boy, you must not stop school to go to work! You must study to be a great--' And here Shine" shouted: "O thunder, Sy. I can't sit up in front of looking glass and starve to death."
 The professor at Henley school rushed out on the playground the other day and discovered Eddie Colston sit ting down on Ernest Fredkerson, his fisf oicN. .l l. sledge hammer. What are you doing, Eddie?" the lessor shouted I'm count ing hundred fore I beat the steam out of Ernest. that's what!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

handle the little baby brother or sister not to let them fall or get bumped, or pick up anything that happens to be left on the floor by yourself or any body else, for babies, you know. love to put things in their mouths, and are apt to pick up such things as matches and pins and buttons and marbles or suck paint off the toys. And don't give the baby aything to eat unless mother tells you to. One poor little one at the Hill man hospital is dying because it had been fed raw sweet po,atoes Of course you wouldn't do that; out it might be something else you would not think could hurt
 On March Birmingham is going to have what is known as Baby Week. This is week devoted entirely to edu- eating the old and the young people of this city how to care for the babies and keep them we'll
 Be sure to think about all we have said and do what you can to make Baby Week a success by telling all the Little Mothers you know to be care ful of the baby's health and comfort and help the grown-ups Save the Babies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
BEING A LITTLE MOTHER
How All Children Can Help BABY WEEK

Many little girls that just have their dolls to play with can hardly realize that other little girls and some little boys have real dolls, or babies to care for, and for long hours have to carry the heavy baby around and take care of him, and sometimes they don't know what to do, when mother is at work and the baby cries. so to these little mothers we sent this message.
 This article may just as well be ad dressed to girls, for I suppose no self respecting boy would have anything to do with such sissy thing as Baby Week" And did you ever stop to think now many boys are ambitious enough to want to be physicians when they grow up, and that there are Hundreds more men doctors than women
 But this will be for girls, because boys don't care much about the babies, except to tease them anyhow. And girls, well girls can't help being in terested, they are all potential moth CTS. I am sorry for the girl or boy that hasn't any baby in the house.
 know you will all be awful sorry to hear that more babies die every year than people of any other age, and often US because they are not properly fed, the milk isn't prepared right or they are given candy or something else to eat by thoughtless little sisters and brothers, or they fall and get hurt, and for many, many other reasons get sick and die.
 In New York, in the congested dis trlcts of that great city, so many moth CTS have to go to work they leave the children at home to be taken care of by other children. These children are called Little Mothers" and so that they can care for the babies properly they bring their little charges to a class and trained nurse tells them what to do for the baby when mother is away.
 They are taught how to bathe the baby and dress him properly, how to fix his milk, and are warned to keep the flies away from the milk bottle, and what has happened? The babies don't get sick near so often, they have less accidents, less collie and the babies have better care.
 Now you want to know how you can help. We'll, by being careful when you
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recitals free; that alone is worth the right of belonging. Isn't it?
 f The Junior Music Study club has about 150 members that range in age from 12 to 16, then you are old enough to play with the Senior club At the recitals there have been members on the. programme of any of these ages so that if you do
 not know how to play very well you need
 not be timid at all, for the club Is for
 the little folks, as well as the big ones. The very able president of the club is Fred Hard. a High school boy, sId a splendid violinist, Lillian Karples is the secretary and also member of the pro-
 gramme committee. Mrs. Laura Jackson David is the treasurer, as she is for the Senior club. The chairman of the pro- gramme committee is one of the hardest worked members of the club, Miss Beatrice Tate. s ss
 | The club is conducted on the strictest parliamentary lines, and to quote one of the members of the Senior club Would put the Senior to shame, ! The attendance at the regular meetings has been very good, and no wonder; when we consiedr how excellent the pro grammes are, but some of the members having been assigned places on the pro- granime have played truant and stayed away. This put out the programme so much that it was decided to charge a
 fine to the child that didn't show up
 and I suppose that will be the end of the truancy. ss The membership is divided just like the
 big club in to active and inactive mem
 bers, and if you don't dant to be on the programme you can be an inactive mem
 Der and just listen.
 If you haven't already joined the club
 here is cordial invitation from the
 president of the Junior and the president
 of the. Senior, Mrs. Houston Davis, to join right away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

As a practical lesson in civics which the seventh grade of the Greymont school is studying, Edwin Branscomb was elect ed associate to The Age-Herald Junior. This is particularly nice way to elect an editor, it proves the ability and the popularity of the boy or girl I hope many more schools will adopt this method.
 Edwin is the son of MT. and Mrs. l.. O.. Branscomb. He is IS years old, is in the high seventh grade, is Birmingham boy, having spent most all of his life here and receiving his education in the Birmingham public schools, where he has always been an excellent pupil. Edwin's s aim in life is to be student at Oxford university, England, which is indeed a high ambition, as some of the greatest men in the worlds history have gotten there education at Oxford.
 Edwin has been appointed to represent The Age-Herald Junior at the Helen Kel- Ter lecture, and send in report of the lecture. This will be the custom of the Junior to have the lectures and musicals reported by the editors, so look out for your turn. You may be as fortunate as Edwin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

Gates-"Turkey Doll.'
 Meissner-"From the Land of Stories.' Norton-"Heart of Oak Books" Book 1T.
 Pratt-"The Far East and the Far West-Red Children
 Stories of Colonial Children" Scudder-"Book of Folk Stories
 Book of Legends
 Stevenson-"Child's Garden of Verses Thomsen-"Eas O the Sun and West O. the Moon.'
 wilson-..Myths of the Red Children" (Ths list has been supplied by the Children's Librarian, Birmingham Public library, City hall)