The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-30


 which sent scores of our soldier boys a concerted movement among Birming- hams society belles, matrons and busi- ness women, to do their part by making
 life in the trenches' as easy as pos sible
 While our soldier boys are mobilizing or marching forward to somewhere on the border of Mexico, our debutantes are rushing eagerly over to Neighborhood House, where mothers and sisters, wives and sweethearts, are assembling to take the course offered by the American Red Cross, so that they may prepare them selves for the arduous task of taking care of the wounded and the sick, and the crippled If they should be needed for service in the event of war.
 Already more than 40 have joined the classes under Miss l.. K. Denny's able instruction on home care of the sick the first aid" work being conducted by Dr. Rogers and Dr. S. L. Ledbetter, Jr.
 The first class which was formed, a short time ago, will complete the course of 15 lectures on next Thursday, and will be ready to stand the examination, those who are successful receiving cer- tficates of proficiency. This will be the first class south of the Mason and Dixon ine to finish the Red Cross course, since the Mexican outbreak
 So Birmingham goes first, it would seem, when it comes to progressiveness, and patriotism, and it is something of a distinction that such a condition obtains showing the loyalty, the loving kindness and the self-sacrifice that our women are willing to make if needs be-
 To Miss Annie Laurie Sparkes, who is the efficient head of Neighborhood House, is due the credit of the early pro- motion of these Red Cross lectures in Birmingham
 Miss Sparkes, seeing that the time was near at hand when it might be neces- sary for others besides the regular Red Cross nurses to go to the border and care for our soldiers, took the initiative, and arranged with headquarters at Washing; ton to have the course of lectures de- livered here.
 At first, it was a bit dscoura aging, only five members enlisting, but the moment the IOCkSln SOunQeQ the moment our BIT mingham boys heard the bugle call hood House, and registered their names
 among those present. for Red Cross work.
 The class which finishes next Thursday
 is composed of Mrs Arthur G.. Lund Mrs. Carl Seals, whose husband, Major Seals, is a prominent officer in the state militia, Miss Sarah Glider, head of the domestic science department of the Ala bama Power company; Mrs. David Rob- erts, Mrs. William Worthington, Miss Mary Burson, Mrs. Brands, Mrs. Gab- hert, Miss O'Hara, Mrs. Charles Brown, Miss Dougherty. Mrs. Dupuy, Mrs. John Gullett and Mrs. Rund.
 This class meets each morning at 10.3C and for an hour and a half Miss Denny, in her clever, practical, thorough way which characterizes her keen intelli- gence in all such matters, expounds the principles of the home care of the sick, ' strated by Dr. Rogers and Dr. Ledbetter Jr
 In the debutante class many familiar names are enrolled among them being Miss Bland Tomlinson, Miss Augusta Clark. Miss Hortense Bissell, Miss Rev. erly Leake, Miss Elizabeth Locke, Miss Mildred Badham, Miss Alice Bowie, Miss Olivia O'Neal, Miss Margaret Gage, Miss Jeannete Ebersole, Mrs. William Haz- gard (Belle Roberts), Miss Katherine Morrow, Miss Mary Ida Wood Miss Helen Eubank, Miss Grace Murphy and others
 Thursday afternoon a new class was formed-the initial lecture being given a that time, and there was a large entry for this class, among those enrolled be- ing Miss Lillian Yielding. Miss Mel Creddy, Miss Elizabeth Hurley, Miss Sa 1 die McLemores Mrs. Louis Wilson, Mrs l H. R. Rich, Ms. Sydney Blackman, Mrs J. W. Strickland and Mrs. Inez Free man.
 Still another class is open at o'clocl | in the afternoons for business women l those who cannot get away during tn, 1 day, to join the work.
 1 Miss Sparkes, who is president of thes, classes, spoke with enthusiasm yesterda, of the splendid work that the Birming ham women are doing.
 I've never seen such enthusiasm il my life; such nobility, such loyalty Why, the debutante class which meet. at o'clock is wonderful. It matters no how late the girls have been out dancine and having a good time the evening be- fore, many Of them are at NeighborhooC House long before the hour for clas: work. They are so interested in the lec ture course and so apt about it. Miss Denny is a wonderful instructor and she has fine knack Of imparting her knowl edge in terse. concise terms and the same may be said of our two physicans-Dr Rogers and Dr. Ledbetter.
 While I don't know that any of the members of the various classes will eve, see the border" Miss Sparkes continued they will be ready if the call comes Already Mrs Seals, Mrs Lund, and Mis-.