The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

The appointment of a woman lec-
 turer in the faculty of Yale, which ex-
 cited considerable interest last week,
 when the fact was made known that
 pr. Rhoda Cardmann had received the
 appointment in the graduate school for
 1916-17, while it is interesting, owing
 to the conservatism of Yale univer-
 sity, is hardly of the novelty assumed.
 What does seem truly original, how
 eyer, is to find woman accredited
 with diplomatic rank to the British
 embassy to the United States. The in-
 cumbent is Miss Violet Erskine, a
 daughter of the British consul general at New Orleans who is now a member of the staff under the commercial ad- wiser and minister plenipotentiary, Sir Richard Crawford, the British ambas- sador, Sir Cecil Spring Rice having re- ported the fact to the state depart
 ment at Washington.
  The U D! c. chapters of Birmingham, at the request of the Red Cross as- sociation, met Wednesday afternoon at the Tutwiler by call of Pelham chap ter and formulated plans to send at once to the three infantry companies, B. c and K, supply of toilet articles that are not furnished by the govern ment but that are much needed by the soldiers About 400 packages are needed, each to contain two bath tow els, two handkerchiefs, soap and tooth- brush. These to be wrapped tightly in paper without boxing, and tied secure ly. A soldiers name will be written on each package and any contributor who desires may enclose a note or card of good wishes, signed or unsigned. Any one who desires to contribute a pack age should send to Mrs. J. A. Roun- tree, secretary of Red Cross, or to Mrs. S. H. Gardner, Pelham chapter; Mrs W. c, -Shackelford, William l.. Yancey chapter: Mrs Charles G, Brown Pet tus- -Roden; Mrs. J. E. Hewlett, Will cox; Mrs. F. A. Mohns, Avondale; Mrs F. F.. Belcher, East Lake; Mrs. D. M. Lewis, Ensley; Mrs. H. B. McLaurine, | Woodlawn
 The Woman's Auxiliary of Jefferson county, having announced officially that all needs of Batteries and c would be supplied by that organization, the Red Cross association has under
 
 of the three infantry companies from Birmingham, and the splendid response by the U. D. c. chapters to- the Red Crcss appeal insures immediate accom- plishment of one line of work. Each church aid society is asked to appoint military relief committee, the chairman of which will thereby become a member of the central relief committee, so that all work undertaken | will be according to government regu- Ia tion, and by regular system.
 Through the courtesy and generosity of Mrs. T. H. Motion the Birmingh ham Red Cross will open regular headquar- | ters at 104 North Nineteenth street, | Motion block, for the purpose of re- ceiving and shipping relief supplies to the soldiers, enrolling of members and conducting of the regular business of the association.
 The young women who are members of the Volunteer Relief association will go to Montgomery in the morning to present the guidon to the members of Battery C. Miss Katherine Morrow has been chosen as the young woman to make the pre- sentation to Captain Nolan with a short speech.
 1 The following is list of the members of the Volunteer Relief association, and as many as possible are asked to make the trip to Montgomery tomorrow and re- turn the same day. chaperoned by Mrs Hugh Morrow: Miss Virginia Abbott Miss Gladys Allison Miss Alice Bowie Miss Hortense Bissell, Miss Mildred Bad ham, Miss Florence Coffin, Miss Augusta Clark. Miss Margaret Coleman. Miss Bes-
 sic Cunningham, Miss Catherine Cary