The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

| fill the stenographic vacancies in Wash l ingtin. By doing this, he said that the l girls would be rendering the government as great a service as the men who go 1 to the front.
 This sudden demand for girls to fill the positions of our boys who have been l called to the front found many of them asleep and unprepared. Because of this it is necessary that there be greater ac- tivity now along the lines of prepara- i ton.
 ITO meet this great need the Young 1 Women's Christian association is giving l to the ambitious girl chance to equip herself to- answer her countrys call. | Glasses in stenographic, business Eng | fish, arithmetic, spelling and grammar, literature and current events, Spanish, | French, domestic science and art, music | and other subjects are offered free or l for nominal fee. The three courses of- | fered by the American Red Cross, first aid, home nursing and home dietetics, 1 will be taught under the direction of l competent teachers. A class in knitting for soldiers will be conducted by Red Cross instructors each Wednesday even ing. Those taking vocal will be entitled I to membership in the Glee club It is l the purpose of the Young. Women's ! Christian association to give the girl the thing she needs most, next, so a teacher | will be provided for any branch of edu- cational work on application of class of 1 six. Special attention is called to 3 1 class in telegraphy If there are 10 appll- | cants.
 "A Bible school will be conducted each l Tuesday evening to which all girls in the city are invited. It is hoped that in the midst of all the unsettled atmos- phere of the present time that many girls will turn aside from the daily rou- tine of worldly activities to join with i other girls each Tuesday evening at i the Y. W. c. A. in deeper study of Gods word.
 "The following are some of the faculty members: Mrs. Conrad Ohme, Miss Rosa 1 Strickland, Miss Ella Early, Mrs. E. Nj. Brown, Miss A. w. Roberts Miss Mary Montgomery, Mrs. J. c. Strickland, pr. Marye Dabney Miss Bertha Clements, Miss Evalina Wilkerson, Miss Virginia Dowdell and others"
 Miss Perkins continued: Last session there were nearly 400 girls and women enrolled in classes at the Young Wom- I CTS Christian association and it is hoped that even more will enjoy the ad- lyantages offered this fall.
 l "The work has been planned by the fol- lowing committees: Mrs. James Bowron, chairman; Mrs Lee Bradley, Mrs. R. G. McGahey. Mrs E. M. Brown, Mrs. A. H. Ballard Mrs. Conrad Ohme, Mrs. Jack Eaton, Miss Rosa Strickland, Miss Lula Cook, Miss Alma Messer and Mrs. w. L. Brown
 One of the most interesting exhibits at the Alabama State fair this year which will be in the woman's department, will be the booth of the Birmingham House. wives league, of which Mrs. M S. Blank lis general chairman, assisted by Mrs r.. E. Davidson, chairman of the fancy work and sewing: Mrs. J. o. Hannum and Mrs
 B. Wald, chairman of the breads and cakes; Mrs J. F. Carle, chairman of the i art and miscellaneous articles, and Mrs. Evelyn Cecile Jones (Mrs Robert Jones), chairman of, the canned goods, preserves, jellies, pickles, etc.
 Mrs. Blank, who is most interested and enthusiastic over the work, says:
 "The league invites any woman who will pay the small membership dues the privileges of exhibiting any articles made by her own hands, thus having the op- portunity of competing for some of the valuable prizes offered by the State Fair
 association as we'll as showing her pa triotsm. The object of this exhibit Is to
 specifically show what the women of the league have accomplished
 Three beautiful spaces have been as-
 signed the league by Mrs. J. B. Reid, and
 women will be in charge to welcome the
 housewives from all parts of the state and receive dues from any one who may desire to become member. There will be one room devoted to art and fancy
 work, one to canned goods, breads and
 cakes, and then beautiful rest room,
 with music and all the comforts of Il
 home. All articles will be taken care of and must be at the grounds not later than
 Thursday of this week. Thursday, Oc- tober II. will be the day for all competi-
 tors to bring in their lightbread. biscuits.
 both beaten and otherwise. and cakes ot
 all descriptions. Many members cannot
 be reached because of no phone so this
 means is used to make full announce
 mert. All chairmen have phones and
 will be glad to answer any furthe'
 questions after p. m., or before 5
 o'clock a. m. Every woman is urged to
 join the league at once and thus help to
 make a creditable display for Greater
 Birmingham and to let MT. Hoover know
 how nobly our women responded to our
 country's call
 Mrs. Jonues, chairman of canned
 goods, preserves and pickles. says she IS
 eager for all women to phone her at once
 in regard to any canned goods. preserves,
 iellies and pickles which they are willing
 to exhibit at the state fair. She is par
 ticularly anxious to have fine disrlav in this line. ns she has been v'ta'iv inter- ested In ccnaervat'on of foods since the declaration of var with Germany Mrs. Il Jones saws its is not necessary to have fancy packed goods. just the kind all the housewives have done ali the summer. !
 At the last meeting of the Birmingham f Music Study club, which was held on