The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-05
We Want Every Woman In Birmingham to
 Today ; says Mrs. Vi. D. Nesbitt Chairman
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE 0 ALUTE the flagw

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 N That's the cry today on thou ! sands of patriotic lips that's the slogan today of the vast throngs who will march in the great Registration Day patriotic parade, when "old Glory" will wave over Birmingham's prosperous and happy valley lands and every heart will beat with pride and joy to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner" our beloved national air
 Second only in importance today to the insistent cry for more men" is the de- mand that women all over this brave land of ours shall do their bit" toward help ing war time conditions
 Formerly the purely elemental impulse to respond to the thrill of patriotism by rushing out "and doing something for the soldiers" quite without pause in bal ancing the thing to be done, against the weight of ones ability to perform it was everywhere too much in evidence; but today when woman presents her self for service it is not without first having taken account of herself and whether it is to do the duty that an
 
 merely to march in a celebration-she knows that whatever she attempts for her country she can do it well.
 Women are willing and able'' is the sentiment now emphasized in all the reg istration centers for patriotic service; naturally and automatically it is a senti- ment that is going far toward minimiz ing the activities of the type who rushes to serve usually in the hospitals, and who has nothing to offer beyond good intentions.
 Today live, brave splendid. noble- hearted women are doing the things that live. Brave, splendid, noble hearted men are doing and sex matters not the min ute girl of 1s17' is the direct descendant of the minute man of decades ago; she has the same red -blooded American- ism; the same Johnny -the-spot" at titude the only difference being that the minute girl of 1917'' is better prepared
 And speaking of preparedness the main thing that has been overlooked in all the talking-and all the walking says Anne Sherrill Baird, clever writer in The Southern Woman's Magazine 'is that woman prepared man; for 1t was hers 10 provide the proper foods that tend to build up rather than tear down, I so that when our nation called for sol diers there were physically strong men to respond.' This will be womans part always in preparedness, and today in evidence of that fact she is going to join her voice with that of her fellow men and on Reg istration Day when her country calls her brave, loyal men to the colors, she is | going to be there side by side with every l one of them marching in line with "Old | Glory" waving triumphantly over all.
 Since it was first announced that Bir- l mingham women were to join in the Reg | istration Day celebration, there hasn't | been a laggard to be found. Mothers l whose boys are already in training ] camps, wives whose husbands are gone l to do their 'bit; sisters whose brothers are preparing to go to the front; sweet | hearts, friends, acquaintances who have | loved ones" gone ahead all have re- sponded nobly to the patriotic call and | no city underneath the blue canopy of | heaven will ever give more freely from | womanhood's sincere and loyal heart, a l more rousing response to the call, than |