The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-05
MISS ALICE PAUL ID SPEAK AT LUNCHEON FOR WOMAN PARTY
Leader in Suffrage Move ment Which Picketed the White House Coming
 Here May IS

The Birmingham headauarters Of the
 national womans party were opened
 yesterday afternoon in a corner of
 the lobby of the Tutwiler hotel. A btg
 purple, white and gold banner with tue
 inscription, "The national woman s
 party has one plank: Nationwide suf-
 frage for women,' calls attention of all
 the guests to the suffrage organiza-
 tion that has come to Alabama for the first time.
 Miss Beulah Amidon, organizer for
 the womans party. is in charge of the
 headquarters, which are very complete 1y equipped with a private telephone, typewriter and a set of office sup plies, the gift of a suffrage sympa- thizer. From this headquarters an nouncements of the woman's party luncheon. to be held in Birmingham at the Tutwiler on Thursday. May 1S, will be mailed to the friends of suf- frage throughout the state.
 Miss Amidon received a tele- gram last night sayinE that Miss Alice Paul herself, the head and guiding spirit of the woman's RdItys VIII cOHue tO nam u be the chief speaker at this meet ing. It is for this reason that the date has been postponed, as Miss Paul Is to speak in Jacksonville, Fla. before coming to Birming- ham.
 KNOWN OVER COUNTRY Miss Paul is known throughout the country as one of the most brilliant American students of politics and po- litical science. Though scarcely 30 years old. slim and fragile and deli- cately feminine. she has made rec ord for herself as a scholar as well as in suffrage activity. New Jersey Quaker girl, she took her bachelor of arts degree from Swarthmore college and then went abroad to study further at the English universities of Lon don and Oxford. But, in spite of these honors as student, Miss Paul was not content with passive activity. As chairman of the congressional commit tee of the National American Woman Suffrage association. she organized the l first suffrage headQuarters ever estab- lished in Washington, D. C., and in two months built up Washington suf- frage organization that produced the suffrage parade held on inauguration Qay TOUT wears ago. Later as cnaIr- man of the Congressional union, and now as chairman of the national wom- ans party. Miss Paul has directed the work done in Washington by these or ganizations to secure the passage ot the Susan B. Anthony amendment She directed the picketing of the White House, the repeated de- mands made on Presfdent Wilson for suffrage. as we'll as the drop ping of the suffrage banner from the gallery of the House when the President was making his address on the German situation.
 Miss Paul will probably address only this one meeting while in Bir- mingham," said Miss Amidon. Tt will be popular priced luncheon and q pleasant social occasion. we hope, as we'll as an opportunity to hear this remarkable woman. Of course, the luncheon will be for all who care to come. whether they come merely to inform themselves about the woman's S party or because they believe in 1t or because they want to object to it's pol ; icies. Full opportunity will be given for questions so that all that the wom- ans party stands for in policy and method may he made perfectly clear to everyone present ''