The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-25


 M MOMEBODY was talking to me the N other day about the Susan B. An " thony amendment and I'm sure must have looked as blank as break | fast plate for I don't know any more about amendments and things than I dc
 about parallelopipeds or truncated | prisms.
 1 But I do know one thing about the late
 Miss Susan B. Anthony, and if she was as clever about everything as she was about the subject under discussion which
 I'm going to repeat to you, then I know 1 the Susan B. Anthony amendment is all right.
 1 In her long old rnaidenly career, Miss Anthony made one remark which en-
 titles her to fame, if nehing else, fol l the exquisite tact and delicious humoi which she evinced in it is more diplo- | matic than any ambassador to the court | of St. James or Colonel House in his various peace missions to foreign coun- tries could have employed. Some friend on one occasion asked Miss Anthony's opinion on the subject of divorces and if women had bad hus. bands if she didn't think it was right for them to seek separation. Miss An thony replied with inimitable diplomacy There is such a difference of opinion bad husband
 All of which has nothing whatever tc do with what I'm about to relate about the war activities of the Birmingham
 Equal Suffrage association, which Miss Amelia Worthington, the efficient an6 capable president, was good enough te tell me about the other day, except that suffrage and Miss Anthony are synonymous.
 Miss Warrington was enthusiastic about the tremendous success of the va rious war activities which have already been launched by the suffragists, and among other things said: "The Birmingham Equal Suffrage asso. citation is now ready to announce it's wal programme. It will take the form of free classes for women and girls along al lines of work in which they will be called upon to take the places of the drafted men. The occupations have beer divided into four classes as follows:
 
 Mollie Dowd: (a) Bookkeeping (b) Ac. counting. Co Filing. (d) Office man. agement. CD Stenography, typewriting Idictaphone, etc.
 '2. Industrial occupations. Chairman Mrs. David Cronheim. (a) Salesmanshr and business efficiency. (b) Operation of power machines.
 '.3 Professional occupations Chairman
 Mrs. R. F. Johnston. (a) Draftsman- ship and photography. (b) Banking. (c, Journalism and publicity. (d) Laboratory work. (e) Foreign languages, French l Spanish, etc.
 "A. Public service. Chairman, Mrs. Jacl Bowron: (a) Special instruction for civi service examinations. (b) Telegraphy
 and wireless. (c) Telephone operating | (d) Driving and mechanism of motor cars
 and trucks, motorcycles. (e) Railroad helpers. f District nursing. (g) Stree
 car and elevator operating. This programme has not yet beer
 worked out in detail, but the plan is tt start classes as soon as possible in a, many of these occupations as may prov, feasible. The cooperation of the bushes.
 mems organizations of the city is solic ited."
 ] Miss worthington continued: "The free class in stenography is now
 being conducted daily by Mrs. Welforf
 Leake The idea was originated by Mrs
 Leake and Miss Ina Shepard, by whom l 1t was suggested that the suffragist sponsor the class. Mrs. Ls,ake, who i.
 an expert stenographer, was anxious tc
 give her services to help the women ant girls of Birmingham who wished to in crease their earning capacity or to if