The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14

perance union in these strenuous days of buying and selling Liberty Bonds. sew ing and knitting for our soldiers and sailors and doing numberless other things, are not forgetting the unfortu-
 mates that we have always with us. They are emitting no opportunity to do some thing that will cheer and brighten the lives, bring joy to man, woman, girl or boy--anything that will dry tear or bring a smile to these, that will make their lives purer and better they are not forgetting. That the kindly attentions and efforts in this direction are appre- ciated by the recipients is shown by the following letter received by Mrs. Jack son. president of the Central union, from the librarian at Speigner:
 Speigner, 4-20-19Is. Mrs r. NJ Jackson, 2S02 Avenue II, Bir- mingham.
 Dead Madam: I have just returned to prison after a parole of 30 days and found your package of reading matter. Permit me to thank you in behalf of myself and the other prisoners for you l kindness in remembering. us.
 l Assuring that there is nothing that | helps to get rid of the blues better than good reading matter and that you will never know how many the reading mat ter you have sent will help, and again assuring you of our appreciation, beg 10 remain, your struly, Librarian. The meeting of the Central union Tues day was well attended, and the topic; "Anti-narcotics" interestingly discussed. After which the question: will the war increase tiia tobacco habit?' received spe eal attention. The testimony of many military leaders was set forth, as well as statistics furnished by the English papers, telling of the prevalence of to- bacco heart and other injurious effects of tobacco.
 The woman's Christian Temperance union has always doubted the effects of tobacco on the health of the sailors and soldiers. and for that reason no cigarettes or tobacco has ever been in- cluded in the contents of the comfort bags.
 Leaflets on Sabbath observance were distributed at the mems mass meeting Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist church The superintendent of this de- partment has a large supply of these convincing little leaflets which she kinais asks all friends to aid in distributing Ttose desiring them can also find them al 113h North Twenty-first street, local headquarters.
 Mrs J. F. Garrison was hostess 10 the 1 Francis Willard union Thursday after- noon at her home on Eleventh avenue south. Mrs Donahoo presided over the meeting and Mrs c. R. Johnson led the devotional exercise. The feature or the meeting was Dr. Anna Robinsons lsc' I ture on Medical Temperance" She handled the subject in a most interest lins way and produced statistics to show 1 tho harmful effects of alcohol. Mfs. Gar r;son,s paper on Our Progress Tn Ihree ! yearsr was we'll received. After the business session social hour was spent 1 and a dainty ice course served py the hostess. l Mrs. w. H. Jeffries, state president announces the midyear meeting or the sfate executive committee next Wednes- | day morning at lo:So In the local nsaor sa,ar nuarters. It is expected every member 1 o+ the committee will be present. After l the business session. luncheon Will oe served by Mrs Myatt in the tearoom. l A new chapter in the annals of tenn perance reform was written ffioay' March l. 1918. For the first time the lleading national organizations or women of America united in an appeal 10 tne chief executive of the nauoh relaeins " the liquoi question.
 Headed by the name of the president o'
 the General Federation of Woman
 clubs, notable petition, representlns J6. .SM0Co women, was presented 10 the 1 President urging that the production of malt liquors in the United States pc stopped in the interest of the conserVa- l tion of ioodstuffs.
 1 This win the war document was promoted by the National Woman 1 C.hristlan Temperance union, and the idea nCs with an enthusiastic response
 from the great company of representative
 1 women who joined in the appeal
 1 Tie petition contains the official s1s' natures of 29 national organizations
 representing 5,9l7,976 women. Amons lthese signatures are to be found the
 names of Mrs. JoSiah Evans Cowles
 l president, General Federation of Wom' Ian's clubs; Mrs George Thacher Guern- lsey, president general Daughters Amer 1 ican Revolution: Mrs, H. K. Schoff, pres
 ident National Congress of Mother and
 l Parent Teacher associations; Mrs. Rober' | T.. Speer. president of the Young Wom-
 lens Christian association of America
 Myra I<ingram Miller, president Ma
 llSial Federation of College Women, anc
 1 Anna Gordon, president National Wom
 ian's Christian Temperance union,
 Tn addition to this official group there
 are individual signatures of almost 10O
 noted women of America. Among thu
 signers are many wives of United State'
 senators and representatives, wives Ol
 Igcvernors and former governors, womer
 | members of state legislatures, and Ais:
 IJennnette Rankin of Montana, the wOm'
 an member of the national congress.
 | Among the educators who signed tht
 petition are Mrs. c. c, Bradford, presi
 dent National Education association
 Fila riagg Young. Julia c. Lathrop
 Mary E. Wooley, president Noun
 lHonyoke college; Ella F. Pendleton
 president Wellesley college; M. Carey
 I Thomas, president Bryn Mawr college
 and the deans of 27 of the largest col
 l:eges in America
 In the individual group of petitioner.
 l are presidents and chairmen of state or
 ganizations, such as Colonial Danes l Daughters American Revolution, Wom
 an's Christian Temperance union, Rec Cross societies, Florence Crittenden mis sions missionary societies of all de
 nominations. Equal Suffrage association Federation WOmen's clubs, Woman. Council National Defense, Danes O Loyal Isagion. Woman's Liberty I.oaI
 comm ittee, Woman's Relief corps, Ma tional League for Women's Service, Fed
 eration Music clubs. Wark Work coun cils. Order Eastern Star, Mothers Con
 lgress and Parent-Teacher associations