The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-26
"Community House Invites the Public to sOpen House. Tomorrow Wednesday, For Thanksgiving
 House Warming, and Any Remembrance
 For the Babies Will Be Gratefully Received
Bv DOLLY DALRYMPLE

| 9\ 00-it can't happen this year-if eve ! llNNI again-the mad society whirl 0 i \ NJ mad pleasure for the whole wid earth has changed since 1s14-and the round robin" of parties, teas, dances receptions, luncheons and other different affairs will take long, long time ir ] the revival.
 ! Now we speak of those things as hap pening before the war; also now we speak with seriousness of purpose which has become habit with men, women and children, who have passed through the awful crisis of this world war and have come out of the crucible- cleansed, higher minded, nobler inn
 pulsed and bigger and broader in their
 views.
 Of course the mad whirl will be re-
 revival-but it will be interspersed
 with real things tending to the evolu- Ition of enlightenment, intellectual, hu-
 mantarian and distinctly practical-for
 women couldn't have worked and prayed
 during the past few years as they have
 without the impress of ''seriousness' be-
 ing left upon their hearts and minds; so after all, the war work, some of which
 will continue, will also take refuge in charitable functions, for these have not been neglected by any manner of means
 during the war activities-and women can't sit by idly now since doing war work with hands folded and plan clothes rt;a fri,s ft,i I,,,t they must have an outlet--and it seems to me that charity is the best of all.
 Which I mention by way of introduce tion to the announcement that Com munity House" extends a cordial invita- tion to the public to be it's guest tomor- row Wednesday, for Thanksgiving house warming when any remembrance be gratefully received.
 Mrs. Charles o. Locke, who is chair man of publicity for Community House and Mrs. Hale V. Tarrant, secretary, are with the board" and officers of this splendid institution a. real treat tended for tomorrow; the "Open House. plan is intended for the public to see for themselves the quarters which this institution calls "flome," and also to meet and see the little children cared for there
 Community House" is special pet, If I may use the expression, of Dr. Mid- dieton s. Barnwell, the beloved rector of the Church of the Advent; the insti- tuition, however, is in no way denomina- tional or sectarian; it is supported by all the downtown churches and it has never come before the public until now asking any sort of assistance;N x in- deed the assistance suggested for the house warming is merely that of material additions to the instf- tuition as Mrs. Tarrant hopefully ob- serves:
 We are praying that somebody will give us some little Kindergarten chairs because we need them almost more than else''
 Clothes, bed linen, pantry supplies, fur niture to enhance the comfort of the children at the home-anything practical and useful will be gratefully accepted.
 The "Community House. started less than two years ago and it has grown and grown until now 30 little babies are cared for in the home these children are bathed, dressed taught, morally and spiritually, while their mothers are at work; also Community House has made the very practical innovation of pro-