The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-30

lain Smith from Camp Mcclellan when he was here recently and 1 could have heard him tell dt the
 needs of the base hospital at the camp. 1 1t gripped and hurt so and made me feel how terribly slack we are in our ac- tivities and 1t just set me to thinking all over again about those poor sick soldiers and when the chaplain asked me to take the chairmanship of the floral committee I said yes just as quick as I could, and thank you" over the phone, from her beautiful country place. out on Shades mountain, Mrs. J. E. Frazier, surrounded by won derful flowers in great abundance, made the foregoing statement to me a few days ago; she was so enthusiastic, so interested, and so anxious to interest
 everybody else in the matter, that l couldn't help thinking back few years of the many fine things that this nice
 woman has done in a civic and musical
 way, giving everybody so much pleasure
 and now after severe illnesses which two or three years she comes back brave and courageous, ready to do her bit' for the soldiers when her country calls.
 T really didn't realize how broad and
 big the scope of my work would be- Mrs
 Frazier continued. until the council of defense outlined it during the past few days The work extends to all camps in the state of Alabama and is an in- tegraI part of the great council of de-
 ~-1- and sees to it that it is properly done"
 Flowers and the sick room are closely related, as closely allied as the French, English and Americans-and you never think of one that you don't think of the other, and so, here's your chance to do your bit'-and it won't cost you a penny, not red cent, because there's that pa- triotic and public spirited citizen, Mr. Hugh Scales, head of the Hugh Seals Floral company. who has offered to take care of all the flowers, cut flowers, bvlbs, roots, potted plants. everything that any body sends for the soldiers, and the Hugh Seals Floral company is headquarters for Mrs. Fraziers operations.
 MT Seals himself has contributed vast quantities of beautiful plants to the soI- diers at Camp Mcclellan through Mrs. Frazier, and this has started the ball rolling beautifully; he has culed from his beautiful greenhouses wonderful plants and flowers and Mr. Seals knows just what would be best to send to the soldiers, because what he doesn't know about flowers isn't worth knowing; so if you are in doubt as to what sort of plants and bulbs to send, just call Mir. Seals up over the phone and he'll be glad to advise you.
 Mrs. Frazier appreciates the splendid support she Is getting from MT. Seals experience and knowledge of handling flowers, and she is most enthusiastic over the outcome of the work of the floral committee.
 "When I went to Camp Mcclellan a short time ago. Mrs. Frazier said, "the soldier boys were preparing the beds for flowers and the symmetrical outlines of native stones all whitewashed made complete transformation about the barren looking and unattractive sur roundings of the hospital. That just goes on to show how those soldier boys love flowers and pretty environment. I don't doubt that many of them left homes where a gentle-hearted mother gave much of her attention to the cultivation of beautiful flowers and where vases were filled daily with blossoms from beautiful garden, and they must feel desolate in a place where there are no flowers"
 I've can i'll afford in the south, known as the land of flowers to let any camp hospital and sick boys suffer for a lack of them" Mrs. Frazier said, ESQ it will be my work to supply plants, to see that the flower beds are filled to overflowing with bright, beautiful flowers. MT. Seals will receive all plants and shrubs which will be donated and see that they are properly packed and sent over He has donated 100 plants and furnished ma terial for all packing of flowers. want to make call for the patriotic people of our community to bring as many hardy shrubs and flower roots, plants, as they