The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-06
ny nosALIE AhM,srnAp HIGGINS


 Montgomery. october --(SpeciaL) IMontgomery women are giving every
 minute to war work and there is not
 a town or city in the country where there is more earnest or entllusias- tic body of women organized for pa 1 triotic purposes than in Alabama'g . Capital City,
 During the past week the drive for the Fourth Liberty Loan has absorbed
 the attention of everyone, both men and women. One of the bright features | of the canvass was the splendid work done by the women of the city, Mrs. Julian Rice, chairman of the woman's committed, announced that on the opening day of the drive nearly $10o,- time. figures are not complete. but it is sufficient to say that they have done marvellous work
 One of the best organizations of young women anywhere in the south is the Girls Patriotic league of Mont gomery and proof of that fact is that the members of this organization nave been called urou to assist the busr ness men of the city in numerous drives and war activities. The past Sunday these young women were sta tioned at various points throughout the city. and questioned every person driy. ing an automobile to whether his business was of q patriotic nature. Dn Wednesday evening a Liberty Loan rally was held on Court square in the ,f ,.f fc.ta .J amid the music and addresses mem bers of the league went through the crowd selling Liberty Jonds.
 They wore the insignia of the order
 and red, white and blue caps Lieuten- ant Yates and Lieutenant McCuire os the aviation repair depot have request
 ed their assistance in the Liberty Lean
 rally at the depot next Monday eve
 ming. ard they have consented to help
 They will also assist the men of ifle
 aviation dehot ii dance which they
 are PiviuQ ve-' Scan at the 1acNson
 club. and be Nsat~erery Music club
 at a dsste ta%e7 4tt hat club
 in Novee i, lcaepe, at it's meet
 ing Wedresds opated sl00 10 the
 He'd Cross F. t1t e and also St10
 to th. fund for fa athe less children
 of France Two p orphqps have also
 been adopted rhee sourp women not
 only do me VIC put thsy make the
 money with which 10 carry it on Joy
 conductins te oem .alie1 the
 Primrose Tea Poom
 The motor division of the National League for Wnmans service under the direction or the capiaiiL Mrs. Fred S.
 Ball, continues in its wonderful vo, k, and The accor.p plishments of these splendid omen will go down in his tory never tc be forgotten. But for them the hundreds of illiterate sol .iiers at Camp Sheridan who have learned this summer to read and 10 write, and who thereby have had D new world opened up to them, would never have been able 10 learn And why you ask2 Surely the motor corps does not teach them No: but it does what is equally important It trans ports tho teachers, who are also giving their services to the camp and back again each day and but for the mo- tor corps there would be no raethod of transportation. And here. too, a few words are gladly said in praise ot these teachers, who, throughout the long, hot summer months. have taught day In and day out at Camp Sheridan. Mary of them, in fact. most of thepl. are teachers hy profession, and all of last winter were strenuoasly engaged In teaching children in the public schools. 1 Many of them have had no vacation this snamer but they have been willing, even glad, 10 forego that pleasure that these men in khaki might learn 70 read and write. Many of these sol diers could not even write his name, and recently one soldier said that the only word he could write was God" Think. if you can picture 1t in your mind what it means to soldier far from home to be able to read q letter