The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-27
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

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 ness to have clubs of their own in which
 they can come together in fellowship and
 talk over matters of mutual interest. 1
 am glad there is lawyers club, a med
 tcal society. ministers conference, A
 merchants association and a real estate
 exchange Realtors).
 l Now while standing for the close asso-
 ciation of men engaged in the same lines
 of endeavor, there is yet a place for
 larger bodies like the Chamber of Com
 merce and the Civic association which
 have represented in their membership citizens from all the professions and from all lines of business endeavor.
 Then come organizations like the Ro- | tarians, the Kiwanisites, the Civitans, the Community and other clubs whose mem bership is not so large as the distinctly
 commercial bodies, but whose roster in- cludes at least a representative from the
 various walks of life, thereby bringing into intimate touch our citizenship. But beyond these we find social organ izations like the Southern club, the Phoenix club, the Elks club and others owning their own homes and taking in the representative men in the various so- cial life of Birmingham. Each one of
 those named has played large part in the pleasure of our people.
 l am not going to overlook the Athletic club for it is amongst the oldest in the city and I take pleasure in the fact that I was one of it's organizers and char ter member in the days when it had it's home on the top floor of building on the southside. I have seen it move from place to place until at last it found a fitting home in the splendid building it now occupies.
 now come to an institution of which we are all proud for nearly every one in the community had a part in it's build ing. l am speaking of the Y. M. c. A., l one of the most useful clubs in the life of this great city, for it touches it in so many different ways. Few people who fail to make use of it's roomy quarters have any idea of what a busy hive of | activity it is. The building stands as a monument to the generous Christian spirit of Birmingham.
 Naturally the next thing on the list is the Y. w. c. A. When the campaign to raise funds for the handsome Y M. c. A. building went over the top, the cry went up, why not erect home for the girls,'' and so another drive was immediately started and it went like wildfire and in a short while sufficient funds were | raised to give to our young women home worthy of them. It fills great part in the life of many of our girls, and deserves the support it gets.
 
 Then I come to the Boys club. It hasn't a home in keeping with it's needs, but year by year it grows in the affection Of | our people, and I feel confident the day | is not far away when it too will be housed comfortably in its own quarters. | If you have never dropped in to see what it is doing I suggest that you arrange to ! do so at your earliest convenience, for then I am sure you will not only become | one of it's '"boosters' but one of its reg l ular contributors. ~
 l The Country club with it's beautiful
 grounds, it's roomy homelike house. it's gem of lake, and it's views is one of | the show places of the city. The Roe- | buck club has an attraction all it's own l in it's swimming pool, it's spacious links,
 and it's picturesqueness. The Birmingham
 Motor and, Country club has the situa | ton for one of the most attractive pleas
 ure resorts in the whole district. l The Gun club is a wide awake orgRniza- tion and it's members get great sport out
 of it. The Birmingham Press club does not roost or fly as high as it once did
 but with clipped Sings still manages to crow a bit about the good dinners it gives. The Traffic and Transportation club brings together a lot of splendid railroad men.
 | To take oare of the interest in the mu- | sical life of the city we have the Music Study club which has been of such ben | eft The Treble Clef club has also put music lovers in it's debt Then there is l the Arion club do not suppose that the community sing comes under the wing of clubs but it is aided by the musically in
 clined and has given much enjoyment to 1 thousands
 | Now I have only rapidly given some of 1 the professional, social musical, athletic
 and commercial clubs. There are many
 smaller ones filling a niche in the life
 of Birmingham. I have merely given
 birdseye view of the leading ones to show
 that while the Magic City is new yet it
 is old enough to have developed clubs suf- ficient to cater to the wants of it's citi- zenship.
 1 Sure I know about the Federated women's clubs, but to cover their acr tivities would take more than my column. There are also scores oS miscellaneous societies and organizations which I haven't space even to name at this writing The lodge life of Birmingham would in itself make an interesting