The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23

lis a great asset to our army and navy,
 as well as to the whole country. Mrs. w, J. Elliott, president of the Mothers circle, was the gracious hos | tess on Thursday afternoon. The apart | ments were fragrant with violets and daffodils, and redolent with thep rophe-
 cy of early spring. The national colors, blue and gold, were prominent in the decorations.
 As director of the meeting Mrs. Elliott l was very interesting in her presenta- tion of the unfolding possibilities of | congress work. The literary programme | ircluded addresses by the state presi- dent, Mrs. H. s. Doster of Prattville, 1 Mrs. R. l.. Faucett, county superinten- | dent of education of Autauga ex-presi- dent, Mrs. N. L. Bagley of Birmingham.
 and Mrs. Eugene Ballard, president of ! the Prattvile Mothers circle.
 A beautiful musical programme was given and included songs by Mrs. F. B. Nicely, accompanied by Mrs. ]. C. Hay good. instrumental solo and whistling | by Misses Reese. violin and solos by Misses Christine and Ruth McCann. feature of the meeting was the cut 1 ting of the birthday cake on which | burned 9 candies. This gift was a work O. art, the gift of MT. Harold Jacobi 10 | the circle, in recognition of it's achieve | ments the past year. The preaeding year the birthday cake wA the tand- some gift of Mrs. Vaughan from the Ad- vertisers cooking school. As the cake was cut. toasts were offered by vari- ous guests and members present. Among the out-of- town guests were: Mrs. H. S. Doster. Mrs. c. E. Thomas and Mrs. Eugene Ballard of Prattyille. | and Mrs. N. L. Bagley of Birmingham. A generous contribution was made by the circle toward securing state or ganizer. and it was voted an occasion long to be remembered by the Mothers Circle of Montgomery.
 The Montgomery Red Cross institute for instruction in home service work closed it's six weeks course Friday Feb ruary A. It was under the direction of ment of sociology of Grinnell college. Grinnell. who is on leave of absence while doing this work in the Gulf divi-
 sion. His assistants were Miss Eliza beth filling and Miss Enid Ewing. The class, which started with a mem
 bership of F, studied such subjects as
 how to get a soldier or sailor, who had
 been discharged from the service for some
 physical or defect, into contact with
 those government and private agencies
 which could best help to bring him back
 to a normal condition of life, or to ar
 range to alleviate his trouble as far as
 possible.
 They helped individual families to get
 their delayed allotments to apply for
 insurance and for compensation for in-
 juries to the soldier. They succeeded
 iE getting better positions and training
 for members of soldiers families. They
 made friendly advances to the wives
 or some soldiers who were stranded here
 while their husbands were fighting. In doing this they worked through the reg
 ular home service section, which has it's
 office in the Bell building.
 They had lectures on the organization
 of the Red Cross: it's work in general, and in specific instances. They heard about the great work that the public
 health service does. the home demonstra- tion agent activities, the future exten- sion of Red Cross nursing service and
 hoped for peace activities of the Red Cross. For the signing of the armistice does not mean a cessation of home ser vice for the Red Cross, but an exten- sion so that every soldiers family. wheth-
 CT he is in or out of the service, may know of the free service that the Red Cross can secure for them in their per plexity of allotment, allowance, insur- ance, compensation, etc. And of other advice and help that the Red Cross can offer with it's branches everywhere.
 They had lectures by Dr. Robert Ole son of the public health service, by Miss
 Lucy Dow of the Anti-Tubercuosis league, by Miss Nimmo Greene, assist ant home demonstration agent, by sev eral speakers frq6 the Gulf division headquarters. .ME John Melpolder, MT. Homer w. Borst, Miss l.. Agnes Daspit, Mrs. Grace England, MT. H. l.. Hopkins, director of civilian relief.
 Many round table discussions on these r., ,I--I &<vx, hAlI wr+lN tt, dividual instances of intricate problems were stated. And policies of wide com munity service were talked over so that as the students returned to their homes they might be in better condition to serve the community as well as the individual family.
 It was not all work. For the mem bers of the institute enjoyed visiting some of the admirable homes in or near Montgomery: they were present at the opening of the legislature. and the in auguration of Governor Kilby; they were invited to the Red Cross convalescent house, at Camp Sheridan, to the Saliva tion Army hostel they met informally at the Exchange hotel at luncheon one noon, and they closed their sessions by a "p, vie party Thursday evening.
 T. ,se who were not debarred by ill., ness or By some conditions from fin ishing the course were Miss Theresa Lobman, and Miss Carrie Lee Hurter of Mont tgomery, Miss Verna Bently of Rich. ton, Miss. Mrs. H. C. Brown of Tusca- loosa Miss Laura Little of Sheffield, Miss Amelia Worthington of Birming ham, Miss Rosa Lyons Of Mobile, Miss Ada Street of Alexandria City, Miss Eve lyn Zeigler of Deatsville.
 The directors of the institute feel very grateful to the Montgomery chapter to the different social agencies. to the news papers, and to the private individuals who all contributed to make the institute a success.
 Miss Edith M. Douglas, who recently resigned her position as secretary of the Alabama court of appeals left Sum- day for Cincinnati where she will re- side with her parents in the future. She will be succeeded by Douglas Clark.
 Miss Douglas has been secretary of the court of appeals since May, 1917. l She has also been prominent in church | and social life of Montgomery and for the past 15 months has been presi- ] dent of the Christian Endeavor society ! of the First Presbyterian church. The 1 society presented her with a very hano- | some platinum and enamel pin set with |
 sr1