The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-25
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE

| IF you've met the new head worker
| over at Neighborhood House, the
q slender, frail, little "girlwoman,"
Leah Kelman, you know as much as do
land probably more) about the plans
she has in mind for this beloved nstitu-
ton.
Ii you haven't met her. then I'll tell
You some Of the things she toio me y-r-
terday, when we were talking about her
work.
9oungish. and as I said before, frail as
ROVER, Miss kelman has a heart as big
as the ,eut-of-doors and purpose as high
as the blue skies themselves; and all she
needs to make her plans 80" is just
yo'ir cooperation and mine: just your
encouragement and mine for already she
has tho board" at Neighborhood house
right be hind her, with its shoulder to
the wheel, and as she expressed il to
me:
why, ] never saw such nice women
Tney are so eager and anxious to help
Neighborhcuse House that almost before
/ expressed a desire for any innovation
they have carried it out to the letter.
For instance" Miss KEENAN, contin-
ued, II merely made the suggestion be-
fore the board that l would like to
have some paper towels and paper nap
L
them much more sanitary than the
roller towels, and after the meeting ad-
journed in the morning that very after
noon the big bundles of paper towels and
paper napkins were over at Neighborhood
House That's the way INV board
works. and it is an inspiration, an en-
, couragement which is refreshing and de-
lightful to me-.
Miss Kelmar trained for Community
work at the training school, in New
York. She is, in fact, graduate of that
scnool she has served as supervisor or
the Girls' Protective league in Philadel-
| phia, coming-fro there to Neighborhood
House; but before this Miss Kelman
served as librarian in her home town.
Buffalo, N. Y, for seven years, and it
was during that period that she learned
the art of storytelling" which is one
OF her particular hobbies in the budget
fof the ''big hobby" which she is going
to introduce here namely, training
fcourse fer volunteer community work
ers," with Neighborhood House as the
center
| 1.-THE training school course is free
to all, women, children, men-anybody
who wants to join" said Miss Kelman IN
! outliring her plans. II should like to
| have large enrolment on November
| 3, wheH the class will be formally
opened There are so many branches
and SO many different angles of the
work that everybody can find something
, to their liking; all I want is just the
membership and we'll find something in
e'esting for the workers to do.
| There's employment" Miss Kelman
said, recreation, dramatic work under
the supervision of Mrs. j. Frederick
Kastner Qrene WaldhorsD, educational
work, library work, classes in English,
super vision in piano practice. That's one
| Of 10 inn innc 7 10 la
practical and popular, namely, for the
! children III the community about Neigh
borhood House to have piano lessons and
| use our plans for practice under the
supervision of those who know Story
telling. which as I said before, is one of
my pet hobbies, is one of the most de-
lightful forms of teaching and educat-
| ing children THE health department is
another of my hobbies and the clinic
will have some of Brminghams best
| physicians at the head of it who will
visit Neighborhood House. and advise