The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

exchanges and establishes concrete evil dence that women can be taught to be- come self-supporting and busness-like.
 Mrs. Dutton in speaking yesterday of the perfecting of the organization of Bus- mess Women's clubs, said:
 This is the era of organization; the war concentrated our minds on the ques- tion of efficiency and personal advantage from cooperation. The necessities of the war show that no longer can woman live her civic, social or economic life without feeling her responsibility. It IS no longer necessary to argue the place of women in the social economic sphere. The war has furnished them the opportunity that demonstrates what has heretofore been matter of academic discussion.
 The National Federation of Business and Professional Women seeks to estah- fish a field of activity for women Tn which they can be useful to themselves, a benefit to society and contributors to the real problem of better citizenship, she continued, and organization is abso- lutely vital to obtain results. We must do more than visualize; women have de- monstrated in the past few years that they can carry the big responsibilities of life as well as men; this makes na- tional federation more necessary today than ever before; given intelligence, en- ergy and ambition, every woman can find her place in the world. Let us be direct
 in our business relations; if we can do something and know we can puteit over, say so some one will be found who can give you the opportunity. If we have something to give to the world, don't hug it; we may not have the opportunity 10 do it. some one else may; We do not
 lose credit for not having done it our- selves enthuse others with the idea that cooperation and organization are the only things which will bring to the world the knowledge and the fact that women are capable, efficient and large in ideas; do not let us say we are one thing, when we know we are something else. To think that we are something, and to be something, are two different things. Ex- change of opinions and ideas to gain knowledge from others is going to bring about a tremendous development through this federation; leadership is necessary: we cannot all be leaders, but we can Dc directors The old tradition for the wom :. an not to assert herself, but simply to accept has been scattered by the late war; women have in years gone by, been satisfied to aid and co-operate, but there
 is no reason why there should not be added now to those qualifications the further element of intelligent leadership. sertainly in matters primarily affecting themselves, and secondarily, in matters ot general improvement and discussion. When that leadership reflects an unselfish desire for general betterment, it will De accepted at it's full value. Leadership ceases to be of value at the hands of any body in any walk of life where it mere- ly recognizes the selfish purpose of indi- vidual preferment under the guise of hy pocritical unselfishness
 'The conditions to be met in a erowd- ed community of great city, and in the smaller cities and villages demand diff ferent methods of application of the same principles, Mrs. Dutton said. These principles are to furnish lines of thought to those who have not been accustomed to thinking independently, to encourage those who are timid, to evoke latent tal- ents heretofore undisclosed, and to give