The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-14
OF
 THIRD DISTRICT
 MOMENTS CLUBS
All Clubs of Birmingham Presented at Gathering In Tutwiler-Many Of
 ficers Make Talks

The meeting of the Third district of the State Federation of Womens Clubs. which includes all clubs in the Brming- ham district, was held yesterday at the Tutwher in the private dining room.
 Mrs. J. E. Frazier. chairman and vice president of the Federation, presided, with Mrs. II. E, Pearce as secretary
 Mrs. James Bowron gave the invocation and greetings to the delegates were given by Mrs. Kenneth Charlton, Miss EValine Wilkerson responded in most happy manner.
 Tie address of the morning was given by Mrs. Brevard Jones, the state presi- dent, who spoke of the work of the club women, which was for culture and serv- ice" and, as Matthew Arnold expressed it, Tt is just the study of perfection"
 Work of the Alabama Federation of Womens Clubs for this year has been Americanization and thrift, and in Amer icanization We mean the love of our na- tive land and not so much at natural
 zing the foreign born in our midst.
 Mrs. James expressed desire that the club women lay great stress on thrift. asking that the first month an account of the household expenses be kept the sec ond month try to reduce expenses, and the third month to invest in government securities.
 The club women have been asked to contribute S3,5OO to Americanizaton and
 instead have given s5,O0o.
 "one of the things to be considered by the clubs is the idea of county or gantzation, which will be discussed dur ing the convention"
 In closing her remarks, she said that she hoped that the Birmingham spirit would permeate the entire state, as she ocrsidered the Third district as the Garden of Hope for the Federation.
 Mrs C. r. Orr, chairman of the special illiteracy committee of the Third district. gave a most interesting report of the wcrk especially among the negroes say trs: "I know that 1 am the only white woman in the world who is a member of a negro women's lodge"
 Mrs. Orr asked the women to give the
 negro help and to aid Carrie Tuggle fn restoring the building of that institution. which was recently burned.
 Mrs Orr also told of the many race relationship committees being formed and of the benefit to both races Mrs Dora Fell, chairman of the creden- tial committee, stated that there were about fifty or more clubs in the third district and that there were thirty-one delegates present to make reports Mrs. l.. j. Haley. who Is a lsemher of | the programme committee for the ma ticnal convention of the Federation which will be held in Des Moines next month, said her activities in the nation I ad prevented her active work in the l state Shc said: This meeting is to be
 one of the biggest events in the life oi | the club women of the country and l ! hope that many Of you will attend The work of the club women will be 1 important and will be along the lines oi
 reorganization and efficiency" A number of the clubs gave reports of
 the work of the year and the chairman announced that Mrs. Chappeu Cory 1 Mrs. Millhouse and Mrs. Mortimer Will | nGms were the nomination committee and
 that the annual election of officers would | be held today.
 At noon luncheon was served with the 1 C@Xton Club arrangement committee as hostess and Mrs Eugene smith as gen.
 eral chairman. The long table where the i speakers were seated was adorned with
 spring flowers and place cards marked | the seats for more than 100 guests. | After luncheon. Miss Virginia B. Hand. | ley gave an interesting talk on her ex- | periences oYersea as q Red Cross worker Commandant Emma Walgren of the l SalVatio7 Army presented in an interest ing mai 1T the appeal of that organiza- 1 tion which issoon to ask for funds She was followed by s. J. Bowie, county | chairman of the appeal
 A number of resolutions were adopted 1 among them one recommending that a committee of three or five clubs, taken 1 in alphabetical order, to act as hostess and to entertain the Third district at each | annual meeting.
 Another one, asking the aid of the clut
 women in the coming Salvation Army appeal was adopted
 Mrs. J. E. Frazier. the chairman rem | dered a most comprehensive report of the work of the Third district for the past year