The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-28

seeking be among the wealthy and most influential people, but that they be Of those who are genuine and true. The Aid society has been very fortunate in the people who have adopted or taken it's children to rear. Not long ago I was speaking to a woman of the little one she has in her home. and told her it was wonderful for her to have done so much for that baby. She replied: I look at the matter quite differently; 1t is not so wonderful what I have done for the baby as what this baby has done for me It has made different woman of me- and has given me different outlook upon life"
 Of another case she said: "A man and his wife who love children but have none of their own had been in the habit Of borrowing the children of relatives for short visits or those of neighbors for 2 few hours occasionally. They decided that they wanted to adopt brown -eyed little girl, but while looking in vain for such one, they saw and fell in love with a blonde boy. These people have a lovely home in which the' presence or the baby has made wide difference. When I spoke over the telephone to the adopted father it was like speaking to another man. for the tones of his voice were so Joyous, so pleasant and happy.
 Children are brought to the society from over all the state, and are placed in boarding homes until they can De pro- yided for The homes into which they go are not necessarily in Birmingham, but may be in any part of the state. Mont gomery and Mobile have recently ciaimed two of their proteges. ..
 1T took two children not long ago., said Miss GelderS ito Baldwin county. It is we'll for me to take them, as they have learned to love and trust me. At the place I spent the night, and wh@e ] ]. went away in the morning they were al ready playing happily in the. yard, ana asked me to come again some tiIpe " see them.
 "Au over the state are quiet homes, where the gay voices of happy childhood are sadly missing. Amid such surround ings Mir Barrow is seeking to place these lovely little ones. M
 ! 'Who will take one of these babies and make its path brighter through life, and fill her own heart with Joy ana her iile with unselfish gladness?'
 letter addressed to Mir Barrow or Miss Ida Gelders, at the Steiner bulidIns' or call over phone Main 1904 will receive instant and courteous response.
 FOR DOLL BAZAAR
 "How many people in Birmingham, one wonders, remember the good ola days of the friendship bracelet?" asks Mrs. Keehn Berry. Ut was made oi bright 10-cent pieces strung on thin silver chain, and it was sweet sixteens s most cherished possession. It wasn't that the eight or nine dimes were worth almost a dollar, but that each com was the gift of some loved or admired per son, It was as though the inscription on each piece of money were the history of a friendship. And even now, when some of us indulge in sentimental tx1 o1d h0XeS. thing that brings back the happiesc memories and the greatest thrills of pleasure is the old friendship bracelet.
 Ut is the giver that counts and makes the gift a thing of value, to be treasured always, fer the gift with out the giver is bare" And it is be- cause the feature doll at the doll bazar was giver is bare" And it isshrdeta was given by Mary Garden that the happy little girl who gets it will save it with pride for her little girl. That atmosphere of romance that always surrounds the gift of some famous and dramatic personality will finger about the doll long after the little girl who owns it has packed her doll clothes carefully away, for the last time, to turn to more grown-up interests.
 And such a doll! She is as large as 2-year- old baby and has lovely long brown curlS l1eQ Wltn d JduHIJ pIuS bow. Her eyes open and close and have long dark lashes. (In fact she is really quite a vampD Her dress is of white organdy, with tiny dainty tucks and fine lace, and little blue rosettes to match her hair ribbon. The shirt is just long enough to reveal the most enchanting pink dimpled knees. Her socks are white silk, her slippers white kid and very stylish. As to her petti- coats and her so-forths, they are as ex- quisite as her dress. and much too pretty to hide.
 .'Of course the most valued possess sions are things that money won't buy but which one has to work for to de- serve. The little girl who uses her wits the most skillfully is to be the proud possessor of the Mary Garden doll There is to be glass jar filled with beans and to the one who guesses the number of beans in the jar. the doll is to belong. Of course preparedness is always a virtue, and it it will probably be the child who starts counting and estimating things now. who will be able to estimate the number of beans in the jar December Z'