The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18

worker, says:
 What do I think club life has done for woman?
 That Is a big question and really cannot be adequately answered In brief article.
 First, it has so broadened her hori- zon that she has ceased to be so utterly individual that was woman's besetting sin, if we may so call 1t. She lived so essentially an individual life with her family that what we call team play was a thing unknown to her. You know we say the great est good of college athletics Is the spirit engendered by 1t of sub merging the individual for the good of the whole. Now this Is what think the club movement has done for all women"
 Miss Willie Allen, of Margaret Allen school, says:
 T naturally turn my mind to the one club I know best. It was organ ized in 1885, 31 years ago. Some six or eight members of this club are charter members. l think of their experience of club life: One thousand meetings since the first; 1000 times, have they conferred; not one meeting tailed to exert the mild but well ob- oSiNSu uSdScS Ol pdFIdluSULAfy pro- cedure; not one failed to afford op portunity for the exercises of the amenities of social intercourse; not one failed to elicit thought on a noble theme.
 All this activity, as we look back at It, seems to have been preparatory to the tasks now confronting us. My extended acquaintance with women's clubs in Birmingham has confirmed my earliest lmpression: namely, that whatever the immediate subject of their literary undertakings the ulti- mate object has been corporation in securing for the individual members intelligent strehgth and tactful abll- ity to be used for the benefit of the community.
 Just this one thought: The indi- rect benefit of membership in A It, erary club is what I would emphasize. l hope that have made myself clear"
 Mrs. scudder Ryall, president of Woodlawn High School Improvement association, says:
 T think the-club work for women Is perhaps one of the most broaden ing things of our lives. It has been. for me a splendid educational benefit and has inspired me wonderfully in my school improvement work, which by the way, is my hobby It has taught me how necessary 1t Is for each boy and girl to take advantage of the splendid opportunities being offered them.
 The club work has brought about better CO., cooperative spirit In all the good for tupbuild movements of the community and puts one In a better line to do our bit
 "T,aSt hl1f pof leaSt erfuau me chance to know the many good points and good work of many women and thus to form many deep friend ships which I value and owe to my affiliations"
 Mrs. John London says in a very few words: T think club life has given me aovery much broader view of life In all subjects; has taught me to be more lenient in my criticisms of others; has destroyed In some de- gree self f-consciousness and therefore produced a greater boise and shown me most conelusively that organiza- tion Is necessary to accomplish any worthwhile end"
 Mrs. c. CA Adams, treasurer State Federation Women's Clubs, says:
 Some of the things I have appre- ciated and noticed in my experience of clubwomen:
 "The character and personality of clubwomen
 Their wide vision and practical grasp of big movements.
 Their loyalty to each other and to the causes which they represent.
 Their willingness to accept re- sponsibility' and to give unselfish service, sometimes without apparent appreciation.
 Their capacity for accepting ad- verse criticism and benefiting thereby.
 Their freedom from jealousy and other pettiness
 Their judgment Tn managing prac- tical affairs.
 Their knowledge of self and of others.
 "srheir willingness to give unstinted praise to others, and to accept blame when plans go wrong.
 "The loving kindness they give CO., workers"
 Mrs. Chappell Cory In her inimit- ably way writes:
 T have of my own knowledge seen