The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-28
MEE |NG OF AXIS
 CLUB |S MARKED
 BY ENTHUSIASM
Woman's Club House Be- comes ReaIity-Miss Vail Speaks on Family
 Welfare /

Enthusiasm ran high Monday aft ernoon when large and representa tive crowd of women attended tht regular monthly meeting of the Axis club and the treasurer, Mrs. w. I Grubb, announced that the fourtl $1,0O0 note had been paid on theil $25,000 debt for departmental woman's club house.
 Mrs. Angus Taylor, president Of the club, who was absent on account l of illness. sent a request that the l fifth s1,000 note be immediately | taken up by the club, and that she would regard this favor as Christ I mas present to her.
 The club, which is Cnly a year old l has grown in leaps and bounds, and now has "a membership of more than l 1, ,000. Each member has done a splendid work toward the establish ment of the Departmental Woman's s club, and the long dreErned of club | house has become a reality. The en- I thusiasm of the meeting grew strong I CT when the chair announced that house warming" would be held at
 
 l December IS, when the club rooms would be formally opened.
 Family Welfare Work l Miss Gertrude Vail, of Denver, ! Col, field secretary of the American 1 Association of Family Welfare work, | was the principal speaker:
 "It is the business of our societies to get families out of their troubles, - 1 said Miss Vail. From this she ex- plained the work tf the national or ganizationt giving the following three stages of charity relief work. First, those who give generously without knowing the condition in which the families really are in; those who | render charity in very small amounts. and Cnly succeed in breaking down characters: those who give generous relief and know what the facts in the case really are, and assist families by making a wise plan of personal relief.
 Birmingham has started fine welfare department and now needs a strong backing especially from the men of the community. Another need of this department is strong team work. and I certainly wish to cc m pliment the welfare exchange depart | ment of this city. The work of this department is all done confidentially and it makes it possible for people or organizations who are interested in such families to be able to aid them without duplication. You Bir- mingham people now have a splendid start and l urge that you get to- gether on your team york;
 Los Angeles Club Mrs. Millspaugh of Los Angeles. Cal, representative of the Ebelle Woman's Departmental club, of that city, was introduced by Mrs. Lloyd Josselyn. chairman Cf the program committee. Mrs. Millspaugh stated that Birmingham was her home many years ago and that she still loved the city and was indeed glad to be here again and especially glad of the opportunity to speak to the members of the Axis club
 The Ebelle club of Los Angeles, :" said Mrs. Mtllspaugh. lis now 2S years cid and has club house vslued at s1ss,S00 which is inadequate to care for the present membership which runs into the thousands. We have 14 departments in our organiza- tion; literary, social science. domes- tic science; in fact, we have real university.
 ITO build a club house it takes women with vision,' continued the speaker" and women with individual interest In their projects and CO., operation, but most of all if you want club house, it takes work"
 Allen G. Loehr, representing the Junior Chamber of Commerce. was next introduced and gave a brief. but interesting. outline on the coun- cil-manager formscf government. He explained to this large audience of women that it was not the commits sioners personally that the Junior chamber was attacking but the com mission form of government. Mrs. Mary Echois, Birmingham's woman commissioner, was seated in the au- dience.
 COuncil-Mnnager Plan
 our investigation" said Mir. Loehr indicated that the people of Blr- mingham are not satisfied with the present form of government. The council-manager plan is operated like large corporation with councilman from 20 wards elected from the wards by the people, and a mayor IS elected by the people at large, The duty of the mayor is to preside over the council. The council then elects manager who, has no definite term Of office but serves so long as he proves satisfactory"
 Ihe meeting was presided over by Mrs. Willard J. Wheeler, secretary or the club, in the absence of Mrs. Angus Taylor. and the program was then placed in the hands of Mrs. Jesselyn, who presented the speak CTS.