The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24

The publicity department of the s
 letin form. And upon little white m
 that the league considers may possil The news will concern what is be- l ing done in woman's behalf; what
 might be and what should be.
 In addition, there will be a bit of speculation and advice indulged in rather like the editorials in 8 regu- lar newspaper.
 Bi-MonthIy
 These little bulletin sheets are to be issued twice a month, from state league headquarters at Montgomery, according to instructions from Mrs. Bessie Bricken, state president. The first issue has but recently come from its multigraph press, and com tains things which are considered of
 broad educational value.
 The first Item the pamphlet writes is that special bulletin may be expected-just like extra editions of ewspapers-when unusual need
 arises during the year, In addition to regular issues It is urged that the various league units over the state report to the publicity secre- tary matters of general club or broad feminine interest. You'll be interested in the sort of items the paper prints. They tell about Mrs. Felton being seated in the United States Senate. Then a story describes the famous cartoon called The Crystal Gazer." I'm mediately thereafter it is chronlcled how the Montgomery league Is be-
 coming active; following which Is short description of how Mrs. Solon Jacobs and Mrs. Julian B. Salley have been speakers at the Missis- | sippi convention.
 The womans paper next relates ] how the Washington state federation l Is bitterly opposing a cut in teach 1 CTS salaries.
 All About Legislation l Indeed, there is communication l from Miss Mollie Dowd chairman 1 of the Women in Industry commit
 tee, which gives an exact outline of what the Alabama leagues want
 in the way of better laws for work ing women from the next legislature,
 and, as parting reminder of good work, Mrs. Brcken, state president
 asks the women to pay their poll
 tax, stating that February 1 B the
 last time limit. She appeals.
 This money goes to Alabama |
 deal more than st 50 per year to feel
 real, living, growing part of the
 governmental
 Her parting message is an urge to
 all leagues to pay dues to the state
 organization, '.since it is largely
 through such dues that the state
 work is financed"
 But you shall be permitted here to
 read. item by Item, the whole short
 newspaper. It win reveal to you what women are thinking, not only l in Alabama. but elsewhere: 1 Mrs. Felton seated l The fact that Mrs. Felton, after all l the controversy pro and con, was l these United States, is of interest to 1 all the women of the country
 whether members of the league or l not. It is of peculiar interest tC' Ala 1 bama women voters because of the l bitter fighting here over the ratffica- l tfon of the nineteenth amendment. l Ray Brown. in the Woman Citizen, l says: Ut Is an indication of how far
 we have moved in so short time" The Famed Cartoon l The Woman Citizen has at last se- l cured a cut of the famous cartoon I called "The Crystal Gazer," and 1t ap- | Dedreu III LHe idSl lSSuc O1 tllat | azine. The cartoon was drawn for
 Labor by John II Bare and was used by several leagues in campaign
 work. -.
 The crystal gazer, woman voter, l sits before a table whereon is large crystal. and the crooked poll l tcian." wild-eyed and much ex- 1 cited man, stands on the other side l of the table, hls hat flying from his l head Ga la Jeff in Mutt and Jeff 1 cartoon), while the crystal gazer l says to him, You are going on a l long journey"
 Montgomery League Active l The Montgomer. League of Wom- post election inertia. recently held a
 lively meeting and elected officers for the year. These were as follows; 1 Mrs. Gustave Meertens, president:. l Mrs. Gerald Bunckley, vice president; | Miss Sophie Gerson, secretary, and Mrs. Leopold Strauss. treasurer. Plans for securing new members were put on foot, and committees were formed take up matters re- l lating to the betterment of the city l generally.
 | Speakers in Mississippi Convention | Mississippi recently held her am nual convention of the league. the ! second since the ratification of tho nineteenth amendment, and among l the notable speakers were Mrs Julian
 B. Salley, director of the third region. which contains nine southern states 1 and the District of Columbia, and our l own Mrs. Jacobs. who is a member of i the executive board of the National League of Women Voters. Mississippi. it appears, is begin 1 ming to like her women voters after all, and to consider them not at all 1 dangerous except to crooked politics and crooked politicians.
 Women Back Teachers It was recently proposed, in the
 state of Washington, to install a plan 1 of economy part of which was to cut | the salaries of public school teach | CTS. The State Federation of Wom- en's Clubs promptly took action and went on record at their twenty-sixth
 annual convention, as being actively and determinedly opposed to any cut in the salaries of teachers, which | they affirm are already far too low. About Legislation l The following newsletter is the l first general summary. concisely written about Alabama working i women's legislation. written by Miss l Dowd:
 1 The League of Women Voters of
 the State of Alabama hopes to secure Legislation limiting the hours of em- ployment for women with provisions for enforcement of same in the com l ing legislature.
 | Facts taken from the Industrial
 Survey by the United States Depart
 ment of Labor at the request of the League of Women Voters, and the Federation of Women's clubs, show