The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
"AXIS CLUB"
Of Birmingham Edited by Adele Vincent TayIor)

Rummage! Rummage! Rummage! All who have rummage, want rum mage or who possess rummage of which they wish to dispose take heed.
 Beginning tomorrow morning at g o'clock the Axis club will stage it's great White Elephant Sale.'' And all through the week the prem ises of SIS Nineteenth street, north, will be bee hive center. Mrs. J. D. Rosenberger with her staff of able helpers is working with great vim ! for the success of this sale. The proceeds from which will be devoted i to the clubs building fund. Mem bers are earnestly asked to give this event their best attention. All hay { ing cast off articles of any descrip- ton are urged to communicate at once with Mrs. Rosenberger, Main S75. Interested personal co-opera- ton of members is also solicited. A 1 drop into the White Elephant Sale" , during its operation will do, much towards spurring the good work along besides lending an impetus to the pains taking committee. The game should be worth the candle, at all events meriting eager response.
 Powder and paint and the devils a Sainti' Eh, the concealed possibil- ities in an unsuspecting paint pot.
 A lcW OA lAAC PdlhtCA brush and presto change the drab | exterior of the club home bears the sembIance of magic transformation.
 As it stands with its sub-raiments of first coated gray the passer-by gets a pretty good inkling of what may be expected when the swish of dress attire is donned.
 There was the scent of mouse" in the air-though a real fragrant one, this time. when the members of the Study circle met their last meet ing, For, were they not sur-charged with the evanescent current of a surprise and secret ready to crinkle and crack at a moments signal? And, Lo. the tenseness of like situa- tion-when everyone is bursting and aching to explode, and yet, waiting with nonchalant calmness for the other fellow to 'break ice" first.
 Thus it happened that this chosen band generously and voluntarily re- sponded to 8 need felt in the club rooms with the presentation of a very serviceable drop-leaf table. Surely 8 welcome surprise and bit of furniture ornamental and answering aptly.
 Such binding sympathy in motives and purposes exists in the personnel of our Axis club and the League of Women Voters. So many of our members prominently affiliated with the latter's splendid organization, that while in covering the out standing features of one or the other one must be specicially dis tinct yet it Is with difficulty to en- tirely disassociate the two bodies.
 The leagues membership drive now in full swing Is especially espoused by the Axis club. The be recorded with red letters in the annals of our city's club history.
 Mrs. L. M. Heidenrich, acting in Mrs. Leo Oberdorfer's place as the Axis clubs representative, spoke en- Enthusiastically of the outlook for the present drives success. In refer ring to the incidents of the luncheon Monday last Mrs. Heidenrick alluded to Mrs. Leonard T. Beecher's won derful address ever an inspiring speaker Mrs. Beecher threw new side light reflecting added lustre upon the influence of woman as political factor: "The Spiritual Side of the Woman in Politics." proved the happily appropriate theme in which was couched and conveyed the essence of this gifted woman's thoughts.
 It does seem the Zip" in the fall air infuses spirit of pep and all feel alike desire to "step on the gas'' and give vent to this pent-up energy of summers storage. One committee, then another, is following close upon the heels of others in lin- ing up for various departmental ac- tivities. A recent chat with Mrs. FL wyn Ballard showed her alert at her post doing some vigorous planning for her department. As chairman of the nature or outing branch. Mrs. Ballard appears a real lover of the out of doors which holds a fascinat- ing appeal to so many, and yet to the vast number the rare beauties and mysteries of which are so vaguely understood. It was for this very pur- pose of bringing the great nature Kingdom home that this department was decided upon. In northern and eastern cities "outing clubs" have long held very definite recognition for their benefit in fostering love and close enlightenment of natures vast storehouse of the beautiful. Hiking party and out-of door nature study clubs will form a part of the outline Mrs. Ballard is working out, with the expectation of inaugurating in the very early spring. Mrs. Ball lard with her assistants, Mrs. Walter Jones, an ardent nature lover, and Miss Marian Orr, like Mrs. Jones, an artist in this realm, there is no req son to doubt some valued and inter- esting avenues will be explored in this delightful program.
 The tiny feathered creatures, too, will claim an important quota of at tention, and with their first sweet mating call the nature or outing committee will assemble to ferret -------------------------