The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

1 nounces that Mrs. George F. Gellhorn 1 of St. Louis, president of the Mis- l souri League of Women Voters, will be the principal speaker at the com ing of age party on the evening of | January 22. Mrs. Gellhorn is very prominent in league work, and was a leader In the old suffrage days. She is a woman of great beauty and charm and is a speaker of ability. League From 6vep Q Q Tke H State.
 Ten members attended the meet ing of the executive board of the Alabama League of Women Voters last week in Montgomery. They met at the home of Mrs c. R. Bricken state seprident, and were delightfully entertained at luncheon by Mrs. Bricken, and even more so by her charming 8 months old son. The leg islative program of the league in | Congress was discussed. It was also decided to hold the next state con- vention In Tuscaloosa in March.
 Good news comes from Albany that the league there has been reorgan- ized with Mrs. W. Norma Stuart as president Mrs. Stuart is well known year In the interest of the Woman Citizen. The Albany league should prosper under her guidance.
 Some more good state news has arrived, to the effect that Montgom- cry and Gadsden are both to have citizenship schools in January, and have applied for help from Miss Rocca. who will direct the one in Birmingham. The citizenship com mttee of the City Federation of Clubs will cooperate with the league on the school in Montgomery. In ad- dition to the school, Gadsden is plan ming a poll tax and registration cam paign, with booths downtown.
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 Good Example.
 England now has eight women sit ting in parliament, three conserva- tives, two liberals and three members of the labor party-a respectable representation" the New York Times calls it. It is a record that may well fill American women with envy.
 There are many issues before our Congress in which women are espe- cRlly concerned. Such questions as the federal child labor amendment, the minimum wage bill for women, the proposed cabinet department of education. and especially the world court, are very close to the hearts of women of both parties.
 It is unquestionable that h group of women representatives in Congress could do much to further such meas ures, especially as women of opposite parties find 1t more easy to drop partisanship and work together for common ends than do men. Frac- tically all women's organizations are behind the measures just mentioned. With representative women of high standing and proved ability sitting in Congress their work would be vastly more effective.
 To elect Q woman to parliament Is far easier under the British system, f1 ant a district fin which he does not live. than under ours. where qerscn must live in the district which elects him. But in England, as in the United States, the political parties are not easily persuaded to nominate wom- an for district in which as the candidate of the party she is sure to be elected.
 As has been explianed before in the Citizen, English women of all parties have combined to persuade party leaders to permit the election of certain women to parliament. IS it not time that republican s1d dem ocratic women leaders In the Uhlte1 States should do the same thing! Have they not secured enough in fluence to persuade party councils, both republican and democratic, to nominate women in districts where they would have at least fighting chance for election?-Woman Citizen.
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 Very Briefly.
 For reasons of speed and economy, Tokio Is to be rebuilt along the old lines, instead of on a modern fire proof plan. pr. Charles A. Beard was called to Tokio to plan new city. but the final vote In the greatly divided reconstruction board went against the modern idea
 The sixth American to receive Nobel prize is Dr. Robert Andrews Miuikan of Pasadena, Cal. who was