The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18

i have d marble tablet dedicatlnS Il
 to the Womens clubs. of the state.
 It is the policy of the federation
 never 10 forget work and affairs once they haze begun them Mrs. Hardy continued. "A committee from tha federation visits regularly all the l eleamoSyhary institutions Of t< state. with particular attention ,o those founded by the federation. At the yearly meeting of these commit tees are given place on the pro gram to make their reports.
 Through the efforts Of the feder-
 ation, = per cent of the clubs in Mis- sssippi are now taking course in citizenship. Those courses range from two lessons per Wear to an in- tensive study Then they practice oil Lomc betterment plans Each club is responsible for its oWn experiment in
 this line ts rule. tine women are
 affairs and hence ratrs out some eS
 peI\nent dif/ t3y connected in some
 Wsy with the county.
 Demonstration Agents.
 Ten new demonstration agents have been put into service as a result of the interest and efforts of the feder- ation. Fifty out of S2 of the eoHn- ties now have demonstration agents. and other counties are demanding them. but there are not enough agents to supply the demand.
 Mrs. Hardy says that it is the aim of the federation to make all it's cultural work practical. 1t is now working to secure director of mu- sic in all the schools that are large enough to justify them. and to place the others in charge of a county di- rector. To foster further the interest in music. Il New Orleans music house offe,s a loving cup to that member of the federation who composes the best original piano composition. A Memphis music house offers a loving cup for the best accompaniment te d song written by a member of the federation. and the federation itself offers a trophy to the best team of musicians, consisting of one voice. one piano and one violin. from any girls college in the state. This is its way of making music applicable to every day life,
 Literary Work Aided.
 Another of the plans this year is to raise the standard of literary work done by the women over the state To do this. the federation first got in touch with the colleges. and as re- suit the Univer-.ty of Mississippi agreed to give an award yearly for the best original poem: Millsap col lege for the best magazine article, and State college for the best short story. Each of these awards is s20. They are presented to the winners ali the federation meeting by the heads of the English departments of the re- spective colleges, who also act as the judges.
 Mrs Hardy has headed a work in the MississipH Federation of Clubs that has made it outstrip in accom- plishment many sister federations Through the woman's page in the Gulfport Daily Herald and the Mis- sissippi Club Woman. the official magazine of the Missisuppi federa- tion, both of which are edited by Mrs. Hardy, something of her prodigious efforts and far-reaching results are already known to the public.
 Mrs. Hardy's largest piece of single work, prior to the editorship of the woman's page, was the organization of the Woman's club of Gulfport. She herself drew up the first constitu- tion and bylaws, and was one of it's incorporators.
 Paid For Work.
 There is an interesting connection between this and her work as editor of the woman's page. She went to the editor of the Gulfport Daily News-Herald and proposed to him that he give to the Woman's club a page free of any advertising4 to be edited entirely by the members of the club. A certain amount was to be paid monthly to the club for this space, the proceeds of which would be used in equipping and maintain ing an uptown club room. Mrs. Hardy was too convincing to be re- fused. and so the request was grant ed. Members voluntarily contributed articles for this page, and it's suc- cess became apparent from the first It is still maintained, and has be-