The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
Wol1len This Year to
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tlHS nefe as raplOly as II IL WeIe sliding down the banisters in our di- rection.
 The Housewives exhibit, we mean.
 April IT will flirt it in-with-
 Lots of laughter.
 Gay eats.
 Thousands of visitors.
 All the homefolks.
 Plenty of pep and verve, push, shove and general sand-raising.
 While the exhibit looms as large among the springtime joys to be reckoned with as the hunting of Easter eggs, it also looms large in the amount of work it is requiring and has required the women of Birmingham to put forth.
 Society and clubwomen alike are interested in it.
 Mrs. J. H. Doughty is chairman of the whole affair-which, of course, you know is put on by the League of Women Voters.
 It is meant to be helpful guide to all local women and city buyers in general as to what is actually manufactured in Birmingham, and urges the "buy-at-home" slogan. It trains housewives to know what to purchase and how they can help build the town by leaving their money with Birminghammers in- stead of spending it with North Pole or Cannibal island manufac- turers.
 This year, the exhibit, which was so packed last season you al most had to hack your way in with a pick and shovel-will practically take the place of the city's usual state fair.
 For it will really be the biggest community event of the year.
 Course there won't be any rou- lette wheels, flying jennies, ciga- rette-fiend or lean-flea side shows. Nor will there be any fortune tell ers-which I am certainly sorry about, for I do literally ADORE fortune tellers.
 Don't you?
 But there wifi be tons of hogs head cheeses and Alabama sausages to be eaten; pickles and sandwiches to be tested; beaten biscuits and butter enough to float you to happi- ness like a magic rug; children to be spanked; sights to be seen; hu- man nature to be studied; folks in the rough, polished and barber-shop state.
 In the meantime, music, bedlam, flappers pushing by and humming latest tunes; speeches of staple and fancy varieties by men and women served, special delivery, via mega phone; prizes-O, glory and hoop la, a lot of them which you win not by writing a piece of poetry but by registering and being fortunate enough to get a lucky nunlber-and 55 booths to investigate. People will be everywhere to serve your pleasure, answer your three million questions and tell you the baby is pretty, besides, but that he oughtn't, by no means, to be allowed to grow up without learning all the uses of Dr. Whoopem's cob-web snatcher.
 The youngster, interested imme- diately at sight of the cob-web contraption, will nearly fall out of your arms on his nose in his mad eagerness to reach out and learn.
 And thus the merry exhibit will go on.
 It means thousands in Birming- hams pocket and progress each year-the exhibit-and that's why it has been made an annual fea- ture. While the League makes small amount from the show which it uses for its club progress each year, the underlying spirit is not for money-making, but community service.
 This free show will go on from the 17th through the 21st-from a Tuesday through Saturday. That will make it one day longer than last year. Besides it will be open one night-the last Saturday night. There is very large committee of women. Besides the several hun dred League members who are backing the show, many women's clubs of the city are lending their support.
 The event will be put on at 1700 Second avenue-across from the Jefferson theatre.
 These are the chairmen for the "fair": Mrs. Frederick B. Dodge, prizes; Mrs. John Burr Glass, regis tration: Mrs. J. H. Wallace, mem- bership; Mrs. Brenton Fisk, infor- nation: Mrs. Erie Pettus, speakers; Mrs. F. c. Englehardt, publicity.
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