The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-05
James Bowron Among First Contributors
 to Buy Picture

It's going to be a big task-the collecting of the money to buy that beautiful painting of an Indian, Fading Glorles."
 But the little band of six women from the Woman's club of Woodlawn has set out with the determination to gather the s2,500, and all over the city today they are going, calling on prominent business men-and men who will really take a little money out of their pockets and spend it for the beautiful and unselfish sake that - little children of this town shall have at least one fine picture by a world famed artist for their very own.
 It's the picture the Woodlawn High school children chose for them selves-voted they'd rather have for their library among the whole col lection which has caused so much comment in Birmingham and all over the United States.
 Ha. Community Spirit.
 z The very fist individual contribu- { tor to come under the wire Is James I, Bowron-always so interested in the city's progress along the lines or the s artistic. His letter to Mrs. J. M. Hankins declares in part-which is beautiful sentiment for anybody to have; T thoroughly approve the proposal of your art committee to cultivate artistic sympathy and tastes in your end of the village to purchase MT. Brewers painting. As ~ evidence. I inclose check. I think 1t is eminently desirable that our young people should grow up in this industrial city with some knowledge of the beauties of life incidental to poetry, painting and music. These to my mind, are the decorations of life mentally, as the flowers that k1 et nL. sically."
 It's fine thing to be thus among the first and charter contributors to a cause that will actually go down in history as the first public effort in Birmingham to put real painting here-not a copy"
 The names of all those contribut- ing are to be printed, so that the list : may be kept for future historians. It is asked by the Woman's club members that donations may be as large as possible so that time and effort can be saved-but they do not wish anyone to give beyond his means.
 The club will donate s2oo, and one \. sWoodlawn couple, 1t is thought will give .s1oo. The Woodlawn High will not be selfish with the picture, the club planning that it shall be dis played and stay while at all the schools. Thus the benefit becomes iity wide.
 Anyone who wishes to contribute asked to get in touch with Mrs J. M. Hankins or Mrs. R. A. Clayton. SUMTER CHAPTER D. A. R.
 HAS LUNCHEON 1
 The General Sumter chapter of D. A. R. met at the Axis club Wednes- day at 1 o'clock for their regular program and a luncheon. Mrs. Sam uel Greene made splendid talk on "Americanization." Mrs. Pou read from the D. A. R. magazine the fare well message of Mrs. George lay nard Minor, president general of the national D. A. R. for the past three years. After the program, a buffet luncheon was served
 Mrs. Grace Hall, Mrs. W. D. Web ster. Mrs. Fred Shepherd, Mrs. $. J. Perkins. Mrs. W. R. RocKe,,, Mrs. T. H. Aldsich Mrs. J. c. Carmichael and Miss Hattie Morton acted as hostesses.
 Mrs. F. F. Pou. Mrs. R. NJ. Marshall, Mrs. B. E. Carper, Mrs. Lula J. White, Mrs. S. H. Floyd. Mrs. G. R. Wright, Mrs. S. IT. Gardner, Mrs. John M. Berry, Mrs. L. B. Hall, Mrs. James P. Montgomery, Mrs. J. W. Patton. Mrs. S. F. Greene, Mrs. Watt T. Brown, Mrs John LePage, Mrs. D. H. Carmichael. Mrs. B. Nj. Wofford, Mrs H. S. Holmes. Mrs. W. J. Lyman, Mrs Rufus B. Fell, Mrs. Joseph R. Esten, Mrs. Dan Dimick and Miss Alma Bur gany.