The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
w omen Urged IoMake Good,
 Right To Vote

Mrs. John Jay O,Connor of Wash ington, D. o., chairman of the child welfare committee of the National League of Women Voters, urges women to make good" their suffrage right to rid the nation of the shame and dan ger of political indifference.
 Mrs. O'Connor believes it is time for women to be "up and doing." Until they evidence keener desire to partici- pate in governmental affairs through the ballot, she said they cannot hope to accomplish all that suffrage entities them to.
 Before we had the vote, it was our easy right to criticize a man-made gov ernment," Mrs. O'Connor said. "It is now, to use a slang phrase, up to us to make good" We have got to show the world that women are ready and willing to work to make this better country to live in,4 just as the pioneer women worked with their men to make it country of homes. .
 Tn all the work for the enfran- chisement of women, there was the very clear, promise that we would do some thing with the vote if we won the right to have it. The woman movement was always bound up with the promise of better things. When we were enfran- chised it. was not the time to lay down the struggle and rest on our laurels, but to take up, undauntedly and glad ly, the load of responsibility for good government in our country" "a
 . Mrs. OConnor especially calls upon women to unite in urging Congress to approve the proposed child labor amend ment. This, she says, is one earnest way in which women can show their desire to improve federal and state ad- ministration of child labor conditions. "1 have faith in the courage of the women of America" she said. "They have never yet been afraid of work. l count on their spirit of loyalty and their devotion to our country to rid the nation of the shame and danger of po- itical indifference, and to win for the women new laurels which shall crown them, triumphantly as citizens un- daunted. \ =
 ''Women of this country must go out to vote if they intend to repay their debt to the courageous pioneers. This year, the presidential election year, and the first in which many women will participate, is the propitious time for women voters to be ''up and doing"
 PHI GAMMA DELTA
 HOMECOMING DAY
 The following from the Tuscaloosa News will be of great interest to the many alumni of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity in Birmingham
 The members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, group of the most princely hosts in the University of Ala bama, celebrated Homecoming Day with fitting ceremony on. Saturday. In the afternoon of that memorable day a beautiful reception was held in the pri- vate ballroom of the Country club, at which the members of the local chap ter, the visiting alumni, the mothers, wives and near relatives of the Phi Gamma Delta boys gathered for ain hours pleasure. Mrs. Charles N. Max well, ST., who is the mother of four Phi Gamma Delta sons, greeted the guests and receiving quite informally were the hosts, their mothers and sis ters. At 5 o'clock a group of 35 so- ciety girls joined the festive throng and to the strains of alluring orches- tral music enjoyed delightful dance. Punch was served on the solariaum throughout the afternoon and Mrs. Will liam Rose assisted the hosts in making this an unusually interesting occasion.