The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
Alabama Federation Of Wornen's Clubs Names
 First Prize Winner

The Alabama Federation of Wom- en's clubs, now in session at Monte vallo, has announced the prize win ners in the federation's essay contest on the subject, "What The Age Herald Means to Me and to the State of Alabama" First prize of $50 was awarded to Mrs. H. w. Bostick, Roe buck Terrace, who wrote under the pen name Folly Primm" as follows:
 To me, The Age-Herald means hap piness and well-being.
 Extrayagant statement?
 Not at all! For to begin with, it was through The Age-H -Herald's adver- tisements that my husband entered business, twenty years ago.
 During this time, it has been my financinl guide, Throtigh its detailed aud AceEr2te sdesk ib4i af mefehan- disc, tie family purchases are made. and the products of our business turned into money.
 With it's architectural advice and decorative suggestions, our first home was built and furnished.
 Every morning this paper prepares my family and myself for the day by informing us where and when the ac- tivities in which we are interested-- business, social, recreationah religious or what not--will take place.
 It is my barometer. For by it's weather prognostications, know how to dress and how to make my plans for the day--and when to take in or cover up my plants.
 This efficient organ of publicity, means to me half an hour each morn ing of agreeable diversion. The snap and sparkle of it's clever editorials, it's clean-cpt style, it's makeup, its repre- sentation of news, all entrance me. For watching events from its Thigh tower, with it's powerful glasses" The Age Herald keeps tab on the world, and its editors know how to sift the wheat from the chaff, handling its news promptly and accurately, lining up to- days effects with yesterdays causes.
 Culturally, it means an education. By giving the inestimable opportunity of becoming intimately acquainted with ali parts of the world and every phase of life, from the navy, army, light house OF life.saving station to life on the prairies, the mountains, the desert or the islands of the seas, it gives one that confident feeling that 1t is the well-informed persons most golden pos session.
 The hOspitable attention it gives to pictures; sculpture, poetry, music, political and social economy; its club news, children's section, boy scouts, comics, sports and fiction; it's fashion suggestions. humorous, philosophical, rA{f nsa1 sko al fo arity with illustriOus percentages, all this, naturally brings culture aud learn ing (consequently efficiency in life and business) to its devotees.
 And like the most used section of one's library, where Browning is known to be on the upper shelf by the east window and Dickens in the lower sec tion on the opposite side, just so the various topics are sure to be found (without waste of time in searching) at their old familiar stands
 Papers, like individuals, have a right to their politics, yet with it's broad and liberal policies, internationally, dis passionately, without fear or favor, The Age-Herald gives both sides of a ques- tion and leaves it to my intelligence to form my own opinion.
 For this reason it has my confidence. And public confidence, a paper must have-for no paper is so great or so powerful that it can not be quickly destroyed if it furnish cause for peo. pie to doubt its judgment and its sin cerity. Also, The Age-Herald has my confidence, because l have found that it is quick to discover and vigorous to expose crime and fraud.
 To me, The Age Herald means con servatism. Between the two extremes sensational yellow Journalism and deadly, dull prudishness-thisd dignified paper quietly travels along the path which aspires to portray life in it's honest perspective. t
 Truly, The Age-Herald has become as integral part of my home as the kitchen stove--like daily bread, one can hardly tbink of life without it.
 To Birmingham, The Age-Herald means the building of atcity pre-eminent> morally, indusfually and commercially in the South, The greatest possible advertisement any town can have. is morally and intellectually responsible newspaper delivered daily in hundreds of other towns (and rural communities), carrying the towns tidings of growth. attainments, and aspirations; opening up new territory for the advertisement of it's products: making known its mer- chants and manufacturers, and bear ing it's message of confidence in the