The San Francisco call., 1903-12-21
Mindful of the Suffering of the Poor PhiIanhropic Or
ganzatons of the City Are Actively En-
gagged in Work of Charity

Board OF Education Is in receipt dt
yards Of protests about overcrowded
schools, one from Sunnyside district al
leging that the children will have to re-
main away unless improvements are
forthwith made. There are alleged
overcrowdings in other districts, but
Superintendent Langdon, who, by the
way, is in hearty accord with the club
women's efforts IN this matter. states
that much Of the congestion will be re-
heved at the beginning OF the new term.
We hope so. II would be rather en-
barrassing to herd a band of little
lemon peddlers into school and discover
that the principal had no seats for
them.
A case in point occurred recently
when a rugged son of Italy rounded up
his son while engaged in the pleasant
pastime Of playing craps" He
marched him to school and into the
principals presence, and was told that
Luigi could not be placed In school
because there was no seat for him.
What you say? No seata for my boy
and 1 paya de tax? What for paya
de taxi" he asked with enough logic
to be embarrassing. The door of
classroom opened at this Juncture and
a boy passed out. Seeing an unoccupied
seat in the room the taxpayer showed
Luigi into the room and into the seat.
Then turning about he thanked the
teacher and the principal profusely and
departed But It took strategy to en-
able Luigi 10 obtain what the laws Of
the land have guaranteed to him. Let
US have some more portable school
houses. They are cheap. comfortable
and can be incorporated in the new
buildings they come.
Apropos to the school question,
remarkable fact has just been brought
to the attention Of the club, and it is
this: That the charter enables the
night schools TO enroll boys and girls
who are over 14-not under Now the
freeholders rightly felt that children
under Il should be in day schools. So
they should. But the fact remains
that there are some thousands that are
working in stores as cash girls and
boys, in factories, or peddling on the
SNACCASs ~ A4D dAC QLQCT the HrOSCElOSQ
age OF Il. Now these children. by force
Of circumstances, are deprived of the
advantages Of day school, while the
law. enacted for their benefit. deprives
them Of the advantages Of night school.
This was quite possibly the reason that
Raphael Well Of the White House has
made arrangements with the Young
Mems Christian Association to give his
little cash boys tuition at night. like
wise the privileges Of the gymnasium.
But We have not many Raphael Wells
TO look after our little wage-earners
That we must look to ourselves as good
citizens Of a humane age.
So the women OF the Press Club are
having little misunderstanding. This
fact, coupled with the little frappe af-
fair Of the Confederate daughters. has
furnished much amusement to the men
folk; well, as a matter of fact. there are
circumstances on record where mems
clubs have had little misunderstand-
ings. These affairs are certain to arise
in all relationships that are closely al
lied, unless there be calm and we'll
poised leaders whoScan act as mixers"
or conciliators, Of the belligerent mem
bers
From the array OF allegations and ne
cations it would seem that a merry
war is on. However. let it be said to
the credit Of the ladies that there was
dignity-much dignity-in the manner
Of conducting the expulsion Of two OF
its members. who, TO all appearances, |
seemed to be in good standing. 1t was
this round robin conduct to which Mrs.
Emeline North and Mrs. NJ. L. Gray
objected. And a strong, logical plea
was made for the deposed members. |
who desire their case reopened Mrs.
Pinney, the president, ruled nay, and
now comes the announcement Of suits
and counter-suits.
1t is hinted that the husbands OF the I
fair clubwomen who favored the GUST
ing of the two ladies will be joined with
their wives a co-defendants. Then
there will be war upon clubs But it
is TO be hoped no husband will seek to
avoid the litigation by any sinister
means, such as divorcing his wife or
leaving the country, because it will
soon blow over, even as have other
wars. and the pleasures OF peace will
dwell within the club once more The
association is composed OF altogether
too many clever women to permit dis
cord to permanently disrupt the or
ganization.