New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-15
FIRES AND THEATRES.
Chicago Disaster inspires Women to
Investigate Conditions Here.

Stirred by the Chicago theatre horror. the Won
ans Municipal League proposes to add TO its com
mittees fire committee TO help to bring about anC
maintain more perfect conditions in theatres and
public places. As large proportion OF theatre
goers women and children it seems especially
appropriate the league thinks. that organization
OF women should interest itself in what concerns
them 81 vitality. Yesterday at a meeting Of the
league announcement OF the committee was
made by Miss Chanler the president. who called
volunteers TO serve the committee.
Another new departure is the organization OF a
committee for the protection of motormen. who II
said. suffer greatly from exposure to the
tnclemencies OF the weather II these com
mittees work with the energy and persistence char
scteristie OF the Woman's Municipal League they
hid fair TO accomplish much for the greater safety
and comfort Of those directly involved.
Why should not our motormen be furnished with
glass cases TO work in. they in other cfties?
asked Miss Chanler.
Il spoke TO Mr.. Vreeland" said a member
and he replied that absolutely inpracticabIe
In New-York on account OF the severity Of the
climate. which would coat the glass with ice and
snow in winter and prevent the motorman from see
ing"
They have them in Boston and Chicago re-
turned another member. II should think that fact
was sufficient refutaton of Mr.. Vreeland's objec-
ton"
Perhaps Mr.. Vreeland would say New-York had
another
The two speakers Of the meeting were Frederick
g. Hall Of the Child Labor Committee and DR.
Luther H. Gulick. Of the Board OF Education
NATIONAL CHILD 'LABOR COMMITTEE
Not content with isolated efforts here and there
TO reform the evils Of child labor the friends of
the movement endeavoring 70 correlate all the
scattered private bodies working for the cause in
the North and South into general national child
labor committee. Mr.. Hail outlined the work this
committee Will expect to DO in getting uniform laws
passed in every State against child labor 'Wheth-
eT the committee rnaterializes depends largely or
New-Gork City he added. for as you know
every important philanthropy that is started in
ne country is financed in New-York'
In sketching the history Of child labor, Mr.. Hall
began by stating that II was civilization that had
made child labOr-that the more highly developed
socially a country Was. the more child labor there
was In II. and, consequently, the more backward it
was and undeveloped socially. the less child labor
II had
Child labor" said Mr. Hall is only about one
oustriaism. The child IS naturally weak Of muscle
4hd Incapable OF completing a large ana intricate
piece OF work, but place a strong machine in his
iland and subdyfce labor that only the complet-
Ing OF small fraction OF thing Will fall TO his
share and you enable him to overcome his natural
disabilities and compete almost par with men.
rms Is what ndustrialism has done. In proportion
as q country IS developed ndustrially. the child
labor problem becomes imperative England reached
this point a century ago Italy has not got there
child labor is that country provides for II
or defends itself against IL until Il is forced to. No
country TO learn from the experience
OF another where child labor is concerned"
THE APPEALING FORMS.