The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-11-27

igan 16, Pennsylvania IA. Thirty-fve
| states have each one or more.
| That these organizations are instru-
mental in saving life IL shown by the
reduced death rate in several states
and cities. In Boston the death rate.
through the work OF the local associa-
tion, was reduced from 2l70 to 1916
percent.
Postmaster General George Won l..
Meyer was the guest OF the Massachu-
setts savings bank treasurers' club at
a dinner at a local hotel a few even
ings ago and delivered an exhaustive
address on Postal Savings Banks. "
He made 1t very clear at the outset
| that If all the states In the union had
savings bank laws like Massachusetts
there would be little need for the in
PRODUCTION Of new laws for the pro-
lection Of depositors
In the course OF his remarks he
| pointed out the fact that Germany
which has a municipal system and the
| United States are the only big ma
! tions In the world that do not have
q system OF postal savings, and he
quoted statistics 10 prove that the gov
ernment institutions are represented
by the proposed postal savings sys-
TEN and the regular savings banks
worked side by side by side, the form
or having little effect on the latter.
Mr.. Meyer said he as trustee of the
| N Cf Win np
! this city took "A keen interest I'm the
! banking situation, and that his father
before him was an officer in the Suf-
! folk savings bank Of this city. lie was
! besieged with questions by the mem
| bers which he promptly answered,
and the consensus of opinion as ex-
pressed by the various speakers indi-
Gated that the aim and object Of the
proposed law had not been thoroughly
| understood
You can't make whole man out on
a half-boy, and the lad who has new
or had a chance to toss a ball across a
! lot will never make whole boy nor a
whole man" I'm series of epigrams
which punctuated and enlivened very
serious plea for play for the child.
! Jacob A. Riis, the other night argued
ON the subject OF Fairgrounds a
! Civic Need" at the conference OF the
Massachusetts Civic League
The American boys" said Mr.. Rils,
'is like steam boiler always at high
pressure. Play Is his safety valve.
You can sit on the safety valve OF the
boiler, If you please, but ii is a risky
| experiment"
The burden of Mr. Riis' argument
was that the child who was cast upon
| the street with no chance to play
| without the danger Of infringing the
| law. gravtated naturally toward the
| criminal class, and that the remedy
for condition which tended toward
| crime was the removal of that condi-
tion by giving the child and opportun-
! ity to expand and grow in a natural
way through the medium of whole
some play-the child's natural bust
| ness"
THE boy without playground is
| declared.
Among the steerage passengers OF
! the White Star liner Canopic, which
| arrived last week from the Mediterran-
can was a dapper looking Italian who
Jared rather better than the others on
! the passage across.
The man. who is said to be an ex-
| pert italian chef, boarded the liner at
Naples, and before reaching Almeria
he was occupying the best cot in the
! ships hospital and was receiving many
| delicacics which are not on the regu-
lar slecrage bill OF fare
This passenger evolved plan for
! getting all that was possible I'm the
way of good living on the trip He
found one OF the steerage attendants
who promised to fix things for the sum
of 80 francs, which the man willingly
paid When the doctors came around
! on their tour OF inspection the sick
man would be seized with violent
pains ans was apparently in great
| agony. The deception was discovered
three days before the Canopic reached
! Boston harbor and an investigation
! began immediately. The attendant
was discharged and when the passen-
! ger found he was not getting all he
expected he sQuealed and the man who
who had received his 90 francs had tn
! pay Il back
This particular steerage passenger.
vino had been shammiug illness for
5000 miles in order to Set better grub
remained in scclusion for the remain
! der of the passage.
!
For THANKSGIVING week at the Bos-
ton theatre. Mr.. Keith has secured an
| attraction fully in keeping with the