The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-22


man, yet their lack of training lessons
their for good.
"A woman's natural attributes are
love, morality and an unselfish willing
ness to serve. and as the home needs
the mother to smooth down rough
corners and hard places, SO also the
outside world needs her humanizing
influence and altruistic devotion, hence
the blend of aggressiveness, combatiye-
ness, morality and altruism woul pro-
duce q public conscience and strength
of character unsurpassed.
"a mar wants his country or city
to grow, that he may have greater cp-
portunities for his commercial genius
the woman, because of increased OPP
portunity for philosophical move
ments-such as Industrial and eco
nomic training for her boys and girls.
laws forbidding and cnforcAd,. that
children get the privileges OF child
hood; that we AVE peoples Institutes
for the man and oma who SO
willingly enter the lists, of earning an
honest livelihood: that saloons be
closed at midnight: dance halls and
Kinks have police matrons, not to les
sen pleasure. but to insure its enjoy
ment and protection for those having
no other place to indulge in youthful
pastimes. Matters like these and along
similar lines are engaging the atten-
ton of thinking women.
Asks enforcement Of Laws.
And yet woman, as a whole, must
first prepare herself before she can be
accorded a place in city or State cou.l@
ellis.
This preparation can be gotten only
by a federation of ome in every city.
village or township, so that zach ma
be familiar with local conditions and
legislation applying to them. Usually
there are laws aplenty, but what is
most frequently needed is their en-
forcement.
IF more w~ell-trained women were
employed as factory inspectors and
truant officers these laws would be
more effectively enforced for, the good
of this and future generations.
Some of the more vital subjects
which ought to engage the attention Of
a federation of women are the follow
ing:
Education, Industrial and economic
training, child labor, legislation, civil
service, civic Improvement, publia
health. pure food, labor problems. M
migration, social settlements, day nur-
series, comfort stations. registration Of
employment bureaus, " w. C. A.. w.
c. r. u, poor laws. housing of the
poor, tenement house requirements, CO.
operation with associated charities.
visiting nurse associations and proyi-
dent loan and penny provident saw
ings banks. Every one of these, and
many besides, are waiting and wish
ing for the combined aid and support
which a well-organized and intelligent
wcman'sf federation could give.
Il hear a reader remark, rs it not
sufficient evidence of woman's work
that some. of these Institutions already
exist? True. they exist as the work OF
q few devoted, large-hearted indi-
yiduals here and there, but the few
alone cannot do the work of many,
nor can they reach the many to enlist
their sympathies, unless there be an
organization provided for large gath
erings. where each subject in turn can
be presented, perhaps studied. and
would nave the benefit of the whole or
ganization back OF it.
Cooperation is, the word. Women
should ear the value of and the
futility of doing without it. Individual
NhOAA anu opportunity Will assume a
worthwhile aspect with organization
back Of it, n the Organization should
be broad enough to take in every class
The woma of leisure and wealth can
serve the community no better Than
the humber sister. who faces the
world with a bright smile and asks no
other favor than health and oppor-
tunity.
Again, I hear it said. Who among
us is wise enough and D eno,Igb
70 assume the leadership of a Ne,va q,
federation of women?' The ansy,er
must be, not an ambitious ofhce.seek-
ing woman. but one like Abou Zen
Adhem, who thought his name mr.
worthy TO be given a place on the
scroll OF honor because he had done
nothing great, only
Loved his fellow men,,
Chicago has its Jane Adams ana
Newark most certainly has 4 nsn,a =.
embryo. waiting only the call ~ co,,,n
out and join the ranks Of those w.
are Wiling to serve, because they love