The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-06
SIX WIDOWS ARE
FIRST PENSIONERS
4: Of new Jersey
New Law Assisting Women
With Children Under IS
Goes Into Operation.
SLIDING SCALE FIXED.
Mercer County Allows Up to
$50 Monthly as Maxi
mum Relief.
SLIDING SCALE FIXED.


,O0seeas 70 the widowed mothers Of
lyosas children:
~ more New Jersey thinks Of this
~ law the more New Jersey likes Il
"a b proud Of herself. It 10 going to
- "huil haycocks Of greenbaci<s." a.
- rusal legislator has put it-but that's
- siOAt-ths State 10 ric1h enough to
6eand H. And IT'S worth all It costs.
NE Frssholders Of Mercer County are
esrsady ct work calculating the cost
a Aug. I Judge Gnichtel allowed pen.
0oons 70 elk widows CT eight who filed
OdAtSons. The total amount was about
- . month. Sixty more petitions have
hesa Aisd. and there are one hundred
.sthsP Widows with children in sisht
vsshin he county. BY the law Of aver
$50 The Frssholders estimate that
wAsn all these are provided for the
esaaty will have added $4,000 to $1,000
J, . year to III budget.
Here 10 tho substance Of the law a. It
~ passed by ne Senate and General
Assembly Of the State at the last SET
sDn. 10 90 into effect July 4:
pe*tSilGos WIDOWS WITH chill.
oRGN ARE ELIGIBLE.
Any widow who 10 the mother Of
aAald OF chisdren under age Of sixteen.
- Who u unable to support them and
ulaintain her homo. may present peti-
IN Ter assistance to the Court OF Com
aon Pleas Of the county wherein she
es0tAss.
The petition, which must be verified
- the state Board Of Childrsn's Guard
isas, must ~ forth the names Of the
WIDOW, ohiidrsn and her deceased hus-
hAaA, aaA. Il appearing that unless 70.
llse,is granted the children may become
Q subtle chsrss." the court shall make
IN oeder eommitting them to che Board
- Chiidren's Guardians and directing
he payment to the widow through the
boasd Of % for one such child. IA Tor
Two and q for e.ch additional child.
A wsdow with six children\ thus be-
eomes entitled to an award of 80 .
month. the maximum allowed by tho
Law.
This IN the amount which Judge
3uichtsi allotted to Mrs. Verona Foss.
vino hes six children under thirteen
years whom she has supported and kept
OBetuet IN y uoWo ovcT S'"Sc s"o ue~~''
4. q her husband In tuoercuios's hos
~Dltai two years ago. She was married
% Sept. n. 100. In q Lutheran church
10 Trenton.
When she related to the court last
sunday how "tney' certain wen aus
po'ec ps0p's 80. IVY" y" .. .O w.. 80 ,,sc.
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s ss.N ~N.N. 80 - ~ 80. a..
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o' eupp''u VA" . 80
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"ss ~ .p's"o.e v.spe'
Ne y'.S; rs''"s W '"o s"S.o.
VINO peso "er -" ."S 49,. !.
ue. m'oa - ~, ~, 80
an 80 ~o's'eo "s'
roeo ~ Nor .""H $3.50 ~,
ome" "'s".S nao"' '~>
Dsss s"o N '"s''u"o"
HAD TO d UNVtpV WITH LONG
"a :. WORKING MILL HOURS.
An agent Of the State Board Of CHI.
dysn's Guardians had visited profession.
any the four-room howell which Mrs
ross called home and testified that |,
was somewhat untidy.
II know II Ia, Judge" was Mrs. Foss's
rstort, but Judge, Your Honor, wha;
can you expect? work in the mill slx
AAys IN the week and goodness knows
,i'n ,sadv for he'd when come home
ma ,vs,v.--ana E,orenca--.h.,,
eleveu--they Keen house for me and ,r,
a "a kesn The little ones. H,lda. waite,
sad Leon. neat and clean, The two
otoeet eoch 30 TO school every othei