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The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
MRS. SAGE PUTS NEW LIFE
IN TOWN OF SAG HARBOR

From the Survey.
At the far end of Long Island on Gard
iners Bay, between Long Island Sound
and the Atlantic Ocean, lies the old
seafaring town of Sag Harbor.
In this pleasant old village OF 3,0O0
people, Mrs. Russell Sage lived when a
girl, and now has summer home.
Firmly believing that the village life
needed quickening she hit upon the idea
Of accomplishing this through organized
recreation, ard TO this end created
Nsshashimuet Park and Social Center.
An old hersc racing park was secured
ON wliicn athletic and recreation fields
were laid out and field house built.
The park also includes pond for skat-
ing, swimming, end wading. A director
Of recreation with an assistant has been
provided by Mrs. Sage TO organize and
promote the activities.
Space was ser aside also for children's s
gardens and small library established
at the field house for those who care
to read
Among the activities conducted for chill
dren of kindergarten age are story tell
ing. paper cutting. sand play. and group
games. For older people moving picture
entertainments, dancing, social picnics. a
lecture. aud entertainment course and
band concerts have been arranged. There
is also tennis, baseball, athletics, skating.
ana public festivals in which young and
old participate. A year round program
is arranged. Sag Harbor had no ice skat-
ing until a tide gate was put into the
outlet of this pond, SO as to hold the
water at a fixed Level for freezing.
Lights are installed during the skating
season, and band concerts given on the
ice by the village band.
The main hall of the town is used for
lectures, concerts, and community
dances.
Another line OF activity has been the
Organization OF special classes in a num-
ber of Industrial and commercial sub
jects, as well as in English for for
eigners.
The story of Mashashimuet Park and
Social Center in land and good will is
an illustration of how a rural environ
ment, which has come TO be considered
by many a handicap to one born and
reared in it, may be made interesting
and attractive. 1t is one of the infiu-
ences which it is expected will help to
retard a too early exodus from country
to city on the part of our present popu-
lation and an endeavor to SO prepare
country boys that they will be able to
win their way anywhere without un-
learning anything. 1t is one of the many
ventures which are aiding rural environ
ment TO do its best work.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

and women. the, safe and sane instruction
OF youth In sex hygiene. and IN further
forms az win conserve the highest char
actsr ana nfe The slogan Of the purity
federation, under whose auspices the
congress is to be held in its night to
achieva its object, win be fullest pub
iictty concerning the shame OF the cities"
According to the plans mapped OUT Nby
the local committee. "a spade win be
called spade In all the addresses and
discussions. and data and statistics re-
garding the social evil and the white
slave trafYic In every city OF size in the
world will be presented in fullest detail
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Bath for Eyeglasses.
rom the New York Timer.

Frum the New York Time.
Do you ever give your eyeglasses a
bath? II not, give them a surprise and
see how you like the result.
Especially in summer. when dampness
and dust form a gummy combination on
the eyelashes, the wearer of glasses or
spectacles will find his vision apparently
much improved by giving them a thor
ough washing daily with soap and warm
water, followed by drying and polishing
with tissue paper. The gummy substance
which collects on the lenses in hot
weather cannot be removed by a mere
rubbing with chamois or tissue paper.
and the more humid the day the more
necessary becomes the eyeglass bath.
An oculist who knows the Importance
Of well-washed lenses carries in his
pocket a vial of alcohol 1t takes but a
moment to moisten the corner of a hand
kerchief and remove the combination OF
dust and moisture from his glasses. An
other business man has the case OF his
glasses interlined with a folded bit of
soft tissue. such as is used for copying
letters in Offices This is SO soft that it
is easily folded into the small space of
the spectacle case. No dust collects OH
this as it does on the velvet lining. and
the tissue interlining is renewed every
day or two.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

to death because we do not realize the
value of the life that is in them or the
power of expansion that such life holds
Educated women must be willing to be
trained for the service Of prisoners and
captives, if prison reform is to be a
reality and not a newspaper discussion
Such work is not sentimental. not indul-
gent: il will not lose sightof the penal
ties OF sin. for real love is often severe.
Having lived and labored for many
years among the delinquent classes, Lady
Somerset declares:
I speak after years OF deliberate
thought when 1 say that IL we aim at
reform, we fail. II We aim at redemp-
ton, we succeed. By reform I mean
the endeavor to patch up the material
that is there, content to send it out into
the highways of life, shabby from the
past and the worse for wear. but mended
in the best way we can BY redemption
/ mean the realization that there Is
something in everyone that Is of God,
and belongs to God. and to us is given
the joyous task to try to bring il back
to the One TO whom 1t belongs, to hand
il over to God. so that His Spirit may
possess that life again and the penitent
soul be set free to start afresh.
Here is one illustration among many
which might be given of the way in
which woman may be ''mother of the
common veal" Will she realize her
grand opportunity, or miss her way in
the tangle of human interests?
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

the advocates OF mothers pensions in
State to the mother does not constitute
such protection, and. in a large majority
of instances is not even a substantial
contribution to this end. Children need
protection very often because of improper
guardianship. or because Of ignorance
and neglect of parents, or because OF
their own physical defects or mental
peculiarities. or because OF a hundred
other reasons which have no earthly
relation to income.
'Children need protection sometimes
because Of poverty alone, but far less
frequently than most advocates OF moth
ers pensions seem to imagine. II the
poverty which does lead TO a neci for
protection is due to any insurable risk
such as death, sickness, or old age, or
even the involuntary unemployment OF
the breadwinner. then that need should
De met by insurance, in the expense of
which industry nlnst bear its due burden,
the State and tie insured also doing
their part according 20 the principles
OF social insurance as they are being
successfully worked out in foreign coun-
tries AID in some of our States.
''-Nh NHii'i- JOY VIII tfle anti
social type of employer. who now throws
his MANNED and mangled workers, his
exhausted, WORKOUT workers, and the
widows and orphans of those whom he
has slain. indiscriminateiy upon the scrap
heap OF public relief, welcome a move
ment which by changing the name Of this
reilef to widows pensions, makes It more
palatable to the widows Nand to senti-
mental reformers, and thus gives the
expioiters new strangle-hoId on the
exemption privileges OF which they are
about to be deprived.
An income for widows, from a State
administered fund. raised by the Joint
contributions Of the insured and their
employers the burden lightly felt be-
cause widely distributed ana borne IN
part by. all Of us who purchase the COM
modities in the manufacture of which
the insured was engaged-that is, the
honorable income which covet for every
mother who is widowed by the death Of
an industrial worker. In the professions
and in agriculture there are obvious
analogous means of making similar pro-
vision. In the comparatively few in
stances in which, for any exceptional
reason, insurance funds would not be
applicable, We would have recourse to
public relief, to organized charity, and
to voluntary individual neighborly help"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
RELIGION AND SOCIAL SERVICE

1 a
correspondents who are no nearer a
solution than when they began to agitate
the question But the larger number
seem to believe that there is no hurry
to consider the subject
The Living Church does not expect any
secessions and regards those who talk
in this strain and those as well who
think the discussion to be a waste OF
time as equally unreasonable" In its
opinion the discussion is profitable and
1.-THE church cannot always lag behind
because some insist In pulling backward
There is ground for hope that the
church as a whole is now SO broad
minded. so ready to compare and to
weigh opinions. 80 desirous of taking a
forward movement says this Journal
"that the handicap Of an ambiguous and
misleading name. that, in the Judgment
OF large numbers. interiors sadly with
the progress OF the church. may be re-
moved"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

charge of statistical work. Like the
newly appointed chief clerk, he has a
wide acquaintance with the personnel
of the office and a good knowledge of
the statistical and administrative af-
fairs of the bureau.
Hartley's father was a Confederate
soldier. He is married, his wife being
before marriage Miss Celeste Boykin.
only daughter of the late Judge Edwin
7. Boykin. of North Carolina. He has
one child, boy. four years old. He
is Mason. a member of Benjamin B.
French Lodge, this city. He also is
a member of the Capital Yacht Club.
and Is considered one of the most
skilled amateur sailors and navigators
on the Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bay.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
IMPROVEMENT NOTED
IN SOUTHERN COLLEGES


In 1900 only three Southern colleges had
standard requirements for entrance
this year 100 have announced standard
admission requirements. Thus Miss
Elizabeth Avery Coulton. secretary OF
the Southern Association OF College
Women. sums up the advancement that
has taken place in higher education In
the South since 1900, in a report dis
tributed by the United States Bureau
Of Education.
Not only In entrance requirements
but also in Libraries, laboratories, build
ings, and equipment of all kinds, as well
as in the extremely important matter
of the training and ability of the faculty.
Miss Coulton notes marked improve
ment. She attributes the advance
chiefly to two agencies. the Carnegie
Foundation for the advancement OF
Teaching and the general education
board. The former did its most valu-
able work through publications which
revealed the wide variation In college
standards that prevailed In the South.
while the latter has been especially
helpful through the founding of pro-
fessorships of secondary education to
aid the high schools in their relation
to the colleges.
Together with the betterment In en-
trance requirements has come a decided
increase in the amount OF college work
represented by the degree. In 1904. ac-
cording to Miss Coulton, the A. B. of
only two Southern colleges represented
four full years of college work. while by
1914 graduates OF at least twenty-five COL
leges will have completed four years Of
standard college work
Although emphatic in her declaration
that great Improvement has taken place.
Miss Coulton declares that much still re-
mains to be done. Each of the 367 in
stitutions in the South bearing the name
college or university she says. firmly
believes that 1t is predestined TO become
the leading. institution for higher educa-
tion in its community. Nevertheless. with
all the education boards, foundations, as
sociations. commissions, and conferences
working directly or indirectly in behalf
Of the Southern college and the develop
ment Of Its efficiency. there remains the
hope that many sham colleges may within
the next ten or twelve years be induced
TO stop comforting degrees and become
good preparatory or Industrial schools:
that Others may die from lack Of patron
age, and that the righteous remnant
may thus be encouraged to continue to
strive after ever enlarging ideals OF
standard and of service"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Bishop Greer's Protest.

Bishop David Z. Greer, of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church, has uttered
a protest against the widespread i'm
preston that the proposed change of
the name on the title page of the
prayer book from the Protestant
Episcopal Church 70 the American
Catholic Church or some other name is
tine most important matter that viii
come before the triennial general con-
venlion to be held :r New York next
October.
Tt. is unfortunate that popular at
tention should be centcreG on this one
matter" said Bishop Greer. when so
many more important matters are to
be considered. The more vigorous
prosecution of the missionary work
both at home and abroad. the report
of the comm issior on church unity.
marriage, and divorce. religious edu-
cation. and many other important
measures bearing upon the greater ef-
ficiency of the church are subjects OF
more moment than the proposed
change of the name.
we hope to accomplish more good
and get through with more of the
work that counts and brings results al
this conventions than at any previous
convention. l am led to speak of this
matter at this time because the sub
ject has come up at many of the pre-
liminary diocesan conventions. and II
has been almost invariably seized upon
by the local press as the most eN-
citing topic of discussion. According
il all the Importance which 1t de-
serves, il still assumes place sec
ondary to many other matters which
will come up for discussion next
October"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
William Lane Austin and Eugene F. Hartley,
Soon in Charge of Office of Bureau Census

college fraternity. He Is married. his
wife being formerly Miss d. Campbell,
of Mississippi.
Eugene F. Hartley is from the Tar
HeeP'. State. native of Lexington
County, n. c. He is thirty three years
old, son OF II. H. Hartley, a successful
planter. of Davidson County. n. C.
He attended school at Yadkin Col
lege. N. &. At the age of nineteen he
graduated from the University of
North Carolina with the degree of
bachelor of philosophy. He was prin-
cipal of Rockfish Academy, Magnolia.
N. C.. in 1899 and 1900. coming to
Washington June I. 1900, as a clerk in
the Census Bureau. Later he became
specia: agent in the field collecting
statistics, and supervisory clerk in
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
ALLEY PROBLEM
MAY BE SOLVED
SIum Dweners Are Shrinking
in Numbers, but Much
Work Remains.
AGITATION STIRS CITY
Civic Gibbs Are Interested n Prep
oation, and Results Are
in Sight.

For more years than a few some OF
the people Of Washington have been
aware that there Is in the city's inhabited
alleys a menace to the public health.
morals. and police records. says the Sur
, vey. But the majority of that changing
fraction Of its people who hold Federal
Office and ex-officio govern the city. have
refrained from taking any interest in
them. Visitors from home" were content
to see the White House, the Capitol, and
the Washington Monument. They had
never heard of Goat Alley. The interests
of Senators and Representatives followed
those of their home folks.
Deaf Ears Hear Complaint.
So during all these years the requests
and demands of local social workers and
of citizens with a social conscience-but
without a vote-fell on ears that We're
hard of hearing. Only from President
Roosevelt did they get any comfort-from
his Presidents Homes Commission. which
made a study OF alley dwellings and
published report with recommendations
Its only tangible result to date has been
the beginning Of the conversion Of Will
low Tree Alley into an interior park.
That is something-though many Of the
workers believe that such an interior
park will be almost as great a menace
as the inhabited alley. but Washington
has some go inhabited alleys.
There also has been some legislation
that has improved conditions. The Board
for the Condemnation of 1nsanitary
Buildings has been created. Up to May
OF this year 1t had demolished 1.6s2 OF
the worst shacks and caused 1855 to be
repaired. There is a law prohibiting the
erection of new houses on alleys less
w,ys Ola bouse. are GENT IN commis-
sion. the owners. chief fear being that
the hoard for the condemnation will catch
,bo,, ~ tba,. 5on.t watch o,,t Tbere
is law nrov;d;ny for the conversion Of
aI,eys into r,inor streets hut ike some
other laws which mean we'll n doesn't
work So w,sbi,gton has made very
H,,Ie nrogress ON its .I,ev nroblem
NePorS WIRE
The voteless citizens OF the Capital did
more than ask Congress to do something
for them. They studied their problem
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The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
PURITY SUNDAY APPOINTED
CONGRESS TO DISCUSS VICE

The committee Of arrangements of the
Seventh International Purity Congress to
convene in Minneapolis. Mimi, November
7-12, has decided to ask every church in
the United States, Canada, and Mexico
to observe Purity Sunday" November
9. with sermons. addresses. and appropri-
ate exercises
The congress is organized in the inter-
est Of the suppression of white slavery
and public vice. the promotion Of q high
snd single standard OF morals for n.a
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
MOTHERS PENSIONS
Or SOCIAL INSURANCE

Sharp challenge Of mothers pensions
comes from DR.. Edward I. Devine. Writ
ing not as associate editor. but express
ing his personal convictions, he says in
the Survey:
'"chi!drea should. not be protected. az
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
William J. Harris, Of Georgia,
Director, Casting About
for Aids, Selects Two
Southerners, One from
Mississippi and One from
North Carolina.
by J. STUART PRICE.

With the coming into power of the
Democrat party, changes in the personnel
Of various departments in the govern
ment service naturally are expected.
After William ]. Harris, the Georgian,
was made Director Of the Bureau OF
Census he began looking around fos n
chief clerk and an assistant CHIEF clerk.
He found two good Democrats for the
jobs. when he appointed William Lane
Austin, Of Mississippi, as chief clerk,
and Eugene F. Hartley. OF North Caro-
lima, as assistant.
Austir was born in Mississippi. the son
Of Confederate Army officer, and a
member of the State Senate. Austin first
was educated at Harperville College. and
later at the University of Mississippi.
where he graduated with high honorS in
both the literary and law departments.
He entered the Census Bureau In 1900 on
appointment of Senator John Sharp WILL
Jams. and since that time has served IN
both field and ONCE work for the bureau.
In 1910 he was placed in charge OF the
census of manufactures in the Philadel-
phia district. the third largest in the
United States. Later he was placed
In charge ofthe subdivision Of planta-
tions When Harris began to look about
for a chief clerk he found that Austin
was the man to fill the bill. At present
he il acting chief clerk. but on septem-
Der. will become chief clerk in charge
Both from South.
He succeeds clifford Hastings, chief
clerk under e. Dana Burand. Mr.. Has
tings will become assistant chief clerk
OF the Department Of Commerce.
Austin ~ Mason. . member Of La
Fayette Lodge, No. -. Of this city. He
also 10 member Of the Phi kaDra PS
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

T.
pointing to "Kensit movement in this
country refer more particularly to the
evangelistic follow-up feature. and the
aim would be directed toward ritualistic
churches Of the Episcopal order. IT Is
said II is reported that such move
ment had been proposed for outdoor work
this summer, but has been postponed.
Whats fn \ NaIncs
In regard to the proposition for a
change of name for the Protestant Epis-
copal Church, The Living Church thinks.
editoriaiiy, that lit is difficult to ap-
praise the real value of the movement
connected with the name, when one
group of men holds it to be so important
that success will justify secession from
the church, and another group SO unim-
portant that discussion of it is mere
waste OF time" Each week, for a long
time. this Journal has given space to an
expression on the subject by numerous
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
NEWS AND COMMENT.
work of Good Lossie..

p The Living Church. Milwaukee
i through its social service department
J calls attention to the fact that all lob
bies are not bad. or bent on gaining
some mercenary end. II names several
good lobbes:
in these days when lobbies are be-
ing SO universally condemned, We must
not overlook the good lobbies,' of which
there are not few. There is the Ma
tional Conservation Association, which
is little more than an intelligent and
public-spirited lobby, with its representa-
tive watching those who are trying to
secure public power sites, lands. and
forests for little or nothing
There is the National Child Labor
Association. with an agent in Washing
ton, opposing the Northern and South
ern cotton mill owners. and others who
wish TO convert child labor into divi-
dends. There is the American Asso-
ciaition for Labor Legislation. fighting
for mems compensation laws. There
are the American Civic Association,
with its campaigns to kill the fly and
save Niagara Falls: the Deep Water
ways Association; the Good Roads lob
by; the Fine Arts lobby and a lot of
others.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
SCHOOL ROLLS
FAIL To KEEP
UP WITHBIRTHS
Wide Discrepancy Is Shown in
Number of Pupils and In
crease of Children.

WASHINGTON June 28.-Chap-
tiers on Roman Catholic Schools"
Typical Health Teaching Agencies
Of the United States" and Parent
Teacher Associations" are special fea-
lures Of the annual report Of the
United States Commissioner of Ed
ucatiou, just issued.
In addition 10 these the report con
tains substantial chapters on the fol-
lowing subjects. General survey Of
the year. educational legislation dur
ing 1912. higher education; city
school systems. rural education; re-
cent movements in negro education;
a review Of agricultural education:
progress in vocational education; Ii
brary development, education in
Alaska, the Philippines. Hawaii Porto
Rico, and other dependencies. Indian
education, educational activities in
canada, Latin America, Great Brit
ain, Northern Europe, France and
Switzerland Germany Southern Eu-
rope and Russia, together with a
general view of conditions in Asia
Africa. Australia and New Zealand
In his introduction to the report
the commissioner discusses the wide
discrepancy between the increase in
the number Of children Of school age
and the actual enrolment, an appar-
cnt reduction in teachers salaries
during the year; the remarkable in
crease in high schools and high school
enrolment throughout the country;
the decrease I'm professional schools.
due TO the enforcement Of higher
standards lack Of preparation Of
teachers. which DR. ClaXton charac-
tcrizes as "one OF the greatest evils
OF our school systems" the shortness
or the school term In the United
States as compared with other civil
lied nations; and the abnormally
large percentage Of lliteracy in the
rural districts