The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16
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80 Al the most interesting OF
la -, ,nncrete movements among
-, local club women is
W ,ho effort to bring here for
, mr. series Of lectures
Alice stebbins Wells, Los An,
~. nccessful policewoman. Mrs.
Y. has been giving lectures in the
,rripe 2 vacation Of few weeks
j.. met with marked appreciation
.ho men interested IN municipal
in all the large cities. The
!, ,omen have found the members
~ local commission enthusiastic
y, having Mrs. Wells here, and in
.,ssuee OF contingent fund they
z;lling. several OF them, as indi-
,.,ls 10 nav a part Of the expense.
=. of Police p. L. Grant has offered
\ tsrui.h q place for Ms. Wells to
Ia. pubie address, which shall be,
and Miss Colburnc has offered to
.,,rsiu her during her stay in the
So that in all probability Mrs.
In. will be heard here The latter part
te, month. Reporting a recent lee
], siven in Rochester. the Rochester
|s.-srat ouotes Mrs. Wells as saying:
rPoty years back our public was
~-zo.sd largely Of men: our women
II largely in the home. The police
|,rutuents were, therefore. composed
|r5,,lv of men and were adequate to
a the demands upon them,
afcday our public is composed OF
n women and children, and it is
Es,fore q fair conclusion that our
IL, departments, fully TO meet the
|.zards upon them, must be composed !
\ 10Th men and women, The woman
stss officer has come to meet A logical !
|>l add has come to stay. We trust |
|ss. tue will come when women viii |
n Iss in public life and more in the
|ir,, but there always will be many
|u.sn vno must earn n living outside
|f.ss home so that there will always be
|nstlDg OF present conditions.
There are many women who have
l,it powers, but that doesu u consti-
|tsi woman police officer 4 woman
|rte officer gives her whole time TO
krork and is subject 10 every condl-
r. Of employment that a man police
|fsa L. That doesn't mean that
Fs-,n officer always does all the work
Es man officer We must remember
W rany men connected with the po-
|x department. don t walk ihe beat.
|'Esu police officers belong 10 the
5.tlothes department. Their work
|lSlinents that Of the men policemen
elat they do what men police officers
|hi DO so well.
rfor Instance. . woman officer can
|rs'te the laws in regard to places Of
|rE:Hant better than mon can, be-
|Fp this is detail work. A woman is
n Ftied to do great deal OF preveu.
~ soFK, which IS coming 10 he recog-
|-a az the real work of the police
|fntuenf' Otter q woman can cross
90 lban a man the line that separ.
|ss ssp'sVeDtlye and corrective work and
~ %ey can DO much 10 guard and
~ homes from disruption.
las question of clean amusement is
|s " me important problems of our
| | commend the social center
|-aeCt as one solution of the prob.
ID y clean amusement. It keeps the
" amused in their nei ehborhoods
shngs the whole family together
4. L1l'emcnts. Downtown amusements
"a oe necessary. but first make the
LssDo'hoods attractive and then take
Es lee downtown overflow If YOU
Esm we are very slow in this mat.
IN "a MuSements and II Is almost Grim
~ s4oT smusements 20 be CONNER
II We don't wish 70 raise
'slloI Of delinquent parents we
s.i; ~. nave growing up generation
elnqueat children. We have been
on me intellectual aud moral
a.o which we derived from our
ss,'ss. We are now throwing our
, psople into lax moral atmosphere
-. seMMng Nm them to withstand the in
efe expecting too much
"a
y, - ,l lssal health committee or the
r,.n ,..nIaeranon, of which Mrs, f. c.
4 ~ y Is Is tho chairman. IS prcpar.
,oSs ~ earFy ou the health crusade
~ ~, inc state, and Mrs. Gemmell
4 N ost letters to the presidents
'yfs.s,iion, f,iton especially in caring for
4 n w';lo IN Of children. TIE appoint,
FsS inspectors in the city schools.
z M1os Ias been urged by the women
4 A. n long, a., has given new impetus
|h 4 ssofs; Along the same line
- 'foekett. chairman OF the