Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-09
LOOP CONDEMNED
BY CONTEMPORARY
: Proposed Park Place Tracks
Also Censured at Meeting
of Members.
MAYOR-ELECT RAYMOND
AS THE GUEST OF HONOR
Receives Assurance of Help of
the Society in All Civic
Matters.

A resolution was passed yesterday
afternoon at the business meeting of
the Contemporary at the Y. W. c. A.
eondemning the petition presented by
the Public Service Corporation to lay
tracks ON Park place and to make a
loop around the southern end of Mill
tary Park to connect with the Broad
kstreet line and to operate cars there
on, thereby destroying the beauty OF
Military Park.
The regular civic program of the
club was held following the business
session. Mayor-elect Thomas l.. Ray
rnond was guest of honor at the tea
that followed the program. The new
mayor, who was accompanied by his
campaign manager, Spanlding Frazer,
received the congratulations of the
members of the club, accompanied by
assurance of cooperation in work for
The city's welfare.
1t was announced that an office has
been opened by the club in room 624
of tfe Kinney building and paid
Ollie Mrs. Beatrice M. Stern, en-
gagged take charge. The office hours
will be from $3.50 to II Mondays We'd
nesdays and Fridays. The aim of the
office is to have a place where the
public may come in contact with the
Contemporary Club az well as a place
where the club members may get in
formation. In a short time it is
hoped to establish there a central
bureau of civic and social informa-
ton for all who are interested in the
welfare of the city, whether a club
member or not.
The program, which was conducted
fly the committee ON industrial and
social conditions, of which Mrs. Ste
phen B. Harrison is chairman, dealt
mainly with topics which the sub
committee OH churchwomen and So
oial betterment Mrs. Roy Schindel,
chairman, recommend as a bssis for
work: The appointment of police
women in addition to the regular po-
lice force, the enactment of an in
junction and abatement law, the pro-
vision for efficient field work for the
safeguarding of young girls, the pro-
Nisi.~ Oh suitable boarding homes
for yodDg girls making low wages
and a strict enforcement of the city.
ordinance governing employment bu-
reaus.
The recommendations, which were
Tread by Mrs. William Munson Good
win, were discussed by specialists in
the particular line under considera-
ton. Miss Paula Laddey, probation
officer, emphasized the need of police
women in raids in which, conducted
under the present system, she pointed
out, most of the women are arrested,
while most of the men are permitted
to, go free, and in cheap cafes and
restaurants. and in police stations to
take care of the women prisoners.
''All we have to do is to get the
Police Commission to appoint police
women, She concluded. "If a body
Of, women like The Contemporary de.
manded the appointment of women l
am sure their request would be
granted"
Iowa Injunction and abatement law
bnd the penalties attached to break
ing it.
Mrs. Beatrice c. Henry made a
, strong plea for the training of girls
in congenial work.
I'VE fail in training our girls for
the proper work and we fail in train
ing them to attack the work in the
proper way to get the joy out of it,
she said. I'VE have learned to spe-
cialize our work and we should learn
to specialize our girls for the work"
She strongly advocated the Coop
Grafton of the schools and the en-
u,oyers, saying that in the store
schools many things must be taught
which could easily be made part Of
the school work, while the stores and,
factories could do their share by
giving the pupils an opportunity to
put into practice principles learned IN
the school room.
Miss Cara May Adams, secretary
of the Y w. c. A. emphasized the
need of homes for girls who cannot
afford to pay more than 81 week for
board The ideal plan, she declared,
would be homes accommodating from
thirty to forty girls.
Mrs. Matilda NJ. Sanborn emphasized
the need of frequent and strict inVes-
tigation of employment bureaus.
Miss Lydia e. Bailey, who spoke on
"Recreation Centres" declared that
the investment in school buildings Is
too great to have them in use only
from to 3 O'Clock. She urged the
members to take greater interest in
the matter, saying that 1t is only by
arousing public sentiment that the
buildings can be put to their full use
as meeting places for the people.
Mrs. j. L. Thompson, chairman of
the Contemporary committee on Red
Cross work, reported that fourteen
boxes have been sent from the head
quarters, Room 203, Kinney building,
40 Servia, France, Belgium and Aus
tria, and urged the interest of the
Smembers in the work.
Mrs. George f. King, vice-president
of the Seventh District of the State
federation of Women's Clubs, invited
the members to attend the district
meeting today at the Y. w. G. A., at
which, in addition to discussion of
topics of interest to clubwomen, there
win be musical program by the
Beethoven Music Club.