The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-26
Urges Women to Take
Part in Deliberations

That the members of the various
women's clubs might do much by way
of bringing suggestions and criticisms
to the city administration, was the
upshOt of Mayor Robbins address to
the special meeting of the Federation
of Women's clubs at St. Pauls parish
house yesterday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock
At the same meeting Charles W
Jordan suggested means in which the
federation could help to beautify the
city. and Superintendent Giles pre-
scented the cause of the anti-fly cru
SADIE
In urging the closer cooperation be-
tween the women of the CITY and
public officials. Mayor Robbins said
that in the beginning his admnistra-
ton felt the need of such cooperation
and that it was largely for this pur-
pose he had arranged for the monthly
cabinet meetings.
I'VE like to have citizens attend
these meetings." he said That's one
of the chief reasons for having them
! would rather have the people of the
town bring lis their suggestions and
criticisms in person than to send an
onymOus letters. Every member of
the administration is interested in do
ing things that please the people
The city officials want to cooperate
with Your ladies' yard cleaning week.
If We all got together We can make the
city as clean as a pin
But IL doing any work like this the
oHlclaIs need the assistance of public
sentiment That was one reasc, we
asked for a citizens committee on the
fly campaign. The administration is
going drastically TO enforce the fly or
dfnanCe, but we need ESQ The sup
port of the people in tho community"
Miss Edna Johnson. president of
the meeting. said he felt that the
ladies should maze a special effort
to attend the '4onthly cabinet meet
ings. II Aeljcee that getting the wom-
en- Int eSt"c is one Of the best ways
of "e.tiEg the men interest ed, too. :"
size aid
charles w. Jordan. secretary of the
commercial club. spoke Of the work
mat the civic Improvement CONNECT
tee of the club has under way. He
expressed the clubs appreciation of
the way in which the women of the
various organizations assisted last
year in "clean-up week"
Among the suggestions he offered
by which the women could help in
making Richmond a city beautiful, he
spoke OF the alley and the need of
making them clean as the streets.
Il believe that many unnecessary
sheds on the back end of properties
could be removed and their places
taken by shrubbery and gardens
You ladies could help much in en-
couraging the improvement OF our
parks and streets Look at this street
that goes past this building. 1t is one
of the most Uttered up streets in town
We have much work to do in Rich
mond making our streets clean as we'll
as beautiful"
Mr.. Jordan called attention to a
number OF ugly spots" in and about
the city. The Whitewater gorge and
the envirOns of the G. & O. railway
were especially emphasized. He said
he believed that something ought to
he done TO persuade the Junk dealers
who have their Yards Just back Of the
G. Il o. depot to move farther out of
town.
He also called attention to what
might be done by way of developing
play grounds in the city. and said
that he thought a play ground should
be opened up near Morton park and
lake.
Superintendent Giles presented the
cause of the anti-fly campaign. He
stressed the fact that the fly is not
only a nuisance but is a menace and
a real danger to the community. He
spoke Of the large number of babies
who die from summer complaint, a dis
ease carried by the fly. and said that
the danger of flies to the health. es-
pecially of small children, makes fly
elimination a vital problem.
1T is entirely possible to get rid
Of the fly" he asserted. The key
note of the campaign, of course, is law
enforcement We have an excellent
ordinance which, if adequately enforc-
ed, would do away to consid IRA bic
extent with the flies. We want to
bring about the strict enforcement of
that ordinance which provides for fly
tight garbage cans and manure boxes.
But in order to do that, we must