Evening star., 1915-11-14
MAI. PULLMAN TALKS
ON F|RST-A|D METHODS
Tells Women's Clubs That Police
Are Urged Primarily to Protect
the Uninjured.

First Aid to the Uninjured," rather
than First Aid to the Injured" is
what the police of the District are being
urged to give, according to Maj Ray
mond Pullman, superintendent of po-
lice, who addressed the District Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs at the first
meeting of the season yesterday after
noon at the Public Library.
Maj. Pullman spoke principally on
his announced subject of Safety First
and urged the principles of precautions
against accident upon his hearers, ask
ing them to impress the idea upon their
children, their children's children and,
in fact, every one with whom they
come in contact He said no one thinks
about preventing an accident until
some one close to them meets with one.
about one out of every seven persons
in the United States in year." he said,
"is either killed or meets with an acci-
dent"
Safety First" for Children.
The speaker urged the members to
spread the idea of being careful, es-
pecially to the children, who, he said,
have it in their nature to be careless.
He said their judgment of dangers is
not keen.
Not only the children are careless.
Maj. Pullman said. but their elders in
many instances are careless. He spoke
of grown persons walking across
street reading a newspaper or conyerS-
ing with some one else and not paying
any attention to the traffic or their own
safety.
The prevention of crime as well as
accidents by the police was referred to,
and the speaker said that this ideal is
taught DrOgreSSIye DOllCe
departments. The statement that "it is
better to prevent murder than to ar
rest murderer" brough forth a rous-
ing applause.
Illustrations of prevention work by
member of the police department were
cited. but Maj. Pullman said no record
is kept of such work
Mrs. Court F. Wood, who was elected
president of the federation at the last
meeting, occupied the chair and in
troduced the speakers.
Chinese Woman Is a Guest.
Miss Fung Hin Liu from Canton,
China, who has been in the United
States for the past six years studying,
having graduated from Wellesley Col
lege in Massachusetts and Columbia
University in New York, was a guest
at the meeting and delivered an address
telling of the efforts being made to
educate the women of China.
The speaker said that when she want
ed to attend school there were no
schools in the city where she lived, and
that her father organized one. Later,
she said. when she desired to secure
high school training there were no such
schools for girls, and then her father
secured permission for her to study in
the boys high school, she being the
only girl in her class.
Miss Liu, who is to return shortly to
China to organize woman's depart
ment of the Canton Christian College,
dwelt al length upon the educational
work in China. especially for women.
The work of the board of children's
guardians was described by ]. l. Solly,
an agent of the board. The speaker
told of the care of The children and
their training He described how they
are placed in institutions. in homes and
how the board prevails upon relatives.
in many instances, to care for the
children.
There is need for an institute for
feeble e-minded girls, Mr.. Solly said.