The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-12
STREET TRADING IS
UNDER DISCUSSION

Civic Cooperation.
The possibility OF civic Corpora
ton between small cities located ad-
vantageously may be demonstrated
; by the work accomplished In the tri-
cities--LaSalle, Peru and olesby, Ill.
These three cities are in close proyt-
nifty to each other and embrace an
aggregate population OF about $4,000
of which nearly half are Polish,
Lithuanlans, Slovenian and Italian.
Moreover, the tri-cities are typtc-
al industrial and mining communities
in which the demand for unskilled
labor predominates. But In spite OF
these apparent barriers the three
cities are successfully maintaining
three we'll organized social agencies.
They are an associated charity asso-
citation, a health department and a
social community center which is
located at the township high school
supported by the three cities"
Industrial Hygiene. was the sub
pect Of paper by DR.. +. r. Hay
hurst, director of industrial hygiene,
state board OF health. Ohio State
University, Columbus. o.
Ohio Is one of the few states in
which the department OF health has
a division of industrial hygiene.
In the matter of hygiene and san
itation OF work." said Dr.. Hayhurst,
I'VE have been slow to realize how
much efficiency and production de-
pend on work place. workers health,
and workers knowledge OF how to
preserve their health.
Every employer should endeavor
to intensity the output in his plant
by careful attention to these haz-
ards. He not only needs work
place In which each physical hazard
Of the environment is standardized.
but one IN which the principal phys
ica1 and mental defects In his work
ers are known and compensated, for
by selection OF the worker to the
| Job and the job to the worker"
Dovetail Work.
Judge j. Wilmer Latimer, of the
juvenile court OF the District OF Co
lumbia. explained the recent tend
ency OF juvenile courts to dovetall
more closely into the work OF public
schools. He also advised a more
modern organization OF the juvenile
court so that criminal procedure
would be entirely dispensed with
and cases would be handled in
chancery as cases of dependency.
Punishment OF child" said
Judge Latimer. should never be In
flicted except for the purpose Of cor
rection. and experience has demon
strated to every parent that It Is not
always the most effective means OF
accomplishing that result.
I'm addition to its jurisdiction in
children's cases, 1t is most desirable
that the juvenile court should have
the power to deal with certain class
of adults. namely. those who conduct
may prejudlclally affect the welfare
of tho child"
Matthey P. Adams. superintendent
OF schools OF the Children's Aid So
ciety. OF New York. after reviewing
the activities OF numerous organiza-
tons that conduct regular school
work for special classes of children,
said in part:
"The Children's Aid Society was
the first (1S9S) to open schools for
! cripple children. Special commit
tees were formed to look after the
providing OF extra nourishment and
special ortheopedic apparatus. One
OF the most interesting experiments
which the Children's Aid Society IN
cooperation with woman's orgaui-
zation, the 'Brearley League Is try
ling, IL that OF vocational schools for
cripples. Over 100 cripple children
are brought to our Rhinelander
school in buses. The younger girls
and boys have grade work. The older
ones, who have gone through the
grades and have had preparatory No-
cational work, are in the trade
classes. The boys have three-year
course in jewelry making and the
girls In embroidery.
Civic Effort in Small Communi-
ties" was the subject Of a paper by
Margaret F. Byington, assistant sec
rotary of the American Association
for Organizing Charity, New York
City.
1.-THE organization for the pre-
vention OF infant mortality has
passed from legislation to provide
pure milk, to the most intensive
training of the individual mother in
i the care LhV RhBSA
1.-THE tuberculosis campaign Is In
creasingly concerned with intensive
work in the homes of those who snt-
fer with the disease, including eXami-
nation Of members OF the family and
EN- phasis on good living conditions
for them: the public school has its
visiting teachers to adjust the home
problems of the pupils: the juvenile
court makes parents responsible ior
the delinquency OF their children.
Henel R. Stewart, state supervising
nurse. division OF Public Health Gdu-
cation and Tuberculosis. Ohio Board
Of Health. Columbus, o., discussed
the work OF the public health nurse.
First Type of Workers.
twenty-five per cent OF the dis
tress known to charitable societies
is caused by Sickness" she said:
"This proportion is as true for small
communities as for larger cities.
Health conditions, therefore, offer
one OF the most universal and eff
fective points around which to rally
the civic efforts Of community. The
public health nurse is the first type
Of worker to be introduced In the
small community for this purpose.
A public health nurse is graduate
nurse who has had training in social
service work. She is a nurse and
social worker combined.
"There are sixty-five cities In Ohio
I n n "a