New Britain herald., 1916-06-15

gain comes through personal contact with the other workers. Your agent gained many valuable ideals in this way. Judging by the general outlook the Juvenile court interest is subsid- l ing. These courts have often been exploited by we'll meaning but unin- : formed people, or they have become political too1s and in considering the individual needs of each child the 1 family background has sometimes been overlooked At present Courts l of Domestic Relations are being ad- vocated for the very reason that they do strike at the root of family affairs. In the future there is reason to be- lieve that those various specialized courts which are now splitting off will be unified again under one head. If l this is true, then cities too small for specialized courts need only mark time, provided they are blessed with wise and conscientious officials. Regarding milk stations the gen. eral opinion was. that in cities of our size, an all-the- -year-round nurse was absolutely essential, as' few weeks care in summer merely scratched the surfaces of things, and did not accomplish real results. Hard to Get Censors.
 It was impossible for your agent to learn of any cities of our size where there was an absolutely satisfactory local Board of Censorship of moving pictures. It is hard to get the right people to serve, volunteers cannot be depended upon, and ideas of good and ill vary so widely they say It was suggested that education of the public along these lines,v and en- couragment of the managers in pro- ducing the best, rather than aloof criticism were absolutely essential for after all the managers simply pro- duce what the public come in greatest mum bers to see.
 Chicago men were very anxious to know about the working out of Sen ator Klett's law against fortune tellers since Chicago has a city ordinance which is very similar. Connecticut provision for dealing with these &akirs so your agent was bombarded with questions, which fortunately she could answer as the Charity Organization was vitally interested in the passage of the bill. Chicago contemplates twin ordinance governing hair dress Ing ana massage pdflOrS.
 The welcome extended to visitors the first day by kindly Father Gavisk, president of the conference, by ex- vice-president Fairbanks, by the state and city were significant of the cour- tesy and cordiality to follow. There was a reception, a pageant at one of the Girls schools and an elaborate garden party on the Fairbanks lawns. oTd yxroC c 1iph f,,1 foy important social workers from all over the country, and to this day your agent can't explain why she was invited or how she came to be asked for a speech. Apparently everyone had heard of New Britain and considered 1t large and flourishing city.
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 There were many opportunities for your agent to see the city with it's orphanages, hospitals, schools for deaf and blind, state fair grounds, traction station, large public market, and so on, and four times she was trundled in machines past the home of James Whltcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet. TWO long visits were paid the Marlon county Juvenile court, with visits to the police court and police
 
 house and a beautiful State Industrial school Tor girls. There is a unique, suburban, bungalow colony, built on land given by the street railway com pany called Fairview settlement. Here widows with small children may oc- cupy little home rent free and work is provided for them which pays for the maintenance of the families. One day 1t was arranged for a party of Connecticut people to visit the Indiana Penal Farm which is considered a model and which Connecticut may some day copy.
 One day a party of us visited the beautiful home of James Allison, owner of the famous Indianapolis Speedway. From there we ventured forth in a big Packard to try the merits of the speedway on which so many records have been made. We took one lap of the courses which is two and one-half miles to the lap, at fifty and fifty-five miles an hour, and wondered how it would feel to make twenty miles an hour more as the racers do. Once around the track was sufficient.
 Another day, after much enthusias- tic inquiry on her part, your agent was specially taken out to Fort Ben jamin Harrison, famed as the civilian training camp of the Middle West. Imagine her disgust to find, not busy army post but a practically deserted fort, with Old Glory flying over twen- ty men on post, and the rest of the garrison of 8 thousand on the Mexi- can border. There was talk of giving up the training camp altogether, but n0w it is likely that officers will be brought from elseWhara to train the