The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
WEST NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY
CLUB.
Meeting Addressed BY Mrs. Wilbur
F. Crafts, Of Washington,

The West Nottingham Community
Club met in the Chapel on June 3rd,
at p. m. Chairman J. J. Hanna
presiding. Meeting was opened by
singing Of Julia Ward Howe's ''Bat~
tie Hymn of the Republic" After
which Mr.. Hanna spoke briefly Of
the object and aims OF the Club and
the wide variety of topics we had
lectures on during the year. Prayer
was offered by Rev. George Turner,
of Oxford, Pa. Miss Anna Martini
dale sang a solo. Rev. F. H. Huff
man then spoke OF the splendid
field the Club had in view of the
School about to be established to
succeed the West Nottingham Acad-
envy and of the great good derived
from meeting together for exchange
Eof ideas and to get better acQuaint-
| ed. .N
Mrs. Wilbur F. Crafts of Wash
ington, D. c., was then introduced
by Mr.. Huffman as the speaker for
the afternoon. She delighted her
audience and brought to our atten-
tion most vividly the fact that the
responsibility of having healthful
and just laws rests upon each one Of
us. She made use OF different sized
wheels as an illustration of the diff
ferent kinds of love, and endeavored
to make it plain to us that self love
should be evident always but not
represented by one of the large
wheels but always the smallest one.
then family love, neighborhood or
community love, love for our nation
and the largest of, all and one that
always endures, the wheel of Gods
love.
She quoted from a booklet writ
ten by a French professor entitled
"The Land where Hate Expires"
which was most interesting. She
spoke of number of things which
are in our land operating against
the different wheels of love hereto
fore mentioned and recommended
to us ways Of remedying them.
First the conservation of the child
rem of this land, we conserve our
forests, waterways and many things
of lesser value but permit 100000
children between the ages of 10 and
13 years to work in factories, cotton
mills, glass factories and mines, in
the latter they never see the light
OF day. She urged all present to
write to their representatives urging
the passage of the Child Labor Bill
now before Congress, she said some
thought letters did not count but
gave several illustrations where let
ters from back home'' had brought
about desired legislation. She also
spoke of the Juvenile Court, being
able in Washington to sentence q
child and send them to the point
decided upon without notifying the
parents, which should be remedied.
Also spoke of the Motion Picture
Bill and explained that the Board of
Censorship had only the power to
condemn but not to prohibit the
picture being shown and the bill is
to enable the public to have pictures
unht to be seen destroyed and shown
no more. She stated that 5 Of the
large film corporations had express
ed their desire that such a Federal
Commission be appointed as they
believed it wise.
She recommended compulsory edu-
cation law in order to help the
children whose parents would put
them to work instead of sending
them to school and VINO are neglect
full and careless, thus giving all such
children chance in life; she stated
while in Japan she learned that 95
per cent. of the Japanese children
were in school while only 73 per
cent in the United States were and
said this made her feel very badly.
She wore the white Ribbon bow
of the w. c. T. U. and spoke enthus-
iastically of the temperance situ-
alton and the number OF states al
ready dry and voting on it this fall
and said the saloon which had been
placed in Washington's beautiful
Union Station against the wishes Of
$4,000 signers, has been taken out;
that it had been 6 years or more
since liquor had been sold in the
Capitol building.
Mrs. Crafts told of trip to Ice
land where she went IN tufudv
sociological conditions and said at
that time there was but one saloon
in all that country and that since
then it had been removed and that
the population of Iceland is 10000.
She spoke of Seattle, Washington,
as being the largest City in the
United States living under prohibi- I
tion.
The attendance was Oond ana OH