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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-14

n . circle Of geological and piseato-
rial onlooksu Nowadays Il interests
me TO see ~ many Ford cars with
their mood, uplumcd and their inter.
nal economics revealed 10 the world"
--kanS Cliy Star
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-14
A Similarity

"Whu vas TAD ~ 'he sears
agune 1d me fualic fhuker 81
used 70 gaye M dare ol amaze NJ
lhr portrait 10 ihe front Of Hostel.
'efs Almanac M Compendium oi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

State that provides for instruction
to legislators as to. how they shall
vote on an issue. This Is invoked for
tho primary elections, the law re-
curing that an indication be mndc
on tho ballot at the timc Of tho cloc-
tion m TO just how tho voter wants
his Representative 10 vote on any
given question. This law was not
invoked on tho Federal suffrage ques-
tion nj tho last primary election. al
though It might reasonably have
been seen that the Issue OF the Fed
cral suffrage amendment would be
bound 10 come up soon.
Another guiding factor for the
Legislators was the Enforcement md
instructions to vote for suffrage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Register for Can
ming Centres This
Week

~ EGISTRATIoN for the can
* ming centres TO be estab'
Az lishcd this summer under
the direction Of the Board
Of Education will open this week
July Z. 8. 8 and 10 will be rcsistra'
ton days. but those who do not en-
ter the first week can come In later
The Department Of Public Mar
kets will cooperate with the BoArt
of Education In this work. Tho can
ming will be under the direction Of
Miss Grace +. Schermerhorn snt
Miss Laura A. Caubell. Teacher
from the domestic science depart
ments Of the schools will supervis'
the work Of women who Join Tho
classes.
Most Of the canning centres vii
be held IN school buildlnsA Their
are six IN Manhattan. Ave In BROOK
Ign. two IN Richmond and seven II
The Bronx.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Child Conservation
SectiOnDiesLeaving
Valuable Legacy
TIME legacy which the child

TIME legacy which the child
conservation section Of the
woman's committee Of the
Council of National Defence left
upon its death on July is a nation
wide movement to establish state
bureaus of child welfare.
The women who have been iden-
tilted with the children's year cam
paign have shown an unwillingness
to let their work cease with the
passing of the child conservation
section. This was a part Of the war
time machinery built up by the
woman's committee, and being just
that, it had to pass with the coming
CT peace. 1t was the agency for
transmitting the work of the Chill
dren's Bureau of the Labor Depart
ment to the women of the country.
This child conservation section
has urged the formation Of state
central child welfare committees to
help make permanent the work
already begun. Six states, the Dis
trict Of Columbia and Hawaii have
already formed or are forming such
bureaus. The states are Illinois, Indi-
ana, Michigan, New Mexico, New
Jersey and Ohio. Several other
states, notably California, are ex-
pected to follow their example soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Organ
ize to Fight for
Rights
~HARWOMEN organized in

"HARWOMEN organized in
I the Federal Employees Union
at Washington are rejoicing
because the government has decided
TO keep those aged women who were
about to be replaced by younger
ones. The State, War and Navy
Building had announced that on
July thirty-seven charwomen
would be released from their jobs
"for the efficiency of the service"
Among these were several negro
women who had been wiping down
the steps. polishing the brass work
and scrubbing the floors Of this
government building for more than
quarter of century. These older
women will now be put on three
hour shifts in other buildings. They
will draw the same salaries.
The thirty-eight charwomen who
we're put on the eight-hour work
will receive $40 month. This is
the first time night charing has been
made an official position in the gov
eminent service, laborers having
performed the work hitherto. These
women 90 on at 1880 o'clock at
night and work until 1880 O'Clock
in the morning, with a luncheon
period. Their wage is $50 n month,
but with the bonus Of $40 a month
allowed by Congress, they will get
much moro than they have earned
In the past. This work was for
merly done In four-hour shifts In
the day time.
Through their organization these
women. many Of whom are negroes,
have discussed protest against
night work. But at meeting Of
their union Just prior TO July they
decided to make trial Of the night
work and see what the results
might be. A white woman. Miss
Eleanor Zurgburg. who IL fore
woman Of charing. Is president Of
the Washington Charwomen's Union
and u negro woman IL secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Iowa. Missouri and Texas Make Three
New White Spots ON Ratification Map

given them by the state Democratic
conventions. Many precincts and
local Democratic organizations had
so instructed their Representatives,
as we'll as the state party organiza-
ton. The women did not vote in the
referendum election, as they are only
privileged to vote in the primaries.
Zone Senator voted for the
amendment ratification, although IN
the referendum election hi, district
went 5000 against state suffrage.
He declared that the women elected
him and he wanted to represent his
constituency. Other Senators and
Representatives probably felt the
same way, because many Of them
were elected at the last primaries.
The women voted in these pri-
maries."
The state Legislature Of Georgia
will probably be the next to take up
the Federal amendment. The situa-
ton there is uncertain. The Legis-
lature of Alabama convenes July 8,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

2" carried, their campaigning having
gone to benefit another measure.
"The wrong signal" in other words !!
Loyalty to the women who voted
for them in the primaries caused
many Senator'S and Representatives
in the Texas Legislature to vote for
the ratification Of the proposed Fed
eral suffrage amendment, according
to United States Senator Sheppard,
of that state. He also pointed out
that the state had never instructed
the legislators, in the way provided
by law, how to vote on the matter of
Federal suffrage, so when the
amendment was presented they were
free to vote according to their best
judgment.
"The Texas people voted on the
question Of state suffrage in the ref
erendum recently held there and not
on the matter OF making the United
States uniformly a suffrage nation
said Senator Sheppard last week.
1--WE have a law in the Lone Star
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

weeks after woman suffrage was de-
feated by n vote Of the state, the
Legislature ratifcs the Federal
amendment by good majority!
Various explanations for this
seeming contradiction IN Texas have
boon offered. SuRraglsts say that
thcrc was an error in tho campaign
made for the referendum. The
women campalgnod. vote for No.
2" believing that the state suffrage
amendment would be the second on
tho list Of measures 10 be voted upon.
In twenty-eIght counties the suffrage
amendment was set down as "No. a."
Members Of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association said
that In most Of these counties NO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Recent Happenings in the World of Women
The National Social Unit
Comes Back to NelU York

cinnati where about $4,000 per-
sons lived.
The selected community was
divided into units of 100 fam
lilies each. 1t happened that
these units comprised the resi-
dents of just one block in the
district for experiment. The
units elected committees Of
seven persons and each commit
tee in turn elected one of its
members to a Community Coun-
Gil for the whole district.
One Of the purposes of the
Social Unit system was the par
ticipation of every citizen in the
affairs of his neighborhood
first, city, state and nation
later. Another was the use of
latent skill and talent which
may be shut up in a community
for the good Of all.
Last spring Secretary Lane
Of the Department of the In
terror Endorsed the work Of the
association and became its hon
orary executive. The work Of
the organization is being en-
larged and a plan for its ap-
plication to an entire city will
probably be announced soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

and It Is expected to take up the
Federal amendment soon.
Several moves TO line up South
ern legislatures against the amend-
ment have been started. Appeals
have been sent but the passage Of
the measure by the Texas Lcglsla-
turc Is indicative Of the attitude Of
many practical politicians on the
matter, be they for or against the
amendment, that woman suffrage IS
inevitable. An anti-suffragist, who
Ia at the same time practical In his
politics, said this week /"Woman
suffrage cannot be prevented any
longer. so why should the few
states that have sentiment against II
not ratify and get 1t oveT3"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

A LMOST three years ago
~ the National Social
Unit Organization went
out of New York to carry on
an experiment in Cincinnati.
Now, convinced that the success
of its idea has been demon
strated, it has come back to
New York to open offices for
campaign of education for
the whole country.
The Social Unit started as
manuscript book prepared by
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur c. Phillips
several years ago. Before seek
ing the publication Of their
book Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips
called a number Of persons in
consultation on the matter. The
verdict was that the idea should
be tried out in real life, not
simply published as book.
With the backing of the
newly organized National Social
Unit Organization the expert
ment began in a section of Gin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Y. W. C. A. Opens
Clearing House
For Rooms
CO-OPERATIV E clearing

"A mouse OF rooms lOI SiIiS has
- been started by the Young
Women's Christian Association as
a contribution toward the solution
of the present housing situation. A
canvass Of all the rooms available
for rent in the city will be made,
followed by an investigation of the
neighborhood and family where the
room is for rent and the character
istics of the room itself. Through
the central clearing house the suit
able rooms will be available to all
branches of the Y. w. c. A. in
whatever part of the city they
may be.
Columbia University has already
asked the assistance Of the Y. W.
c. A. in placing $500 young wom-
en- who have come to New York to
attend the summer session.
Fitting the tenant to the room
is the slogan Of the new plan of
room registry. The enlarged plan
includes the investigation Of the
tenant, for the protection OF the
housekeeper who rents rooms, and
an attempt to bring together wcm-
en- who will prove congenial to each
other.
ut isn't enough to send room
seeker to any one Of long list of
places. even when those places have
been inspected and are known to be
clean and high grade" says Miss
Florence B. Potter, who will be at
the head of the room registry. "The
sense Of home depends upon some
thing besides respectable neighbors
and clean curtains. We hope to
establish personal acquaintance with
each housekeeper, visit her rooms,
talk over her needs with her, and
then send TO her just the women
who will best fit into her scheme Of
living.
although each of our city
branches has for years been listing
rooms in its neighborhood, we shall
now 90 a step further by forming
( this cooperative clearing house.
Each branch will be in instant COM
munication with every other branch
and with other city agencies for
housing women, and we shall be able
to direct applicants at once TO rooms
in any part Of the city.
eve are particularly anxious to
secure the right environment for
the young girl who may come TO the
city alone. We shall insist on some
sort Of parlor accommodations for
her and a reasonable amount Of
chaperonage, so that she may have
men call upon her under the right
conditions, and not have TO resort
to park benches.
This extended Room Registry Blu
reau Of the Y. W. c. A. will begin
at once an active cooperation with
similar agencies. Special plans will
be made TO meet emergencies.
Housekeepers having rooms for
rent are asked TO register them at
the branch nearest their homes.
They are requested to call in per-
son, make the acquaintance OF the
secretary in charge, and so help
establish such personal relationship
AZ will result In securing the most
congenisl tenants. The service Is
entirely free. The addresses Of the
branches are az follows:
Central Branch, $40 Lexington
Avenue, Mt Fifty-thlrd Street.
West Side Branch, col Ter Of Fif-
tlcth Street and Tenth Avenue.
Harlem Branch, 240 Lenox Ave
nue..
The Bronx Branch, 800 East
18th Street.
A special branch FOR colored
women IL maintained at l2l West
| i3zd Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Why Texas Voted
For and Against
Woman Suffrage
\ APPLICATION Of the woman
\ suffrage amendment shows a

~ APPLICATION Of the woman
n suffrage amendment shows a
gain of three states since the
map of last week was made. Texas,
in regular session, and Iowa and
Missouri in special sessions have
passed the Federal amendment.
The anomalous situation in Texas
remains unexplained. The women
of that state have had primary suf-
frage for some time. The United
States Senators from Texas were for
the Federal amendment throughout
the last few sessions of Congress.
In May a statewide referendum was
take or full suffrage to women. 1t
was defeated. Now, in less than six
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

ground IN the mill without 1air
trial. II Is only when her looks ano
manner are against her, as we'll rs
the testimony of the police officer,
that abstract justice is difficult to
attain. Girls who have admittedly
firted with strange men on the
street, have allowed them to talk to
them, and then turn sullen instead
Of penitent before the probation
officer may be technically innocent
Of a crime, and that is where the
fault Of the present system lies.
Against a dishonest policeman such
girls have practically no defence.
There is discussion in court circles
Of instructing the police officer who
arrests woman TO bring in the man
to whom she was talking, at least as
a witness, if not as an accessory. In
most Of the cases, as they come and
go before the judge, the man has
been told that if he wished to come
to court to testify he might do so,
but he never does. The woman tes-
titles the man spoke to her first, but
he is never there to deny this, or
confirm it, under oath. There is
only the word of the policeman, who
was half block away at the time.
And while some reform Of the
present system waits the mature de-
liberation of the judges, the squalid
procession of those who need no re-
form in the law comes and goes. For
their purposes the magistrate is al
ready more lenient than the average
citizen would imagine.
Bridget
Take the case Of Bridget, arrested
on a charge of drunkenness. When
she appears in court after a night
in jail her eyes are swollen with
weeping, but her black clothes are
tidy and her hair neat. She looks,
except for the red eyes, like any
middle-aged housewife.
81 find you have a good reputa-
ton in your neighborhood," says
the magistrate, land for this infor-
nation you, as well as the court, are
indebted entirely to the policeman
who arrested you. Of his own accord,
actuated solely by a desire to help
you and establish justice, he visited
your neighbors and made inquiries
about your character. He finds you
are all right except when you drink.
Now, | want you to leave this court
and 90 straight to your parish priest
and take the pledge. Will you do
that"
"Oh, yes, sir. Thank you, sir"
the woman weeps.
every WE'LL" the court answers,
81 believe you are sincerely sorry
for this disgrace you have brought
on yourself and your family, and
that you are woman enough not TO
repeat the offence. II you do, re-
member, you'll 90 to jail next time"
One after the other the girls APP
pear. some taller than others, some
a trifle thinner than others, ali young
and all dressed in good STYLE, more
or less hashly. and yet not more
Aashily than thousands of working
girls in these days of inexpensive
ready made dresses.
Here is one who is pretty, with
pale. frightened face, under a girl
ish hat.
you have come very near 70 dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

and purple from the stained
glass windows high above in the
tower, a stairway that is long
enough to be sombrely impressive
and elicits from 90 per cent of
those who tread its dim course a
whispered Gee, this is like going TO
church"-that is the entrance to tie
new Women's Court, scene Of the
most squalid and revolving trials in
the entire judicial programme of
New York.
Curiosity seekers and the "slum-
mers in indecency" who used to fire.
quent the court when its session,
took place at night, rounding out a
problem play at the theatre with
glimpse of the same problem in its
most hideous aspect, these have be
come a thing of the past at the
court, but the problems are the
same. Only the "dim religious
entrance" and the sunshine which
now floods the courtroom itself dur.
ing session time are different.
Publicity seekers would probably
have forgotten the court entirely in
a few more weeks and left the magis-
trates and the probation officers to
their dreary duties had not there
occurred within recent weeks cases
in which the system employed in the
court worked irreparable wrong to
innocent girls. Immediately the
ugly rumors sped through the city
again. One heard almost every day
of cases (never at first hand, of
course) in which self-respecting
women had been arrested through
the false energy Of police members
of the vice squad.
The question involved in all these
cases is the integrity of the police
officer.
l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Hopeful Scenes in the Woman's Court
Under Improved Conditions
Innocence Has Little Chance of Being Ground in the Mill
When the ALKnowing Miss Smith" and a
Paternal Judge Preside

grace" says the court, but Miss
Smith tells me that she believes
there is a great deal Of good In you.
and that you mean to earn an honest
living. You will be given q sus-
pended sentence and put on proba-
ton in her care"
please, your honor" the girl
asks, cant I stay in the chorus!"
"You can stay in any profession
that will earn you an honest living
the Judge answers. "Miss Smith will
advise you about that, and also about
getting you a room in q different
neighborhood, where you will be
away from bad companions. II you
obey Miss Smiths advice you can
not possibly do wrong"
Tears
Two girls are next. As they
emerge from behind the great iron
door to the Jail, their mothers and
fathers, sad faced, stern eyed, walk
from the rear of the courtroom and
stand with them before the judge.
The girls burst into tears. Then
again there is call for Miss Smith,
the repository Of all their tragic con-
fidences. Evidently she tells the
Judge there is reason to be merciful
even to this sullen little blonde in
the soiled pink frock and picture
hat.
1t is not yet too late for a scold-
ing in their cases. The Judge gives
it to them as follows:
"Now, girls, this is your first
offence. You have no previous
record, and see from the certificate
Of the Health Department that Your
medical examination shows up god.
"You have respectable parents
who are Woodworking people. There
is no need in the world why you
girls should 60 out and do this thing.
1t is going to lead you into a very
bad way. There is only one end to
this sort of thing.
There is still time for two young
girls like you to go back and lead
respectable, decent life and keep
away from communicating influences
Now, I mean that II is not gen.
eral statement. | mean what say.
| have young girls in my own family
and J speak just as ! feel.
"Your parents are naturally very
solicitous for your welfare. They
have come here and ] can see that
they are good, honest, respectable
folks. Now, do as they tell you.
Girls and boys in this city, 90
cosmopolitan and great, are liable IN
jump over the traces. They think
that old-fashioned folks, their par
ents, are oldtimers and that. being
simple folk. you know better. We'll
you don't. In their simple way they
understand better than you do. You
are inexperienced. Follow their
advice.
IL am going 10 put you on proba-
ton. That means no more than that
you communicate at some intervals
with Miss Smith, who Is the guiding
star Of all you girls, and il you do
as she tells you, you can't 20 wrong.
Probation, six months"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Innocence

Yet a visit to the Women's Court
reveals the fact that in the vast ma.
jority of the cases there is pitifully
little reason to doubt the word
of the officer, and guarantees that
by very contrast in demeanor and
looks an innocent girl would not be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

Sometimes, even when appear.
ances are against the defendant,
when she is old, and voiuble, angry
rather than frightened at this en-
counter with the Law. the court gives
her the benefit Of a probationary
period. On the other hand. here Is
young girl. well dressed. who holds
herself well and understands the
processes Of law. She answers sui
lenly that SIZE has nothing 20 -ay In
her own behalf.
You are . girl whom no reform
school could REFORM" the court nays
after conference with the all-know-
ing Miss Smith. II find that you have
broken your parole; that you hsve
maintained . defiant attitude; that
although you come from . rood
home and your father IL q respected
rabbi, you STOW no desire TO live q
decent life. workhouse, FIVE dayA"
After . day Of such episodes.
where there are 10 many confessions
Of guilt and pleas only for clemeney.
the visitor finds Il hard to believe
that there are many cases IN which
girls are injured by the procs~ss Of
tbs court. and yet II IL equally ap-
pannt that with their ignorance 81
the law. md their desire 10 svoid
publicity. theSs girls might be the
easy prey Of an INSCRIPTIONS police
officer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
By Emma Bugbee

4 WINDING stone stairway,
~ where the shadows are
I broken by patches Of rose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
A Maternity
Centre Cam
paign
Facts Show Dire
Need of Prenatal
Care

A CAMPAIGN for the ex-
~ tension Of its work is be-
n ing conducted by the Ma
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-09-03
AN AVIATOR OVER
AMERONGEN CASTLE

Amerongen, Holland, Sept 1 1By
the Associated Press .)-Much excite
ment was occasioned in Amerongen
at 11:30 o'clock today when an avia-
tor, passing above the Won Bentinick
castle suddenly looped the loop and
dove low, directly over the garden,
where the former German emperor
was engaged in his daily task of
saving wood.
Many of the villagers believed that
the one time Emperor was in danger
but the aviator merely descended ITO
abuot fifty feet above the garden
leaned overt the side of his plane and
waved a greeting to William Hohen-
zollern and then proceeded on his
journey
The aviator is presumed ito have
been Versteegh Hollander. The
former emperor is said to have been
greatly pleased over the airman's
greeting