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New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Education for
Children Who Work

The reconstruction programme
of the British government is so
farreaching," she declares, that ten
years ago most of us would have
called it socialistic, but people have
moved forward to meet it. Perhaps
there is nothing of more interest to
women than the new education bill,
which makes it compulsory for all
boys and girls between fourteen and
eighteen who are working to have
part time education. Employers are
forced to allow their juvenile work
ers between these ages to have at
least eight hours schooling a week.
Then there is the great housing
programme. Cottages are being put
up in all the cities and villages, and
an endeavor is being made to make
them things Of beauty as we'll as
usefulness. This, to my mind, is an
expression of the spirit of the Eng
lish people. They are determined to
bury the frightfulness of war and to
spread abroad as much cheer and
beauty as possible. Flats = the
equivalent of the American apart
ments-are being put up by the
municipalities. Even in the little
villages the housing question is
capably handled.
''The creation Of the Ministry of
Health is another forward step. 1t
is handling in the schools everything
from housing to dentistry and
has already taken drastic steps
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Republican Record
On Woman Suffrage

the women of the committee. More
than a year ago Will H. Hays,
chairman Of the Republican Ma
tlonal Committee, appointed the
Republican Women's National Ex-
ecutive Committee Thus, clearly
and definitely, was the advent of
women into politics recognized by
the Republicans. The women, more
over, take their places as "unts in
the party membership" with the
same rights Of authority, of formu-
lating policies, Of working, as those
accorded men.
Coordinating and cooperating
with the Republican National Com
mittee from the beginning in Great
ing an effective organization of
Republican women and men, the
Republican Women's National Ex-
ecutive Committee called a confer
ence of Republicans in May, 1919,
and for two days party problems,
state and local conditions and sug-
gestions for meeting them, and a
general plan of organization were
discussed. For facilitating discus
sion the states were placed in, three
groups: Suffrage, Presidential or
part suffrage and non-suffrage.
Delegates met with their own
group, discussed their problems and
changed their plan of organization
to meet the particular need of their
own state. Women's organizations
state, district, county and pre-
cinct-are being formed, not sep
arately, but in connection with the
mems committee, that, together,
all Republican men and women NAV
carry out the principles and ideals
Of the party.
"What the Republican party is:
The party of action-get in line.
The party of vision-let it express
yours. The party of justice-it
gave you the ballot. Vote its
ticket is the message to women
voters from Republican women.
One side of the document is a
political chart map of the United
States, showing the electoral vote
of each state, with its political and
suffrage status. The chart shows
that there is full or Presidential
suffrage in twenty Republican states,
with total Of PAP electoral votes, as
against seven Democratic states
having full Presidential suffrage,
with tifty-four electoral votes.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Iventy Million
Women Recruited
To Fight Food Prices

Wanted Twenty million wom-
en- to interview the butchers, bakers
and grocers of America and inquire
hto the high cost of foodstuffs" is
Z me call which the Women's Ma
sonal Economic Committee is send
ag across the country to the home
makers Of the nation from its head
quarters, % East Seventeenth
Street, New York.
Investigate the grocers, the
butchers and the bakers and you
Will likely find the real food
pfohteers, declared Mrs. Charles
o. Hirst, president of the Daily
rood Alliance, in sending out the
'ali to the women Of America to
set together ~ the high cost of
Wing problem.
BE exceedingly wary of legisla-
I'VE cure-alls, however specious
"ey may appear
housekeepers everywhere who
xek to lower food prices are urged
/" write to Miss Lillian A. Morse,
1ecutlve secretary Of the Women's
aatlonal Economic Committee, with
maces at 22 East Seventeenth
street, New York. Affiliation with
ae committee entails no expense,
MsFeiy the pledge to unite with the
,sner homemakers of the country
= optAlning food at right prices.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

where school children are con-
cerned.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Labor the Most
Interesting Question

But my chief interest lies in the
labor question, and let me say that
the strikes are not specifically more
serious in England than they are
anywhere else at present. No Bit
terness is felt toward the aristoc-
racy or even toward the employer,
but, rather, to the nouveau richie
and the profiteer. 1t is war to the
teeth against those two classes.
Labor is agitating for two things
over there: tD A share in con-
troll; (2) a fairer share in indus
trial profits.
Undoubtedly they will get both
through the operations of the Whit
ly committees, now being estab-
lished in every industrial centre,
and consisting Of representatives.
of the employers, of the foremen
and Of the actual workers. These
committees are much like medieval
guilds, but are quite the most mod
ern and radical thing in labor. The
war has certainly taught labor its
power. 1t has given an ocular
demonstration of the fact that with
out proper organization society
cannot exist for twenty four hours.
In Britain the Labor party is the
best antidote there is to Bolshe-
vism'
There is at present a slump in
effort, q relaxed feeling among the
women. They have worried and
worked 50 long, says Mrs. Hale
thai they are now suffering from
reaction and are going in for goi-,
tennis and other outdoor sports
more enthusiastically than ever.
Also, England has returned to it's
beloved little iced cakes with IFS
afternoon tea-a sure sign that il
is emerging cheerfully from its
darkest period.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
By ISHBEL ROSS

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New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Changes Necessary
In Home Life

Immediately after landing Mrs.
Hale went straight through to Bos-
ton, where her children are-those
babies who, away back in August,
1915, shocked the New Englanders
by running around in their birthday
suits. Their mother, we'll known
both as an actress, lecturer and au-
thoress, believes in extreme sim
plicity in dress, especially where
nineteen-mo old infants are con-
cerned-and that was about how
ancient the babies were when they
first got into print as sensation
mongers.
Mrs. Hale feels rather triumphant
that suffrage in England has net in-
Jerfered with home life, for away
back in 1914 she expressed her
self thus on the same subject:
"Feminism, if it is live thing, can
not mean the elimination of children
from women's lives; one can afford
to trust not only life but women for
that. The time has already cone
when women are achieving success
in their work and III The upbring 2
Of their children as well. But com
plete freedom, boti. to work and t.
bear children, involves almost IN
imaginable changes il social condi-
tions, III housing, nursing. educa-
ton, cooking, cleaning and in indus
try and the professions. 1t is the
biggest job of the feminist move
ment, and on its success or failure
the whole thing hangs"
She points out that those "un-
imaginable changes" forecast are
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Beatrice FOrbes-RObertsOn Hale
Comes From England With
Cheerful Views on Out
look for Feminism

already coming about in England as
a result of the war, and that home
life, community life, education and
Industry are being put on a new
basis.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
arm Life VS.. Prison
Tried i'm Two States
For Delinquents
Exhibit at Columbia Shows
Value of Classification
and Outdoor Instead of
Indoor Domestic Work

THE most improved treatment of
women delinquents is still in
the experimental stage, according to
Julia Jaffray, secretary of the Ma
tlonal Committee on Prisons and
Prison Reform. The committee held
an exhibit at Columbia University
last week under the auspices of the
Y. M. c. A. for the summer school.
1.-TWO notable pieces of work are
being done along the line of reform
in prison life of delinquent women,'
said Miss Jaffray. "Both are in the
experimental stage.
"The New Jersey State Home for
Girls, at Trenton, is being converted
into a clearing house for all de-
linquent women in the state There
they are examined and classified.
The feebleminded are separated from
the others. Outdoor life and
wholesome occupation are part of
the treatment of all. DR.. Mary
Harris is the superintendent.
1.-The second experiment is being
made in Connecticut A farm has
been established where one thou
sand adult delinquents can event.
ually be taken care of. There are
only forty women there now. The
work of the institution will be based
on classification of the women"
In discussing the 'work taught
women in the reformatories and
other penal institutions Miss Jaffray
said that she believed one of the
mistakes of the past had been that
too many of them were trained for
domestic service.
"The loneliness and isolation of
the domestic servants, except in rare
cases, where they are part of
large household, are what the de-
llnquent woman cannot stand. Many
cases that have come to our atten-
tiOn of women recommitted to in
stitutions have been those of women
who went into domestic service when
their terms were up. 1t is likely
that the old customs of teaching
women in institutions to cook and
sew will be discontinued IN time"
Industrial work is recommended
by Miss Jaffray. 1t is her theory
that the supplies for all state in
stitutions, such as stockings, under
wear and the like, ought tc be made
by the women in penal institutions.
The trade unions are cooperating
with the Committee on Prisons and
Prison Reform in putting released
prisoners to work who have learned
trade during their term in the
penal institutions. Mrs. Sarah Con-
boy, international secretary treasur-
er of the Textile Workers Union,
will 20 to Trenton this week with
Miss Jaffray to work on plans for
finding employment for girls out of
the reformatories who have learned
the work of the textile trade.
The exhibit at Columbia includes a
large collection of data on women
and girl delinquents. Classification
of the offenders divides them into six
classes-the mentally defective, de-
| generates, young offenders, diseased
persons, inebriates and drug users.
Statistics show that the farm life
has improved many of the delin-
quent women. The kind of farm
work reported to be done best checks
up with the reports on work of the
perfectly normal women of the Land
Army. Truck gardening, light work,
orchard work, the handling Of fruit
and vegetables, are the farm work
for which women are preferred.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
,emocrats Claim That
Vomen's Interests We're
Sacrificed Last Winter at
Albany by G. o. P.
Var Nurse Against Sweet
Republicans Say That Bills
/. Did Not Represent Work
ing Women's Wishes
Albany, n. Y,
Special Correspondefcs

Special Correspondence
TyTIMATIONS have already made
themselves felt in the upstate
centres that one of the chief weap-
ous of a Democratic candidate will
be the so-called detection of the
| Republicans in connection with the
yomens ''welfare' measures in
he last Assembly. Miss Marion
Dckerman, who will oppose Speaker
Thaddeus c. Sweet in Oswego
County for the Assembly designa-
ton, expects the support of the
women of her county on the grounds
that Speaker Sweet locked the min
mum wage, eight-hour day and
health insurance bills in the Rules
Committee. Her supporters say
that little legislation of value to
women was put through last year
because of the opposition of the
Assembly Rules Committee.
Republican women are preparing
their own counter to these charges.
They point to tifty-six bills passed
in 1919, at least fifty of which are
actually womens bills, while the
others affect women so closely that
they may be classed with them.
At the recent Syracuse Repub-
lican conference Assemblyman
George Fearon, of Syracuse, one of
the well known members of the
lower House, explained the burial
of the "welfare' measures.
1T was not a partisan act said
Mr.. Fearon. Both Republicans
and Democrats would be glad to
see womens protective measures
receive the attention of the legis-
lature.
But until women come to the
legislature united, until they know
What they want, nc reasonable body
Of lawmakers can act. Last year it
was the reformers who made de-
nands, not the large body of work
ng women. When the workers
NOW what they want they will
peak for themselves
The Republican organizations of
women which have been completed
throughout the state are expected to
become d certain outlet for de-
nands of women. The party con-
ferences have been attended by the
county chairmen, state committee
uen, congressman, Senators, AS
Nmblymen and party leaders gen
erally, both men and women. No
reference has been made to the
candidacy of any Republican for
national or state honor, although
organization of men and women for
the 1920 Presidential election has
been discussed. At the Saratoga
conference. which took in the coun-
ties of Washington, Warren, Mont
gOmery, Saratoga and Rensselaer,,
Mr.. Glynn made this characterize
uon of women in politics:
THE political ability, information
and energy of the women has
amazed oldtime leaders ands con-
yerted many of them to the COM
plete recognition of women in party
affairs"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

collecting data for lecture tour in
the United States Her season be-
gins in October, and she will speak
ON Reconstruction in England and
America" "The English Labor
Party" Drama Since the War" and
"The Women of the Future" Next
spring she may lecture in England
on conditions in America.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-07-11

menance, of rivals, as watchful ene- mics. There were persons amongst us at home who looked with deep dis approval and averred anxiety on sach extensions of our national authority over distant islands and over peoples whom they feared We might exploit not serve and assist. But We have not exploited them. We have been friends and have sought to serve them, and our dominion has been d menace to no other nation. We re- deemed our honor to the utmost in our dealings with Cuba. She is weak but absolutely free; and 1t is her trust in us that makes her free. Weak peoples evedywhere stand ready to give us any authority among them that will assure them a like friendly oversight and direction. They know that there is no ground for fear in receiving Us as their mentors and guides. Our , isolation was ended twenty years ago; and now fear of us is ended also our counsel and assistance sought after and desired. There can be ne question of our ceasing to be a world power. The only question is whether we can refuse the moral leadership that is offered us, whether We shall accept or reject the confidence of the world
 Cannot Refuse World Leadership
 "The war and the conference of peace now setting in Paris seems tc me to have answered that question
 Our participation in the war estab- ] lished our position among the nations
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-07-11

as in all others without prejudice. We were generously accepted as the un- affected champions of what was right. It was a very resposible role to play; but l am happy to report that the fine ground of Americans who helped with their expert advices in each part of the varied settlements sought in every transaction to justify the high confidence reposed in them.
 And that confidence, it seems to me, in the measure of our opportunity and of our duty in the days to come in which the new hope of the peoples of the world is to be fulfilled or dis appointed. The fact that America is the friend of the nations whether they be rivals or associates, is nc new fact. It is only the discovery of 1t by the rest of the world that is new.
 We Reach Majority as World Power
 America may be said to have just reached her majority as a world pow CT. It was almost exactly tweny-ont year ago that the results of the wal with Spain put us unexpectedly il possession of rich islands on the other side of the world and brought us into association with other governments il control of the West Indies. It was reoarded as a sinister and ominous thing by the statesmen of more thar one European chancellory that we should have extended our power be- yond the confines of our continental dominions. They were accustomed tc think of new neighbors as new
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-07-11
application on another occasion.
 Americas Part Decreed.


 "The role which America was to play in the conference seemed deter mined, as l have said, before my col leagues and l got to Paris-deter- mined by the universal expectations of the nations whose representatives. drawn from all quarters of the globe. we were to deal with. It was univer- sally recognized that America had entered the war to promote no private or peculiar interest of her own. but only as the champion of rights which she was glad to share with free men and lovers of justice everywhere. We had formulated the principles upon which the settlement vas to be made The principle upon which the Armistice had been agreed to and the parleys of peace undertaken-and no one doubted that our desire was to see he treaty of peace formulated along the actual lines of those principles and desired nothing else. We were welcomed as disinterested friends. We were resorted as arbiters in many a difficult matter. It was recognized that our material aid would be indi- spensable in the days to come, when industry and credit would have to be brought back to their normal opera tion again and communities beaten to the ground assisted to their feet once more, and it was taken for granted, l am pround to say, that we would play the helpful friend in these things
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-07-11

and nothing but our own mistaken
 action can alter 1t. It was not an ac- cidcnt or matter of sudden choice that We are no longer isolated and
 devoted to policy which has only our
 own interests and advantages for
 Its object l. was our duty to go in, liberty and of right. We answered 10
 the call of duty in a way so spirited,
 SO utterly without thought of what we spent of blood or treasure, so effec-
 i've, so worthy of the admiration of true men everywhere, so wrought out
 of the stuff of all that was heroic.
 that the whole world saw at last, in
 the flesh, in noble action, a great ideal
 asserted and vindicated, by a nation
 they had deemed material and now found to be compact of the spiritual
 forces that must free men of every nation from every unworthy bondage. 1t is thus that a new role and a new responsibility have come to this great nation that we honor and which we would all wish to lift to yet higher 1 levels of service and achievement.
 The stage Is set, the destiny dis closed. It has come about by no plan of our coneeiving, but by the hand of God who led us into this way. We cannot turn back. We can only go forward, with lifted eyes and fresh | ened spirit, to follow the vision. It
 was of this that we dreamed at our
 birth. America shall in truth show
 the way. The light streams upon
 the path ahead and nowhere else"
The Washington herald., 1919-07-29

for entertainment without taxing the
cray matter. Martha Hamiiton's
company. headed by herself. made the
laughter ring with The InstaIlms 1t
Collector" the SAD experience Of a
young matron who fooled her hus-
band and played away his money In
cards. Peyton. Howard and Lzzette
open with their 'Jassbonian" potpourri
of nonsense that includes songs un-
sung. music not played and acrobatics,
all constructed for laughter. Harry
Anger and Nettie Packer and Bert
and Estelle Gordon have acts much
alike In which Yiddish comedy blends
with well sung songs. while Fields
and Wells round out the bill with a
new kind of nut nonsense. William,
s. Harris picture. Square, Deal Sand
erson" is a strong card at the matt
'nees and the Mack Sennett comedy.
'.Trying'to Get Along" and the Pathe
News complete the bill.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-29
Senators to Consider
Repeal of Luxury Taxes

A meeting of the Senate Finance
Committee to consider repeal OF lux
ury taxes and possible changes in
the tariff laws was announced to-
day by Senator Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania. chairman OF the committee.
The meeting will be held Wednes-
day
Prior to the meeting. Senator
Penrose intends to discuss the gen
eral situation with regard to finan-
cial legislation with Representatives
Fordney. of Michigan, chairman OF
the Ways and Means Committee OF
the House
Senator Penrose said that he
agreed entirely with Secretary OF
the Treasury Glass that the utmost
economy will have to be prscticed
il the revenues now in sight for
the current fiscal year are to be
adequate to meet all expenditures
The Washington herald., 1919-07-29

horts. forces a return to order and
the law of the U. 8. A, might be
cast to better advantage in some
other play. but We shall not carp;
there's nothing particularly wrong
with his work. only he compares
unfavorably with Dewitt Jennings
in the principal role of the Bolshc-
vik leader. Jennings gives a splen-
did sure portrayed of a part that
might go to pieces in his hands.
He looks the part, he acts like a
man with an overweening ambition
and he carries a strong note Of con-
viction. Miriam Battista, as his
daughter, is one of the best child
actresses seen about here in many
moons, and little Miss Frances
Grayson is as sweet and appealing
and true as anyone could ask for
in an ingenue. The cast Is too long
for detailed mention, but the play
ers who appear-all to fine adVan-
tage-are Matte Ferguson, Flora
Mcdonald 1--WE forgot to say that
Doraldina, the dancer, showed that
she can act a tough part as well as
dance). Louis Lytton, Austin Webb
arcel Rousseau, John Saunders. Will
lis Evans. Ethel Jennings, George
Mech. Billy Wells, Cassius Quimby
X. Blanche, Hank Bowie and some
singers and dancers.
Mr.. Dixon has scored. II Wash
ington is the Judge.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-29
Committee Reports
Nominations Favorabb

Favorable reports were ordered yes
terday by the Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee on the following nominations:
Robert n. Miller. Louisville, Ky. to
be solicitor OF internal revenue; ].
Parks Worley, Bluff City, Tenn, to
be United States marshal. eastern
district Of Tennessee.
President Wilson yesterday sent the
following nominations to the Senate
To be collectors of internal revenue:
Louis Williams. Pocatello. Idaho. a
new ONCE; William l. Elder, Indi-
annapolis: George L. Donald, Jackson,
Miss, a new once.
]. J. Banks to be district court
judge in Hawaii
Ransford S. Miller to be a consul
general, class four.
Miller is now head OF the division
of Far Eastern affairs OF the State
Department.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-29
Kcith's-Vaudcytllc.

One Of those typical summer shows
full of good singing, comedy and
dancing OF the kind that pleases-is
on tap at Keith's this week.
Top-line honors go to Wilbur Mack
Joe Toney and the Mosconi Brothers,
The former is one Of vaudeville's best
light comedians and has a company
O fthree to assist in a laughable Of
fering. "A Pair of Tickets" showing
the art of real Irritation.
How those Mosconi Brothers can
cram SO much activity in the way of
dancing into ten minutes is mys-
terry to all who were out front last
night They well deserved the hon
ors accorded.
Joe Toney is in a class by himself
as a clown.
A tabloid grand opera was given by