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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-16

Gay, Teachers will probably look after
Rev, J.. A. Mitchell wifi assist Prln-
cipal Fuller with his class OF young
ministers, beginning today.
The Central Civic committee has di.
yided the city into convenient districts
for the pushing Of their financial cam
psign, The results from the canvass
gratifying. Employees here 60 operated
most heartily In the execution of the
plans and ultimate success Is In sight
A terrible wav OF crime Is sweepinE
the country. Law-abiding elements
should get their heads together with
the hope Of changing the situation.
Teachers In vi public schools will
appreciate the Increase IN their salaries,
They are worth that and more,
The Rev. r. b. Roberts, pastor Of thu
Salem Baptist church. has Just raised
$1,000 In a church rally for building
purposes, The effort lasted lust one
week. Good pastor--strong church.
Hermit doctors who refuse to ally
themselves with the bright lights Of
their profession, have no claim on the
patronage OF the public, In these Eeri-
| Gus times. the physician needs all the
help available, Medical journals, lee.
| lures and clinics should offer superior
attractions for them.
AZ usual, the Williams Singers de-
| lighted the splendid audience that
| greeted them at Avery chapel. They
are high class musical artists and de-
servo the esteem In which they are
held by the musie-loving public,
-
The organization OF a negro board
Of trade Is one Of the new activities
| for Memphis, Leading business men
are behind the movement.
What you say when you are angry
Is a better test OF your religion than
what you say when you are happy,
The women's City union win hold
an educational drive meeting at Howe,
April Is. The workers from several
churches and associations will be pres
ent.
Persons being educated and trained
for confidential positions should be CIV
en- the highest ideals possible. They
should be sensitive to honor and verac-
lty. Anything that tends to blunt their
moral sensibilities should be avoided.
-
Easter will be fittingly observed at
ali OF the churches, but rigid economy
should be praoticed everywhere.
-
Prof. J. NJ. Horn has resigned az
a teacher In Woodstock training school
There will he a summer school for
teachers at Howe institute beginning
ina early part OF June. A strong fac
ulty has been engaged and new fea-
lures will be added.
AZ q meeting OF Baptist women held
AZ pAale avenue church, Tuesday. plans
were made 10 assist In the Howe cam
pniEn, An excellent program was pre-
Vented. Numbers were given by Oil
field, Tabernacle, E~benezer, First
BAPTIST, Mount Morlah, st. John, Metro
polltan and several others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
From Office to Homework

CHE couldn't have the stockings
and eat at the cafeteria too.
~ That much grew more and more
certain to Ruth West as she added
columns of figures on the back of
'e old envelope lying on the shabby
k table Of her hall 5edl DOM.
Ruth was a bookkeeper, and she
new that figures in a budget had
} tally. She was earning eighteen
liars a week. Tonight she made
} her mind that she couldn't strug-
any longer with an effort to keep
y her appearance in the Office, to
ay for her room and board and the
her things which seemed neces-
ry. She would go down to the
ederal employment office the very
xt day and register for a position
household worker. She had spent
any years in her mothers home,
aid to her, until death broke up
he home. Later she had taken a
BUSINESS course and specialized in
okkeeping
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
A Real Place,
Mot q Dream

Thus the Walter Browns are
initiated into the activities and
gaietles Of life in Jackson Heights.
jackson Heights is an ideal COM
munity, there is no question about
it. Ideal not only in it's housing ar
engagements, its social activities and
It's fine out-of- door life, but ideal also
in its community spirit, in the fine
sympathy and col-fellowship that
parvades its atmosphere I think
we may safely attribute this to the
nan who in large measure is re-
sponsible for the plan and develop
ment of the settlement, Mr.. Fred G..
Randall, Of the Quecnsboro Corpo
ration. To Mr. Randali's clear vision
and guiding hand is due q very great
deal of the spirit Of Jackson Heights.
Jackson Heights is not a phlan
thropic scheme in any sense of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
BY FRANCES DUNCAN MANNING

was that Of the adjustment period
the time she would be trying to ge
back into domestic habits from her
business hours and the human CON
FACTS of the daily office, with its new
faces and new interests But the
haunting fear of not making the
ledger Of her daily life balance
plodded her toward determination
TO make the experiment.
This is true story about q real
girl. 1t is so unlike the usual
employment stories anent the exist
ing shortage of domestic labor that
the Federal employment Office to
which she applied for a household
workers job reported it to Wash
ington. Upon registering, r. III was
given the name of one Of the ny rer-
Gus employers anxiously awaiting a
maid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
When the Curtains
Are Hung You Call

Browns friend and his wife were
very helpful during the process of
the moving, but the other residents
kept discreetly away until the even
ing of the day that the living room
curtains were hung in place. This.
it appears, is always taken as a sign
by the residents Of the community
that The new arrivals are ready to
receive calls. So shortly after din
ner there was a ring at the door
and Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick came
IN. They were a young couple,
beaming with good humor, and they
announced themselves as consti-
tuting the WELCOME committee" for
the block They had come to "size
up the newcomers, to find out the
pursuits in which they were inter-
ested aud to put them in touch with
the other residents whose interests
were the same.
1t appears that Brown was very
fond of golf---in fact he had been
one of the founders of the Rankin
Country Club-but since he had lived
in New York he had had no oppor-
tunity to indulge in this sport.
"No excuse Cor not playing here"
said Mr.. Chadwick, with nine
hole course-and a good, sporty one
Il is, too---right at your door See
that little wooden building over yon-
der? That's the little clubhouse. Che
Home Tee we call it. In The sum-
mer time always make at least one
round before dinner"
My wife used to be champion
tennis player" said Grown, "hut she
hasn't played game since we left
Rankin
"Ilenty of good courts just over
the way and always some orc ready
to play with you replied Mr.. Chad
wick. Dues may be triile steep,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

word. 1t was not designed for homes
for the poor (any more than for
homes for the rich) it is com
munity Of homes for the great
middle class (the upper middle
Glass;" it would be called in Eng
land), for men who are successful
and prosperous in professional or
commercial lines, who, like the Wal
ter Browns, are not contented with
living the isolated lives of the
jewellers in the vast barracks of the
northern part Of the city, but who
desire the pleasant neighborhood
life OF a small, congenial community
combined with all the comforts of a
steam-heated city fiat. There are
no single. dwelling houses In Jack
son ileights--it is community of
apartment houses.
Six hundred and fifty families are
already enjoying the privileges of
life at Jackson Heights, and as soon
as the buildings which are nearing
completion are ready for occuparcy
there will be an even thousand,
which, including the children and
servants, makes population of
fully five thousand people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
The Casino Has
A Change Of Heart

When the Jackson Heights set
tlement was laid out five or six wears
ago one Of the detriments to the
neighborhood was n old wooden
casino which stood in a picnic groya
on a knoll near the jackson Avenue
entrance to the property. This was
rented for all sorts Of uproarious
celebrations and was decided draw
back in every sense Of the word. The
Greensboro Corporation, however.
succeeded at last in buying the prop
erty. and it now forms one of the
most attractive features of the set
tlement. The old building has been
put in repair and Is the scene of all
sorts of festivities, from tn monthly
meetings of the Junior Dancing
Club to the annual County Fair.
Yes. County Fair. for JAG son
Heights is proud of It's gardens and
great is the competition among the
amateur farmers no o anon he
Deets and cabbages. There are also
good bowling alleys at the Casino.
which are very popular in the lone
winter evenings.
jackson Heights has Its own pub
nc library, its elementary school and
its own newspaper. The Jackson
Heights News wideawase little
sheet, published once a fortnight.
All in all, Jackson Heights is Just
about the finest example of what the
commuritv dea may ACCOMPLISH tat
one could find in Sabbath Days
journey.
Recently plan has been evolved
for the collective ownersh.p Of its
apartment houses, which has met
with the greatest enthusiasm by
hose Of the residents who are de-
'irous of owning their own homes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
"hen feoe leu That
Especially Around Ne,U YORK, Won't the Ans.upr
HA Has Worked-Go to Jackson Heights and See"

edged with brand new lawns
flanked by scrubby evergreen trees
in brand new stone pots.
Every one of the five rooms which
comprised their new home had out.
side light and air-not air from q
narrow city area-well, but real,
sure 'nough air from the great out
ofdoors. There was covered
porch or sun parlor on the corner
opening from the living room, from
which one had sweeping view of
the entire settlement, with it's
stretches Of green fields, it's chill
drens Fairgrounds, its tennis courts,
golf course, its rows Of stately
Gothic buildings, and over in the
distance its acres Of community
gardens.
At the back of the house a wide.
open space of green lawns, edged
with tiny privet keNges and dotted
with shrubs, rar Che entire length
of the block Of houses. Comfort
able porch chairs and straw cush
ions stood or lay about where on
warm summer afternoons the womer
Of the block sat and sewed or knitted
as they watched The antics of those
Of their offsprinc who were too small
to play with the older children in
the community playground.
Beyond this stretch of green was
a row of one-story buildings of the
same character architecturally as
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city blocks, and it is estimated that
when it is completely built up it will
shelter at least 10000 people,
which is a rather good sized town.
And it is already town. 1t has
its Community Council, which is
practically the Board Of Selectmen,
which meets every month to take up
all matters of community interest,
and twice year an open town
meeting is held 1t has its own row
Of little shops, soon to be replaced
by a grand cooperative market,
where the housewife may do all her
shopping under one roof and the
second story Of which will be given
over to Offices for the village doctor
and dentist and hairdresser and
so on.
1t has its own church, a little
frame building loaned by the
Greensboro Corporation, but which
will be replaced by a stone edihce
for which the Methodist Episcopal
Church has already appropriated
$50. 900. 1t would seem that the COM
munity spirit Of Jackson Heights
was put to the supreme test in the
matter of the establishment of this
church. A meetlD, was called Of
those who were interested in having
4 Protestant church in the commu-
nifty and nine denominations were
represented by the people who at
tended. The size Of the settlement
lid not warrant more than one
church and so it was necessary to
select one denomination. The ques-
ton was put to vote and the Metho-
dist Episcopal had it. A pastor was
sent by the officials of the church
and Sunday school was opened
Eplscopalians, Baptists, Methodists,
Congregatonalists and Unitar.ans
now worship side by side, using the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

pened along at the psychological
moment and bought tube, only
to fndHupon testing, that it ate q
hole in the material. So my table
cloth stayed rusty until l had tn~
to buy q humble lemon.
In the spring the piano salesme
are as thick as the mosquitoes. 3
fore | had piano they would era
over my shoulder, remarking, 81 Sc.
you haven't a piano" Now it
Don't you want to change you
piano for player?" Do they real
suppose | would consult, regardn
an expenditure Of several hundr,
dollars, with a man at the door
1t seems to me that this ped
ding business is just preying on tho
weakness of human nature, COZ
vincing a woman by sudden o,
slaught and fluent argument thu
she wants something when sh
really doesn't.
could forgive them If the,
didn't all climb over my hedge
which has taken some years to grow
to respectable size. Of course, il
saves them step or two, but they
cause me plenty Of extra ones, and
besides, | didn't invite them.
Helen l. Bay.
A ~Iirr<ou NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

but guess you can stand it-25
cents month"
DO you dance?" asks the lady
"welcomer," and on the Browns an
swering in tie affirmative she ex
plains that the Casino, the old red
wooden building which one sees away
OF yonder in a grove of trees, is
open on several evenings in the week
TOR that sort of entertainment
There are also bridge clubs, dra-
matte society called "The Players"
a woman's literary club called "The
Delphians," and other smaller clubs
and societies to suit all sorts of
tastes.
"Wc're all pretty busy in the
morning and evering just now"
vouchsafes the male member of the
welcome committee, "panting our
gardens. Ever do any gardening?"
"Not since l was boy" replied
Brown
Nothing like it," replies the
other; Eve raise all the vegetables
that we eat and Bess cans a lot
beside. The company gives each mar
a plot, provides hand watering cart
and we do the rest We had gardens
here on the Heights before war
gardens were ever thought Of"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
Young Cld-Folks
IN England

~ THE English, the Scotch
and the Welsh live longer
than we dc? And if so. whv
so?-one can wonder without draw
ing conclusions.
During the war THE London
Times" either Willingly or unwit-
tingly, published innumerable items
about the very old men and women
ia the British Empire who were dv-
ing off. Their great age. their
longevity, formed melancholy con-
trast to the slaughter Of youth then
going on in Europe. During one
SIX month in 1913, 3l2 persons over
100 years old dice in the British
isles, buc Inc figures Of young men
who fell during that time before the
guns Of the enemy and who died
with influenza mounted toward a
million. Not one Of the old, be it
said in passing, died from "hu."
Mrs. Downing Cardiff, of Liver
pool, was 102 years old. One Sun
day she drove to church with her
Oldest child, a daughter of eighty,
and on Monday morning she finished
knitting a sock for a great great
grandchild ct the front and died
quietly in her chair.
John Doolan, aged 1O4> belonged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
The Housekeeper
''Con,es Back"
0 the Editor Of The Tribune In

20 The Editor Of The Tribune H.
stitute.
l have read with interest the
affalsnment Of the average house
"eepers reception of the salesman
=. the door in Sundays Institute
august 81 1t seems to me there
rather more to be said for the
housewife than for the salesman.
IN an isolated country district I
~" readily rec the value Of wan
uering deps 'tment store, so to
speak. But . live in a suburban
,u~h' near New York and Newark.
WI such shopping facilities one
"0u'o not look for statesmen" in
Vulnerable. Yet / have hustled out
VI the bathtub to refuse a seller of
10user hangers; my attic cleaning
100 oeen interrupted by a canvass
~ " a birth control magazine;
I've caught cold standing in the
-, '"ay trying to get rid OF youth
Wv wanted me to vote for him to
ssv college scholarship. being a
,"ese woman, l decided to help
e." out~-at so cents the "vote. 3"
y. 'nls received a mise rable little
1sAz'ne that should be barred
go. the mails because of the ad-
easements ~ it carries. One wash
seller Of rust remover hap
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

what this business girl will do in
Ler domestic service JOB to apply
the principles she has learned in
ner bookkeeping.
Women who have charge of the
household affairs Of a family have
SO often been accused Of not manag-
ing these details in businesslike
manner. Here is case which has
every chance to be different. The
girl may keep her accounts in the
most approved business college
fashion, End conduct her kitchen
and housework with the same regu-
larity and system that she did her
posting and billing downtown.
The question of the changed So
cial environment is equally inter
esting. A girl with the intelligence
and ingenuity that Ruth displayed
IN meeting he fact that i. was more
comfortable and sensible for her to
change her work promises to meet
the new issues Of her. domestic ser
vice with these same qua tiles. 1t
remains to be seen how Ruth and
her new employer solve their prob
lens, but it is one of the cases which
the Federal Employment Service is
counting on to illuminate the gen
eral question of meeting the domes-
tic VIC GERS shortage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

10 large family of sheephcrders in
koscommon. One night he drove in
ms herd feeling I'm his usual state
OF health" but next morning he
could not get up to eat his 5 o'clock
breakfast. He had died in tina
night.
David Leslie was the Oldest free
man IN the city Of London when he
died at Christmas time at the age Of
10I.
Mrs. Amelia Spicer, a relative Of
the poet Keats, was 1O4 when she
died. She read without glasses. hnt
Ike her sisters long ago, she did not
approve of Keats and read no line
of him.
Mrs. Peter Gilchrist, Of Helens.
burgh, was 1903; while Miss Mar
garet Rodger Pittenween. of Dunn
hartonshire, the Firth Of Forth. wa.
only l0l, as was Miss Frances Seal
~ Of London, when they died sud-
denly and unexpectedly one day. All
three OF these good ladies "waIked
without canes and read the news
paper daily" Mrs. Gilchrist per-
formed light household tasks on tn.
day before she passed away
JANE GRAY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
at Is Home Without Golf Course?-By Elene Foster
troubles to fellow worker at the

troubles to q fellow worker at the
office.
"How do you stand IL, year in and
year OUT" he asked, mot knowing
anybody and having nowhere to 20
i'll the evenings except to the
movies?''
His friend smiled patronizinely.
II don't have to. live in a commu.
nifty settlement on Long Island
Ever hear of one?"
"Think | have" said Brown. Owe
read magazine articles about them.
But what are you doing in one of
those places? You earn a good sal
airy. and these community settle
ments are for the poor working
classes, aren't they?"
You're all wrong, my boy" said
his friend. "Just listen to me-"
and he proceeded to expatiate on
the ideal life led by the dweller
in his particular community, with
the result that before Brown went
home that evening he had seen his
name placed on the waiting list of
the wouldbe tenants of the commu
nifty of which his friend was men,
bor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
Home Is Where
The Golf Course Is

The Walter Browns are supremelv
happy Brown looks as if he had
spent the summer in the Maine
woods. He is muscular and sun
burned from gardening and golf.
He leaves The elevated train tJacnson
Heights, by the by. is only twenty
minutes from the Grand Central Sta
tom ana goes home by circuitous
path which leads past the community
garden. where he pauses at his own
little plot to pull up a few bce-s and
pick half dozen ears Of corn. To
these he adds nosegav of deem
orange marigolds for the centre of
the table and z bunch Of tall dah,ias
Tor the vase on the piano. On his
way to the house he passes one Of
The community tennis courts. where
figure in white skirt and rose
colored sweater waves racuuet in
greeting. 1t is Mrs. Brown. ruddy
as an apple and as slim as young
girl. Brown exhibits his vegetables.
Put them on the kitchen table"
she calls, and get ready for your
golf You've just time for your nine
holes before dinner. We're dining
out to-night-a progressive dinner
beginning with oysters at Mrs. Bells
and ending with coffee with us and
bridge afterward Hurry up"
Needless to say that Walter Brown
has long since ceased TO SIGH for the
bark Of the Jones dog.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
A Business
Approach

Her next procedure was probably
inspired by her business equipment,
for she did an unusual thing. Call
ing over the telephone, she an
nounced herself as a Mrs. So-and-
So, and said that she was leaving
town and had good maid whom she
wished to place She explained tha-
the Federal emplo. ,ment Office ha,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
The Brand New
Community Settlement

And SO in due course Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown became tenants in a
brand new apartment house which
stood at the end Of row Of other
brand new apartment houses, on
street with brand new macadam.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

old Ter Of the existing vacancy
\ that particular household. Ruth
afterward explained that her OBJ
Get in calling was to make her zap
proach." as the statesmen call their
irst visit to q prospective client. as
dlgriiied as possible and to learn
over the telephone everything she
could about conditions surrounding
the new JOB. She realized that the
energy to be spent in locating
desirable place would be greatly
lessened through making prelmi-
nary inquiries rather than waiting
to visit each employer.
The prospective Employer out
ined the hours and nature of the
work, and said she wol Id pay fifteen
dollars a week This meant almost
hat much clear to Ruth. since she
would get her room and board as a
part of the bargain, and the upkeep
on appearance would be so much less
than in the Office The position held
its chief alurement for the girl in
the high weekly wage paid Her
parting words to the Federal en-
ployment office were: Just watch
me get that job"-and she did.
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the houses. These were the garages
Tor the tenants who possessed motor
cars.
And all this was theirs for less
than the rent of that tiny, dingy
apartment in New York CITY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
A Clerk
Appreciates Free Meals

Her business training and ex-
perience -,ade her appreciate what
it would mean to have her room and
toard Clear" if she should 20 into
the domestic factory. The obstacle
which doomed largest on the horizon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
A Town of 10000
Happy Souls

The plot Of land owned by the
Greensboro Corporation is one and
a quarter miles long by one mile
wide, or the area of one hundred