Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-03
'BUIlD|NC many HOUSES
Il
IN CARING FOR ENGLISH
Problem Proves Serious Que for
People OF Great Britain
{ in Future.
LIVING CONDITIONS
Campaigncrs Find That
3 Many Women Arc Not Interested
in Voting, and Various Issues
! Provo Dull for Them.
BY III. r. CUMMINGS.

shetr districts during the December
General election campaign. Parlia.
that the issues Of the election were
syot generally clear in the minds of a
rheS majority OF the women voters,
limo in their lives.
AS matter of fact, cnfranchiscment
pas come late to many and they pre-
from their men folk Not a Few openly
nee,inEs dull and. in deed; il IS moi
hale 1aior 'A With G her. hours ssS full of Of
work; a purse never full of money ana
8ss b lii, life bounded by tho dinsy streets
sionai or world:wide import fcI! nat
9sainst those directly affecting her
ifWn existence
ParIymcnt to The likes Of me- said
enc woman TO pressing candidate:
Az b.o,w Won ssiIoP the water comm
y, Votes: I've more 70 think about
/, than votes, with milk at Ard. 4 pint.
sana chalk and water at that"
IA This practical turn OF mind WAS not
thaphaIard logic, which is often the
power or a woman,s tongue, more than
i9ne OF these newly-enlrsnchised eii::
| governments and their systems, the
,Snth OF which none but .hc wiiful!y
Sogis asny And ir9m the reports
tThe country any suggestion for the
Improvement of housing conditions and
the removal Q: slums found tho women
Instantly unanimous in It's favor. 1t
was a subject that, for obvious reasons,
Appealed TO them and their expressed
.9pinion was, "a rule. much more en-
'phatic than that OF the men. The latter
Ereferred, the. discussion of the biz
things, the impersonal affairs that
politicians have always delighted in.
DISTINCT REBUFF FROM
r. IN,
At ono meeting. however. they re-
iGrived distinct rebur from their
sisters ot%the franchise. The story is
,teld by Miss Mary Macarthur, one OF
election. The talk had fallen on the
question of housing scheme, and .
man in the audience. evidently feeling
~ a subject o. lesser Importance, re-
marked with some impatienco that
Water taps amt politics" Where
that of his wife predominant. nc was
effectualy silcnced and constantly re-
minded that as far as they cine
Women) were concerned Water laps
There is no doubt either tina, in the
Lear years OF reconstruction the prob
10 consider. Already the necessity Tor
Improvement in the conditions OF iiv-
Them in the crowded ccnters OF manil-
tacturc and trade. has been urged.
In view OF the. trem cndous sacrifices
which the poor. no less than the rich.
cave made on the battlellclds it would
nc nothing short of disgrace 20 the
country. which used these men in its
hour OF need, il il should allow them
on their return TO live in a slum.
Sums have no part in renegerated
nation from the, great cities is a vast
housng is beset with difficulties par
ticuiarly Keen at the moment. The
.ast four years has been 10 conSregatc
round the industrial centcrs. with The
result that certain districts have been
uneomfortahly and unhealthy over
crowded. AZ the same time, tho power
OF accommodation has not developed
10 the unavoidable shortage OF mate
rial which has prevented the erection
Q: new houses: Il IS only tho release
81 !arSe quantities OF building natcria,
degree remedy the grave lack and this
the authorities In London az least arc
doing their best 10 obtain.
SCHEMES ARE PLANNED
By HOUSING COUNCIL
Great schemes are In preparation in
connection with the National Housing
and Town Planning Council An cffor:
Is 10 be made to purchase huge quaint
ties of timber AT homo or abroa d.
which shall be sold AT Il fixed price to
timber merchants. builders or local
an.hori,ies. This -%iII ipsulc a, fsrcr
few private indiViduals 20 buy iuat so
much as their wealth could afford,
leaving others with less money one or
Two alternatives 10 obtain the
Ministry os supply is considering inc