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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

toed shoes. Needless to say, if it
isn't too personal, her feet are
small.
Last week fifteen Of the visiting
women physicians visited this first
health centre and went through the
physical examination themselves.
BY way of looking into DR.. Mere
dith's work, they started from the
personal side and, as working wom-
en-, not physicians, submitted to a
thorough going over and drank in
advice on their health and it's rela-
ton to their work.
The purpose of the Y. W. c. A.
in sending these representatives. to
the health centre for first hand
knowledge was to give them such a
working and personal knowledge Of
it's initial work that they would
start centres like it in their various
parts of the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Ne1u York s First Woman Prosecutor
Scores With Both Prisoners
and Judges

duct, soliciting. 1t was the second
time in six years that she had been
in court. This time she had been
the victim Of a "frameup" She
was twenty-eight, pretty, and with
some character. For years she had
been clissolute-she knew it and ad-
mitted it,
1--WE never had the chance" she
cried, ITO go straight. / usually
worked as waitress, and you know
what that means. Oh, love home.
! can cook and keep house. If l
could get a place where | could be
housemaid in q home away, away
from my old life.'
II viii help you,' and Miss Roth
enberg left her to go to the magis-
trate who had heard the case. The
woman who had appealed for help
received q discharge. She went away
from her old life-and she has made
good her promise.
1t IS now more than two months
since the assistant district attorney
began her work in the Women's
Day Court. She went there on ap-
po!ntment by District Attorney
Swami. The appointment followed
the now widely known Cobin-C Cohen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
To Locate
Women Physicians

The women physicians from for
eign countries are meeting in con-
ference under the auspices Of the
War Work Council Of the Y. w
c. A. Most of the conferences will
be held behind closed doors. The
girls of this nation who are inter-
ested in going to women physicians
will have chance, however, to find
out something of the standards Of
these women and to learn of the
work they are doing and what their
accomplishments are up to date.
Dr.. Meredith has great faith in
the work she is doing and not with
out sound reason and a fine back
ground. She has been one of the
physical examiners at Wellesley
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

of California, brought again to pub
nc notice movement for the beau
LITIGATION of Washington which has
been quietly under way for years.
He asked that a resolution to pro-
vide for site to which to move the
present Botanic Garden be taken
from the Senate table and placed
before the Senate Committee on the
Library. This means that the Senate
VIII give consideration to the pro
posed plan to Investigate the various
sites suggested for a botanical gar.
den commensurate with the future
growth of the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
"OId Offenders May Reform,' and
':Bring the Man Into Court"
Two of Her Slogans

speak freely, for they know she IN.
derstands.
Miss Rothenberg stands at the
right of the defendant who is be.
fore the bar of justice. Miss Roth.
enberg's eyes travel from the
woman at her side to the face Of
the court, and back again to the
defendant. All the tine her ex-
preston is fixedly calm. temperate,
hopeful and judicial. And the de-.
fendant-hers is look of pitiful
hope, but hope above all.
Miss Rothenberg has won the re.
spect Of those who work with her
IN the Women's Day Court. She
has achieved results of several
kinds. One is, that the cases are
fewer than before. From the Judge
to the court attendants. who were
known to have smiled when she BE-
gan her work. there 5 now feeling
Of agreeable satisfaction.
Miss Rothenberg is capable in the
face Of all her tasks. That is the
verdict in the Women's Day Court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Health Essential
To Good Work

eve, who believe in this health
campaign of the Y. W. c. A., feel
that it is essential to the good work
of all women that they look out for
their health says Dr. Meredith.
Especial emphasis is laid on thor
ough periodic examinations to keep
track Of where the individual stands.
"Advice from the physicians of
the health centres should be treated
as if it were prescription. 1t is
just as much a prescription as
medicine-and much safer to take.
"The advice given at the health
centres is an individual matter. No
group advice is given and no group
exercise. Each girl gets personal
attention and is given some idea of
her possibility to herself and her
health. If general treatises on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

possible to do big piece of work in
this way. We want to interest we'll
girls to live properly and keep we'll.
And when the plan has proved it,
self we shall urge its incorporation
as new preventive idea in all
medical work.
The girls waiting for examina-
ton in one of the large rooms up
stairs in the house are not in the
least nervous, as some persons are
in the face of physical examinations.
When they present themselves to
DR.. Meredith they are dressed in
loose white sheeting. One slim young
person said, as she went in to her
examination:
"You don't know how glad | am
to find a woman doctor. | have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

includes a review, as far as the girl
knows, of the tendencies and dis
eases of her family. Next, she gives
the troubles she herself has had,
including all the childhood diseases,
such as measles and whooping
cough. Then the present tenden-
cies and habits are gone over.
Bathing, kind of clothing, diet and
care Of the teeth are important.
The carriage Of each girl is taken
into consideration in judging her
health. Prescriptions as to the kind
Of exercising she should do, the diet
she should eat and the kind of
clothing suited to her strength are
given in DR.. Meredith's "advice. :"
1t is noticeable that Dr.. Meredith
herself wears low-heeled, round
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

chance for her to be rehabilitated
if she convinces Miss Rothenberg
and the court Of her sincerity.
What is the result of this new
order Of things in that courtroom
A woman stood before a certain
magistrate recently She had ff-
teen convictions against her. The
court was in process of setting down
the sixteenth. At the right of the
defendant stood Miss Rothenberg
1t was an unfortunate casc-the
woman was victim of alcoholism
and was diseased.
'Pll send YOU away for two
months" said the court, "in which
time you will receive medical care"
Miss Rothenberg says, regarding
the man in the case" that while
a man who knows he is threatened
with arrest may give false testi-
mony, at the same time the average
man would not be so easily enticed
if he knew he would be brought into
court.
Policemen and detectives were
amazed at the woman assistant dis
trict attorney when she began to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
BY LILLY LIKES ROWE

@ONCERN is always felt even
about removing the village
pump that an up-to-date
drinking fountain may be installed
in the town square. And most citi-
zens of the United States, especially
civic improvement of Washington
than in any other city, unless. may
hap, it is their home town. When
ever any question is raised about the
construction of a public building or
any other civic monument that prom
ises to change the aspect Of the ma
tional capital, women's organizations
throughout the land begin to bonn
bard Congress with objections.
The experiences of so many club
women with their own local strug-
giles to have cleanup campaigns. to
beautify the city parks or to plant
flowers along the sidewalks give
them ready sympathy for movements
of the kind at the capital. AS Con-
gress controls all the details of max
ing WASHINGTON, even to the LAYING
out of golf course along the his
toric Potomac, every woman of the
country may add her word as to the
regulations or government Of the
caEtal through her Representatives
ard Senators. American women
foresee Washington beautiful and
extensive enough to take place
among the capitals of the world.
though it may be one hundred years
more before the plans made by
George Washington and Major
L'Enfant are fully carried out.
A few days ago Senator Phelan,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Where the Working Girls Meet the Won

evenings they put on roller skates
and go out for spin together. The
number of these girls playing for
health varies from five to fifteen or
twenty in an evening. They are
from twelve to fifteen years old. The
games and sports are not planned in
club form. The centre is rather
place where any girl who Graves
the companionship of other girls
may just drop in for the evening.
Upstairs DR.. Florence Meredith
gives exhaustive physical examina-
tons to girls who have made ap-
pointments previously. Most of these
girls are seventeen or older. Many
of them work in stores. factories and
Offices. The evenings are usually
chosen for the examinations, be-
cause this is the only time when the
girls can be free long enough to
take them. Dr. Meredith has given
fifteen examinations a day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
DR.. Ada Potter
of Utrecht, Holland

College for several years. where or.
of the highest grade routine pbvr
cal examinations in the country !.
given. She is graduate of inf.
Medical College and has been =,
instructor in surgery AT Tufts Med.
cal School. She was physician f.,
women for the Hood Rubber Cor.
pany, at WATERFOWL, Conn, "a
make examinations among is indus.
trial workers.
This woman doctor whom the
girls appreciate so much at tho
health centre is young, brown
eyed, light haired and rot at al
formidable, though she does bear
herself like a Bostonian. An at.
tractive enthusiasm about her WORK
inspires confidence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Keep Track of
Their Own Health

Weekly report blanks are given to
each girl who takes the examination.
She herself is expected to fill these
out and to report back with them to
DR.. Meredith at stated times. Where
girls are found to be in actual need
Of medical or surgical treatment
they are sent to physicians if they
can afford to pay for the treatment,
and if they cannot arrangements
are made for them at free clinics.
The first part of the examination
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

q OMETHING new in health work
y has been started by the
Y. w. c. A. at the "Health
Centre" This sounds formidable,
and the unsympathetic though sani-
tary interior of most hospitals and
clinics Immediately presents itself to
the minds eye. But the Y. W.
health centre is not like this. except
In its cleanliness
Shouts and squeals of laughter
echo from 43 East Twenty-second
Street and greet the visitor as he
approaches the house. On the main
floor girls play volley ball and take
regular gymnasium exercises. Some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

York; Herbert Adams, sculptor, Of
New York; Colonel William Harris,
officer in charge Of public buildings
and grounds Of the District of Co.
lumbia; J. Alden Weir, painter, of
New York; John Russell Pope, archi-
tect, of New York, and William NJ.
Kendall, architect, of New York.
That the location OF the Botanic
Gardens on its present site has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Action VIII
Be Slow

1t is not expected that early
action viii be taken on Senator
Phelan's resolution. The appo int
ment of a committee TO investigsts
the various sites suggested III add
ton TO that Recommended by the
Fine Arts Commission probably WI
be the first sign OF final action Be-
fore the Senate will ct an oppor'
tunity TO vote or this investlg atloa'
however, another committee, that
of Audit ana Control. which IS cor
cerned with the expenditures o.
money for such inquiries. will have
a voice in the matter.
1t is felt that the scientific plans
so long ago made 10 enhance ne
glories Of the capital win eventually
work out to a complete fruitlon
The grandchildren Of the men ana
women who now are interested %
keeping the capital safe from ugh
ness will probably be the first ones
to see the wide expanses of a ref'
national botanic garden. but ~
present generation VIII feel repa'd
If assured that its burger and lars
after civic beauty viii make Il pos
bic for the succeeding ones to p
sftisfied.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

author and one-time newspaper cor
respondent at Washington, is chair
man Of the commission. Associated
with him at various times have been
Frederick Law Olmsted, of Massa-
chusetts; Thomas Hastings, archi-
tect. of New York; Cass Gilbert,
architect, Of New York; Edwin How
land Blashfeld, painter, of New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Hope for the
Old Offenders

The visitor to the womens court
these days recognizes that there is
a change in the manner of handling
the cases in the Women's Day Court.
Across the path Of hope that now
lies between the magistrate and the
defendant before the bar there
shines q new light. And mark you,
no matter whether the woman has
one. or five. or fifteen convictions
on her record, there is still the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Accused Women Swear by Miss District Attorne

realization that if they arrest a
woman on one charge or another
the case must stand up or the de-
PENDANT will go free Miss Rothen-
berg is giving the woman the benefit
Of the doubt, with the hearty CO.
operation Of the magistrate who is
sitting on the case.
Second, the police at last are pay
ing attention to her insistent ques-
lions, "Did you arrest the man."
what did you do with him if. you
did not arrest him?'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

for action on the project Of removing
the present gardens on finding
made by the Commission of Fine
Arts in lis official annual report of
June 80, 1916, to January |, 1918.
Personnel of
Commission
Charles Moore, of Michigan, an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

of nineteen knelt in prayer on the
steps of st. Patrick's Cathedral, or
iodine. Her love owe affair with 18th an an
artist in Greenwich Village had been
repudiated by him. The girl was
saved from utter destruction, and
later, when she was discharged by
the magistrate in another court, he
sent her to Miss Rothenberg. This
was the first instance of such an &C
ton outside the Women's Day Court.
And the woman assistant district
attorney gave the girl counsel and
told her to enforce her common law
rights concerning the man who said
he had "outgrown her and her fam
lily mentally and socially"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
A Friend to
The Girls"

This twenty SIX year-old assistant
to the district attorney calls herself
a friend of the girls" the women
who come into the court They ask
for her And they do not try tc
take advantage Of her sympathies.
They ask for her help-and they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Justice for
The Case

Miss Rothenoerg went to her
work determined that justice should
be done to her sex and that at the
same time society should be pro-
tected. She knew she was a prose
cutor and must abide by her oath
Of Office. And above everything
else, to the surprise of some persons,
she has become a friend of the
fallen-she is tempering justice
with merciful friendship.
Miss Rothenberg had from the
first certain clearcut ideas: for one
thing, she was satisfied that an at
tempt should be made by the police
to bring in the man in cases where
women were arrested for disorderly
conduct Her determination in this
respect was supported by the fact
that there was recently enacted an
amendment to Section SS7 of the
Penal Law, providing that men may
be arrested for vagrancy.
What has been the result in the
Women's Day Court in these two
months since Miss Rothenberg as
sumed her duties as prosecutor?
Her Own Sex
Must Stand Tn
First, the police have come to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
By WILLIAM c. KRANOWITZ

r. T or so very long ago two
women sat talking in a cell
in the jefferson Market
Prison. One Of the women had just
left the room OF the Women's Day
Court to visit those of her sex who
are the so-called "fallen' A voice
from one of the cells called to her
and she went into it.
Il want to speak to you. Pm
going to get out Of it altogether, -
said the woman who had called to
Miss Rose Rothenberg, the Deputy
Assistant District Attorney Of the
Women's Day Court
of you mean honestly that you
want chance. I'll give it to YOU"
said the representative Of the peo-
pie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
No Chance
AS a Waitress

There was q pause, and then they
hurriedly went over the details of
the case The woman had been ar
rested and tried for disorderly con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
DR.. JOhanne FeHberq,
of Copenhagen, Denmark

wanted to 60 to one for long time,
but ! didn't know the names Of any
and didn't know how to find out
about them"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

toward repairing this damage. The
action was entirely logical, for Presi-
dent Washington and Major Len
FAINT had designed the space as an
open approach to the Capitol. 1t is
so shown in the original plan Of the
city. 1t was proposed that the space
should be ornamented with memoir
ais and fountains and similar decor
ations, but not shut off by walls and
fences.
in furtherance of its Dur
pose to restore the Mall to its orig
lnal status as q park connecting the
legislative and executive depart-
ments, Congress paid the Pennsvl-
vania Railroad 81 10000 to remove
its tracks from the Mall. Slowly
but steadily. changes in conformity
with the general plan for the devel-
opment Of the city are being made
throughout the two and one-haif
miles from the Capitol grounds to
the Lincoln Memorial. The removal
Of the Botanic Garden is essential
to the development of the great COM
position"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
New Site
Chosen

The commissions report contin-
ues: LAS site for the new Botanic
Garden, the Mount Hamilton acre
age has been recommended. This
hes toward Baltimore, on the
bladensburg Road, near the National
framing School for Boys. 1t has
three round-top peaks immediately
adjacent to the Bladensburg Road.
Which IN themselves cover about
eighty acres, nearly all wooded
mostly with oaks in good condition.
Immediately north of this hill there
IS a comparativek ,~el area ex
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

tending to Hickey Road, which is
Of rich farming soil.
The tract fronts on the Ana
costa River for q distance of about
5000 feet. and carries large
variety of soils in such condition
that very little preparation for the
uses of botanic garden would be
needed. Little grading other than
that required for roads IS neces
Sary."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

question them, on the stand, about
the arrest Of the man. They came
to her and said, "You ask that, you
who represent the people, Even
the judges smiled and asked how the
man could be brought in. Detectives
came forward and declared, 1--WE
were never asked to bring in the
man. We never had instructions.
Shall we do this? And how?'
The Two
Courtrooms
The jefferson Market Prison
building houses two courts. Down
stairs in the jefferson Market Court
the men are tried. Upstairs, in the
Women's Day Court, the women are
arraigned. In one week three men
connected with arrests Of women
were tried downstairs.
Usually, in cases of street walk
ing, the complaint is investigated
before the woman is tried. Here,
Miss District Attorney" the magis-
trate says, handing her the COM
plant, "see what you think of it,"
And now, invariably, if the woman
assistant of the district attorney
thinks there is not sufficient ground
to arraign the woman, the case is
thrown out. This has happened
several times.
The other day beautiful girl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

health are given they do not have
the same weight with her that the
personal attention has. She may
read of a set of exercises on a beauty
page, but she does not attach any
great Importance to carrying them
out, and soon drops them altogether.
Her lack of interest in all of this is
probably fortunate. because these
exercises would not have fitted her
needs anyway, in all likelihood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

case, two girls who were con-
victed on the unsupported testimony
Of policemen and then cleared of
the charges.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
To Reach
All Girls

"This health centre on Twenty
second Street, the like of which we
hope to establish in many other
cities, is to be a proof to all organi-
cations working in health that it is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

one of the early mistakes for which
Washington has long suffered is de-
clared in this report, which contin-
ues in part
Approach to
Capitol
The location of the Grant Me-
mortal in the space now used for the
Botanic Gardens was the first step
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Her Own Sex
Must Stand Up

First, the police have come to the
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fifteen eXannin
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