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New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

Twelfth Street in her letter to her
friend, Dear Rebccca. shows di
position to take life very seriously.
Il have been taught" She writes.
what waste Of time means and what
it may cause. even death or injury"
Miriam Cohen, 2I5 West Tenth
Street. who addresses her cpistlc -
- D"er Auar da. is an enthusiast
on siclloon leds. She writes.
The way tn beds are made make,
them look 50 comfortable and cool
ttat 0hen the patients wish to
ect MO bed you feel ike putting
thorn cut and going in yourself"
n lam continues:
I'VE were also taught how to take
care Of baby Oh dear. how nice
nd arefully hey treat them They
cusN hem SO gently The teacher
ahov ed Ii, toN 10 bathe baby, and
so~e day l'm eoing to ask mother
70 'ei me- bathe our little Hartley"
Practice on Dolls
Others besides tee regular attend
ants it the nome nursing classes Tor
parents Aaye Ge gved grea benefit
flom -he obstruction. The little ehfl-
dren ~ho COME with their mothers
are t..Aen in hand. Tie children
initiate TO the best Of their ability
and practice OIL red-cheeked china
dolls aad fluffy, yeliowish TEDDY
bears. The classes IN home nursing
let one INTO some Of the secrets of
The nursing profession Women and
girls taking the instruction az
taught just how t. make bea :.
= patient with fever; how 10 llaAs
4 bed for an operative case: how 10
bathe patient; now to adminls-c-
d shampoo. All ages have been rep
resented at the classes-the young
mother whose family is in the stage
OF chlldrens diseases and who needs
to know all about the detection Of
first symptoms and the simple prob
lens of diet and bathing; the wom-
an of maturer experience who has
some definite case of chronic illness
TO meet at home; the older woman
who has raised her family and may
have had other youngsters placed in
her care.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

place more faith in the press than
that We We're nightly disappointed
10 come back to the Office and report
nothing more than a case of senile
decay, with the "senile" our own
Interpolation. Decay has no roman
tic appeal. Not bit. Even a tooth
can do that.
Not Even an Interstit;al Gland
On being piled with further ques-
tlons, DR.. Schweizer went on to
state the manner of treatment. After
ne has excavated the heart, lungs
and other internal workings of the
tree, from the ground up to height
OF six feet or so, he intends filing
up the cavity with asphalt.
"Not pavement asphalt?" some
one asked, greatly shocked
Absolutely" said the doctor,
smiling confidently.
Again romance was killed. Imag
inc filling a sick tree full Of street.
How could it ever hold its head up
among other trees again? When the
whispering winds were calling, what
could be the response Of an allan
thus whose heart was made of stone,
cold and lfeless?
What come down for this proud
ancestor Of the Simaroubacea, this
Tree of the Gods or, as it is more
commonly Called "the Tree of
Heaven!
But the doctor seemed to think he
was doing everything chat could be
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
Eager to Learn

The classes at Hamilton House.
Salvation Army House and Madonna
Day Nursery represented groups Of
young and middle-aged italian and
Irish mothers, with a few Jewish
women. and limited number OF
women Of ether nationalities. such
as Greek, Serbian or Turkish. These
women had no education. had q Inn
tied English vocabulary and in some
instances spoke no English They
were eager to learn American ways
and made good pupils The young
girls of sixteen and seventeen in
these neighborhoods were a difficult
group to handle They were BRIGHT
and quick to learn but We're hard to
keep in order during a class period.
They were not good subjects for
ordinary class discipline but were
most desirab bic students"
The classes at the Educational Al
hance or the lower East Side have
been composed of Jewish women en-
tirely, while the upper East Side
classes have included Jewish, Po-
lish, Italian and Czech pupils. The
students also have been limited in
their understanding Of English, but
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
A Major Operation

An A-ray examination showed
that. an immediate operation was
necessary; not a mere shipping Of
the tonsils. with the patient on his
feet again in three days, but com
pIcated. major operation involving
an@sthetics, corps of nurses and
several weeks in bed on soft diet.
David SchWeizer was assigned to the
case, with Benjamin Riley as as
sstant
We found Dr. Schweizer on the
spot one day last week and asked
tie nature of the malady, the dag
nosis. if he cared to give it to the
world.
Decay said Dr.. Schweizer. "De-
cay Of the heart and trunk"
We asked him if he couldn't do
better than that-something dressy
and Latin,
"No,' he said. You'd only spell
it wrong if | did, Let it go as dc
cay or plain rot
The tree doctor profession should
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
At 81 aMonih

from December 16, 1919, TO May
10 last headquarters Of the teaching
center were maintained at 453 Madi-
son Avenue, the house loaned bv
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. Within the
last few weeks new Headquarters
home for the division has been
opened at "A Fifth Avenue, where a
commodlous old residence has been
secured through the courtesy Of
George +. Baker jr., at rental of
81 month. Local centers for this
particular branch Of the Red Cross
work have been maintained at the
New York Public Library, at 1O3
Wes. l35th Street; in Greenwich
House, in Barrow Street; in the Sal
walton Army house and the Madonna
Day Nursery, both in Cherry Street;
the Educational Alliance, on the
lower East Side; the parish house
OF the Church Of the Incarnation. a
tenement house at AIS West Twenty
ninth Street, the Ambrose Club, the
house Of the Seventh Day Advent
lists and the Federation Settlement.
Special outside classes maintained
for the benefit of the Metropolitan
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

unfortunately, tree, sregular
man-sized tree, cannot pack up it's
roots and branches and slide off on
the $40. 1t can be moved, but not
without considerable pain to the pa
tient. Anyway, in this case it didn't
seem practical.
So the ailanthus grew sicker and
sicker. 1t aged a year in week.
Its leaves Shriveled up, it's branches
hung Imply, it's sturdy trunk wav-
cred in the lightest of breezes.
Each storm promised to be the last
it would ever survive. All in all. it
put in a mighty mean summer.
Something Had To Be Done
Even the optimists knew that
something had to be done about it
before another winter You couldn't
stand there and watch tree die
piteously without Offering a helping
hand. 1t wasn't old enough, as trees
go, to pass on. 1t was elderly. per-
haps, but not old. Something had
to be done-but what?
Luckily, in the Department of
Parks and Forestry there is a group
of specialists known professionally
as tree doctors, experienced sur
geons, brilliant young interncs. To
any one Of them sick tree is lust
so much human flesh. They know
to a pulse beat everything that goes
on inside Of the bark and sap. They
can stand under tree and listen to
the leaves make a confession of all
that has gone wrong during the day.
They can and they generally do.
When the specialists saw that the
ailanthus actually had chronic case
of something or other they were
ready to throw all the tricks of the
trade and the tools of their pro-
fession into the emergency. A sick
.ren Aras n Sol, troo
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
By Torrey ord

OPEAKlNG of operations as
Old Irv Cobb and a few others
- occasionally do, we make bold
to bring up the astounding
case of sick tree in City Hall Park.
not Just a plain, ordinary sick tree
such as you might see in anybody's
hack yard, but a really, truly sick
,ree that had to have major opera
ton performed on it before the at
ending surgeons would admit there
was a chance of recovery.
The tree, an ailanthus glandulosa,
first cousin to the imberbtora and
the punctata, OF the aristocl clan
Of sinaroubace@, has lived for sew
sral years quiet, sober sort of life
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
Crowds Look On as Surgeons Weld
the Knife in Effort to Save
Tree Life

IN little triangular park southeast
of City Hall.
just Tree
1t never caused any rIctions, nor
seemed too proud of its blue blood.
1t merely stood there and grew
leafed and shaded, shed and looked
bare. Passersby may not have noted
it, nor singled it out from the others.
For the majority, it was just one of
those trees that. in spite of every
thing, will gather on the green grass
and make park a park.
AS far as neighborhoods are con-
cerned it should have been content.
Any one who was any one was sure
to pass by sooner Or later. Besides,
it had an inspiring vista of the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

N q PART Of the Red Cross
~ civilian relief program for
l. q New York - for the con
tinuation Of which New
York County Chapter is asking 4OO,-
600 membership in the Borough of
Manhattan during the forthcoming
national Red Cross roll call, No
vember | | to 25-has expanded more
rapidly than the chain of teaching
centers established less than d year
ago by the chapter, where mothers
and children alike are given courses
IN home hygiene, care of The sick,
first aud and home dietetics.
The annual report of the New
ork County Chapter. which is to go
into the mails the coming week, tells
a fascinating story Of the interest
the foreign-born mothers and the
high school girls alike take in the
courses. Business girls and busi-
ness women, as well as high school
girls and housewives, took advan-
tage of the courses.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
lanthus Gland0sa Undergoes Operation in Ctv Tall Pa

World Building, the Tribune Build
ing and the Brooklyn Bridge, and by
standing on tiptoe it could peer over
the City Hall at the Woolworth
tower. Season after season it ap-
peared to thrive on the diet.
But you can never tell. Last
spring, just as the first buds were
beginning to pop, the ailanthus took
sick.
For some time it looked like moth
ing more than rose cold or a slight
attack of jaundice. Simple remedies
were compounded and applied by
loving hands. Rest was strongly ad-
.vised And still the ailanthus tot
tered and grew more feeble. Some
thing was radically wrong with that
tree
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
y ould Prolong Life

And really. the tree didn't mind,
he felt sure. 1t might add ten or
twelve years 10 It's life. The
asphalt formed support and foun-
datcn. as we'll as preventing further
decay. A long as the sap could
climb up to the leaves and branches
the top of the tree would thrive and
he as husky as before
Many times during the operation
DR.. Schweizer probably has wished
that his open air clinic had less
conspicuous setting. 4 far morning
attendance runs up into the hun
dreds and an afternoon crowd IRE
quently blocbs all traffic in the Vi
entity And they are all full Of
questions.
Why did tree need an operation?
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

showed a commendable eagerness to
learn.
The high school program Of the
Ned Cross became q feature at these
agn schools, the pupils Of the third
and fourth terms composing the
classes, which paid particular atten-
tion to hygiene, bedmaking, bed
bath and child care. When school
principals asked the fourteen-year-
old pupils in the nigh school class
at Julia Richman School, Thr1eenth
Street. to write sample letters say
ing what they thought Of the Red
Cross courses q food Of quaint com
mont came IN response.
\ Letter 70 Mother
Though the children were asked
to write to some other l.ttle girl,
telling her about the home nursing
classes. Edi.h Esslg, ol $50 East
Fourth Street, Insisted on addressing
her letter 10 "Dea. Mother," ex-
planning: II hose t. write to yol..7
She continues:
Il never knew how 10 make beds,
and now have learned and VIII be
able to help you make the beds and
then you Hill not have SO much work
| also was taught how to battle
laby, and from now on | VIII bathe
little Rachel. was taught how to
take care Of the SEX It IS very
casy and NICE to arrange the table
for the SICK
\ twelve year-old in East Sixth
street, in her letter to her friend.
Deas Matilda, has this innocent al
legation against 4 neighbor mother:
In the same house where | live
there IS 4 certain woman Who has
small baby. This woman never cared
The way She kept her baby. Oae
day went over 10 the woman and
told her the things we learn in home
nursing | mentioned the ways we
Nere taught 10 cave for babies.
From that time on made her inter-
ested, and every day 60 up TO her
house and show her the different
ways of caring for the baby. She
does the things that are necessary
in keeping baby clean and healthy
and now the baby seems to look
much better
Ida Markowitz, of 541 East
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
IRIS. PAULINE q. FIELD cho has been elected heud Of
WI the Criminal Bar association

not like association with them. 1t
may not always be pleasant, that is
true, but how can anything be done
for them unless some one actually
has the contact with them? AS a
matter of fact, each case is interest
ing on its personal merits to me.
a womans work. The fee makes no
difference to her once she is inter-
ested in the personal merits of the
case. She has a greater feeling of
responsibility for the small things.
This is true of woman in any branch
of work, and when she is once
started on a piece of work she works
to do it to the best of her ability,
regardless of what her material re-
ward promises to be.
Feminine ConscientiOusness
at is~ this conscientiousness that
women may contribute to the han
ding of criminal cases. This and
understanding and sympathy for
the human units with which she is
dealing"
Mrs. Field has been active in poll
tics during this last campaign. She
is a Democrat and a strong party
worker. In 1918 she was a member
Of the speakers bureau for Gov
ernor Smith In this campaign,
which ended Tuesday, Mrs. Field
was particularly interested in the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
Woman Lawyer Substitute for Mother;
Criminals Gladly Give Her Confidence

they may be, the help of woman
II a position of authority inspires
them with greater confidence.
You ask whether any of the So
called criminals with whom | have
dealt have shown any disposition not
to place their confidence in me sim
ply because | am woman. On the
other hand. believe practically all
of them have shown belief and trust
in me just because am a woman.
Defective, Not Criminal
Both women and men accused Of
crimes show this confidence. | do
not like to speak Of women criminals.
| mean that do not like to call the
misguided women who come into the
criminal courts women criminals.
They are, most of them, unfortunate
or defective persons who are paying
the price of one mistake or the toll
of associating with bad persons and
coming under bad influences. And
the more l study the persons guilty
Of crimes and the more I talk with
the more | believe that
a large percentage of our criminals
arc simply defective.
"Of course, some people with a de-
sire to help unfortunate persons do
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
I'HROUGHOUT the operation cro9rds stood about and
Quest1oned the surgeons to the trees CHARGES Of
TecOctrg

under heavy freeze. We couldn't
take any such chances with the
ailanthnS''
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

election of certain Judges, among
whom were Judge Guy, Judge Gle
gerich, Judge Grain and Judge Ro-
salsky.
Il am strongly in favor of more
women judges,' Mrs. Field said.
The one we now have sitting, Judge
Norris. is doing such splendid work
that she should be a proof that
women are needed for the bench.
In courts especially where cases af-
fecting women and children are tried
women judges should be equal in
number to the men. I believe that
the need for them is becoming rec
ognizcd. In general I believe also
in having women serve on juries.'
In her profession Mrs Field has
Won a number of criminal cases.
She interests herself in the persons
whose cases she handles and has
done some work in obtaining paroles
for persons sentenced to long terms
Against Capital punishment
"Capital punishment is wrong"
said Mrs Field II feel that even
the state has no right to take hu-
man life. And, after all, if we are
seeking to punish offending persons,
what can be more of a punishment
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
By Hannah Mitchell

Bv Hannah Mitchell
TIME only woman who prac-
tees in the Court of General
IL Sessions is Mrs. Pauline O.
Field Although she is the
only lawyer Of her sex whose inter
..ts and work are in the field of
criminal procedure, she is by no
means obscure. nor does she stand
OIL. simply because she is woman.
IN October she was elected head Of
the Criminal Bar Association.
This office vas rendered Mrs.
ield in appreciation for her service
the association in obtaining the
ensent of the Board Of Estimate to
usrmit the association to use perma-
nently the rooms ON the ground floor
a. the Criminal Courts Building,
,.sirh are naw known as the claw
rs rooms" vcll as for her ca
e.biUtiss ia cteer ways.
The Ir.raina' Lawyer
Wae~ ''es. Fields unanimous cleo
au hc~ams known she announced
.ea sl- would devote her entire
ra of aaiee 30 vnlifting the statv
o., the criminal lawyer. There has
alea an Inclination to put a slgh'
uou fh branch &C legal work as
mpared u-h the standing of the
swyer who confines hls work tc
civil eases.
Mrs. Field has been q member Of
me bar ror several lear- She is a
yourg woman full of vigor and
raaity for her work. Her personal
appearance mrresses one immedi-
atey. and She is decidedly good to
lsos at. ~ the end Of days work
.he is fresh and immaculate. Seated
IN her Office. 81 Chambers Street, she
was finishing UP the last details of
the day before going ont to dinner,
after which She was to speak at
several political meetings.
Her tailored tan suit and neat
brown oxford and becoming soft
nat were the Very proper garb of
business woman. with nothing indi-
eating maunishncss i'm themselves or
the character of their wearer. The
white georgetto blouse was not elab-
crate, but decidedly feminine and
Spotess. She wore black veil,
through which her large, dark eyes
we're not at all obscured Mrs. Field
mas beautifully groomed, strong,
white, well shaped hands, which are
so personal in their sensitiveness
mat when she is talking the atten-
ZION Of her vis-a-vis vacillates be-
'ween them and her expressive eyes.
Psychology ana the Law
The field of criminal law appeals
70 ne especially" she said, because
" deals so with the human element.
O"ll law is just as important, Of
course, and through it very big
'"hgs are handled, but in criminal
"OfR the passions and feelings, the
very lives of persons depend upon
vie lawyers. like the study of
Ssychology and have always been
"'efeSted IN social work. My work
:" VIE courts is continuation on a
'a0fe definite scale of the social work
lhsve done.
ies' women lawyers have great
s' to contribute to this field of
."ilihal procedure. ! have found
A' Persons accused Of crimes have
speciaEconidence in woman. You
O" most people are brought up
'n certain dependence on their
s"'ners. From their earliest re-
g.'''ofance it has been to a woman
30 a' shey turned when trouble as
sa them. SO when the greater
suoles come to human beings, no
'ef how desperate or depraved
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
A Vacation Impracticable

If it had been a human doctors
probably would have insisted on
change of climate. A month in the
Catskills, a dose of Arizona or per
haps only q week end by the sea- But
New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

TIME only woman who prac-
tees in the Court of General
IL Sessions is Mrs. Pauline 0.
Field. Although she is the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19

Philadelphia territory. Wv
total of 2600 have paid nm their dues
in the All Navy Post No. 1e7 for 1870
This announcement was made vester :
gay 6y A. h: Olsen, commander. He
stated that large number of the mem
pers OF this post, possibly 400 or 500,
nau left the city when the hotilla Of
torpedo destroyers went to Turkey ard
Greece. The. all-navy poss will hold a
smoker Tuesday evening, February "a;
IN the Third Regiment Armory to which
county officials and commanders Of other
posts OF the Legion will be invited.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
CANADA INSISTS ON VOTE
Essential to Right Of Nationhood,
Minister Of Interior Asserts

Winnipeg, Feb. 19.-(By A. P.)--
Either Canada or the United States
would have to step out of the League
of Nations under the Lenroot reserva-
ton proposed in the United States
Senate, and Canada will insist on its
right to place, Arthur Meighen, min I
lister of the interior, asserted in an
address before the Winnipeg Board of
Trade. Membership in the league with
out power to vote, he said, would be
a sham.
''The signs are not SO reassursng as
we would ike," Mr.. Meighen con-
tinued. Representation obtained by
Canada is essential IL the right of the
Canadian people to nationhood is not
to be abrogated. Canada can recognize
no league in which we have a part
where our vote and representation are
not conceded"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
TEACHERS TO ASK $500 RISE
Instructors VIII Meet In William
Penn High School Toniaht

Philadelphia teachers will meet in the
William Perm High School tonight to
ask for $500 increase in salary for
every city school teacher.
In addition to the pay increase, the
teachers will ask that the salaries of
men and women teachers be equalized
when they perform the same work. At
present male instructors generally are
favored by more pay than the women.
Miss Jane Allen, president Of the
women teachers organization, says the
first increase should be given TO teachers
in the primary grades to make their pay
equal to that Of grammar school teach :
ers. She favors municipal loan, if
necessary, to provide money for the
rises.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
IRCE SERVICE MEN
TO SAVE POLICIES
u,, Insurance Bureau Tells
Legion Members They Can
Retain Them
posT TO ISSUE BULLETINS

,,,uo ,,,nortant facts regarding the
tive % ~ Former OK service men under
rgn.n risk insurance act have been
the wal transmitted to the seven
ty-eight posts of the
SNQSN American Legion in Phil
GMM&NN adelphia county, together
lk4dSHA with a manual of pro-
WSN&8U cedure. The information
WSMsW presented by wv. Veryl
N Walton, representative of
+bs bureau in Philadelphia, is as fol-
lows: 10. o;rht
ssn months after his discharge or until
July 1, 1920, whichever Is the Later
date, to reinstate his war FISK lnsur-
snce. and this can be done by simply
~ov;ne two months premium.
Every former service man can convert
.,a war risk insurance into United
States Government life insurance at any
time within five years after the Pres1-
dent has declared peace.
mans war risk Insurance must be
IN force before be can convert the same
into United States Government life IL
surapce. ..
yeIon posts would be to clear up all
outstanding allotments, compensation
and insurance CbSeS VI iuelhpelS LoN
enrolled in the post. This would un-
donbtedly attract the attention of out
side service men and ought to bring
them into the Legion fold.
A nation wide campaign will be
launched shortly by the government to
assist war risk officers to obtain all data
relative to allotments, compensation and
insurance matters.
David w. Jameson Post 1873 has de-
rsded to issue periodically bulletin SO
that the members may keep in touch
With one another, even though they do
not attend all the meetings. The first
sf these bulletins will appear next week
and will set forth in terse form what
has been done and what is planned to
be done. The athletic committee of this
most Is very busily engaged formulating
plans to capture the Philadelphia Coun-
ty Legion baseball pennant The musi-
cal committee is now working or a
plan for glee club and fine "jazz
band" The next meeting will be held
March 2 at % South Van Pelt street,
to which new members are invited.
Posts Nos. S3 and 800 in the Forty
sixth ward will hold a combination
meeting Sunday, February 20, for the
purpose of presenting the French me-
mortal certificates to the next Of kin in
the ward. These two posts draw their
membership respectively from the east
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19

Five important facts regarding the
lights Of former ex service men uhder hoeaI
tbe war risk insurance act nave peen