The Washington herald., 1920-07-26
nv RAYMOND 6. CARRoLL3
lcoprrIght. 1870. by Public ledger Co.

fCopyright. 1920 by Public Ledger CO..
New York. July 25.-The worlds
war having stimulated conscious
ness Of social inter-dependence the
little problems Of 4 big city have
attained new glory and importance
in the grim grind of human events
For instance, this afternoons try
out of the street shower device
for the wholesale bathing OF chiI-
dren, TO be located in such thorough
fares as are to be set aside as play
streets" was we'll worth trip
through the boiling hot sun to Jacob
street. a tiny paved highway scurry-
ing along under the Brooklyn
Bridge between Frankfort and Cliff
streets.
1t was the cooling wet wave
brought to the tenement door; real
Jacobs we'll" established in the
fairyland Of Manhattan, for 10
child who has never been far away
in the country, the streets are only
make believe valleys and the tall
buildings are just pretended noun
tains And the whole contrivance
Of the street shower" was so simple
and inexpensive in the light of the
T benefits bestowed that one won
dered why it had never been thought
out before. 1t consisted OF pipe
attached to a hydrant arching over
the street with a whirling sprinkler
at its center.
Children Splash JOyOusly.
The thrown water had spreac
of thirty feet and at one time
counted forty three kiddies in non
descript bathing suits wildly dane
ing, laughing and splashing in th'
fall of the miniature, man mad
Niagara.
Firemen operated the invention
Of Fire Chief Kenlon, after he hat
held several conferences with oth
GERS of the New York Communit!
: Service and had grasped the publ
! bath idea lodged in the back OF thei
well-wishing heads.
George ]. Hecht, a wealthy Eas
Side community worker and edito
, of Better Times, vest pocket paper
i published by the United Brother
hood houses of New York. has hi
business located in Jacob street
He said:
People who used to neglect socia
service have awakened to fu
s. sense of their obligations. Bette
u understandings are being reached
n The neighborhood house is tn
logical substitute and successor
7 the saloon. When the latter sti
d existed, the former could not CON
pete with II. But since prohibitio
IS came in we find Il gradually increai
IS ing number OF young men using II
gymnasium, the pool room and tf
'e club room OF the settlement houses.
- Community Work Grows.
# Not a section Of New York b,
,e now has it's neighhorhood house ar
Il the list IL growing. Some Of the
II centers OF community service a
the Henry street settlement. Il
,r East Side house. the University sc
$ Element, the Jacob Plis sottlemer
rs the Music School settlement q
"a Christie Dora house, the Union sc
,e Element. and last the Greenwi
~ Village House, which has had
own difficulties with the shor
re haired women and ions.haired m
E. of the Washington square are
al Their countsrpArts we fnd In (
Is Jane Addsms House ~ Chicago a
IN the Westminster House IN Buffa
A most interesting feature of I
he settlement work iH that the bo
" who were taken nfr the streets
~ that social endsaV6r a decade q
" and provided with an appreciate
= n of the better things Of life lars
- day the active leaders at tho neis
~ borhood houses, A case In pol
Is Jacob y. Eislnsor, the capal
head worker OF the University n