The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-18
FAIR SEX STORM
: SHELBY SOLONS
AT OPEN MEETING
Nurses Stress Raising Of
Standard in State by Legls-
Iative Action-Ask Change
in Juvenile Court Regulation

Women held the right of way be-
fore the Shelby delegation to the leg
islature at the open hearing in the
county courtroom Saturday morning.
The courtroom was comfortably fill
ed with people, about nine -tenths of
whom were women.
They beseiged the legislators-elect
with appeals for legislation and In a
majority Of instances were promised
support. Senator Fuller who, may
be- has been a married man longer
than the rest of Ithe delegation, had
the temerity to ask many questions
regarding the bills, and to point out
some of the obstacles which they
would encounter, but the remainder
of the delegation fell victims to
either the arguments or the charms
Of the pleaders.
The Nurses association wanted
support OF a law to raise the stand
ard of nursing so that nurses would
not leaYe Tennessee. The bill pro-
vides for q commission for the ex-
animation of nurses. Inasmuch as
the nurses were able to show that
the public would be protected by the
DAIlt Nllc uClC6d 0dpPOAN
Amend Juvenile Court.
Miss Sample, chief nurse of the
city health department, was the
principal speaker. The delegation in
fcluded Mrs. r. Brinkley Snowden,
Mrs. j. M. Mccormack and Miss
Frances Church, who are honorary
members of the association.
Judge Camille Kelley, of Juvenile
court, appeared In the interest of the
Parent Teacher federation, repte-
senting, as she said, $500 mothers, TO
urge amendment to the Juvenile court
law and a state wide mothers PEN
sion law
Judge Kelley said that state wide
| Juvenile court law would be pre-
sented to the legislature, but that its
provisions were not broad enough te
| cover all the conditions existing in
| Shelby county, and for this reason,
| she desired law applicable to
| Shelby. Senator Fuller said that in
asnluch as there was a state wide
law to be.passed, he failed TO see the
lhReessity fon.a local law.
.Edrs. ID. 81 Puryear, representing
4 the Nineteenth Century club, the ".
w. c. A. and the League of Women
Voters, asked support of bis which
would abolish the sole Guardianship
of the father over a minor cIild,
and substitute a bill providing that
husband and wife, wdile living to-
gether, should be joint cuardians a
compulsory part-ti time educatf1nal
law for employed boys end girls; full
representation of women on all
boards or commissions dealing with
the welfare of women and children:
and a law providing that the city
commission may regulate the charges
of all hospitals within the city limits
supported entirely or in part by pub
| lie subscriptions,
Attacks Hospital Charges.
Mrs. Puryear said that things had
come to such a pass that O sick
person must go to a hospital. as the
nurses were refusing to take cases
! in the homes and the doctors all
recommended the hospitals. Charges
made by these hospitals were char
acterized as outrageous. She said
that board charged in most cases was
as high as Sc to 81 per day. Nurse
board. is in addition, she said.
II. II. LasbrOok asked the delega-
ton to take steps to amend the Jim
Crow laws. Mr.. Lasbrook was asked
to confer with Horace johnson. of
the city commission; Ross W. Harris,
traffic expert, and street railway Of
ficials and frame bill for presen-
tation.
A negro delegation asked support
for law establishing state reform
school for negro girls.
| Commissioner Thomas II, Allen ap-
peared TO ask legislation to permit
the city to issue $1,750,000 in bonds
| for improvements.