The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-10-07
MRS. CRANE FOR
PARK SYSTEM IN
LOCAL SPEECH
Famous Expert Upon Commun.
ity Life Gives Inspiration
,~ to Delegates
URGES CITY PL A N.NIN G
Impresses Upon Women of the
State the Necessity of
Registering

and supervised play for villages
towns and large cities was earnestly
advocated Wednesday evening by DR.
Caroline Bartlett Crane, Kalamazoo
national authority upon community
life and city planning.
! Her address was a complete discus
! sion of the main problems of city life
such as water systems, garbage dis
posal, street planning and the multi
tude of other civic affairs in the
| shaping of which the club women OF
the state have planned such large
part. w..
Bismarck Interested
Bismarck was vitality interested in
what she had to say about the neces-
sity of parks and that the steps be
taken whep land is comparatively
cheap before the best districts for
parks became congested.
She criticized mildly the small
yard areas about many of the new
homes being erected after paying a
glowing tribute to the fine appear
ance of the Capital City. it's remark
able mileage of paving and its many
pretty homes. She protested, how
ever, against several groups of homes
being placed so closely together when
there was such an cxpanse of ground
to afford every dweller an adequate
plot for grounds.
Don't Neglect Parks
Don't neglect your park systems" :"
r,l1 sc Toll ,p,t
factor of community life. Children
won't always play in their own back
yards. The social instinct draws
them to centers Of play and these
must be provided" ..s
h In concluding her address she made
a vigorous appeal for the women to
exercise their right of franchise.
Urges Women 10 Vote .. a
1--WE sin Michigan she said. "hava
had the vote for some time but now
that we all have it we should not fail
to exercise it, Get out and vote. Don't
fail to register and vote for the best
person whether ,hefis man 0rswoman.
l. want to impress upon you the
necessity of not supporting a woman
simply because she is a woman. That
would be wrong. Vote for the best
man or woman for the job. Then toe
give praise to every officeholder for
his good works. Be as quick to praise
as to criticise." p"
Relates Experiences
She drove this point home by re-
lating experiences with a chief of
police in her own city. Her sug-
gestions upon the exercise of the
franchise was we'll received aud ev-
erywhere among the women is
strong tendency to prepare them
selves for their new public duties.
There is an intense interest in pol
itical matters, although partisanship
is being kept strictly in the back
ground.
, Mrs Crane attacks the various
municipal problems in a most vigor-
oss and charming manner with just
enough whimsical humor to put her
subject across.
Speech Inspirational
Inspirational, to an unusual degree,
was the address OF the illustrious
civic expert and divine. In order 10
appreciate how 50 markedly "femin-'
inc" a type of gentlewoman has the
not general calling of an ordained
minister Of high rank; how this en-
inently successful divine obviously is
an expert in current civic affairs OF
the day, and, more strange than all
how such civic affairs as the most
minute detail of garbage and slaugh
ter house regulations may be made x
theme of breathless, yes and real
charm-to realize how all these COM
binations may be blended into one
perfect attainment, DR.. Crane must be
seen and heard and met. She is at
tainment of efficiency and charm per
sonified. The secret of her appeal
is open -mindedness. She never proves
your wrong by her right She
gives the condemned the benefit OF
the doubt and demands practical dem
onstration Of fitness for the claims
put forth in the solving Of problems,
civic /or moral.
Garbage Disposal
The eVer-present SUBJECT OF dlspOs'l
of garbage was dealt with in detail.
All usuable schemes were brought
forth. The despised dump was
championed by Mrs. Crane with, OF
course, perfectly workable projects
for safe and sane use of the dump
Using Mrs Frank Whites description
of the Valley City plan, Mrs. Crane
showed how the dump plan is not all
wrong. By a process of classification
of refuse. various treatment for de-
struction of the classes. and intellig-
ent caretaking of the grounds, sucn
as burial of offa], application of oil
and successful burning of refuse, pill
ing or burying of cans, etcs and a
living wage and encouraging and
helpful supervision of the caretaker,
it was shown that this plan can be
made to work
MastcriulIy Handled
The incinerator plan was master
fully handled. Mrs Crane believes
that the incinerator solves the prob
lem of garbage disposal perfectly If
the incineratbr is of the right make
tan English make is most approved)
The vital point of the plan is that of
fuel. Enough fuel TO create the re-
quired burning of all classes Of mat
ter every watchful supervision to in
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