The courier-index., 1921-06-17
LITTLE ROCK LETTER

Little Rock. June 13.-When oth-
 CT counties have observed the splen-
 did results secured by Pulaski in
 the administration of the Mothers , Pension law, 1t is not probable that there will be opposition to 1t else where. This law was passed four years ago as an experiment and
 was made to apply to only few counties. The number was slight
 ly increased in the last session and ] it is probable that in a few years
 1t will be made to apply to the
 entire state The pension is not
 made mandatory but is left to the
 discretion of the county court. It
 provides q slight assistance to
 worthy women who may be depend ent upon their own efforts for the
 support of large family of child
 ren. The amounts are not large, being restricted in Pulaski county to s25 a month, but it is sufficient
 ly large to provide a most welcome
 relief in many poor families.
 There are 47 widows on the list
 in Pulaski county, most of them
 residing in Little Rockr They re-
 eeiye an average of S1250 a month
 from the county So far the pen sion has been costing not to ex- ceed S700 a month, and the amount
 of good accom- plished cannot be es-
 5imased in dollars and cents.
 Information has been received in Little Rock by friends that Miss
 Alice French, better known through ou, the country, particularly in the literary, world, as Octave Thanet,
 is suffering from failing vision. She
 is living at her old home in Iowa
 and is said to have almost given up
 writing. Her sight is reported to
 be greatly impaired. Miss French has visited in LIttle Rock frequent . ly and for many years had a sum mer home at Clover Bend in Law renee county, where she secured the local color for many of her earlier and most popular novels.
 After a years trial, the daylight ! saving plan was abandoned by the
 government. Some people approv- ed 1t and some condemned 1t. As 6 rule the city people thought it good thing, but the farmer objected to 1t. The farmer insisted that he works by the sun rather than the clock and that the new schedule greatly disorganized his relation to
 the rest of the world. However,
 save it's daylight by congressional 1 action, many institutions find that the new plan IS much better than the old and have adopted it of their | own accord. In Little Rock there
 are several shops of various kinds that operate under this plan during the summer months. Instead of be- ginning work at eight o'clock and closing at five, the men prefer to begin at seven and close at four. This is much more convenient since 1t is easier to work in the early morning than in the hot long after moons. Further it gives the em- pioyes an opportunity to attend
 baseball games, and look after home
 gardens or other private affairs.
 May was one of the hottiest, dry cGS AuOiLLla III several years, eSpec-
 iaLy for spring, and farmers were beginning to complain generally of the harmful results following the protraeted drought. Rains during the present week, however, have
 greatly relieved the situation and
 reports from all over the state are that crop conditions are greatly in-
 proved and that prospects are be- ginning to become roseate again.
 It is admitted that recent rains have been worth millions to the state.
 Bob Rogers is at home again. He has been gone several months,
 spending the greater part of his
 time at points in Texas Cor the 1 benefit of his health. He had been complaining for some time and his
 condition had really become alarm ing, but now he has fully regained
 his strength and vigor, is in the
 pink Of condition and ready for
 his accustomed strenuous life as an attorney at law Bob, Rogers de-
 nies that he is down and out, but insists that he aas come back strong