Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-14

party of cross Atlantic visitors The
American dry goods representatives
are having a glorious time; dashing
through the country in high powered
automobiles: being dned and feted,
and altogether making a triumphal
entry everywhere,
But the record gathering of husi-
ness men from America to visit Us IN
| this ar any season will be the fifteen
| hundred Rutarians arriving from the
| Z. s. tu attend the International Com
vention of Rotary Clubs TO be held this
month at Esdinburg. Arrangements
are practically completed for their rec
ception They too, like the Ameri-
can dry goods merchants, are TO be
made much Of Whilst in London they
will be the guests of individual men-
/ hers of the London Rotary club,
| Tours include visit to Windsor
Castle where IL Is probable King
| George viii hold "A reception. Later
the Prince of Wales attends a banquet
| in their honor at the Hotel Cecil. Fol
/ lowing their tour through Britain the
/ Rotarians will visit the battlefclds Of
/ France and Flanders. The principal
meetings of the convention at Edin-
1 burgh viii be under the Presidency
Of Mr. Snedecor of Portland. Oregon.
/ | had an interesting talk this week
with Mr. Spencer Miller. the American
educationist and eriminologist now on
a short visit to England. lie Is study
| ing prison problems here and VIII ad-
| dress the Penal Reform League early
next month. He made somewhat
| startling statement to mo: In Ameri-
"a the impulse to self government in
! industry came from the success Of
| self government in prison" Mr.. Miller
was speaking from a long experience
of American prisons, including two
years, he told me, al $ sub warden at
| Sing Sing.
Prison problems. he says. ARE only
part OF our social problems. and |
want to attack them at their roots by
fuller all-round educa tion." lie Is an
| euthusias site believer in trust the
prisoner systems. which. spreading
| "a pidly in America, are yet TO become
acclimatized here. We must draw
| into the prison service also he SAYS.
those with an enthusiasm for social
| reconstruction. and as a step to
prison assuming its prophetic part az
an educational institution. A Dart
| moor warder once complained Of the
difficulty Of working on the edge of
| a volcano. Il viii be volcano If you
think il Is. but Il is really an unriNal-
led opportunity for cooperative effort.
when | was in charge Of the Sing
Sing workshops | dispensed With keep
ers and made the shop self governing.
and we Increased output nifty per
cent.
The British women's Army.
Great Britain is to have a Women's
Army. Million Of women are TO be
formed into a force which viii serve
the country's needs in any crisis that
| may develop. They win be known as
| the Every Ready Volunteers" II is
not decided whether the new British
Amazon army viii be put into uni-
form in its early days; eventually.
| however. some distinctive dress will
be worn; many favor the attractive
but neat and serviceable uniform worn
/ by the W. A. O. S. and the Land Girls
during the war.
British industrial troubles have led
| to this novel but not unexpected de-
parture. The excellent response of
women TO the call for volunteers when
t
| ened decided the women's leaders in
the formation Of a permanent army :
! Women who enroll viii be prepared
| to give help whenever and wherever
| required. Many thousands have al
ready registered.
| The organization which is enrolling
the women Of England to assist the
nation in times of urgent necessity
| is the National Political Reform
| League Its President. Miss Mary
Adelaide Broadhurst. NJ A., says it is
desired to have the women organized
and ready for service, instead of hav-
| ing TO make last-minute appeals when
any necessity arises.
We hope to be in position short
| ily TO supply railroad engine-drivers
and guards, bus drivers and conduc-
tors, motor lorry drivers. canteen
workers. clerks, typists. in fact any
/ kind of labor" explained the Presi-
dent
We are not against moderate labor
but we are strongly opposed to the
extremists. 1t is well known that
/ Bolsheyik agents are at the root of
| the present industrial crisis. and Ger
many is giving them indirect support.
"But the women of England are
solidly against any form of Bolshe-
yism. That creed is fatal to every
thing that women hold dear-ple
! home, children, marriage, and even
their liberty. Bolshevik principles
have more serious results for them
/ than for men.
I Wherever we go we find the wom-
en- strongly determined to have moth
/ ing TO do with this horrible Russian
/ system of government. Extremist
in this country know that we are
their worst enemy, but that viii not
prevent us from pursuing our cam
paign with all the energy we have"
While recruiting for the "Womens
Army" is meeting great response,
sections Of the British women's move
ment are deploring the present sys-
tenn of physical education for girls, on
the ground that 1t would be injurious
to the next generation.
The English athletic girl of today
is pictured with big muscles. wide hips
and over developed chest. swinging on
rings in gymnasiums. Strangely
enough the most sweeping critics are
principals of girls schools and coll
leges, and directors OF physical de-
velopment schools. According to one
prominent lady critic. Miss Radnar.
a leading Director of Physical De-
velopment, the present British athlet-