Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-05
ASK WOMEN TO
BE ACTIVE IN
CITY AFFAIRS
Officials Address Local COun-
Gil at Annual Lunch
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Cooperation of the Local Council of
Women with the Government of Indian
apolis" was the general topic for a group
OF talks made by city officials at the
annual luncheon Of the Local Council Of
Women held yesterday in the Riley room
of the Claypool hotel The speakers in
cluded Russell Wilson, president of the
city council; Mrs. Julia Belle Tutewiler,
OF the board of school commissioners F;
Felix T. McWhirter, of the board of pub
lie safety James H. Lowry of the park
board, and Mark Miller Of the board of
public works.
Women should remember" said Mr..
Wilson in his talk, that politics is the
science of government. Men have played
politics for years; they remember it n
short time before each election and dur
ing the rest Of the year forget about It,.
Your place is playing politics all during
the four years of municipal government.
We made up a budget during this past
summer for next winters expenditures
and advertised 1t around as being on ex-
hibition for inspection by the people,
and also announced a public hearing. I
think a total of three people inspected
the budget and a half dozen people. with
the exception Of the council itself. at
tended the hearing Three of those were
reporters and one the janitor.
SAMPLE OF
INTEREST.
THAT is a sample OF the interest that
the people take in helping the city of
ffcials. You women should appoint a
budget committee to investigate these
&c binh +frne thing Is
taken up by the women, this cooperation
with the city officials. Committees on
various lines sent to the council would
be Of valuable aid"
Mrs. Tutewiler urged the women Of the
local council to get together and help
push the better public school facilities,
TO lend their united efforts toward help
ing the school board in their tremendous
task Of lettering the conditions OF the
buildings and the various other phases
OF education.
During the war we were told to wait"
she said, for betterment Of conditions
and now that the war is over we are
told to wait, but childhood is short
childhood can not wait and we must edu-
cate cur children; they can not walt
We have been building but ordinary city
buildings and yet we are called extrava-
School No. % was cited as a horrible
example of extrava CANT frills, the frills'
being an auditorium, a principles office.
indoor toilets and a teachers rest room
McWHIRTER SPEAKS
FOR THE HOME.
Mr.. McWhirte laid particular stress on
the building up Of the home in Indian
apolis, Il being the most enduring way
of building up a city, IN his opinion. He
asked that the council women work with
the board of safety, stating that their
work lies particularly in bringing to the
mothers the responsibility that lies with
them in regard to their boys and girls.
Mr. Miller also laid peculiar stress on
the influence Of the home, saying that
1.-The government Of the city was decided
largely by decisions made in homes" He
asked that the women lend their aid to
projects of the board of works, such as
the Strengthening of the streets, restrict
ing heights of buildings coming and keep
ing residence sections as such.
Mr.. Lowry said that the Council of
. Women had been cooperating with the
, park board and he hoped that it would
continue aiding in every way possible
He also added that he considered the
closest cooperation with all other boards
as big factor for betteTment Of munici
pal conditions He said plans had just
been completed with the Governor to
landscape the statehouse grounds and
make beauty spot out of the heretofore
neglected lawn. He also told OF the
landscape gardening that has been done
in twenty SCHOOLGIRLS. He asked that
the women circulate the Information that
any one in the city may have their lawns
planned and laid out, free Of charge by
merely calling the park board
Refers TO
CIVIC PRIDE.
IF citizens will only take advantage of
their opportunities, he said. they can
not help but have 4 beautiful city. There
Is no more civic pride anywhere than in
Indianapolis Our city never has taken
M anything really essential that it has
failed to carry out. and to accomplish
great ends an atmosphere must be
created between just such bodies as this
and the public service boards"
Mrs. Allen T. Fleming. president of the
council. presided, introducing the speak
ers together with the new officers and
the board Of directors. A program of
community singing was directed by Mrs
James MOag.