The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-08
Frederick Hask1n's Letter
The Traffic Coppet.

elbow is the only insignia She
wears. The duties can be master
ed in half hour period. Mrs. Ia.
gan finds. The coppet simply helms
the children across the street he
tween two corners, and holds nm
traffic when necessary to make tbs
street safe for children.
At present the work is being dnns
mostly at corners nearest tho
schools. These are the crossinrs
used by the greatest number NJ
children. AS the number of WI
unteers from neighbOrhood in
creases, however, the service is he
ing extended to dangerous cross
ings farther from the school builB-
ings.
At every center, Mrs. Logan
places four women. There must he
one, she says, for each corner So
that traffic in every direction NAV
be efficiently watched, and so thst
the children may be assisted across
the four cross walks. The traffic
department has agreed to back nm
thee coppets in the event Of their
reporting cases Of speeding or re-
fuSal to obey signals. So far thera
has been no difficulty of this sort
The city is heartily cooperating
with the volunteer traffic Officers
But in the event of trouble the
four women to a crossing would
insure that drivers number woujl
be taken and, too, there would he
witnesses.
Mrs. Logan is getting letters. tele-
phone calls, and visits every day
from women who are anxious t0
help. One woman who was visiting
in Washington for a month, arrang-
ed to give some time each day 10
the children. Another, 4 woman Of
20, still spry and alert, was eager
to help. She said that she had
been looking for civic welfare WORK
and this was something she could
do.
I'VE have given our money to the
children of Europe" says Mrs. To-
gan. For our own children we
ask only a little time. It is a wo-
mans work, done in a dignifed, ef-
ficient manner, and women are re-
spending to the suggestion OF a
new field for service The volun-
teers have come from all walks Of
life"
Work Benefits COppets.
Mrs. Logan thought of the traf-
fic work only as a service that the
women could give to the city, but
a prominent doctor in the city sees
possibilities for physical benefit. He
told her that he wished all of his
women patients who could go out
would take up traffic work. There
is nothing" said the doctor, THAT
will give health like regular out
door exercise and the feeling Of
helping Others"
Il feel that the time must come"
Mrs. Logan said, when the woman
who has leisure will give her time
to serve the children of the woman
who works. We older women, espe-
cially, who have no little children
on our hands, can do this to help
the younger ones.
"The letters that I receive show
how great a service it is that We
can give. Women who have had TO
lock up their babies at home in.
order to bring older children to
school write to thank the cOppets
for relieving them of this burden.
Other women who have been bring
ing their own children offered their
services to help other peoples boys
and girls. Eight women who regu-
larly take their families to school
said they would come early and
stay until nine O'Clock. One moth
er coppet brings her two-year-Old
baby in his carriage and leaves him
on the sidewalk while she helps
other children across the street,
Though the cOppet project is only
a couple of weeks old in Washing
ton it is already being suggested
for other places. The wife Of the
mayor OF Toronto who was in the
city last week became interested in
the plan, and declared that she
would try to have it introduced in
Toronto.
The ambassador from the Argen-
tine Republic also is interested. He
sent his secretary to obtain all de-
tails from Mrs. Logan with a view
to having the plan put into effect
in Argentina.