The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-29
LONDON TAKES
LEAD AS MECCA
FOR SOCIETIES
All Sorts Of Queer Associations Are
Catalegued in New Potoffice d.
rectory Just Issued.

London, May 29.-This seat of a
far-fiung empire harbors the head
quarters of a greater variety of
local. national and International or
ders, associations, missions, alIi-
ances, leagues. societies, unions,
funds and bunds than may be found
in any other city in the world.
More than 5000 OF them are cat
alogued in the new postofice direc-
tory, the Who's Who and What's
What" of London. In a benevolent,
protective or prohibitive way they
pertain TO almost every field of hu-
man activity, interest or need. An
examination OF the list suggests
that nowadays there is nothing
from deep-sea fighting to higher
thought that has escaped the atten-
ton of organizers.
A more painstaking perusal might
prompt the notion that it would be
perfectly safe for human or beast
to be born in London with or with
out parents, reared with or with
out guardians. masters. education
or training, stay out of prison or
in-there would be agents of an
organization of some sort waiting
with help or advice at each turn of
life's pathway.
Even at death the individual
would appear to be adequately safe
guarded. for in the list is enumer-
ated The Society for the Preven-
ton of Premature Burial"
Quaint Titles.
1t would be safe to assume that
each has a definite reason for be-
ing. specific function to perform,
but while most of the official titles
of this organized miscellany make
their aims obvious, there are 9TH
ers that, to the uninformed, sound
quaint or ambiguous.
Such organizations, for instance,
as The Society for Providing the
Poor with Bread and Coal in Win
ter" The Coal Smoke Abatement
Society" and The Institute of Jour
nalists' Proyident Fund" proclaim
their objects in admitted fields of
usefulness.
Some others are the Mothercraft
Training society, the British Rain
fall association. the London Fish
Friers' association, the Large Black
Pig society, the Out and Out Mis-
sion, the Order OF the Golden Age.
the National Baby Week Council
and the Barefoot Mission.
Brewers and personal rights as
sociations are listed cheek by jowl
with a variety of tariff reform
leagues, the Committee to Secure
State purchase and Control of the
Liquor Trade. the Inebriates' Re
formation association, and organiz-
ations of reformative or prohibit
tive character.
Against Sweating.
The styles of several might war
rant fear that their memberships
have set out on rather difficult mis-
sions. There is. for instance. the
National Anti-Sweating league.
Among the diversified and unique
societies for the propagation. pro-
motion. advancement, suppression,
prohibition, encouragement or pres
ervation OF this or that are found
the Crutch and Kindness league.
the Society for Befriending Young
Servant Girls, the Guild of Aid for
Gentle People. the National Adop-
ton society, the Decimal associa-
ton. the Association for the Pro-
viding, Training and Supply of Mid
wives, the Council of Justice to An
imals, the Society for the Proven
ton of Disagreement in Town and
Country. the Association of CeTti-
fed Blind Masseurs, the League for
Prevention of Spinal Curvature,
the Society for the Promotion Of
Employment of Women, and the
National Council for the Unmar-
ried Mother and Her Child.