Evening star., 1923-05-01
us. OFFERS CHANCE
TO YOUNG WORKERS
Secretary Davis Says Stu
dents Should Be Able to
Make a Living.

When boys and girls are Of high
scnool age they should be able 10
iiake living in some occupation
oeciared Secretary of Labor Davis 4,
ah ADDRESS on The School That
trains for Life" at the domestic well
iare meeting Of the womans Jni-
Versal Alliance conference held at the
New Willard Hotel today.
fhefe Is a greater opportunity in
america Tor young men and women
than ever before in the history of the
country, and children should be taught
the dignity Of labor and that II ;s
no crime to work" declared secrc-
tary Davis.
Tells of School Plan.
secretary Davis told of the plan
worked out at the school maintained
by the Loyal Order of Moose at
Mooseheart, Ill. And declared that
the idea Of an education giving chill
dren the ability to take care of them
selves in the world should he intro-
ouced in the public schools Of the
country.
He urged the selective plan for
those intending to come to this couu-
.ry from foreign shores. and declared
that this should be done before the
people reach Ellis Island. and that
When they do reach America they
should be sent directly to their desti-
nation and started ON an educational
program.
rived from foreign immigrants lis very
smaiI. We never hear anything about
tne sood alien, but we hear all about
ne bad alien" declared Secretary
He said that the greatest onnor,un.
ity that a man had was to live with
ms mother and that 1t was far bet.
yer 10 i've In shack on the Potomac
WIN ones mother than in Washing
ION with princes and notables.
Discusses Farm Woman.
The American Farm Woman" was
discussed by Or. Mary Meek Atkeson.
author and authority on the problems
or the American farm women. DR..
Atkeson deplored city propaganda
detrimental to the farm, declaring
that the country would lose its farm
.h. er and would be drifting toward
country should be as good as those
In the city said DR.. Atkeson
Mrs. Bertha Lincoln Heustis of Los
angeles pointed out that the motion
picture industry has grown from a
mere amusement to the largest in
dustry in the country.
FoloWing the afternon session the
members will go to Clifton, the al
Iiance international headquarters. for
a tea
Tonight's session has been can
Pins Hope to Women.
Vice. wealth and it's distribution
ana reverence for the law are the
!hree greatest problems facing Amer
lca. the Rev. DR.. +. II. Ward of Hot
springs. Va. declared last night
Whatever hope the nation may have
Ier overcoming these problems peace
anly' the speaker asserted, lies in
Woman's emancipation.
Or. Ward said he believed the pres
ent crisis to be Gods Judgment on a
materlalistic world. There is a grow
ing disrespect for the law. he said.
and declared that the distribution
and wise expenditure of wealth is ono
or the problems for future genera
tons to decide.
That the women of the world have
constructive qualities that will re-
deem the present crisis in human his
tory from chaos was the claim made
by Mrs. Clarence Crittenden Calhoun.
president of the alliance, in her in
augural address.
In sounding the keynote of the con-
ference-that Of promoting a common
understanding among the women OF the
world-Mrs. Calhoun put herself on rec
ord as believing in adequate armament
for national protection "as an assurance
of peace.