Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-20

killing beds in our slaughter houses.
who must handle 400 sheep an hour.
which means cutting of J 500 toes
every so minutes for hours a day
this is the wild life with which We
have Ia deal and whom would like
10 save from the insanity hat follows
industrial fatigue. by providing them
place where they can get little
fresh air IN The evening. where they
a. n eat picnic dinner SatuTdav a fter-
noon or on Sunday with no Keep off
the grass signs 10 modest them or
make them afraid. Perhaps ! should
have said, TO make them mad
MIR. Stewart'S address injected
human note into 4 conference which
had hitherto considered abstract mat
ters. such as extension Of State ma
municipal parks. nd met with an in
slant response from the more than
$50 delegates from nearly 30 States.
He said police and policewomeu
frequently ina gine things they can
not see, and declared that the a.
sumption that people are not able 10
take care of themselves is entirely
gratuitous.
Scores lima cination.'
Il can say with Da vid. thai once |
never in my life have ! put my ann
around a woman-neVer in my life
have ! tried to put my arm around
a woman-who did not know all or
the rules and reeula tions Al nd exactly
how TO enforce them. ] think our
police and particularly our police
women could he spared a iot of
trouble if they did not ina CINE 20
much more than they actually see.
Let us have ma ximum nnnher
Of seats. benches and tables for pic
mic dinners: swings. everything. eH-
cept keep off the grass signs. that
the city authorities can devise or az
ford. Personally ! believe that a girl
who works nine hours in the spindle
room Of q cotton factory or eight on
nine hours day in q boot and shoe
factory al the speed rates which now
prevail. can stand little pettinG. II
isn't going to hurt her and even il
the petting is done by the toe-cutter-
off in the sheep killing beds from the
stock yards. possibly both Of them
would hav something 10 think about
next day thai would At least in ina gi-
nation relieve something Of the mo-
nitony Of their work. Remember Ire
girl has no home in which 10 receive
callers. Her home is single room in
a fat ar an apartment.
Secretary Davis said he wished 10
assure the conference that although
the contribution that the Federal Gov
eminent car and should make ie
great. Vet An effective national recre-
alton and conservation policy can he
worked out only 10 the extent that the
States and minor political agencies
share in its making. Seventy-Fve
million of our population live cast ot
the Mississippi. where Federal con
troll OF land Is relatively negligible
and where practically all land * in
private hands. Here the States must
lead. 1t is not a question of States
rights, but of States responsibilities.
If we can pull TO this common pur-
pose the American genius for orgsni-
tation,' he added, Il am sure we can
attain the Presidents conception of
Ia nd of wholesome enjoyment and per
ennial cladness.
Mr.. Hamin. submitting a progress
report. took much the same line Of
argument as Secretary Davis. He
said the States should not erect Chi
nese walls around them. behind which
they sit in the happy thought that
their own citizens are cared for rails
ing the banner of State rights MIR.
amin urged the recognition Of every
governments! unit Of the necessity
for a correlated plan OF park develop
ment. "A playground within a CITY
should be correlated with the small
park plan he said: the small park
plan with the large city plan. the
large parks with the encirciing county
parks. the county parks with the State
parks and forests, and these in turn
with the national parks and forests"
{. j. GaIpin of the Department of
Agriculture sided with Mr.. Stewart in
pleading for huma nizing of our pub
lie parks. Thirty million America
he said. want 10 he included in any
scheme for outdoor recreation
The General F'ederati ton Of Women'S
Clubs has turned the attention Of
1900. 900 women in its is. 900 affiliated
clubs TO the need for increased inter
est in nature study. preservation Of
natural resources. reforeststion es-
adjustment of Fairgrounds and in
support OF the idea Of teaching teach
ers nature study work. Mrs. John
Dickinson Sherman. president Of the
federation. said in message read by
Mrs. f. W. Weitz.
ANY workable program recon
mended by this body for nature study
the far-reaching machinery OF this
great body" Mrs. Sherman said
report by the committee on edu-
cation read by Mr.. Hamlin urged
other committees to so adapt their
programs to produce the greatest
measure of educational value and
recommended that every American
see to ii that students are taken
afield. The report also urged that
faculties of normal schools and col
leges be provided with the rapidly ac-