The evening world. Newspaper, May 26, 1919, Page 18

ee es Se Tee whe” Oe eet a a ee 3 " MONDAY, MAY 26, 1919 ho Cho the Clownl Has a New Job 4 [EACHING KIDDIES HEALTH — e’s Working fo r Uncle Sam Now Telling the School Children What and How to Eat. Copyright, 4919, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World). HE Government: has dipped into every kind of business during the war period, and now it is in the clown business, Cho Cho, the first clown éver hired by Uncle Sam, and said to be the highest paid r in his line, is delivering lon and the Nation, pee 4 health message to the children of He weighs, measures and tells the kiddies to be healthy and happy, what to eat and what to abstain from. He is “HRs feature of the exhibit of the division of school hygiene, Bureau of Edu- pay ® part of the exposition being held by the Department of the Interior et ngton. When he has finished telling the Washington children how Seted veh in good health and prevent pains in their tummies from eating im- things, he will transfer his activities to other cities, and it is the b to have him makea nation-wide tour to impress upon the children's the fundamentals of the health crusade which is being conducted in ig public schools of the country. Was “children's day” at the In- Department Exposition when Writer dropped in, Cho Cho the crowds of youngsters smiles, and grins and clown as they fied in. He was the of the youthful eyes add apparent that any message he would “get over” without any ity, He met them at the en- V VSSHO 22, MEDALS, me of the Interior Department with many bows and gestures them into the auditorium. “When the children were all seatot fun began. Cho Cho made his en- shouting “Hello! hello! hello!” | The-school children responded with which turned into loud laugh- "&8 Cho Cho ambled down the aisle made many seemingly futile at- to get onto the stage. you eat this?” asked Cho (ho ‘Bis assembled guests, as he took large market basket a bunch Scores of hands went up, that radishes were a favorite with many of the young- » Pickles and peppers in turn Pi rere brousht. tortn. Bi. A should not eat radishes, firs and cucumbers,” emphatical- 4 Cho Cho. “They are not] pfor children.” And he drove his home by synchronidng a grimace with a rubbing of his with his hand, at the same ling the forbidden vegetables im the other hand, to impress er ae the children with the particular part of the anatomy that would register a protest, Ho then proceeded to take from the basket various vegetables and fruits such as beans, potatoes, apples and peaches, which are “good for children,” and as each of the homely Vegetables and fruits.was placed on the table the children shouted with enthustasm, “Get weighed once # month at least,” was another admonition of Cho Cho to his childish guests. ‘That is the way to see if you are following the health rules,” he continued. As Cho Cho discussed with the chil- dren the rules for their guidance re- lating to exercise, dict, sleep, bathing and other hygienic principles, he be- came more serious. His clown tricks had caught and held their attention, and now he was giving the youthful minds his message. “Cho Cho is glad to see so many children drink milk,” he declared, as practically every child in the audi- ence held up his hand in answer to & question cancerning the use of milk. Cho Cho next showed the children various medals on his chest, which he said be had won in «printing and other athletic contests. “To win medals,” he said, “you must have health, and to have health you must observe the rules of health.” Weighing and measuring of the boys and girls took place while Cho Cho was talking, ‘Nhe children of the dit- ferent classes were taken accordi to their ages, The weighing and measuring is done by volunteer work- ers from the Mothers’ Congresg and Parent-Teacher Association. Each child Is given a yellow tag, on which its age and name is written, and then its height and weight. as deterthined. There is also written on the card what should be the child's weight, ac- cording to his or her age and height. The recipient is admonished to “watch your weight.” On the back. of the yel- low card are the rules of “the health game," which Cho Cho seeks to instil into childish minds, Such messages as this are given to the children on the card: G is for gaining, As every child could; A half pound a month Is the least that he should. Cho Cho's first survey in the Na- tional capital has developed that practically all the Washington school ie é ATTRACTIVE WHITE SATIN MORNING FROCK, ALSO S8UIT- ABLE FOR SPORT WEAR. EM- BROIDERY 18 TURQUOISE BCUE, PINK AND GRASS GREEN, © Uridemood & Undearood, children are under weight. Oddly enough, it is the carefully reared child of the well-to-do family that appears to be the most under weight, accord- ing to members of the weighing com- mittee. This specimen of childhood in Washington averages twenty pounds Jess than a normal child should, so Washington ts beginning to pay at- tention to Cho Cho and his “health rules” for children, It ts estimated that there are at least 6,000,000 undernourished chil- dren in the United States and 15,000,- 000 who are suffering from some physical defect that might be pre- vented or corrected. Through the Bureau of School Hygiene it is planned to lessen these numbers greatly by the introduction of simple, commonsense principles. Cho Cho has been selected to spread the gospel of good health, and his personality assures him an audience among chil- dren wherever he may go. Radio Telephone to Report Forest Fires EH windmill ts a new addition to the forest ranger’s station on the mountain peaks of the West, says the Popular Mechanics Magazine. Its purpose is to drive the dynamo that supplies current for a wireless telephone, The telephone has long been the chief aid of the lookcut in fighting fires in our great nationa. forests, Often, however, when most needed, the wires would be lying useless under a slide of rocks or snow or @ fallen tree, so the rangers are to, have wireless tele- phones, whose functioning cannot be disturbed in these ways, Serelbsliha ii oa FACTS WORTH KNOWING. Utllized by Indlans for cooking for years, Ecuador's petroleum deposits bave been investigated by scientists with a view to commercial develop- ment. eee An inventor has combined a calen- dar and savings bank, each dato comprising a receptacle for a coin, which can only be removed by de- stroying the device, eee Austria's first hydroelectric plant has been built on the Danube to sup- ply Vienna with from 70,000 to 170,000 horsepower, depending on the water level, eee HER SUMMER FROCKS T_T Des An instrument has been invented by @ New York man to determine th correct balance of aeroplane propel- je differences wa BANDS WITH A CROCHET. rt ayes YOUTHFUL WASHED BLUE GEORGETTE FROCK WITH COUNTLESS LITTLE BUTTONS AND HAND WORK AS TRIM- MING. OD Vollerwood & Underwood, TWO MINUTES OF OPTIMISM Ha: > By Hermans J. stich... | Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), \ The Wages of Position Is Opposition PPOSITION is the wages of position, The more competitors you pass the mor knockers you leave behind. The larger your attainments fhe more teeming the multitudes who strain at your coat-tails, The more heads you over- tower the more enemics you have to overpower. Extraordinary success creutes and intensifies jealousy, We'll wel- come the winner—provided we're not the loser—provided he doesn't advance al our expense, We'll congratulate you on your gain if your gain will cause us no pain, We're good sports, But it's too much to expect us to cheer you after you sear us, You can't expect us to give you a hand while youre trampling on our toes. We don't boost you after you oust us. We're glad to see you lunge ahead. But we'll try to break you if you plunge over our head, The swifter your pace the more revengeful the laggards you dis- place, The faster the progress you make the more vindictive the lead- ers you overtake, The greater the pack you outdistance the more an- tagonists you leave at your rear—consumed with a desire to even the score—and some more. You have thrown them into the shade, You have outgraded them and they're gritting their teeth, If by your superiority you shame them you can't blame them for not smiling with you—for railing at you. You outpaced them. You outraced them—this trip. But this was only a trial heat, There are semi-finals coming—and finals, They're out to right the reckoning, They've clenched their fists, They've tight~ ened their jaws. They're going to challenge you every inch of the route, If you've got the courage your succesg implies you'll stand to and fight them to a finish, And if your works don’t go YOU WILL. If you _oan't stand the gait you'll bave to slapd thelr laugh, ss wh gl Rams el ak 8a la, A I. rs Ce ———————————————————————————— phere alae : The June Bride’s Trousseau Fourth of Series NAVY BLUE FROCK OF CHALLI' COLLAR SASH AND SLEEVE OF WHITE ORGANDY INSERTS OF Padiion Comers Co. PEAVY IRISH, gee, to use “fighting words,” but ‘comes of fighting stock, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1919 ““Women Crowded Out of Jobs | In the Big Industries SAYS MRS. NORA STANTON BLATCH Because of Sex Legislation; Let Women Fight Own Battles’ Upholds League for Equal Opportunities for Wo Workers in Its Opposition to Lockwood-Caut field Transportation Workers’ Bill. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Coprrtant, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World), E hold these truths to be self-evident— h That women cannot receive equal pay with men when against the will of the women workers—working conditions ar@ That labor legislation should be applied to trades as a whole, not to one sex. That night work is not necessarily harmful to either the health or the morals of women. That women workers can and should fight their battles without the assistance of women uplifters— otherwise unemployed. This platform pretty well summarizes, I think, the position of several hundred women transportation workers in New York, who have been gently but firmly uplifted out of their jobs by the Lockwood-Caulfiel, Transportation Workers’ Bill, and who are so unreasonable as to reser the fact. women advocates of this bill, and will Smith to use his influence “It was advocated,” says Mrs. Nora Stanton Blatch, “by the Woman Sut- frage Party and other uplift sogieties and the Mrs, Van Astorbilts of this State; it prevents night work for women conductors, ticket choppers and ticket sellers, and prohibits them from working the hoars that the en- tire railroad sche@ule is based on. “Thousands of women will have been deprived of well-paid work by the time the bill comes into full opera- tion, The mothers of this heartless legislation—Mrs, Whitehouse, Mrs, Laidlaw, Miss Dreier, Mrs, Nathan, Mrs, Astor, ete.—had better sell their limqusines and jewels and pay these women while they are seeking other employment, and then pay them weekly thereafter the’ difference be- tween what they earned at ‘night work and what they will be obliged to take at day work.” Mrs. Blatet it perfectly willing, ‘= being the daughter of Harriot Stanton Blatch and the granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, She is ‘Married and has a lite daughter, but uses her mother’gsname "professionally, She took t vil engineer's course at Cor- nell, andds now a builder—incorporat- ed. She done night work, plenty of it; for years she took but half an hour for her lunch; in short, she has ono OWL MABLE’S LOVE LETTERS TO HER ROOKIE By Florence Elizabeth Summers Illustrations by ERE BILL Maggie had a party for the home guard last night. Natalie Stokes, 1 thought | Theses women have just passed | resolutions denouncing th 5 \ made the various sacrifices of mo- mentary comfort for the sake of pro- fessional responSibility and gain which are found necessary by all workers—men or women—who think about something else besides the clock, Therefore she is upholding the League for Equal Opportunities for Women Workers—the first and only democratic organization of them, she says—in its opposition to legislation admittedly lobbied for by women who neve: were nor will be paid wage- earners, with the wage-earner’s point of view. “These women simply interfere with conditions of which they know noth- ing and make all sorts of trouble,” she told me earnestly, “Although they are suffragists their attitude toward the women workers is exactly as patronizing and unfair as that of men toward women in general when we began to ask for the vote. Then the men said, ‘We know what is best for you. Let us do the legislating.’ Now these women ,of leisure say to em- ployed women, ‘We understand better than you what laws are needed for your protection. “If, as they - argue, night work is bad for women, why is it not bad (or all women? ‘The legislation we want will not affect the telephone girls,’ one of the uplift leaders told me. Wut why should telephone girls—or scrub- women—or the domestic servants of the uplifters—be allowed to work after ten ocfock at night, if transpor- tation workers are forbidden to do so? Apparently it is only wrong for well-paid women to do night work! “I personally do not believe night work more harmful than day work, @ I was confirmed in this opinion by . one of the best women physicians in # this city, a research worker at the Rockefeller Institute, “I never have met a healthier, more contented set of women than the transportation workers of New York. They were perfectly sutisfed with conditions, Most of them were mak- ing more money than ever before, “y at first I wouldn't go, the way they had been actin so foolish 1 | @ore than they could make in other freakish, but knowin theys so few thought Id go an help her out. We danced a new dance they call the chimmy. The fello that invented it must a had shell shock or somethin. Ni You never would learn to do it, Its too com- plicated. Remember what a hard time you pad learnin te dance plain? There was one fella there danced awful, He !pumped with his arm like he was tryin to get his engine started, Finally when Id been stuck with him two or three dances I says, “Well now were pee up—lets dance, awhile.” They was one Colonel there. He started rushin mo heavy at first but I saw that little gold chicken on his shoulder an thought he was a cook. He rushed Nellie but I could a had him if Id known what he was. Who wants a Colonel with a fello like you, Bill? Not me. Us girls has decided we dont know much about the service, 80 weve got a little bunch that meets together every other night. We call it “Get- tin in touch with the service.” We have gay old times an I mean we have fun livin up to the name, I learned at it tonight that the thing on the Colonels shoulder aint a chicken—its a eagle, It sure looked like a chicken to me, I got a new hat. Its good lookin, too, Nellie sure has got brass, [ brought it home an called her over to see it, an after she looked at it Qwhile sho said “Its awful me 1 attractive girls around here now I “WE DANCED THE CHIMMY.” believe I can copy it for a every day knock about hat.” Knock about hat nothin! She never had a Sunday bat as good lookin as that hat is. Its been awful cold lately, The rain barrels froze. If you an me ever get rich after the war I aint never goin to see another bit of frost except on post cards, They say Santa aint comin down chimneys this year, Scared hell catch the flue. Yours till ‘we winter in Florida, MABLE employment, They should fight thele » batuew—they ea ta arte ni oceupations, Confining them to day work puts them on half time or less and means they cannot afford to kevp their jobs, even if they are not la‘d off, Naturally, the men working (ur the street car companies would revoit if all the women were shifted to full- time day runs, just because they were women, and seniority rules were thus ignored.” ; Then Mrs. Blatch touched upon what seems to me the vital princip involved in this local industrial situlian ation, i “So long as special industrial com ditions are demanded for women, « women,” she said, “so long womeni will be crowded out of well-paid pus sitions and kept the mere tools industry. Europe has found that oul My mother writes mo that workertam over there laughed at two represen i tives of the American Women's Trad Union League, who wanted to ge special industrial privileges for wom en workers in the lubor sections of the wal League of Nations. ‘Haven't you gobus past that stage?” European labor lead. "a ers asked, The proposal was just about thirty years behind the times, “Of course, de mothers of the race must be protected, But the fathers of the race deserve protection tog And the children are just as likely suffer if father works too many how or under unsanitary conditions, as mother is similarly handicapped, “Labor legislation should be passed to apply to trades, not to one sex or | the other, It should be drawn most carefully, or it will do more harm than good, And women who work should not ask or permit women of leisure or workingmen to regulate the hours, conditions or wages of their