Show SOME SERIOUS WORK G Vr r mf v DONE BY WOMEN Mrs l Alice Stebbins Wells of tx Los Lo s Angeles Ange Ange- les Ca Cal is the first woman police pollee officer in fri the United States Her lIeI duties dutie will girls principally SilO Sit no concern young oung wears no uniform but inside th thE tho lapel of regulation shield of is the her coat oat there the department Sp Speaking of her wor work Mrs Wells said recently Any woman adapted to the work worl when vested with the authority of the law can can find much to do and direct others too It II ItIs ItIs Is almost impossible for any anyone one not an of the police pollee department to integral gral part see ee cle clearly the tide of life sweeping past to 10 destruction to know the ln inadequate laws Jaws provided find arid the thc futility even oven of law itself to stem the tide Its surging force is gathered from smaller contributory contributory tory streams 1115 Once there were ere no police matrons Now Nov no city would be bc without t them em If It this new st step p were only commensurate on the ou with the work of the police po 10 po- po lice Uee matrons matton on the tho Insl Inside Inside Inside-I. I. c-I. i. i e 0 c. c the sympathetic sym sym- pathetic handling of erring and and unfortunate unfortunate women who come within the toils of the tho law law there there would o ll be ample j stiO- stiO cation Bitt But the movement is potentially far greater T IT am ani greatly in earnest A with my work ork and I twill vIll carry cavry it out to the full extent of the law young oung girls entering unsafe places will b bo be my mr chief 40 concern Countess Lisl Lisi Cipriani has left her an- an home In Tuscany and come corns to New York to t teach ach its Italian inhabitants how to live She is devoting her life to the hospital l and tenement I Districts She represents a society by the ItalIan Italian Ital Ital- tal- tal ian government with the tho welfare of ItalIan Italian Ital Ital- ian women and children in foreign lan lands s. s The countess has received three degrees decrees from rein the University of Chicago While in Chicago she a special study of oC conditions Most of 01 OI our 11 Italian people in this courtry try land here as Immigrants sh sh fay aS They The speak English and they thew come many of them from Crom an m outdoor outdoor outdoor out out- door life Ufe which have spent In a warmer climate e c t this an and anu here heie they livo huddled in tenements where th they have hae neither fresh air all nor sunshine nor nor even ven th proper clothing to keep loep them warm Their Theil first effort is to 10 learn Eng Eng- Ii h. h they pick up from friends or nr r relatives es Often lh they v see seek employment before t the they f can or 01 nial make themselves because they fei Itei I they must work for the large families usually accompany ry t thorn tIem What we want to In do is iR to lo bettor better equip I these people Wo Ve clavE c pave lavE planned plaint to teach them hem En English lish to help them gj l n e io ment b by familiarizing them with the a advertisements advertisements ad ad- and putting them on the right track Wo We are arc to build model mode tenements fOI for them m not nol in the congested districts o 0 the cit city but outside on Lon Long island perhaps where they will wilt be able abio live cheaply but wholesomely |