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Show I MRS. WILSON PLANS REFORMS . . . i . Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's slumming tour in Washington the other day Is destined to result in a reformation of unwholesome housing conditions which is sorely needed in some quarters quar-ters of the capital. The president's wife intends to devote her influence and a large part of her time to alleviating alle-viating the distress she witnessed on her trip of inspection. When the house of representatives met a few days later bills were introduced intro-duced providing for the transformation transforma-tion of Pig alley, Goat alley, Tincup ailey, and Louse alley into interior parks and playgrounds. These alleys now house a greatly congested negro population lodged in shacks and tumbledown tum-bledown tenements. Representative Kahn and other congressmen who were in the party accompanying Mrs. Wilson, have promised to push the proposed legislation vigorously. The interest Mrs. Wilson is taking i , avA a K fa in affairs in which the wife of a president presi-dent can ,be extremely useful and effective Is being warmly applauded. She gave her views of the housing problem at a meeting of the women's welfare department of the National Civic federation. This organization of Washing- ton women has met with great success in its efforts to eradicate slums. |
