WOMEN POLICE.

Evening Star, Issue 16280, 24 November 1916, Page 2

WOMEN POLICE.

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. "O THU EDITOR. V'™' 5 ver - v Pleased to road your .a ticks m the ‘Star 1 on tho-above' impel taut matter, urging tiio Government to take action. Unfortunately th,ev seem unsympathetic. Anyone acquainted with the day and night conditions of largo centres °‘ population know quite well that there ns urgent need for women police—ves, and wanted hero and now. I a'm sure the women of this country could put the matter a stage nearer fruition if all (lie organisations associated with churches, likewise philanthropic and other women’s societies were to join hands in n. common cause. Ot course, those who pioneer new ideas are often derided in orthodox and conventional circles. However, derision is not always the hall-mark of intelligence, and counts for little. My point is that women police aro needed", and only by ceaseless agitation will the cause be‘won. luiskm once wrote: “You do not karn that you may live ; you live that vou may karn 1 ; and practical Idiowkdgo and keen observation actuate reformers in advocating necessary and urgent measures. Some time ago the ‘ Star 1 helped to win a battle for tho workers—namely, the heating of factories—so keep on pegging ;;wav,° Mr Editor.— I am, etc., „ Ei.mott Staxdfield. -November 25.