The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-06
THE. NATIONAL CONGRESS OF
 MOTHERS AND ITS GOOD WORK

Year by year the organization called the National oCngress of Mothers Tn creases it's membership and broaaens and deepens its work. Although prl- marily established for and by mothers' it permits fathers also to become mem bers and even to express their opln- ions on how to take care Of children. This is a most generous concession on the part of the mothers. seeing how many generations they, have been
 obliged to sit in silence and hear doc-
 tors of divinity, college presidents and other presidents tell women what they
 ought to do. These eminent dignita-
 ries always spoke as though they
 themselves had frequently been women
 and knew exactly what was best for
 the feminine sex.
 By, and by women became rather
 tired of having men tell them what they ought to do and even to think,
 so. after some 5000 years of that sort of thing, they have begun to put their
 heads together and reason. out what they want to do for themselvs. They are beginning to find out. The National Congress of Mothers is | one of the results of the awakening of | woman. Here are some of the things | the congress has accomplished since It's | organization: It is gradually pcrsuad- | ing the legislatures of the States to es- | tablish juvenile courts for underage | offenders. Many of these courts are already in operation, particularly Tn | the large cities. The congress has agi- tated and brought to public attention | the evils attendant on child labor ana
 the grievous wrongs done to factory in | fants who toll ten and twelve hours | day. with no schooling and no time for play or anything which brings joy into | their hapless, helpless lives. Through 1 this society mothers and their chil- | dren's teachers are brought together by the organization of mothers and teach
 CTS clubs to which both belong. Moth CTS, too many of whom know no more
 than COW how to rear properly be-
 ing with an immortal soul, thus come
 to regard their. children's teachers, not as natural enemies, but as their own
 and their children's best friends. Child study, nursery and school sanitation. industrial and moral training, the starting of children's clubs. the estab- fishing of vacation schools and summer playgroundst and gardens. the educa- tion and care of defective and morally delinquent children. the founding of model nurseries where the babies of working women may be cared for ten derly as well as scientifically while the mothers are arning living: these are only a few of the matters occupying the time and thoughts of this noble so- ciety
 street boy once said to Mrs. Anna K Ramsey, probation officer of the ju- venile court of Philadelphia.
 Gee, Mrs. Ramsey, I can't play ball nor do ncthin. De old lady she drives me out, and de cop he jugs me"
 Interest in children of that kind Is what the Mothers Congress Is endeav- bring by all means in its power to awake Mrs. Ramsey says.
 'The children for whom we are work ing are as our children, only brought up under different circumstances. There is no such thing as an incor- rigible child under twelve years Of age" She speaks appealingly for the little ones in the streets who have be-