The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-19
INTERNATIONAL GATHERING At
CAPITAL TO DicUSS WELL
FARE OF CHILDREN.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
PLACES THE GATHERING EVEN
HIGHER THAN VETERANS OF
THE CIVIL WAR.

Washington.-The delegation OF Col
orado women who are here to attend
the first International Congress- OF
Mothers In America on the welfare OF
the child will take active part in the
deliberations. The delegates from Col
orado are Mesdames H. J. Hersey. H.
A. True, Il. M. Ashley and A. w. Steele
of Denver, ]. H. Region OF Fort Collins
and Hawse Of Greeley. The delegates
attended reception given members OF
their organization at the White House
Tuesday afternoon by the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt and later held tho
first meeting Of series which will oc.
cupy the remainder of the week.
This Is one body that | put even
higher than the veterans OF the civil
War" was the enthusiastic preliminary
remark OF President Roosevelt In re-
ceving tho delegates. The President
made the occasion a decidedly more
than in formal reception by having the
Marine band in attendance and his mil
itary and naval aides in full uniform.
He said:
when all is said. it is The mother.
and the mother only. who is better
citizen even than the soldier who fights
for his country. The successful mother.
the mother who does her part In rear
ing and training bright boys and girls.
who are to be the men and women or
the next generation, is OF greater use
to the community and occupies, II she
only would realize it, a more honorable
as well as more important position imam
any successful man in it.
81 want to ask your assistance for
two or three matters that are not I'M
mediately connected with the life in
the family itself, but that are of vital
consequence to the children. In the
first place, in the schools. see that tho
school work is made as practicable as
possible. AS regards our public schools
especially, ! want to put in special
word in behalf of the right kind OF
| Fairgrounds. No school Is good
school if it has not a good playground.
Help the children to play: and remem-
Der that you can often help them most
| by leaving them entirely alone. IT Is
The gravest kind of wrong not only TO
the children, but to the whole commu-
nifty, to turn out the boys and girls, es-
pecially in the congested part OF tho
city. with no place to play but the
streets.
you can not have good citizens.
good men and women of the next gen.
Grafton if the boys and girls arc
worked in the factories to the stunning
of their moral, mental and physical
growth Wherever the national gov
eminent can reach 1t should do away
with the evils OF child labor. and
trust this will be done but much must
be done by the actions Of the several
state Legislatures; and do each of you.
| in your several states. all that you can
to secure the enactment and then the
enforcement of laws that shall put
stop to the employment OF children OF
| tender age in doing what only grown
people should do
I Wedn 9sday luncheon will be ten
dered the members and their friends
at which Mrs. Hersey will preside as
roastmis;ress. At Thursdays meeting
Mrs. Hersey will read a paper entitled
'The Spirit of the Home" and Friday
Mrs. True will speak on The Welfare
of the Child"