Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
HOME CARE FOR ORPHANS.
Cottage Plan Favored in Resolutions
Adopted by Conference.

IT had been expected that the lengthy
report of the conference on the care OF
dependent children would provoke mucn
discussion when presented TO the dele
gates at the session held in the board
room of the District building yesterday
afternoon The committee appointed to
Hastings L. Hart Edmond ]. Butler.
Judge Julian w. Mack, Homer Folks and
James f. West. and they spent much
time yesterday in compiling the various
features presented in the summary read
to the President last night at the dinner
i'm the New Willard. 1t was with much
qualification to all concerned, however.
that with but one insignificant verbal
change the report was adopted unanl-
mously and this action gave rise to the
commitments to the conference from the
President.
Briefly summarized. the conclusions of
the conference are as follows:
Children of worthy parents should. as
less and neglected children. if normal.
should be cared for in families, when
practicable: child-carinS institutions
should be on the cottage plan; states
should inspect all agencies caring for de-
pendent children; educational work or in
stitutionS caring for dependent children
should be. supervised by state educational
authorities: agencies caring Tor children
should cooperate to ascertain and con-
troll causes of dependency: a permanent
organization for work along the line of
this declaration is desirable: prohibitive
legislation against transfer of dependent
children between states should be re-
pealed: cooperation between child-caring
agencies and more thorough precautions
for surgical and medical care of children
In all institutions.
The Afternoon Session.
The session held yesterday afternoon in
! the board room of the District building.
and which led up to the adoption of the
resolutions presented to the President,
was taken up with the discussion of in
tricate features of the chiId-caring ques
ton The proposed federal children 5
bureau received attention. as did also the
question of whether or not national
committee for the care of children would
be advisable. 1T seemed to be the sense
of the meeting that charity was already
| organized TO DEATH and nothing definite
was done that subject. State legislation
which prevents "a charitable association of
enc state from sending orphans TO another
state was talked of. and some of the
ground that the east is making dumping
ground out of the west.
Those taking part in the discussions yes
terday We're: Charles W. Bittwell. Boston;
Mrs. John Glenn. New York; Miss Lillian
Valid, New York; Hugh NJ. Fox. Plain
field y j.; Homer Folks, New York:
James West Washington: DIR. Edward T.
Devine New York: Lee X. Frankel, New
York: DR. Owen X. LoVe1oy, New YORK;
| DIR. McCune Lindsay. Philadelphia: A.
w. Clark. Omaha; W. B. Sherrard, Sioux
| Falls S. D.: f. B. Butler. Chicago; Max
| Mitchell. Boston, Mass.
Plan for Federal Bureau.
During the dinner last night printed
| information concerning the federal chill
dren's bureau bill was passed around
, the tables. In brief. the bill provides
that the bureau shall be under the di-
rection of chief to be appointed by the
President. by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and who shall re-