Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-05-13
MOTHERS CONGRESS.
National Convention in Denver Early
in June.

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For 20 years the study of the
child, inaugurated by Mrs. T. w. Bir-
ney. has been going steadily on, and
mothers the country over have been
seeking the light that would give
strength and power to their mother
hood. >,
Work for dependents, orphans and
neglected little ones was not new even
30 years ago, but there was not a
clear under rstanding of the fact that
only as each mother knew how to be
good mother in the broadest sense
could she work to the best advantage,
and to spread this knowledge the Ma
tional Congress of Mothers was
| formed. AS result there is today
chain of mothers circles, branches
Of the national organization. through
out the United States whose MEM
tain greater wisdom as to the un.
folding of child-life. AS the national
president, Mrs. Frederic Schof, says,
they are striving for greater ability
to lead wisely, greater power to guard
in the home and school and state the
little ones whom God has intrusted
to our care"
The question is being constantly
asked by people now interested in
child welfare. What is the aim and
purpose of the Mothers congress-!
The very heart of the whole ques..
ton is the organized. united effort OF
fathers and mothers to study child
hood and fit themselves to be the
highest type Of parents. and it IS for
this that the congress exists. Their
field of work is not covered by any
other organization. and it should
have the moral support. if no more,
of every man and woman interested
in child welfare Mothers are the
child specialists and an intentional
movement to foster wise motherhood
is need OF the age. Mrs. II. J.
Hcrscy, president of the Colorado
Congress of Mothers, goes still far
thcr and declares that dutiful moth
crhood is not suficient-enthusiast
| motherhood is necessary.
Colorado is fortunate in having as
its state president of the Mothers
congress. Mrs. Hcrsey. who is in her
self an inspiration. She is doing
beautiful and patriotic work through
out the state, as she is dcvoting her
entire time to the organization work
preparatory to the coming of the ma
tional congress in June, for this con-
vention will bring to Denver the lead
ing specialists in all branches of
motherhood and child life.
| In the past 10 days Mrs. Hersey
has visited Greeley. where she spoke
in the Normal school chapel: Eton.
where she spoke to the fathers and
mothers in the evening: Canon City.
Pueblo and Colorado Springs. and
her reception was most enthusiastic
in each place. as the circles formed
testify Mrs. Hcrscy's work is par
ticularlv with the schools. as she feels
that the chasm between the home and
the school must be bridged. and the
parents give their cooperation to
the teacher. 1t is her aim to bring
the school and the home into closer
and more helpful relations. and to
reach out and better the conditions
of the child world by carrying the
mother love and mother thought in
to all that concerns or touches child
life.
| The work of the Mothers congress
| is the highest type OF civic work, and
the national congress, which will
hold its convention in Denver June
10 to IS. consists of women OF ma
tional and international reputation.
and Mrs. Hcrsey urges that every
man and woman interested in its aims
to assist in making the convention
one of the most notable ever held in
the state.