Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-07
QUEEN MARY MODEL MOTHER
Sets Good Example for the Subjects
Under Her.
BABIES GET NEEDED ATTENTION
Mothers I'm England Inclined 20 Fol-
low Lead of the First Lady of
the Land and Look After
Their OffsprInG.
BY LADY MARY MANwAR1Na.


The example set by Queen Mary in pay
ing the closest personal attention to her
children is bound TO have its effect on So
ciety to the great good of hundreds OF baby
aristorcrats. whose mothers, as was said
recently by the duchess Of Hamilton, con-
slider that they have fulfilled all their OBJ
legations as mothers when they have we'll
trained nurses to look after their children.
Queen Mary. when the royal children were
infants, used to make point OF visiting
the nursery at least twice day, and often
would remain for several hours at a time
with her children. and the good health
which the Princess Mary and the princes
happily enjoyed is largely due to the un-
ceasing and ever-watchful care of their de-
voted mother.
There never was a period when the babies
of the very wealthy were reared amid such
luxurious surroundings as they are today
and yet. In spite of this. there never was
time when the real welfare of the chill
drsn OF the rich was SO much neglected.
Extravagance for BABY.
The amount of money spent by fashion
able and wealthy people on luxuries for the
nursery is almost incredible. For example,
cot blankets made of the finest wool and
dyed in various colors by highly expensive
processes run from s25 to 500 a pair and
sillSen cot sheets almost double that fig
ure, In many luxurious nurseries baby has
Its morning and evening wash in a bath
lined with the finest porcelain ornamented
with quaint designs. These are, however,
harmless Injuries; not so are the costly
preparations put into babys bath to keep
his skin soft and give It an entirely arti-
fetal smoothness and giossness.
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GUS and highly injurious to the health of
the unhappy little victims upon whom they
are used
One of the worst OF the miseries which
the child OF well-to-do parents often has to
suffer is that OF being overwhelmed with
| clothes, which is almost as great an evil
as being insufficiently clad. Almost from
the day Of his birth the child of wealth is
often literally half smothered in silk and
lace at the time when II is of the utmost
importance OF his physical well being that
he should have perfect freedom in the use
of his limbs and above all, of his respira-
tory organs, which he cannot exercise prop
/ erly when overloaded with these costly gar
ments.
What q Doctor says.
well known physician recently stated
that he had attended many infants whose
health had been seriously, IL not perma-
nently. affected by the insane desire on
the part Of their parents to put weight
of costly clothing on their luckless babies
which must have caused them very con.
siderable amount of discomfort and, ir
some cases, a great deal Of suffering.
The primary cause of all the ills which
beset SO many Of the children Of wealthy
parents is that they are left practically al
together in the charge Of their nurses, and
are really seen very rarely by their mothers
OF course, there are many wealthy wo-
men in society Of whom this certainly
could not be said The duchess OF Nor
folk, for example, Is a most devoted
mother and so. too. is the duchess Of Port
land. When her grace's children were II
the nursery the duchess renOunced most o.
her social engagements, and was constantly
with them.
But II is undoubtedly true that the ma
Jority Of wealthy women nowadays shift a.
much as they can of the burden and re
sponsibility of motherhood onto the should
ers of paid hireling, who is spite OF he
many credentials and certificates, Is rarely
II ever, fitted to have complete charge Of
child without the mothers supervision.
Suffrage in Japan.
The suffragette movement has not reachet
Japan yet according to the Japanese am
:. bassador, who in a recent speech sal,
fundamentally. the moral code of women II
r Japan was doctrine of obedience TO thre
I persons In the course OF life-to their par
ents. then TO their husbands, and finally 4
} their children. That code has come to b
I regarded as quite insufficient for the mod
ern relations between men and women, an,
the day must soon come when the rules AM
customs which had always regulated the re
latlons OF the two sexes had to be entIrel
. recast on the principle of more power L
the women. Personally he did not regre
D the movement on the contrary, he wa
? fully convinced that the real progress o
+ any nation could only be secured by tn
) recognition OF the claims OF woman, and tn
> recognition By her OF her proper place 4
5 the domain OF domestic and social life tn
$ women of Japan had not reached the stag
a when they demanded political rights, an
r he could not help thinking that the da
n was long distant when they would.
story of the Suffrage BIZ
For over forty years the question of VIC
e mems suffrage has been Internationally be
fore the House OF Commons Its recor
has been one of defeat, cheQuered here an
there by occasional and temporary sue
: cesses. John stuart Mil appeared as tn
first parliamentary champion OF the women
: vote when he moved an amendment in II
favor TO the reform bill OF 1867. This wa
defeated by 1896 to %; but IN 1870 Mr.. Jaco
: Bright had better fortune with a bill hay
: ms the same object which passed its sec
ond reading by a majority OF thirty-thre
!, but a fatal precedent was set by the rs
!, lection OF the motion TO go into committe
: by 290 20 o. Again in 1872, 1916 and 1876 wei
. the advocates of w0mens suffrage defeate,
In 1883 the majority against a motion b
Mr. Mason on July was only sixteen !
1884 Mr.. Woodalls proposal 70 extend tn
!, suffrage to widow and spinister hous,
!. holders was negatived by 2I1 to 1856. In T.
: same year a bill was read the first time
the House OF Lords. but rejected nine daS
: later on July 10. similar fate befell al
n other attempt in the House Of Lords In II
$ following year.
y Year after year the story OF defeat ruI
n on In 1856, after two adverse motions ms
; been heavily defeated, bill was read
n second time without a division. and In Eel
ruary, 1897. on the motion Of Mr.. Faithfu
II BegE, the second reading Of a women
Is franchise bill was carried by a majority
"a IA but In the following year a bill brOug
l. In by Sir J. Bamford slack was talked on
"a Mr. Kier Hardie'a motion In 1905 and n