The Republican journal., 1911-07-27
!. Welfare Exhibit in New York.
has Accomplished for the Children

,.rtrate the stored wisdom of the
w. w., social workers, thinkers and in
'' ..9r,~s on the difficult problem of
ling the children so that we
~ y ..,iuce nation of strong, happy,
.At men and women.
''s THE WELFARE EXHIBIT.
-,-.orer's Child Welfare Exhibit"
~ the great armory of the Seventy
PsGment, was an effort to show
-. oss being done and left undone for
.,,, children. No one who saw
,ri5,t will ever forget it, and the
.-r. 5t people of all classes, ages and
annals mat came day after day and
~, After night, testified eloquently
:. .r sart of the city had been reach
3 spread interest aroused.
.44uISH DEMONSTRATORS.
,.,. tae most fascinating exhibits
FACES where boys from the
... -aning school were making
--.. 5 'do-with' toys, and the
. with its delightful array of
y. .s. rom spools and paper boxes;
49,. ne dolls house furnishings
+, . small girl was anxious to
,r..- In another place children
.r 1oking were preparing an
neal for their working father
and thoroughly equipped
shown, the entire furniture
s..t.e 5ii grocery boxes. A "nur-
.-. that could be duplicated in
.r space was occupied by little
.- ply playing regardless of
.-. The children themselves
...5 were by far the most Won
ri r.yir shown
r., HE CENTER COURT.
fl Dr. ny center of the vast drill
. was used every afternoon
....-- for talks, moving pictures,
etc, all bearing on the
. oioyment and wise up-bring-
.a. child. The organization of
-.-. Summer Camps and Big
.,r-- lrments were described.
pr. -s a mock trial that showed
-. standing of the administra-
-.r -~rce and the processes of the
AIMED VOLUNTEERS.
II. ming of the exhibits was eX-
;r trained volunteer workers,
3 ,..,- mothers the economy and
. ~ IT different supplies, and
o- wise buying of materials
s0 for the family. There was
p. tal clinic where the import
ny for the mouth and teeth
4. strated, and a nursery where
We're to wear home their
-- tr- dresses as souvenirs of
. E 10 the show.
t.TOoNs AND sTATUARY.
ss mt group of statuary by Mr..
ILLS Ter. showed a grandfather,
g- I'D father bent under life's
en- ms, with a little child already
.G-- he shadow of the same fate.
cartoons showed graphically
Z s.s-r Why of large proportion
IT, }}7 infant deaths recorded in
.8 rjty last year, and how 5000
l> EAR can be saved from a like
IL are properly fed and cared
and nourlshing rations for
h. rem formed valuable and
g- Nhibit
RESULTS.
l. d few months since the We'll
~ -tt closed here, but its soul,
II b. Brown 5, is marching on. Many
IT, bits have been transferred,
TAR 1Icago and other large cities,
her, children are holding out their
the cities need of schools,
ay-r ss, innocent amusements and
s>t guards that will raise the
sr citizenship and shorten the
T- r0aals and paupers.
NESS AND PHILANTHROPY.
Yar not customarily think of bust
-T -Hanthropy as associated, but
( ii. -scaing that helpfulness and
5zr1'" aindness is often the best sort
t-s business. Firms that man
'aIl!e rticles for children We're in
Els rested in the Welfare EX-
10y 7any of them are giving eff
as' ard PRACTICAL help in solving the
A' here presented.
A ga-l ago the Nestle Food Company
'5t'sa-d d model nursery over in the
70" Esst side, where the mothers
ftaiEey foreign-born, many unable to
peak Lrghsh. Trained nurses explain
Mt only he preparation of food suited
. .aee yaildren, but instruct them in
Sas'a aygiene as well, and show how it
possible in their surroundings to Sc
Ns health and happiness for their chill
'e' he Nestle Food has the advan-
wy ]l r7guiring only the addition OF
WY water and two minutes boiling to be
''-g he feeding, and enough fol
l' "Foe day can be prepared at one
'lr' Us 1T IS not necessary to keep the
.'- cai to have it sweet and whole.
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FIT .-ANTHRoPIC BROOKLYNITE.
q Wealthy man in the borough OF