The evening world., 1911-01-23
Mrs. Schieffeiin, a Van
derbilt, Mother of Nine,
Has "NeUer Let Society
Force Her to Delegate
Their Care to Another"
Actiue Worker in Child
Welfare Exhibit, She
"Practises as She
Pyeoches''-Her VieUs
as to the Ideal Ameri-
can Home.

b Nsyeuerife Mooers Marshall.
she ideal home is the home OF
many children, where not one 10
either spoiled or neglected, but
whore all may live and develop In
a. atmosphere of h%elpfulnsss and
JuOeics.-
II her wi home. admittedly one of
the most beautiful in New York, at No.
) last Sixty-sixth street. Mrs. William
jay Gohieff elm made this trenchant den-
nie)on yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Schlef-
folin 10 chairman of the Committee on
Homes for the Child Welfare Exhibit.
now being held In the Seventy-nrst Ar
mogy. And Mrs. Schieffelin Is a very Ut
and wonderful person to be at the head
Of such a committee. For she herself
II the mother OF nine children. all OF
whom nave always been under her d.
rest personal care. - great-grand-
child OF the house OF Vanderbilt. and
win . hos OF interests besides those
oooruing to her social position. she has
nSvsr permitted a governess In her
houoa
~ was Mr.. Schieffelin. the keen-eyed,
sQuASe-chinned worker for civic purity
a . national bureau of health, whom
! MT first
Really. Mrs. schieffelin never sees
tntorviewers.' he begin.
"Tatks" for chiIdren's Sake.
sBut This u for the children" / urged.
We'll, I'll see,' he consented. and
presentiy I was taken I'M TO the sitting
roeu." on the third aoor OF tho rreat
hcuse. ana met the tail. slender. beau.
tifui Mrs. schiefrelin.
She really Ia beautiful. with features
a. nnely cut as a cameo. She has the
STRAIGHT back and swift walk OF n girl
In her teens. Her hair cur,s sof,Iv
about her face: her eyes are brown ana
brilliant. Her hands are long and slen-
der and sensitive as an artists. And I
don't know what she wore. for she Ia
= one of the persons whom one remem-
beru rather than their clothes.
n have been 70 very much interested.
from its inception. .n the Child Welfare
Exhibit,' she began, "and OF course the
wsok Of the Committee on Homes has
egpscaaiiy appealed to me. because real
y tns nome Is the most important IN
1870 on '"e o,iu' ~ a'nosp"e'e 70
0". !. N.o"s ~ ""uef oi'
cYsu'.'ons i's s'ahoarus are accepted py
n"" "urHs "' W i''"a.'Ve 'ea's
Insts why the question oi ehose stahu-
urus - so nnHiense'S >
wny ther oehe'ehoy' "heh u eA'st'' ID
- uasN
~ sou ooH.iosr tno SfsatN
ssNes OF sns american nome ~
ss...u. s0s a.veaop"snV VI '"s
10y Suss''0nso.
.oo ns''s fsa' tens'ous srsan-
10 ~. sohieneun snswered'
hSnAy' = onaio's fsisn snonia %
sees sna VIVA 'nine' zoo many
vsseASs consider tneaf dusy aons
W. sasS nave ssnt the cniioren
2 70 eu"osy scnooA' msen"n
vsxs "AeAs' ss"snAns AWAY from
sexvsos snsmssHvss.
~ Inc peauthui old custom OF Aayins
krscs * meals family prayers FAMILY
hmse iessons~ most OF ways the
motner can insure her chhd's religious
ues1fns. Emphaticaiy she should d
. ~ Snss sne % oiten hesiects THIS dut,
- OF the owns OF our time"
NOalect In the Home,
shux o think that the rich mother
~ Unn A the poOr one. often fails n
msAa hsr home what 4, shou,d be, -.
tDslAsAnsss shown In the moth
- ru>uiur after Amusement 4.
- of h rrsatest d-sacisuoie. An
Aanv rioh homss. Ana A. 4.
rureiy voluntary ous. There 4.
Aa.naia amount of un~.elashnss.
a. Asvotaou sxhibitsd An Tn.
Seus. ruisa bv poor mother. ANA
nne1r Ssiinr. are often involun-
Az. rhsy do THAR vsry hest.
mn thu money ana knowledge ne
Iheir command. hut NO woman OF
Weslth need ever be 90 ~entangied
N sooial suraeements that she
- 20 NEGLECT her babies, or even
.Aa1ersts their care TO another.
I'M children must not be- spoiled
Nra.v 6chieffelin's graceful head lite
In = ouick gesture OF denial. ''Only the
shNnA be given fun opportunity for the
phystcal. mental ana moral erowt
That is the ideal home, the one wnc
the child lives In an atmosphere OF bel,
fuIness and Justice. And this is mo.
possible where there are a number
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