New-York tribune., 1911-11-26
FOR CH|LDREN'S UPUFT
Mrs. A. J. BOuItOn Organizes
Welfare Association.

Welfare Association.
To arouse interest in and stimulate TO ac-
ton anything which makes for the upllit Oh
the child Is the object OF the Unity Chlid
Welfare Association, Of which Mrs. Fran
cos Schroeder Boulton wife Of Alfred j.
Eoultor. DEPUTY TGx Collector and for
Nor REGISTER. f. president IN idea how
widespread has become the realization mat
on the child of to-day depends the citizen OF
a generation hence IS shown IN the re-
quests made upon Mrs Frederic school,
president OF the Parent Teachers Assocla-
ton which holds its annual meeting IN
Washington. for advice concerning the
establishment Of like societies THESE nave
been received from even remote places one
coming from Bulgaria and another from
japan. Mrs School whose home Is IN
Philadelphia spoke at the last meeting OF
I . Child Welfare Association I'm Brooklyn.
II was late last spring when group OF
eighteen women. led by Mrs. Boulton'
united to make some concerted effort
toward improving the general conditions
now existing as regards the child. Inc
iracrance OF some mothers Is appalling,
ana TINS SI8lflItul ub"H HbA hpb'F
callv 10 any one grade OF society A highly
educated woman who had never come IN
contact with children might know as little
about their care when confronted by one oil
her own as the girl who had toiled In the
factory. though from the former with her
advantages. one would expect sufficient in
telligence to acquire the knowledge BY her
self when the necessity arose.
Cooperation between the teacher and
parent Is Of inestmable value 30 the child.
but the establishment Of mothers clubs In
connection with the schools has been rather
spasmcdic and shortived. In the major
ity Of cases they were formed only for the
mothers of the children in the kinder
garten. The Child Welfare Association
aims TO revive these and start new ones for
the parents Of all the children. regardless
of grades Mrs H. =. Huntington, a
daughter of Mrs. Oliver Thorne Miller, the
writer. is chairman Of the committee work
ing along this lire.
There are half a dozen other commit
tees. all doing splendid work in their re-
spective fields At the head of the one
for open air education is Mrs. Anna y.
Moriarty. VINO has worked so hard 70 get
the Board Of Education TO fix up outdoor
cIassrooms for anemic children or those
with tubercular tendencies. DR.. Mary
Lines is investigating infant hospitals and
DR.. Anna de In Motto is striving for the
prevention of infant mortality. Miss
Elizabeth u. Gaines teacher at Adelphi'
is chairman of the committee on school
hygiene Mrs y. l. Nichols whose hus-
band is head Of the Bureau Of Charities,
is chairman of the committee on day nur'
series and has already succeeded I'm bring
ing about cooperation between other So
cietles interested In the same subject. The
committee on child labor has for its head
Mrs. W. w. Hughan. and Miss NJ J.
Bliven and her associates will study the
kindergarten problem.
Mrs. Boulton believes that the kinder
garten should be continued downward
She would advocate. if it were a posi-
bility. day nursery for each public
school These would not of necessity be
for the children whose mothers could not
take care Of them because of having to
work. but for those a little under kinder
earten age. Fully as great as the ac-
, knowledged benefits OF the kindergarten
training she thinks would be that received
in the day nursery. This would be ir
charge OF nurse and one specially pre-
pared for the care of children. y gooC
plan, Mrs. Boulton thought would be tC
have children from the upper grades take
turns in coming down one hour week tC
assist I'm the care Of the little ones. This
plan If properly carried out would thus
serve a second purpose, the education OF
children for parenthood
At the next meeting to be held the frs
Thursday evening I'm December at Unity
Parish House the problem of furnishing
cheap lunches 10 school children Will b'
taken up. There has been a proposal e
equip the school Of which Mrs. Morlarty Il
principal with the necessary apparatus
and after the first expenditure of few
hundred dollars It is thought the plan woul,
be self-supporting. 1t has been found so II
one or two New York schools Miss Gaine:
Will be I'm charge OF the meeting
George r. Lunn. Of Schenectady, the re-
Gently elected socialist Mayor. has signineC
his willingness to tell the association wha
socialism does for the child. He is to max,
an address at one of the Sunday night con
ferences at Trinity Church next month.
Welfare Association is the character Of the
women heading the committee. They ar,
! serious-minded and above the passing fad
Mrs. Boulton believes that the uplift Of TN,
child would be the surest means OF bringine
! about a revouton-using the word, o.
course. IN the sense of evolution-in tn,
conditions which threaten society to-day
This theory is slowly but surely gaininl
ground. The decrease i'm the birth rate ha.
caused such alarm that the prevention Of
| infant mortality and the strict regulations
regarding child labor have come to be
/ vital question Of political economy, and no
matter of sentiment
| And little child shall lead them is
prophecy, Mrs Boulton thinks. that II
about to be fulfilled, for never has ther,
/ been so much attention bestowed upo,
| children as a the present time.
! The other officers Of the Unity Child Wei
| fare Association are Mrs. G. H. smith frs
vice president; Mrs. j. l.. Moaatt, secon,
! vice president; Mrs. i. 6. Angel, treasur
er; Mrs L. NJ. Lusch. recording secretary
and Mrs. j. Warren Leach. corrcspondin;
secretary. It's plans are 10 have Dime
and luncheon each month.
LEASES.