The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-24

OF great Saxon prophet and phiIos-
CIPHER "A home for every child"
Is the creed of our modern humani-
ty. 1t Ia because ! have faith that
Virginia viii suffer her children to
come unto her and forbid them not
that I have heart for the great battle
and | summon all good citizens to
united IN this work as a debt due
TO our common humanity and as n
solemn obligation due to the Msker
Of us all.
Kindergarten Exhibition.
One OF the features of the child
welfare exhibition 10 an actual kim
dergarten which Is conducted every
day during the conference by the d.
rector of the Chin,borazo public
school. The children are brought on
the street car by their teachers and
though they fully enjoy the ride and
the change to a quite new place, they
are not at all affected by the novelty
of the experience. The best demon
stration of anything is to see II work
ing. There was no doubt that the
way TO know what kindergarten train
ing means Is to gee children in a good
kindergarten. But some felt that the
children themselves would feel that
they were on exhibition and that. with
IL might prove bad for each child.
| The experiment has proved this idea
a mistake The children are quite
| unconscious that they are being Oh
served.
| Under the efficient direction Of the
| kindergartners. they entered the
strange building, found their little
! chairs waiting in strange room, put
/ away their hats and lunch and were
| ready TO begin.
Father. We thank thee" was soon
! reverently sung. with bowed heads.
| and the little voices chimed sweetly
as they sang the familiar words. They
| ended their little hymn with Praise
Him, God Is love" which seemed to
express the feelings of the occasion.
They marched and sang, as il their
| daily custom. aud ii was wonderful
| to see the children's quick and hearty
response TO the music.
They played soldier game and
| their salute to the flag was So Wig
I orous that the people who We're mo-
watching them thought something had
happened. Something had happen
ed--a chance. to express In a child
/ like way r. child's love for what the
flag representative country
/ These are our future citizens The
child who at FIVE helps 10 play the
! soldier, who takes care Of his coun-
I try, the miller and f"rmer who work
for people. will never himself grow
at twenty-five. hnto laggart and
1 dier
These children are happy because
they are doing. they are healthy IL
body and mind because they are doinf
right things; they are getting a
chance to exercise. to exercise the1,
little bodies, minds and hearts. anc
h exercise means growth In power.
The kindergarten Glass.
r. The Following are the members o1
the kindergarten class: Josephine
Johnston. Catherine Ellivanger
Claude Morris. John Clark. Rober
Houghton, Earnest Newman. Louise
Peers. Carl Battige. Mary Lyme
Blackley. Mary Hardin. Chariot,
Spence. Lucille Salsue. Lincoln Moore
Virginia Allen. Raymond Hening,
Marvin Peers. katherine Estes, Gladyi
esitfx Forest f$ryisrssy,, ssarah f5ra5Fer
| Bernard Booker, Willie Burruss, Mel
i vim Collier, Margaret Cobb, Aubrey
| Hopkins. Walter Johns, Marion
Thomas II Lawrence Martin. Edith
i Goode.
Home Relief Report.
Miss Hattie Sellers. deaconess al
the Methodist Institute. in DISCUSSING
Home Relief said:
Those organizations contributing
to the relief Of the poor in theil
homes In Richmond are. the city
Associated Charities, Settlem ents
churches and philantbropic indt
vfduals who still feel il best to dole
out aims from their door. Upon In
quiry II is found an attempt is usually
made TO investigate cases. but in mos
- ,fgu y,
ness of the work Is limited by til,
small number of visitors. Richmond
is generous to her poor: annual,
there Is raised and expended liberia
amount 10 be expended on her In
digent population and yet there II
much need and distress unrelieved
Perhaps one important cause is this
that the different organizations have
carried on their work Independently
thereby making duplication OF some
and neglect of others possible. Ont
OF the greatest needs of Richmond
to- day Is central Office for registra
ton where the name, address anc
record Of each applicant are flee
and to which any organization car
| phone or visit for Information. Thi
| brings about that cooperation 81
much needed and destroys tho posi-
bility OF duplication II intelligent.
| followed.
| For a number Of years It was sum
| cient TO relieve immediate need with
| ont thought--of the ultimae develop
| ment of the case. Finally 1t dawne
upon us that IL We were to he th'
social Doctors needed We must no
only give the medicine TO get patien
| we'll but We we're to treat hun. try
ing to build him UP to resist an
other attack. Ii IL this -coustructiv,
and preventive work that counts,
| The centre from which we are {,
| work In the unit of society--the fam
| ily In the home. We have theorize(
long enough, If we can't put our
selves in the places Of the poverty
stricken distressed family and man
age better on tseir income than they
do we had better stop criticising.
II The four questions, foods and feed
ing, clothing, house furnishings ant
| housing, are considered in their direc
relation to the working mans family
| The expenditure for tine family Of 81,
| when the daily income is $3.50, $2.0(
or $500 per day should be planned
in systematic way. making allow
ance for each of these department.
OF the home. Careful calculation
| proves the inadequacy Of the frs,