The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26
ChiId's Welfare Movement.

Some interesting facts were brought
out by Mrs. Clarence j.. Allen in her
address TO the Utah Congress of Moth
crs at Rowland Hall yesterday after
noon. Mrs Allen said in part:
1.-The National Congress of Mothers
was founded sixteen years ago. Its
object was TO promote child welfare,
this phrase itself having first been used
in connection with tho National Con-
gress of Mothers. Tt is now phrase
in everyone's mouth. and there may
be found rallying under the banner of
the general movement many national
organizations with their varying activl
ties.
'Child welfare conferences were held
in many large cities last year. Child
welfare exhibits, costing hundreds of
thousands Of dollars were held in New
York and Chicago, and st. Louis and
Buffalo are to have such exhibits this
year.
''The Baby-Saving association Is now
known as the American Child Welfare
association The Child Welfare league
OF America has been formed in Ohio
with the motto, Better Things for Our
BOYS and Girls The Fairgrounds as
sociation of America has rendered great
service TO child life in the field of
public recreation. The kindergarten
association has increased in influence.
Departments Of child study have been
added TO the courses of study in in
stitutions of learning, and the women s
clubs of the country have turned from
merely literary pursuits to practical
sociology.
"Current literature also reflects the
interest in child welfare. Good House
keeping. for example, specializes in
good food, while the Delineator has
started the Home league for the better
| legal protection of children. In fact,
almost every up-to-date magazine fol
lows some line of child welfare topics
Even the suffrage movement has aban-
doned to some extent the old argument
Of rights for women, and pleads for the
ballot IN order that women may do
more effective child welfare work.
"The elimination of all this work
| for child welfare has been the estab
fishing of n children 8 bureau in Wash
| ington. which will work in the nation
wide interest OF the child. The ap-
| pointment Of Miss Julia c. Lathrop, u
| ton, both by temperament and expert
ence, insures the success OF the under
! taking.
"The Mothers congress does not
claim to be responsible for this advance
of all the manifold activities Of the
child welfare movement, but it was
without doubt the pioneer force In this
line Of work.
"The conference at st. Louis was
marked by great enthusiasm, and the
growth reported for the past year was
! encouraging. Four new states have
taken up the work, and the whole
country will eventually be dotted with
mothers clubs.
mrs. Frederic schoff, the president,
is woman of wonderful ability and
conservation. The congress is fortu~
nate in having officers who arc de-
voted heart and soul to the cause. Many
of the officers pay from their own
pockets all expenses of their offices,
which means no small outlay.
''The report from Utah was well re-
ceived and favorably commented upon.
Although its membership is small In
comparison with other state oreani-
cations. il is quite up-to-date in enter
prise. at least For instance, Utah is
the first state organization to send for
the book and apparatus of the Mon
tessori method The effort here to Sc
cure a simple graduation for the high
school students was copied last year
in New York city, There step far
ther was taken in requiring each eirl
TO make hor own dress. The single.
handed housekeeping session of the
Utah congress was considered q unique
effort All in all. the Utah congress
of Mothers compares. in It's scope and
attainments, most favorably with the
! other state organizations,