Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-11

tamily However the widowed moth
ers' relief plan is excellent. 1t indi-
Gates a wholesome interest in pre-
ventive work. 1t shows splendid de-
velopment OF public thinking
OF the clubwomen of New York
city. $4,000 in all. and the clubwomen
of New York state. 100000 of them.
there is not one who is not an enthusi-
astic advocate of the idea. Florence
Guernsey. president of the Federation
of Women's Clubs. expressed herself
forcibly.
state Owes II to Mothers"
y am very much in favor of it," she
declared. Il think 1t is a fine, a Won
derful thing. Only those who know of
the tragedies of a home in which tho
bread winner is gone can appreciate
what such thing will mean. The
state owes something to the mothers.
and it is its duty to accept its obliga-
tion. think 1t is the mother who
should look after the children. take
care If them. and no one else. and the
motba should be given the opportun-
ity - do so.
"All OF the clubs of the city fedora
tioM. as we'll as OF the state. have in
dorsed the work being done to bring
about such a state OF affairs, and IL
there is any one thing women demand
fundamentally 1t is relief for widowed
Mothers
Mrs. a. NJ. Palmer. president OF the
Rainy Day club was even more en-
phatic.
1T would make better men and
women" she declared There is no
influence that can compare with that
of II mother and with that of home.
and child deprived of these is handi-
capped for life. 1t has not the advant-
ages of those influences that make for
fine manhood and womanhood
Love, affection, care-these are the
necessary things. Nothing is so inn
portant No state institution can give
them. and child in such a place is
inevitably hardened, and its finer in
stincts never expand and develop as
they would in an atmosphere OF love
and home. The chance of maternal full
illment is a duty owed by the state
both to the mother and the child"
Mrs. Brown a Supporter.
Mrs. William Grant Brown, a leading
clubwoman, who but recently returned
from trip abroad. where she went as
n delegate to several conventions,
speaks in similar fashion.
Il am so much interested in the
movement" she said. that have
given up considerable amount of my
time to the work. All those who know
the conditions In the homes of the
i
mothers is a much needed bit OF legs-
lation and almost all charity workers
! favor relief directly In the home.
1T will be not only an economic saw
ing In the long run. and perhaps even
in the short run. but 1t also will be
blessing so great that IL is hardly con-
ceivable Only the mother, who will
be able to retain her first bora. and
| the little girl who need no longer fear
the strange faces of some state institu-
tion can truly appreciate all II means
Miss Frances Day Is general ager
OF the New Jersey state board. She -
woman of broad comprehension and
human sympathy. Many of the cases
she has investigated herself, and she
knows what the, granting OF these pen
sions mean to many a poor mother.
400 Applicants SO Far.
The greatest number of applica-
tions. she says. have come rom Hud-
son and Essex counties, the two most
thickly populated in the state, the
former including Jersey City itself.
There have been 400 applications from
each. with Mercer county and Bur
lington county not far behind.