Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-05-15
FOR THE GOOD OF
THE CHILDREN

IA u DUISCb1i lOl many years COG-
nected with this paper, is working
II new field as will be seen by tie
following from the Fort Scott, Kan
sas, Tribune:
For the past two weeks A. D. Dor
sett of Eldorado, Missouri, general
manager for thea United States of the
Child Conservation League of Amer
lea has been in Fort Scott making ar
rangements for the organization of a
branch of the league in this city. Mr..
Dorsett's work has so far met with
great success, sixty women having al
ready enrolled ia the organization.
However, Mr.. Dorsett expects to Sc
cure at least a hundred members in
this city, and he will probably be
here several weeks longer engaged 10
this work. Recently, during his
work in Chanute, he secured 122 men,
bers, and in lola 10, and in view of
bis success in those towns, he thinks
it should be a mparatively easy
matter to secure 100 members there,
and possibly as many as $50. Mrs.
Corlnne T.. Harris of Oklahoma and
Mrs. Elizabeth T. BulWer of Missouri
are here in the interest of the league,
assisting Mr.. Dorsest in its organiza-
ton.
Toe purpose of the Child ConservS-
ton league, as its name implies, is
primarily to save the children. The
work of the league, in its every phrase,
| is for the betterment of the children
in every way possible, and particularly
| for their moral conservation and bet
terment. AS every thinking person
must know, this is a matter which,
without the slightest excuse unless it
is mere prudery, has always been ne
elected. "
Children VINO have been most care
fully trained as to their manners in
company and at the table, and who
have been educated in the best schools
that their parents means could at
ford them, have been allowed TO grow
up with less care than d jimson weed
a3 far as their morals were concerned.
The reluctance of American parents in
instructing their children along moral
lines is too we'll known to call for
specific illustrations. And shere ap-
pears TO be no reason for this reluc-
lance unless the American people have
adopted the distorted view that one
God created truth is not as good as
any other and that Truths which
custom has taught should be regarded
as offensive should be relegated to the
darkness,
The editors of some of the largest
magazines, realizing the neglect in a
moral way to which American, chill
dren are subject, have lately been wag-
ing strong campaign, opposing Sc
crecy and "white" lies, and advOca-
ting frankness and truthfullness with
children.
| AAC NullU NOASEIV Az -
national organization, and sol me of the
foremost persons of the entire coun-
try are behind it, as is indicated by
the following names on its advisory
board: Judge Ben Lindsay of Den
yer, who is known by all the read
ing public; President Jordan of Lee
land Stanford university; Kate Ber-
nard, commissioned of charities for the
state of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Penny
packer, President of the tAmerican
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Mr.. Dorsett will spend the3s greater
part of the summer in organization
work in this part of the county. Au-
gust he will go TO Chicago to do some
work there for the organic stion.
The Child Conservation league is
a very new organization, having come
into existence on, January l, this
year.