The evening world., 1913-08-15
Eoil Eject Of Keeping In.
fanfs Bound TO Be
Shoson-Eufriss Pile Up
at Record Rate, the To.
tailor Four Days Reach.
Ing 2eI.
Grand. Daughter Of First
Member Of Settlement
Houses Mothsvs' Club
Entered - Grand Dad
Brings q Younssfsv for
Con,pstit.on.


One Of the most popular competitions
In the entire series undertaken, BY The
Evening World and the Babies Welfare
Association 10 that which has Just be-
gun at Greenwich House. From every
street. almost every block. In the ares
prescribed by the contest rules the
babies and their mothers are hockins to
the successful settlement at No. - Jones
street. In three days - little onss have
registered for. the prisss offered BY The
Evening World and Greenwich House.
and yesterday nfty.six more Joined the
ranks of competitors. II will b hard
Indeed to select . few best babies out
Of the hundreds VINO will b snrollsd
during the next three weeks.
Why. are the mothers In the nsagh'
borhooA Of Greenwich Houss tAking
hold Of the better baby idea WITH sueh
spontaneous snthusiasmf The answer
10, Greenwich House. For eleven ysars
the ssalous workers In that eettlement
have been dsvoting . goodly share Of
their attention to the comfort and hap
pinssa Of the nslghboring mothers and
their 6sbiss
There's The Mothers Club. for In
stance. II 10 no exaSgerotion to say that
hundSds Of weary tenement house moth.
crv have rscsivsd the most practical ah
and counsel from this source. Ysstsr-
day. By the vay. the aeanddAughssr ana
grandson q Nn. Cassslio. the hret
member Of the Nothsrs' Cluo. we're en-
tered In the Better Babies Contest. The
best lsctursrs proeurabls address the
club regularly on all important teDics
conusctsd With The care and trainlnS ee
children.
MoTHgRs 90 piriFvLlv EAGER
70 LEARN.
And the mothers are % pitifully eager
70 learn how to treat their babies" said
Mrs.. 3. q. Major. the President OF tae
club. "Just the other day was talking
70 q woman, q newcomer, and when !
had finished che sighed gratefully. I'm
% giaA 70 Anow all these things!
nsvsr knew any thing about taking care
Of ny baby before. Nobody ever told
me anything, and had no idea that
thsrs was Q place where I could iearn.''
'Most Of the mothers In the immsdi-
ate neighborhood OF Greenwich House
srs II lians and they are naturally most
aRsctionate. with . beautifully demon
strativs afIsctiea for their children.
When they treat the little ones In an
improper fashion they Offend through
ignorance. through IN inability to adapt
their native customs TO . new country.
I'VE hope to arrange for the entrance
Of some Of the bambinos In The Eve.
ming World and 0rssnwich House con.
test. The bambino 10 the mummy baby.
you know. the infant completely, On.
cassd In . single strip Of cloth. sswel
w m Il. frequently. and s4vsa sbso-
lutely no freedom for lsgs - Anna
There are eth such babies In this quar-
Ter. but II We can only manage % thai
the mothers may 80 them u oemps
ttion with the unbound bablss ~
days Of the bambine win - NUN
esrsd."
Besides the Mothers Cluo. ortsnwicl
HOUSE conducts another enterprise mos
helpful to mothers and babies. This 4
the special kindergarten and recreation
ground In the rear Of the settlement
opsn daily all summer long. In th
afternoon there 10 always q plsasan
young woman In charge. and Q rNgula
programme Of amusement and instruc
tion. From to I.o 10 the ASSEMBLY
including marching. singing. grsstin
~ the principal and . story. The neg
half hour 10 taken W BY organized ers
play. TIE ouist hour comes bsGvss
and I whom stories arS told anl avis
games played.
Between : and arsN Tie regular kin
dergartsn gamss. Between and come
handvork. The little ones make paps
toys. rama WORK. scrap books, and ther
, are sewing classes. The hrst hftss
, minutes after ) o'clock are devoted I
house keeping" - the putting awe
OF all the toys and games 70 caiie,
} And between 6x and SO come Ii
closing exercises and the soodby cong
. sGNoiNo MOTHERS AND Babe
70 the COUNTRY.
Thus the babies Just big enough
toddls are Kept on the street. And a