Evening star., 1914-04-23
sAnndll Report Read.

With the convening of the session at 9
O'Clock this morning Mrs Frederic Schof
of Philadelphia, the president. gave her
annual report, in which she told of child
welfare work done in 1911. 1912 and 1913.
She said that in the United States men
and women who have studied most deep
~ into what will have the greatest in
fluence on the life, health and charac-
ter of children agree that proper pa
rental care and good homes are the es-
sentials for the welfare of all children.
physically. mentally and morally. With
this as the keynote to her remarks, Mrs.
Schon said:
The basis of child welfare lies in such
education of parents as will fit them to
give care to the babies that will prevent
the sacrifice of infant lives, to fit them to
understand the growth of the mind and
soul and the guidance each needs to
grow in wisdom and in goodness; to
reach every home, every father and every
mother with the truths that will cause
them to see and understand how to meet
their great duties efficiently. is the pur-
pose for which the congress was found
od and the purpose for which it has con-
sistently been striving.
Mrs. Schoff said that this third inter-
rational congress on the welfare of the
child is meeting in Washington in re-
spOnse to an invitation issued in 1912 by
the Department of State and sent to
every nation in the world The first con-
gress was held in 1905 and the second in
l91o. All three of these International
congresses on the welfare of the child
have met In Washington
Synopsis of 1918 Work.
Mrs. Schon stated that in 1913 she
o.ganized state branches in New Hamp-
scire and North Carolina. and attended
the annual conventions of the congress
IN Delaware. Massachusetts,, New Hamp-
SHIRE and New Jersey. She also report
cd the organization within the year of a
branch o. the congress for the Republic
of Cuba, and said also that the Ma
tonai Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations of Argentina South
America. will be organized this spring
by the Mothers Club OF Buenos Aires
Concerning the work of the parent
teacher associations, Mrs. Schoff said
that the congress formerly had to ask
the privilege OF organizing parent
teacher associations in the schools, while
today requests come TO the congress by
the hundreds from superintendents ask
ing for such organization. Mrs Schoff
made report of the establishment in the
spring Of 1913 of the home education
division of the bureau of education and
the installment of Miss Ellen C. Lombard
as secretary She said the National Con-
Gress of Mothers had been working to-
ward this goal for many years, and in
the short time the home education divi-
complished d great amount of good
Discussing the subject of Baby Saw
ing, Mrs. Schoff said Practical meas
ures for reaching mothers with babies
have been started by the congress and a
system has been followed which, If car
RED out, could save the lives of 1Oo,oos
babies in o year. BY actual experiment
the congress has proved that the educa
tipE OF mothers in infant hygiene viii
prevent GO per cent of infant mortality
The National Congress of Mothers has
asked every parent-teacher organization
To have q child hygiene committee which
viii visit every mother of baby unde
tSo years of age in each locality and in
N,te her TO come regularly to have a rec
ord kept OF her baby's progress and tt
Stmdy how hest to promote health
Mrs. Scho1 also reviewed many of th
other activities of the congress and ex
pressed hope that the time was not ia
distant when the organization may hav,
its national home in building of it
oun in Washington
Solution of Problems.
Mrs. Aristene y. Felts of Portland
Greg. president of the Oregon Congress,
OF Mothers, addressed the session on ''Th,
Parents Educational Bureau, Portland
Oreg.," in which she said:
The Parents Educational Bureau o
1e<tland, Greg, is a clearing house 70