Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-02-19

merely on pdp6f1 meUlCGl inspection
Of children and for the care Including
the supply of food and clothingJ OF
neglected children and children in isO-
lated districts. Another recent Parlia-
mentary Act applicable to all the
United Kingdom, provides inspection
of all charitable institutions and
homes" One thousand little children
are burned to death in Great Britain
annually. The new act compels par
ents or house-owners to have guards
on their CRATES and take other precau-
lions against fires. Juvenile courts,
with plenary powers, are established.
Parents are required to attend THIS
court and, If they have not properly
looked after their children, must take
the punishment or pay the fine which
would otherwise be assessed against
the child. Jail Imprisonment for chill
dren and the death sentence for them
are abolished Children under four
teen years Of age are not allowed IN
any part OF a public house used as a
drinking bar. Alcohol may not be
given to children anywhere under the
age OF FIVE years, except in the case
Of illness. Cigarettes or cigarette pa
pers may not be sold to children under
sixteen years old nor other tobacco
believed to be for the children's own
use Policemen ard parkmen may
take away the tobacco from boys
whom they find smoking. Local au-
thorities are empowered to establish
Choice of Employment offices to assist
the young in determining upon en-
ployment.
Bonuses to Large Families.
Great Britain has changed the mater
nifty benefit of its national insurance
law granted by the state to become
the absolute property Of the mother,
France is trying an experiment toward
checking the decline of the birth rate
| and promoting child welfare by grants
of bonuses to large families. Under q
law passed by the French Senate and
the Chamber of Deputies just ad
/ journed, needy French parents with
more than three children below the
age Of thirteen years will receive an
annual grant of $12 to SIC for each
child beyond that number 1t is esti
mated that about $10,O00,000 will be
expended annually. The cost will be
shared by the nation, the department.
and the municipalities.
Neglect Of Babies Breeds Crime.
If the child is saved to become al
adult, does the lack Of care in in
fancy affect his moral character?
corollary to the Amsterdam charts Il
report of a statistical study OF thu
English convict by DR.. Goring, o
Parkhurst Prison. The conclusions o
DIR. Goring are that convicts, as
class, are markedly inferior to tn
general population in physique an
general capacity, though there is n
criminal type" The forehead, ears
Jaw, of which we have heard so much
are the merest moonshine. The COZ
dition most closely related TO petit
crime, the most fruitful source
nearly all that is meant by crime
is mental effectiveness. This defe'
tiveness is a result, in an overwheln
ing number of cases, Of the lack
care of the child at some period Of II
infant life.
Every step in the direction of NAL
ing and keeping the children healthy
runs the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES quot;
ton from the Chief Medical Officer
the London Board of Education, "is
step towards diminishing the rev
lence and tightening the burden
disease for the adult and relativel
small rise in the standard of chill
health may represent proportional
ly large gain in the physical healt
capacity and energy of the people as
whole. AS a general proposition
4 may be said that a state can not c
fectively insure itself against diseat
q unless it begins with its children"
4 State Now Hears Infants Cry.
A The baby in Europe has been -four
4 out. Always heard at home, he
y now taken into account in the ma
? ing Of laws, the cleansing of Stun
the planning OF towns. This ne
knowledge may mean more rap
change, for the infants cry is ev
n more potent against cruel social CO
3 ditions than even "the curses of L
II strong man in his wealth" The bat
a. the chief asset of the civilized stat
N is having more intelligently and &C
u tinuously that states chief care. A
babies are the stuff out Of viii
lie adults are made.
r Yet, upon returning from the bes
d, tiful and inspiring exhibition of t
p Dutch women, we found two nine-yej
cd old boys, tipped towards pauperism
II American visitors, running night a
It, day the elevator IN the Amsterdt
u hotel, while outside the hotel door,
" the gathering darkness, in
e- crowded, narrow, thread-like KalN
Id STRAIT two wan-faced and ragged giI
al scarce older, begged aims.
nj Copyright, 1914, by Joseph B. Bowles
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