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merely on paper) medical inspection
OF children and for the care Including
the supply OF food and clothing) Of
neglected children and children in iso-
lated districts. Another recent Parlia-
mentary Act, applicable to all tho
United Kingdom. provides inspection
or 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. IL they have not properly
looked after their children. must take
the punishment or pay the fine which
would otherwise DO 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 n public u 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 20 be for the children's Owl
use. Policemen and parkmen may
take away the tobacco from boys
whom they find smoking. Local au-
thorities are empowered 10 establish
Choice OF Employment Offices to assist
the young in determining upon en-
ployment.
Bonuses 10 Large Families.
Great Britain has changed the mater
nifty benefit Of It's national insurance
law granted by tho state 10 become
t'c absolute property OF tho mother.
France Is trying m experiment toward
checking tho decline OF the birth rate
ard promoting child welfare by grants
OF bonuses to large families. Under a
law passed by the French Senate and
the Chamber OF Deputies Just adj
iourned. needy French parents with
more than three children below tho
& OF thirteen years will receive an
annual grant OF si2 to SIC for each
child beyond that number. II Is esti-
mated that about 100000 win bo
expended annually. The cost will DO
shared by the nation, the departments
and the municipalities.
Neglect Of Babies Breeds Crime.
II tho child Is saved 70 become an
adult. does the lack OF caro- In In
fancy affect his moral character? A
corollnry to the Amsterdam charts 80
a report OF u statistical study OF the
English convict BY DR.. Goring. OF
Parkhurst Prison. The conclusions OF
DIR. Gorlng are that conyicts. as a
class. are markedly inferior TO the
general population IN physique and
general capacity, though there In no
criminal type Tho forehead, ears.
Jaw, OF which We have heard so much,
are the merest moonshine. The con-
dition most closely related 10 petty
crime, tho most fruitful sourco OF
nearly all that Is meant by crime.
IL mental Effectiveness. This detec-
tlveness Is n result. In an overwhelm-
ing number OF cases. OF tho lack OF
care OF tho child az some period Of It's
infant life.
Every step In tho direction OF max
Ing and keeping tho children healthy
rum tho ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS quota
ton from the Chief Medical. Ofieer OF
the London Board OF Education. IFS n
step towards diminishing the preya-
lence and tightening tho burden OF
D ANH.aHa FA. "a. uIHHns uaI a NataFlNntW
small rise In the standard OF child
health may represent a proportionate-
~ large gain In the physical health.
capacity and energy OF the people as n
whole. As a general proposition II
may be said that n state can not et-
feetlvcly insure itself against disease
unless Il begins with It's children"
State Now Hears Infants Cry.
Tho baby in Europe has been found
out. Always heard nc home. he is
now taken into account In the max
ing OF laws, the cleansing OF slums,
the planning OF towns. This now
knowledge may mean more rapid
change. for the infants cry is ever
more potent against cruel social cor
AAAAbAo NAAA NfkA "a VI hAe
strong man In his wealth" The baby.
the chief asset OF the civilized state,
Is having more ~intelllgently and con-
t~lnuously that states chief care. And
babies are the stun out OF which
adults are made.
Yet. upon returning from the beau
tiful and inspiring exhibition OF the
Dutch women. We found two nineyear-
old boys, tipped towards %pauperism by
American visitors. running night and
day the elevator In the Amsterdam
hotel, while outside the hotel door, In
the gathering darkness. In the
crowded. narrow. thread-like Kalyer
STRAIT two wan.faced and ragged girls,
scarce older, begged aims.
Copyright, 1914, by Joseph n. Bowles)
Prasmatlsm.