The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-27
THE MoTHER STATE AND HEE
 WEAKER CHuIDREx

THE MOTHER STATE AND EEE5It
 WEAKER CHaLDRET.
 By Alexander Johnson Dirscsor of
 Extensfon Deparsunenf. me TFala-
 ing School at vEneland, ~. q.
 Recent researches made fn nsrsrz1 states have sa1own that the usual ea- inmates which have prevailed as to tE4 number of feebIe-mfnded pof1c1g l1 the United States have much under stated the facts. znste4G Of ore ir five hundred of the populaslons wrler has been usual e@einzates l4 r~e1- probable that there ars fully trles er many Other studies that aro tcirI made show that the number ox G3lir+ quents who are really feeblo-f1irce1 e1. and therefore proper eub5ec1s for cur- ana guardianships not for rsfcrr1ctIr'1 or punishment, is much larger slr1 has been stated until quite reeeHllT. Some recent lnveDtiRafiDnB of F6fcs1a~ tories for girls and women 11fe |shown from % to 8 per eent c1 thc inmates to be feeble-minded. Nrr Of the terribly immoral and fncefF,Ei bie girls are among the number. Nf- forts to reform them are futile &uN- ishment is merely crueity. Pofr-r- ent csstedfall care, with uAetpl e- make them as happy as their coatl- tion admits oG is the only pEopcF WaI of traa8ing them.
 WHRIsON1EEngT FooLE Similar facts have been cis1l11r1 with regard to male inmate ol orb. onE and rezorn1atorden. Our pr-aar methods with the army. of oezaet. are very wasteful 10 ifnCrlsoa e-r. people for short, terms and 4sr1 f1rr out merely to hnYe them rer'N some new crime or dsDrod@t~9r. Me- 60 over tho whole costly pfocs arrest, trial, conn1itmert. ard te- ton again and again. e one cg |conspicuously fcolisb pF0cesdirEs rf which every state in Che un1p1 r guilty
 ] IA recent report from. Fe1neSlg4ui- Fshowed 18,ooo defectivos ne11in# r1r0- Ter care in that gtate. oyer nr9 r1@n- those now in inBtitutonS. IhG 1r- port went on to eaN th4t 2 ,0l1 cf ttr. were women of ch1fd-b1tfirT 1T-. most of them are already nnptEeHr ~ defective children, and tht4 Untif rma are properly cared for and 1omtreIla. they will continue Co laertast multiply. The ieEfsIa1ufc W18 r to actIon by the special nee1 cf r-- tection to the women and 8irIa. NT have spent S609,ooo cn 6 neW i1clI | ton, bnf, so far, have only DfCylfr. for sozne of the bcys-
 E1EHHLE MINDS ED1LHIt 1 Research made In. New Jeruey rali- l ly. bys the state, through t1e CfIcg r1 f ithe CommisgIoner of CheFitiGa a. partly by the TrainlpE School .t vineIand, has dfsciosed feets Ehir. lednessi Is chiefly a matter Of Hfe lity. and that at least e5 p4F cant. Ia1I present cases have t1hEgIlcI L00 [defective condition
 1 It has been demonskrate1 tIat t." defect Introduced into a family NsaeAFS InaT through six kenerakicns ia @l I~- lcreaaing stream ok eFli>. tl-t feel
 minded paTehts aIVayp have Ettl-.- minded children, fhHt 8H tht othHH { cfa1 evflg. such as alcoholles4 cft tutfons syphilis, iI1esltem4cv. cr. insanity are closely connr1t11 .the 6ne great defeet-4n a word. 9arl | if this defective condition could .. leliminaked every social burden el
 be made lighter and ac1e rc- icease to bes
 I The lecture was iilustra4oe win a number of alfdeH nhoWlur chlIfTer
 different deHfess of fdlocg Irr" Ewere fIIustratlons of tho Binet t itry for three or ore generG1i1nr rt tr- ates Of the Training School. a4 1-z- Hand, New Jersey, where 1fr. 11
 son is director of the eEtension lr-
 partment
 shown, the various cIassee end r, l lother interestfng things connect 1 with ite
 OoE,oNKzE xEnE EDEoU1 There is plenty o9 wasts land tNr0 konly needs s1xiH and iddusfry eo tr
 made highly proftabIe. Th1a4 rFr
 hundreds # not theg~aner, ~ .1-'-
 ciIes and moronp, who. I ur1ic-s. and abused. are eocl1l ereu~ct. ~rr
 fill the 5ails, prisons. en1 1lhrr sl- tuttons, and who aNa 11crea4daM 4-I
 multiplying at a fearful rate, te- Tr l if trained to tzsefuIness. And Chen rr. Approximately self-suc cportfng- aI could lead lives Of na1rlnesr a.l N..
 cency. The state of Connsckrlt .rI recently taken over the trr school which was founded 1nery le0 f ago by Dr, Knight, one r1f lA1 1L leaders in the car@ of the fesole-r,l-.. ed of this country. Here e 1lU the many who need care can rs-s.I 1t. The institution should Ds r
 enlarged and new oepartulenta Cor c--- l gation should be added, anUt nil r.- dangerous social ckss shan Ear. proper and safe care and control T.. cost, to begin with. may secn1 naa4l but, as fast as the work ia 1ol4.
 will begin to effect great raefrT other departments of pubic ezr1lu.
 and when 1t is completely Gors. t.. 1 saving will be so great that g1 lr| quite justified in our as1srlfcn tr.I no investment the state can rr..
 would bring such a rich return. The mother state owes e to negr I and to all her citizens to care Dfeur.. Ny for hese detectives, who cr1
 weaker children They are che 1.rN Iones of the Master; let us bewtrr ll- we cause them to offend.
 BETTER BAF1Es
 The crusade for better ba5isg r- spread from coast tc coast, and tsr. firm hold of Anner9can Mother. Ir.
 women realize how rnucn frr