The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

ceived from a physician, saying that in the case of family remote from medical or nursing care the simple directions con- tained in the pamphlet enabled the hus- band to do all that was needful for his wife at the time her child was born and doubtless saved theN lives of both. The great Parsee firm of Tata and Company, Bombay, purchased 510 copies and re- quests have been received for It's trans laiion into foreign languages.
 One commercial conc.fn with a large welfare department desired 5000 copies which the bureau was unable. on account Of limited resources to send. For public health officers. social service nurses att tached to hospitals. settlements and oth- ers in a position 10 make discriminat ting use of tho pamphlet, only small pro- portion of the quantities requested could bn sent
 The government appropriation last year fot seed distribution. often-to people who neither request nor want seeds. was s263.- 9'0 It would seem that sl6i $40 is con- scryatiNe appropriation for bureau sup ply ing Information urgently wanted by the repple at work in bettering the race.
 The hureans handbook of federal sta tiftcs Of children is the first installment Of q compilation giving in convenient form data concerning children from the census. hitherto largely unavailable be- cause scattered through many bulky volumes.
 The work thus far done by the bureau necessarily exploratory in character. points the way to future needs The in- vcstigation of infant lcortality in one small city offers 'fonly the beginning of at adeunate study or the conditions under which children th;iVe and perish in this "onntry,' according to Miss Latin lou. who urges that the results justify sD a A ft.r typical communities. Ihud labo~ inVest- Rauops are greatly needed Thus far owing to insufficient funds, they could nrt be undertaken The problems of transition from childhood to q useful oc- equation are of prime importance and the bureau should study industrial and vocational training.
 This is an urgent public demand for irformation concerning tne best ways to care for exceptional children-the crip- pied. blind. deaf and fesple-mindei Presi- dent Wilson, according to press dis patches has recently emphas sized the vorv grent need oe governmental scien- tdc st''dv os feeble 'rded children. It is this helpless class which in later life furnishes large proportion of the prob- lo,~s of crimlnality and prostitution
 The passage of mothers pension laws hy many states indicate the great value which would accrue from a careful st;.-~ Of the various measure and methods in voived. If promptly done. this should aid in avoiding waste and the misa Duplication of sound principle, Similarly the varying provisions of juvenile court laws through out the country show the need for a study in this field of legislation, putting its results at the disposal of the large numbers of people who are interested in the most humane and enlightened care of dtiinorent children.
 T"eFe arc only Sew of the under tekines which the ch.ldren's bureau, in accordance with the scope of work laid ort for 1t by the law creating it. should carry out. In its success. and in the ap- propriatlon of adequate funds to enable it to render it's highest service to the country, the people of the United statsa have the greatest concern.