The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-04

nues OF thought entirely now
and strange TO them.
BY and by the mothers arms
grew tired The father took
the baby and Iooaled u on his
knee.
am going 20 speculate about
that man, that Woman and that
baby. N what I snsli cay
not true OF them, u 10 at least
approximately true OF most
young husbands and wives and
flrst.born babies.
After college. he studied law II
not law. something else, lie gave
lot OF thought and work To prepa.
ration.
After college. she quit studying.
probably.
Neither studied babies Indeed.
there Is law of conventional 80.
clety which says Il Is not proper
for maiden ladies' unless they hap
pen TO be nursesl to study babies.
The man married the woman. lie
wasn't thinking about babies when
he proposed 20 her. She wasn't
thinking about babies when she ac.
ccpted him Strange' That's what
people get married for-to have
babies.
IL Is. say, strange that We don't
begin to study babies until we set
EN-. The man knows a lot about
law The woman can trim hat
aud discuss Art and The Drama
The baby was an accident. II
was q welcome accident. tho.
They loved u. but they didn't
know anything about H. u
wac a beautiful. wonderful rys-
terry. u had exactly the right
number Of fingers and toes.
and ito nails and little pink
ears were esaulalsely shaped.
They didn't worry. tho. They
would muddle thru
The mother didn't know. when
the baby yelled. whether IL was a
pin or stomach pain.
Then they happened 10 drop into
the Hlppodrome Monday morning
The first session OF the city. Wide
Child Welfare institute was In
progress. II will continue four
DAYS.
The principal speaker at all the
sessions will be DIR. William A. Nc
Keever OF the University OF Kan.
sas. and very great authority In
deed. under whose guidance the pro-
gram Of the institute has been ar
ranged. Dr. Mckeeyer will deliver
eight lectures
Erastus Brainard Is the chair.
man After a prayer by Dr. Hugh
Elmer Brown. OF the Pilgrim Con.
gregational church. Mayor GIL
made the opening address.
Tho no baby expert. hlrxoner
has sound IDEAS
The tendency" said the
mayor. "Is to msudIlnIxe over
4oyear-oio criminals and err
lna women whose habits are
fixed. There would be fewer
criminals TO reform. fewer dis.
essed and undsrsnourished
bodies TO build up. and fewer
souls TO save. N We started
right with the babies
There isn't any such thing
as . delinquent child. The de-
linauency 10 the parents"
He was In favor OF pushing
the ehiid-~elssre work. the
mayor said. Many women had
taken II up. and a very few
men. The men ought to be
ashamed Of themselves.
Then Superintendent OF Schools
Cooper spoke a Word OF Greet
ing" after which the meeting got
down TO brass tacks.
II was about then the young man
and his wife in the back row began
to open their eyes. IL was borne
In on them that their baby was not
only the sweetest and best baby In
all the world. II was also Prob
lem. Tho study OF the Problem was
Science more exact aud difficult
than the Law.
And what do you suppose those cx-
perts talked about7 Play
Mrs. l.. Il. Hoag. chairman OF the
recreation and playground commit.
tee OF the Central Council OF the
Mothers congress. discussed The
Communlty's Responsibility FOR
Healthy Play.
Play as a Part OF the Course In
the Public Schools" was handled by
Miss Almira George. OF the Board
OF Education.
u. v Mitchell. supervisor OF the
HIawatha playfield, talked on The
Neighborhood Play Center"
DR.. McKeever discussed The
New Interpretation OF Play"
J. Mitchell Knisely. principal Of
the Green Lake school. explained
How We Aim 10 Make the Motion
Picture Serve the Interests OF the
Young"
Austin r. Griffiths gave his
views on THE Popular Amuse.
ments Of the Young"
And Miss Helen II. Richter. sec
rotary Of the play streets depart.
ment. Peoples Institute. New York
city. told what Is done In New
York with relation to play Streets
and Their Supervision.
All this at the morning session.
DIR. McKeever promises that In
the four days the entire field OF
child.welfare will be covered--from
birth to adolescence.
Do you know how TO bathe a
bsby7 How 20 eIothe III How
10 feed ~ How TO cure II OF
lIIs7 How to correct III How
70 guide ~ Can you teach
your little boy or girl how 10
plsy7 Do you know the I'm
portanee OF prsy7 How much
do you know about baby"
teeth And other teeth7 And