Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-05
NEW YEAR OPENS WITH
BETTER CHANCES FOR
HOMELESS CHILDREN
Miss Marion Kohn, of Big Day
Nursery. Says Opening of
Homes to Waits Is
Good Move

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r.oi,,,.,,,o.Io,,,,, ,r nItrpisti, mother
los, tfo,,,t,., h,I,i,a bavo ba,u ,nl,cu
hy r,ytc,. n,r,nts. iutn hrnrts aud homes
,r,,,in,, ,t,t ,,ntrrr rnyn cvists ,yithou,
,,,otLarhnnL ,i,Lc Gra.t. ,I,ild ,ybo started
,hc crido1,ir is Tho bcir of tbr Ianlcy
Shcnnrds M .-rv. York The latest. in
phiIoJelnhia. IL tbo l,ttIe babv Girl left on
mo dnn,stcn of Mr. ptto English 1lgs
G,r,rd st,cot md rbnr, NIrg English
cyncct. IN ,dort Icr,IIs
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NTarion Eohr dircctor Of a day nursery
a. tbc Yo,,.,r NN,nn,rr.s I-riou o5tb and
2oinbri,Irc str,rt. mar ,alics i'm 1o0 chill
dron v,hcn tboir ,notbors 20 ont TO work
.,so wonder why tho community toll
o,.,tos ,ho o. r,,rsc,.ios n. tbc. CITY. which
L,,,,sa ,,no rtiIdr, ,,o,cr,, do,
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va" 'no ny, ~ ST. ,,rI,rs hc,,' 'IittIo
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,le u"Tm, M, ,,,.,,',' 49,, CIV ,o b,h,. oct,
w t.V,,uIS J'. s,. .','r,si nnd
hos i,s ov,, I,indcrrartcn for the children
~ intcrr,cIintc ages Al noon tho school
rbildrcn come home for dinner and the
IittIe oncs arc put tn he'd for an afternoon
nan After school the children have study
IL. LIZ ,, ,,ra, ,i,,,,, ,,d cIassos IL,
gor,iry ,ud cooling We cxnect orr 70
,.sar.nId chIIdren 10 20 home and get
s,,,,,cr ro,.' tGcir rnothcrs so botI, boys
~ I,I,,, ,,, ,s,,,t,t bou, 70 ,.ooi, A. 40
IT, ,irod ,no,bo,, co,rcs 70 No fnr bnr
batiog "a tn mo tjr,o hctUeor g,nsat
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90 bop,n ,,U,,' I,omorco
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and no matter now good daN hurs-
cry may be- there's no place IKE nome
Another point ana Nlss hohh pe'aiil"
more eH!IusiasI', - lIl"l I''etr a. w.
l'Hn' up''7"''""' va "iiE IN , ''''7 40
a. a. uaE 10 ",,v ,',,so ,,,',.
~, i"u Ur VI ~, ~ ~ g., pt,iialoirtia
@ @open .uI ,,I "L1' ~ and nv ana
can TeStIvI ol 'puNol uH "iI no o''e
knows just 10" many nurseries "'''e
are
I'VE can separate our nursery children
into two groups. The one is composed of
those whose mothers must go out 10 sup
plement the income of the father those
whose mothers are the only support of the
family, and those whose mothers are
incapacitated, This group
includes 25 per cent. OF our Ckildren.
."rba Domestic Relations Court is ak
In, over the work of forcing the father
NJ tbe family 10 accent his responsibility.
II tskos az and a rreat deal of time 10
con,neI man 10 sunnort his family If
,,a 70 - csnn,y cno,,rb N m - IN
,notbor s,ato Tbc motbers, nensi,, biII
49, r,ot frcIuda tba deserted Untbor
s'I bn,.a aiu,a,s thnugbt mar a desertcd
,biid is in as m,,rb need ~ the right
honna inanapce as any other child. To-day
,,ol'id taa e,,iid is he roast nrotecta5
tne L,' +Io S,ata rLs orni,a,, I'm an insti,II-
~ ''iu bo,tar otanca ,ban The cbiId
Sloli S''li naa 5,5 49, In,,s da,, ,,,,rs-
NJ, w. ~ ~ 5osa,,ed cbId ,roated
80, ,,or1S - obari,ics D, aslod
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MISS hoh''
In all social work the fundamental
problem Is the conservation OF the nome
and the family group sne continued
' Especially so when the upheaNal Is due
merely to the lack OF means TO Keep II
together We recognize that the best m
luenee on the mother Is that OF her child.
That is another point OF view that those
IN support of day nurseries must con-
slider The deserted mother and the
mother OF the illegitimate child is often