Arizona republican., 1916-03-05
CLUB NOTES
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 The Chil0ren'S Bureau of the United States Department of Labor and the Federated Clubs of the United States have set aside March to II as q na ton wide baby week Several of the rItE clubs and pra cticallv all the conn try clubs affiliated with the state fed eration will have d program on the subject if the organizations do not ac- tually launch q baby saving campaign. Mrs. Henry ". Morgan of Wilcox. president of the Arizona Federation of Women's Clubs, is q strong advocate of baby week Through Mrs Ancn Martin, chairman of the state press committee, she is urging not only the clubs to take an active interest in the movement, but the merchants to CO., operate bv window displays. She would have every shop in the community ex- tibit baby garments. It is understood that several local merchants have de cided to comply with Mrs. Morgan's request.
 Tn holding the week in communities of any size. large or small. two import ant points must be rembmeered," says Mrs. Percy Pennybacker, president of the general federation.
 ''1. That to be successful the baby week must be. as far as possible. q community affair; that the co-opern- ton and help must be obtained pri- marily of all organizations and indi- viduals interested in child welfare the city officials, city health depart. ment, clubs, private infant welfare and visiting nursing associations, the churches the local medical society. as well as newspapers. associations of business men. industrial workers and advertising men. This operation win not be hard to obtain
 ] 70. That q conscientious effort should 1 be made from the first to have the 1 lahy wee!, lead to some permanent and ! concret work for the welfare of babies. 1 This should be primarily the support of 1 infant welfare work carried on through l infant welfare stations and by visiting l nurses. if this is already established CT the establishment of such work, ii
 
 nent of the milk supply, of birth reg
 istration and of all civic conditions af
 fecting babies should be given place in the program"
 l The Woman's club will hold it's an- lnual election Tuesday. Officers for the l91G-1917 season will be elected al this time. although they will not take l over their duties until the onening ot
 the season in the autumn. The pro 1 gram of the afternoon will be given tunder the auspices of the ciyics edu-
 cation department. of which Mrs. H. F St. Claire is chairman. The three prize winning essays on Phoenix in 1923 II hy pupils Of the public schools will bC read at this time Mrs l.. D. Dameror will contribute vocal numbers and there will ne piano numbers by Mrs Roy WaYland and Mrs W. F. Deity feature dance by Miss Mabel NOvir ger. with Miss Anna Morihan at the piano. will complete the program.
 1 X baby saving campaign meeting
 was held by the Orangewood- Ramona
 club Wednesday at the home of Miss l Minnie Slankard the correspondinG
 secretary of the club. Tte subject of ithc roll-c was My Method of Dis
 cipline" and this. with the helpful sue
 eestions pertaining to the health oi 1 children, furnished a splendid advance program for ba0y week. At pre- ceding meeting of the club, Mrs A. R I a. I and It's Relation to the Community" Whether we desire it or not, we arc all part of the community in which we live" said Mrs. Jones. The children of community constitute one of its 1 greatest problems. a problem which concerns society more than it does the
 courts of law. Tn these little men and l women are embodied the citizens of the future, and those learned in child wei fare fully recognize the fact that home influence has q great deal to do with making the product good or bad.
 l However. ever the abnormal chile is susceptible to the influence of the home environments, and the personal lily of the parents The compulsory
 school education, our child labor laws and others which the state today puts
 upon the child's parents are enacted not solely for the child's benefit bu. even more for the heEefit of the en- tire community. An ignorant child has not only fewer avenues of usefulness and pleasure open to it, but is men = zee to the state Therefore tie state
 requires that the child shall be edu . Cated. In all this we recognize a def
 mite responsibility which the child and
 mother have toward the community
 even from the child's earliest years.
 "The state. knowing that it $ best
 Cor the community that children shall be educated. mas enacted certain laws which make education compulsory. But beyond these state laws. there
 gre finer obligations still which every
 thoughtful mother admits It is not enough for her to care for the child's health, or to educate it as the state re-
 Quires II is her duty to be willing and
 eager that it should serve the state
 well; if IS her duty and privilege to teach t that it's whole life is to be lived in time for the community and the commonwealth. and not for her self It should be taught in early years
 that. wonder. at only 9 little distance
 lies the world, waiting. Not q world which is to pet it and crown it with i success IL is one day to be a citizen