The Detroit times., 1917-11-12
Social Progress
nv a. AnnINCroN pHUCE
Author of The Riddle of Person
niity. "Psy yrh 0ioEY and
Pareuthood." etc.


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Steadily tie world IS being made
better place FOR those who live
in it Social progress Is unmistaka
DTS na every da} in evidence II
ig evidence Notwithstanding the
terrible actualtles pf thc great war
iutC which many nations have been
plunged hy one mad ruler
A lcw days ago I watched two
sharply contrasting spectacies
on che outskirts of Toronto. ~
sn avintion Held. saw airpianr after
alrplaue leave the ground. tul tie
sky above seemed dotted hy mon
stor dragon flies soaring 10 dizzy
heights
AS they nose 20 take their Hlght
SOME aviators passed directly over
The automobile iu which 1 vas seat
ed. and close enough for me 10 eee
lhem hurriedly wave CHEEKY
greeting
10 WAS a thrilling sight. yet a De.
pressing one For t was d remi0d.
er. however picturesque. of the Ger
man War which has spread such
suffering and desolstion
Prom the aviation aeld was mo-
tored 20 an altogether diGerent
place
IN bright clean attractive DIN
lnr room. seated on both sides of
two iouE tables, saw some 90 little
boy. and girls happily eating a
houut'ul supper They We're In
mates of Toronto's "Prcventorium. 70
boncacIarles ~ splendid agency
FOR soclM econstruction.
From sium homes these children
with MbercGlar tendencies had been
taken. 20 be given a fresh start in
..fe. taught health habits. and built
40 physically
A. the Preventorium hey slept on
broad ycrandas. bad a pine grove IN
1hich to play. a wonderful glass en
losei playhouse. and gardens In
which 20 work Every day they
were given soma schooling
The whole course ~ rhcir life WAS
directed fo raising fbclr resisfive
powers mental moral and physl
cal
Four DAYS later IN The Rhode Is
,aud city of Newport ] beheld equal
IIA ffI fHraH ff .HAH.tAf '' AANtt. "N'' N.At
progress ls continuing despite the
hHghung influence - the war the
Germans have forced on America.
In one 90 the rooms 81 Newport's
beautiful high schools I saw a dem
ons'rati0n hy members OF the Little
Mothers Welfare league. To help
save ihe babies of today and 20 on
tighten the mothers ot tomorrow is
me double object of THIS happily
conceived orranizatioO
Tt g product of dawning recog-
milton that efficient motherhood is
not au Instinct but an art which
may best be learned thru the prac
tical instruction of Young girls in
,he scientific care OF babies
What beheld in Toronto and
Newport may be seen Ia one form
or another thru all the cities OF
Canada and the United States
While IN every city war work Is
being done and n mos; cities
splendidly done uplft work is like
wise being done Which Ia exactly
what should 30.
For The Germans are not the only
enemies that menace our national
welfare and happiness Disease,
poverty. ignorance. vice. crime, IN
sanity compete with The Huns ia
frlehttlIness
n upift work stopped FOR the pe
Rod ~ The war. wars Aftermath
would be- fearful indeed Ruf 30 has
not stopped and n viii not
The iu4'inct FOR social hetiermenf
70 20 deeply rooted In the heart of
civilized mankind
Remember. tho. that nplift work.
Ike war work requires many hands
and makes great demands on tie
purse. 70 your part In II, as irl--he
work ~ the war.