The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-12
Social Progress
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steadily the world D. being made
better place for those who live
iu d. Socisl progress is uumistaka
bly nd syerl dBy in evidence 10
evidence Notwithstanding The
terrible actualitios OF the great war
MO which many nations have been
plunged by one mad ruier
A few days ago ! watched two
harp.t contrasting speotaclcs
ON The outskirts or Toronto. W
an aviation ncld I saw airplane after
airpane leave the ground. till the
sky above seemed dotted by mon
stor dragon lies soaring 90 dizzy
heights
As they rose 20 take thoir hight
some ayiator~ passed directly over
me automobile IN which I WAS scat
ga and close enough for me to see
them hurr'ediy wave CHEEKY
greeting
In was a thrilling sight 80 do.
pressing one For b. was romnd
er. however picturesque. OF thn Ger
man war which has spread such
suffering and dcsolation
From the aviation Aeld ! Was mo
torea 70 an altogether different
place.
IN a bright clean. attractive DIN
ing room seated ON both sides of
Two long tables ! saw some so little
boys and girls happily eating a
bounfiful supper They We're In.
mates OF Toront0R "Preventorinm
benehciaries Of splendid agency
FOR social reconstruction
From slum homes these children
With tubercuiar tendencies had been
taken. 20 be- given fresh start in
life. taught health habits. and built
up physically
A. the Preventorium they slept on
broad yerandas had a pine grove 10
which 90 play. q wonderful glass on
closed playhouse. and gardens In
which 90 work Every daN they
were given some schooling
The whole course ~ their liie was
directed 10 raising thcir rcsisfiFr
power mental moral and ply 'i.
cst
-Four DAYS later In the Rhode Is.
land city ~ Newport ! beheld equal
ly impressive evidence that social
Progress Is continuing. despite toe
hftEhtiuE influence OF rns WY THO
Germans have forced on America
IN one ~ the rooms OF Newport
heautHul high schools ! saw a dem
onstration by mcmh hers OF The little
Mothers Welfare league To help
save me babies 81 today and 20 en-
tighten tho mothers % tomorrow is
the double object ~ this happily
conceived organization
If is a product % dawning recog
milton that efficient motherhood IS
not an instinct bu an arr. which
NAV best DO learned thru tho prac
teal instruction OF Young girls m
Tho scientific care 81 babies
what beheld in Toronto and
Newport may be seen in one form
or another thru an The cities OK
Canada and the United States
While in every city war work rs
being done and In most cities
splendidly done uplift work b. Ike
wise being done. Which IA exactly
what should be
For the Germans are not the only
enemies that menace our national
welfare and happiness Disease,
poverty. ignorance. vice crime tn.
sanity compete with the Hons in
frighffuiness
m upitft work stopped FOR The pc
riod ~ the war. wars aftermath
would be fearful indeed 'ni II has
not stopped and 81 viii not
The Instinct for social bcftcrmeui
is 10 deeply rooted In tho heart of
civilized mankind
Remember. tho. that upiifi Work.
like war work requires many hands
and makes great demands on he
purse - your part in D.. a. N The
work % The war