Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-11
CONSERVATION OF
THE CHILDREN
National Project Outlined by MISS
lula c. Lathrop at Playhouse
Meeting.


and paid tribute to the work done by
Delaware women III National Defense
during the year preceding the formation
of the Delaware Defense Council lie
EXPRESSED the particular gratiflcation To
Delaware people To have at the War on
ference Miss Lathrop. who had been
he inspiration to workers Tor children
before the war, and who had now met the
national emergency by providing plan
which the Council of Defense could niier
IN putting America $ record Tor chlid
protection upon par with that of Europe
mn countries.
Miss l,athrop said that work for chIl-
,ren III Delaware was we'll known to the
Childrcns Bureau n Washington be-
cause Delaware people had invited that
bureau to help with the study oi our local
conditions She made clear that he work
of the women of America for the children
at this time Is the great work which comes
only second TO our efforts 10 do all We can
for the men AZ the front
The plan which the Children Bureau
suggested To the nation had been made
after careful study Of conditions in Europe
which gave both an example of what lack
of child protection might mean IN dis
astrous results 90 this country, and also
inspiration from the fact that The greatest
English and French statesmen OF the dhN
had devoted every effort slncc the begin
ninr of the second wear oi war, tn save
for England and for France every littie
child who might become an asset 10 the
uation and therefore 20 the world
The spIrlt Of thotoughncss IN the effort
nut forth IN thus country and IN Europe
Miss Lathrop said, was to scc that as no
sparrow falls TO the ground without the
Creators nuticr. 50 no little child IN Tins
day of world stress and world nred shal
% uncarcd for hv those who are tho re
sponsihle guardians ~ rhIldhood
ASIDE from the causc nt sheer humanity.
Miss Iathrop showed that the present Is
no tune for mctc sentiment ~ regard 10
children Changes brought by the war
tend 10 lessen the population ~ many
uays The only assurance hat weak
encd nation viii not follow the ravagos
az war viii =, hat tho children at to-day
grow w. sound ~ body mud mind - per
tctuatc the ,i,tnr1 whrh the ratlon Is
winning TODAY and which must h' kept
FOR the people Of hr world
Mis- laturap euthned uttof, the pro-
gram tn tho Chldr,n car Whtch Is 90
cnahlc ever, state ID - IT. share ~ the
protection 81 cuIdha.d y a beginning
&
weigh and measure hc babies of the nation
81 that W. ma, know where We stand
II ,ar child power and What We must do
fa -at.pt5ayl II IhC " CONAN ON
/ n,ttrr IA thc Cruutll ~ National he.
7 tense responded hl ofcrug n~ organ
! l4atfon An over ~, country t. the I tul
4 drru'~ Rurcau. f,r the whole program 81
/ the Ihddrru~ Ncat and hr Women I"
/ the lptiaus Saatc~ have undertaken :
/ vholch,art,aj> th,~ plan that IL" hld
rcn Bureau ht~ had to prut ,lN mlllot
card, IA witch tho records - the emi''r'1
can hc made and hied ~ Washington
Tl, results of Weighing and measuring
nave shown conchlsivciN what tic hi
/ drcn Bureau knew and madc part q
Ill proprani beforehand that IN order =
save ne children thc mothers must b.
nrafrcind II l~ 4 matter ~ cold status
tir- you, hrd fur y, the Chlircn's Bureau
tl.at whrr, lnpthcr~ % ynune children g
ltts ,nd,i~lr> the hahic~ die ~ . doutl
rate That thc country vii ~omctln
H. ashamed If fbl> indecent and tcrrlt
sqcrIilco which has hccn allowed ~ TN
arc there rau IT, fn ioaIht and that IA
rortr, VIII respond to ! ~ oall ~ 3 neiie
protection If tho mothcr g"'"~ wlth"u
~aNur
Thr Juvenile Court records of III
country are now showing with rlalun'T
what happens when III" mother ineS I
keep the home and II the same tame I
earn he living foI that home Il Is onl
when the mother can stay ~ he h"m
that the influences which prevent WAY
wardneSs and delinquency can ht keI
about the children
Miss l.athrop ~pont WITH eorNnrih
force of tht ulot upou the iair ideals {
Tin. country If We conJlnue 70 iet ou
industrial HE proht hy the labor OF iittl
children The men pt fie country. sh
eaid who have worked N their ehIIdhoo
when the, should have been only grown
and pGa,ine Will not stand 10y whlle IA
children Of today bend their little bodle
a. thc tasks that shoulJ bc done by stron
men and women.
She said il was particularly Intereetln
that Secretary Of Labor Wilson WAS on
of those men. a man who ~ a chlld ha
carried dinner paiI when he was 50 httl
that the pail in his hands almost iouche
the railroad ties over which he walked
The Chjldrcn's Bureau administered
National Child I4aEOr law Tor ZI5 day
and then this law was declared uncon
stitltionaI. not that the protection 4
children WAS not right but that some othc
way must be found She was sure tina
: the people Of this nation would Ind tina
way and that no little child would b
allowed to work while he strong bodlt
of men and women were able to supp0l
the industries Of the country
, Following the weighing and meaSurin
of children and he protection ot II
mother two steps in the program Of tt
! Childrens 1e ear already undertaken
comes i part of work for children Whlc
anucais 70 d lac heart ol every child love
This is the provision 81 play heall n,
happy out-door recreation, and u
I. normal good tunes winch children an
youth must have Al All times and pa
+ ticularlv during the war
IF the men and women Of lDelaWa
wish to create 10 tins state "A healthy al
normal childhood upon which the Sta
and the nation and the world may q
pend. they have a pleasant task IN pr
viding clean and pure enjoyment f
I the children. | am sure that Delawa
will respond 10 the call as the nation
large is now responding. The women
i America are meeting the changing co
i ditions brought about by war in the VI
:, orous American spirit, and they W
= see to it that no effort Of theirs is spare
to give the children their right TO he w
! born and to be protected decently and i
!, ! tellgently Miss Lathrop said that {
= stout grandmothers and the hcaltl
: maiden aunts were coming TO the reSc
= Of exploited children, and Of all chlldre
and while these women were able To wo
they would respond 10 the call not on
&c eoancias and orga nlzat ions for the IN