Evening star., 1918-12-02

lgorous
uahappy. trying to adjust their s.ib-
l o,-risJ selves to their norma! sur
| lroan0.ngS.
The majority of the states have es-
ia ,lished inst:tutters for the feebi'.-
rrintled, and It is hoped That Ine men
who represent these states in Congress
will do as mlcn for Washington as
their home STATE :eglsn:nre:' nave
done for their home states.
Industrial Home School for Col
/ ored Children.
If a new institution cannoe be es-
.. tablished for the education ana traln,
| ing of destitute and def.hqaenl coloreu
girls, we should like to see them al
mitted at the Industrial HoE'e scnool,
where they should be given instruction
| in common school branches ard a tnor-
ough and systematic training IN house
hold and domestic science. There IS
an increasing demand Tor well-tralned
domestics in the cry loday' anu l.ie
tual advantage If they were properly
trained to make living.
Baby Farms.
We are in hearty accord with the
| health department in rhe movement
! toward securing Legislation TO provioe
! supervision for the so called raoy
!: farms in the District. II ~ very I'M
portant that any home where one or
/ more children are boarded apart frc:n
their parents should be licensed. ihere
is no way of permanently remedying
! conditions in these homes without
i legislation. At present the only way ~
! neglected is to file a petition in the
Juvenile Court for their removal on
the grounds of destitution. but there Is
/ nothing to prevent the same woman
! from Immediately taking other ehli-
! dren to board under the same conci-
i tions.
New Board Of Children's Guardians
The board regrets that the new
board of children's guardians plli,
which was submitted last year. was
not passed. 1t was prepared a1eet
/ states and contains several necessary
! and important provisions whlch Wouiu QUIZ
enable the board of childrens suai -
ians of the District of CoiumDla ~
stand in the front work OIL iioooa -
child-caring agencies.
/ Mothers Pension Bill.
! The mothers pension bill. when i,tras was
| one Of the new provisions, was ill., uue,
| dyced as a separate bill into Congress;
/ and it is hoped that it Will be passed
during this session as War Hleasue IL.
| All of the belligerent nations nave op-
served the tremendous increase IN 1u-
| IoIi since the DSKlIlllu6
! of the war and are endeavorine 70 en-
/ force child protective and compulsory
| education laws. The payment OF pen
| sion fund would be looked upon as re-
turn for the services which the motner
| is rendering the state by the fact OF
/ her motherhood and would enable ner
to keep her children in their own nome
| rather than separate them because OF
dependency. This pension is analogons
ment to dependent families Of soldiers
and sailors.
Mothers pension laws are in opera
! ton in more than thirty states ana
there has been en-, str strong aga mEsaheh' nissrict
committee appointed by the Monday
| Evening Club, widely representative OF
! the various interested organizations,
decided that the Board OF Chiiofen
| suited to handle the funds when appro-
| priated, as it possessed tho admlnlstra-
| tive machinery to do the work, COM
plete set of records and an office force
| Of trained workers competent to make
the necessary Investigations.
Temporary Receiving Home.
i We repeat that one Of the greatest
| needs Of the board is a temporary home
ceived Immediately after commitment
and kept under observation for snort
| time before being placed. An intell-
gent matron would give them kindly
! care and treatment. free them from
communicable skin and scalp diseases
and funigate their clothing. She would
see the most important part OF the rec
commended medical work be- attended to,
/ and clean, healthy and desirable chill
dren could be placed in good homes
after this period Of observation. in place
Of the undesirable, dirty, sickly ones
/ which the present arrangements force
/ us to place in the homes that will re-
ceive them. This will insure the best
/ type of private boarding homes taking
more children.
! A receiving home would be source
! Of great assistance In caring for all
! emergency cases, which arc SO perplex-
F. building continual traffic, which is OBJ
/! jectionable, and would give the office
| force more working space. as 1t is ex-
| ceedingly difficult, though interesting. to
| work in an Of1co OvernoWlng with chill
| dren at all hours Of the day.
| The supply Of clothing would be kept
| there and given out to the children far
more satisfactorily than under the pres
ent crowded conditions at the office. If
| deemed advisable the doctor would have
his semi-weekly Office hours here, and
| later the board hopes to have a well
| equipped dental Office in such quarters,
; in order to combine under the super
| vision of the doctor and the office all Of
I the dentistry, which is now being done
by hva dentists at their private Offices
| Commissioners Of Flour Inspection.
| The commissioners Of -four inspec-
t ton whose duty 1t is under the act
i Of Congress approved December 81,
| 1878. to select the standard for each
| grade Of flour for the guidance of the
4, inspectors of -four provided for in that
act, and to decide disputes between
!, those inspectors and the owners of flour
I, who deem themselves aggrieved by the
, findings of the inspectors, report that
no request for their interposition was
made during the period covered by
| their report.
! Alienist.
l. 1t is the duty Of the alienist to
make examinations Of persons alleged
to be insane, SO recently before such
persons are subjected to judicial in
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