The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-16
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN


Child M1I1F4
1li1s julia Lathrop. chlef q N I'D
ernI chLI1ren's bureau. n > recent ad-
dress - = child welfare colfsrWce
said.
Wa h1r1 ken told tines Without
number that ths eh11rsn q today are
the citizens q tornorrow. and th1f m
les We care for tod1yg chiIdren us
shall have > citizenship tomorrOW
that = not trained and eluIrDed %
meet the duties and responsibilities
Of citizenship. whar We need noW 1.
70 materiallzs this ancient and OVER
worked statement into action
One Of cur abe exchanges most
sTulhfGllY says that ens of til besl Cd
sforials on child welfare Vas spoken
b. = ragged youth IN Chicago > few
days ago
A welfare worker making an Inspec-
ton tour Of one q the thickly settled
districts she found one nd n The
sIH -uHq % On ps4rsA pus 1saE1s
clothes were In tarrers- His face was
covered with dirs- His shoes we're
worn out
Whose boy are your asked The
welfare worker.
And the youth replied I.eoEie.Ily.
-'Nobodya
Il i -Sobody's boz that makes
the real problem for the child welfare
workers.
Thsrs are some youths who b<ions
10 the -Sobody.s boy group Who have
parents and who stay AZ their parsntsf
n0ms-bur perhars he parents DO
not take an active Interest IN the boys-
In that cass the boy u llifIe Or no bet
ter off than the youth Who has no
father OF mother Home. IN order 70
b = home. must Be sonethlnE more
than = shelter frum rain and = placs
where meals are served II must b
= home whsre people 1--we. where boys
and girls may enjoy themselres. where
lives are trained. where courses are
shaped. where ambitions are fired
where troubles are shared b. older
people. and where = mothers arm can
help out N . snndred and one w1yA
-SobOdy,s boy - . real problsm-l
and Il - just a. mneh . probfem IN
places where there are parents Who
take no vital and genuine interest
IN their chiIdrsn - u = IN = place
where there Il no father o. mother
Nobody that - the poor chiId's
answer 70 the question. Whose boz
are your
Organized child welfare bodies. vuIl
directed communify cluhs-neighbor-
hood houses-fhess and other instiru-
lions have the great responsibility
u taking -Nobodys boy and making
'somebOdy's boy out o. him
%
Men. Ike the IRE. art 70 torment
women By going out - ntsht-
%
A step taken for mother i . peari /
Iropped into your future dLadsn.
OF all places. praise shouId b mos,
avishly used IN the family circle /
How many % n keep an cur words
Z Kindness Tor Efrzngers. for thos- IN ]
whom Ne have not one Spark % vital /
and 20 tks hearts cepsnHeus /
Ipoa n for sympathy and zpprs. -
ion. have scarcely che cheeEy word
o
Make every home where there are
,Oys. chesrf1l, eonfortabIs ana en-
0yabIs- Remember the goo1 ezzmrIe
aught u b. TIE kest % books- 1et
= Kin the -fafte1 calr- for tn prodi-
.sIs- Then thsy =fII not freIEenr h1I-
ard and drinking saloons. but VII j
Ovs and enjoy the friendship q the
srzsids-
We never knew = man Who VAS
zithfuI 20 his early and ADDICTED
ioms who was given over ~ ths sarna
Ime u any gross form % usckednens.
2 - -
Tub room IN The literary socseev. n
be art szl0on- than you Do IN tkese
retending home pleasures. you are
4 the road 10 ruin
All the elegance In the ~orId ufEI
o., make q home. and = spoonfgI %
I'VE exceeds whole sfIsp loads q far
iturs and All the gorEeo1snesz the
'orid can gather
After an that has ben aid aboar
IRE treasures q art and nature tE.zs
az lend aftractEon 70 . horne and IL
II remains that rfe fair |
Z home orrzments are brizkt toTous
lces. and where these are uanffnr. /
. else g0es for little.
o
The woman + the hart of ~
1me- II she Il eros. mlserzhSs and /
splritei there VIII Be uttIe IIfs and !
ue hzppLness within Let her Do I
= part but let her refuse 70 Izbor
sTond her strength a WISE. tendsrI !
other i Of more lmportznee thanI
lything else IN the world 70 rounx I
'iIdren- Let every mother train her-I
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