Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20

report, 300 600 children under : Years
| died IN the United States In Delaware
| the number was g55 IN Wilmington ~
| These figures were cuntrasted with the
death rate of soldiers ~ the front, which
| IL estimated to I've about two ont of every
| ono hundred On this basis. 10 children
| under : wears die IN Wilmington for every
| two soldiers who die at The front.
The other divisions Of the work Of the
Children s Year will include hnno carc
of children. maintenance uf high standards
in education and child labor regulation,
proper recreation for all Ch,ldrcn. and
suitable attention to the detectives. dc
pendants and delnuuenta.
The program for tho wear begins with
= weighing and measuring contest of al
children under : wears ~ tho state tniug
Iprl and NAV " hon the Infant Welfare
chairman announced that the Delaware
Child Welfare COmmlttcc Was supposed
to weigh and measure ever, baby IN tho
state or SEQ that this was done. aud send
q card indeS of tho babies t. Washington.
the executive committees If tho defence
gasped md lively discussion resulted
as to how this work could hc carried ont
The final conclusion was that the public
health nurse Was the main solution. and
INTO service must rall, around the nurses
and physicians who were ready t. aaslst
ia the work
u Was the opinion of the child students
present that under nourlshmcnt was very
general among the children ~ the state.
not that they did not get enough to cat
hut that information as to tic proper
feeding Of children was moi general
LIBERTY loan
During the morning session ~ fha
Defence conference Mr~ Henry l{ldsoi,
chairman of tho Nouan'e State Ilborty
Loan, ant James II Hughes and ! Uall
anderson, chairman and =ecrotar, of tho
Kent County Mems Committee ,ila-
cussed with the Noman-s state Com
mlttce. tho adrisahllitv of State patriotic
rally ~ Dover On tprll e ~ All IN launch
ing the campaign Tor tho Liberty Loan
and securing general interest IN tho
program of defence, with apec,al en-
phasls on Child Wcltarr. The kcnt
ountN Committee felt that tho general
patriotic rally would hinder rather than
promote the concentration of Kent county
people on tho Liberty oan canpa,cn
winch opens officially On that daV It MAS
therefore voted. upon the recommendation
at special committee which held an sd-
!ourucd meeting. that the rafriotlc rally
should be postponed until later date.
he suggestion was made hy the
Woman Committee that an outdoor
patriotic celebration might hc attractivcly
featured on the Dover ,,r,cp Tho
Federal departments at Washington have
assured the local committee that speaker.
ct national prominence viii be supplied
Tor such rallied. and the Woman Com
mtteo Is Of the opinion that a real state
rally with all the contagious enthusiasm
CT work or common cause. and IN this
case The great cause Of the present var.
would help Ia unity and make more useful
the patriotic splrlt of the people Of the
state
Among those present were. Mrs. Chas.
Il Miller. Mrs " alter \ Powell. Dover:
Mrs HenrN RIdgely, Dover. Dean VIM
tred J Robinson. Newark Miss Laura
Bell. Wyoming; Mrs G II Iols Wvo-
ming Mrs. { L Terry. Camden. Mrs
Samuel il. MesSick. Bridgevllle;r Airs
John h. Cleavcr, MIddIetown. Miss
Mare /. Lockwood. Middletown. Mrs
tiarret : harrington. harrington. Mrs
Robert J. Holiday. Dover. Mrs John Il.
Hutton, Dover. Mrs l. Irving HANDY,
smyrna Mrs William : Hllles. New
Castle Mrs Frank Morton Jones. Viii
mington: Mrs 4. ID Warner. Sr. vii
mington, Mrs Charles Warner. Y lining
ton; Mrs James y Glnns. Wilmington;
Miss Jeannettc Eckman. Wilmington