Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-28
NEW MAGAZINE THE
AMERICAS CHILD DEALS
WITH CHILD WELFARE

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with the May issue new magazine
The American Child comes into the
Geld. ii will to published quarterly
BY the National Child Labor eonanaig-
tee Cd successor 10 The child Labor
Bulletin The editors have outlined
the program DC the magazine Ia 4
leading editorial The time has come
In this work. they say. whea the
child. not Industry. not the state. not
the conseniencs 0g manufacturers or
parents NOT the RiEe Of our pockets
but the child must be thought OF What
degree 81 DF0eecsion does be need Tor
his development III health. lii mind.
In his lmEna3surahle potential quail
ttas? Let us nnd out and give him
that protection, The editors os The
American Child propose 10 get the
fruit Of the invest cations and opfl-
Ions 81 experts Oh this subject ald
place these questions before their
readers, frequently In the form Of
contributions from experts ID differ
emf allied fields.
julia q I.athrop Chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau has contributed an ar.
sicle on Chlldren's Year And The FIJI.
ture. Owen R I.oveioy general sec.
Rotary og the National CHILD Labor
committee. writes on Legislative
Prohibitions pf Child Labor Z Mr..
LgssgOy emphasizes the lack Of seien.
tihc knowledge about the danger 81
early LABOR. He advocates yearly
phyHicoi examination N working chill.
.dren and the setting up Of certain
minimum standards that no children
under sixteen years should be EN-,
pioyed IN gafnfnl occupations: no
children under eighteen fl physicnily
dangerous, and none ggdor tweniy-one
in morally dangerous work, He does
not hope to see these standards i'm.
mediAtely established, and says that
this will be impossible so long as ex-
ceasiye indnstrial burdens are laid on
the shoulders es haIf-gtarved mothers,
and 80 long az our schools persist ia
teaching instead Of educating our
children 1t would be absurd to force
law making ahead oe the standards
that public opinion can maintain But
they are suggested al those that In our
educational and legislative work
should be our Jet. 4
John 81 Andrews secretary 81 the
American Association for Labor Leg,
islation writes Iii the opening number
on Social Insurance and Child Wei.
fare strongly urging the adoption BY
the states Of health and accident In.
surance to protect wage-earners from
industrial risks. He says, The prob,
lon extends far beyond the suffering
and want Of the individual wnge.earn.
CT. Il involves his wife, his children.
the industry Of which he Is q part and
finally the state, upon whose care both
he and bis finally may ultimately Be
thrown
IN an article called Universal Edu-
cation. Ruth McIntire inquiries; aDo
We haye system Oh universal educa.
ton In the United Statesg This ID
NOT 3 alppant nor an idle question. In
New York city alone there are quar-.
Ter Of million children on part time;
9 quarter az q million not able to re-.
ceiye, no matter how much they want
II. the education that the state re-
Qnires by law for every child. In
Philadelphia and other cities, simi-
lar conditions are reported. Even
when there u room apparently the
children are none too eager to take
advantage of II. IA total of 2B8 .1a5
cases pS truancy were invest gated IN
Philadelphia iii 1918. AS remedy for
this situation the author recommends
higher salaries for teachers. product.
I've work done By the children In
school, and the adoption of the dn-
piIcate system to make full use uG
the school plant.
Other features Og the first issue are
articles ~ a. ~ Chopper on stock.
taking III Chtid Welfare. " ~ n. u. Full.
Ter on The New Observation-Disclosures. Z
and by Fherasa Wol4s0n on When
And How Chlldren Leave School, and
BY Ruth McIntirs on Child Labor ia
India, Japan and China,
Owen n. Is0Yej0y Il announced as
editor Of The American Child, Ray.
aond g. Fuller, managing editor: n,
n. Chopper and Ruth Mcintyre. asso
ciats editors; Wiley III Swift end Jos.
ephine ] Eschanbrenner. contributing
editors.