Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-05-08
SALVATION ARMY
 HELPS THE BABIES

II you Hdu youT CiioiSS-"ouiu you rather be pig or baby? Last year the United States government spent $7,0OO,000 to help farmers produce better cattle, corn and hogs. Not one cent was spent for better babies.
 It lis we'll when the baby happens to be one of the fortunate ones, whose coming is heralded by the faloily snd relatives, and at whose birth the mother can have the advantage of the best medical advice, and the most careful training for her new duties
 But what about the millions of babies whose advent into the world is looked upon by the parents in the nature of calamity? And what about the thousands of babies whose coming means the stamping of the brand of shame on the young mother hood? Those are the babies that the Salvation Army is saving, and saving the mothers at the same time also.
 Last year in the twelve Salvation Army rescue and maternity homes Tn the western part of the United States no less than 1,O5S babies were born: What will become of these babies ana their mothers? This is the problem that The Salvation Army is being called upon to solve.
 To bring the mothers to realiza- tion of the responsibilities thrust on their young shoulders, to train them so that they aer able to earn their living, to put their feet on the right hath and to give the babies the start in life that they would not otherwise have is the work that The Salvation Army is carrying on day after day.
 One morning several months ago, a mere slip of a girl appeared at the door of one of the Salvation Army homes in the west, and after some evl- dent hesitation rang for admittance.
 The commandant, schooled thru years of experience in the suffer1ng and sorrows of young womanhood, an swered the summons, and recognized the situation, took the young girl into the home and the affection of her big mother heart.
 She entered into the spirit of the home with alacrity and undertook With joy the mastering of the duties or motherhood and in spare moments de voted herself along with the other girls in the home to furthering her neglected school duties. N Then the great day arrived and she found that instead of one child there were four-four little girls, three of whom survived the birth.
 While the mother is learning the care of her triple burden The Salva- tion Army's free legal bureau, with the aid of the Missing Friends bureau, is endeavoring to locate the father and see that he shares in the responsibil- ity and care of the children.
 If no other provision is made for the mother, The Salvation Army will find a place where it will be possible for her to keep the children with her. The Salvation Army never separates the mother from her babe.
 When a girl seeks refuge at Sal vation Army rescue and maternity home only one promise is exacted from her. She is required to promise that she will stay in the home for three months after her babe is born. This is done so that during the three months the girl-mother is tending her child, the baby fingers will wind them selves so closely round her heart that they will prove the greatecst means of holding the mother to the path that is right.
 This work of caring for the girl mother is, however, only very small part of the work that is quietly and unobtrusively being carried on all over the country, day after day, by the workers who wear the uniform of the Salvation Army.
 Extension of this work for humani- ty is the dominent feature of The Salvation Army's Home Service Pro- gram for 1920, which plans to carry the mission of mercy to every section of the country.
 To enable the Salvation Army to carry out this program in a compre- hensive, busfhesslike manner, a fixed budget, sufficient for the Army's needs for one year, has been set by each County Advisory Board. The amount of this budget has been deter. mned by the residents of the County themselves and is based on the re- quirements for each particular Coun- ty. An appeal tc the public to fur nish this budget will be made during Rescue Week" May 18th to 2Oth when the Salvation Army slogan ''To the rescue; let us take care of our own" will be sounded throughout the length and breadth of the land. II
 
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