Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-25
NEWS Of THE DAY
Al: new CASTLE
Mrs. Ina ]. N. Perkins Addresses
Farmers Institute on Care of
Young Children.
Special Correspondence Of Every Evening

Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
New Castle, Feb 25-ln talk entitled
THE Care and Health of Children,
given before the afternoon session Of the
farmers institute, yesterday, Mrs. Ina
J. N. Perkins, director OF child welfare
for the State Reconstruction Commits
sion, said: 1T is not mn idle theory that
almost no mothers and babies need TO die
or be invalided or partially handicapped
in health Places that have fully develop
ed such health work as the State Recon-
struction Commission is doing Mt its
chidren's health centers, show few deaths
of women from maternity causes, as well
as few deaths of babies. II such work as
the State Reconstruction Commission is
temporarily carrying on can be thorough
~ developed in Delaware by community
effort or under auspices of an established
State department, the State can proudly
match her maternity and infant mortality
rate with that of practical progressive
communities. At present she must weep
for her loss of mothers and babies and for
her State record in that regard which rs
among the worst in the United States.
A small but very appreciative audience
heard the lecture by DR.. Cooper and the
reading by Mrs. Friedewald in the high
school last evening. DIR. Cooper spoke on
"The Making of Boys and Girls. His
central idea was that every child should
have in the knowledge art, social life, and
opportunities of this time to the fullest
extent, without infringing on the rights
of others He emphasized that children
should be brought into contact with the
activities of the community, nation and
world through the public school and
guided To select the vocation for which
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after life. While doing the work of their
vocations az efficiently AZ possible, they
should have large amount of leisure,
which should be devoted to constructive
intellectual purposes. The reading by
Mrs, Friedewald was much appreciated
The death of James A. Lovcess, aged
Is was a shock To his many friends in this
city. He was q member of Industry
Council, No. -, Jr. q. L. A. NJ, which he
recently joined, end member of the I'm
manuel Church. His funeral will be held
on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock in I'm
manuel Church. Interment NJ Glehe
cemetery. The members Of the Jr. q. T..
A. NJ are invited 10 attend the services
William +. Shupe, president of William
+. Shupe Il Co. building contractors Df
Orange and Newark, n. j.. died at his
homo on Saturday of pneumonia The
William I. Shupe Co. purchased from the
L. $. Housing Corporation their project
below this city known as the Piel Con-
struction Co. which was built for the
Bethlehem Loading Co. The Piel con-
struction project was on the order uf
Union Park Gardens in Wilmington. Mr..
Shupe was well known in this city and
had many friends here. William DAWES,
who is employed by the government, has |
taken charge Of the contract for the |
Shupe interests
George Davies, who spent several /
months in this city last summer. has been /
Ill with influenza IN New York. Mr.. +
Davies is now much improved.
Mrs. Charlotte Gilllngham, who has /
been spending several days in New York, I
has returned home.
Edward Galloway. Sr., who has been
seriously i'll for the past two weeks, is
slightly improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Draper enter
famed number of friends at their home
On Monday evening
Mir and Mrs. Delbert Kirk have re-
turned TO their home in Philadelphia
after spending several days here.