El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-30

Emergency relief was given 10 SOS
persons, loans were made TO nine, and
so were placed on weekly or monthly
allowance. according TO the report
Mr.. Stevens in his report declared
the work OF last year was successful
and the principal speaker Of the eve
ming. Dr. owen r. LoVe1oy, president
of the National Conference Of Social
Welfare. declared the work Of the
Associated Charities was excellent
and the organization most efficient
Making a plea for better education
for children and better child labor
laws, DR.. Lovejoy declared that child
labor never helps poverty, but ag-
gravates it.
Child labor belongs where can
nibalism and chattel slavery belong,
in the museum Of antiquity he de-
clared-
Much Of the speakers lecture was
devoted 10 discussing public health
He said be had no desire TO see e few
persons in the United States grow to
be seven feet tall and weigh 400
pounds 10 prove 10 the world that
we could grow big men and women.
but that what he was interested in
was 10 see 10000 900 persons grow
10 ful maturity and old age and get
a straight passport into heaven, and
not see SO many takiug short cuts 20
get there before they grow old
Twenty nine percent of the men
between the ages Of q aut 81 who
appeared before the draft board were
rejected because they were physically
unfit. he said This TACT was a rude
awakening for the United States he
said. but it made the people realize.
to a small extent. at least. the need
OF better manhood and WOmanhoOd
better, physical training for young
Physical cleanliness. ventilation.
nutrition and physical posture are
four important things TO watch
habitually, he said il person hopes
TO be healthy and strong. Man, by
his very nature, he declared. was an
to battle and keep clean il was be-
cause he had acquired the taste for
g., that it was not inborn-
Pleads Fer Life In Open
school. trains. street cars and most
all public places are badly ventilated,
be said. we have found that tuber-
cular children can be cured II kept
In the open all the time so we send
them 10 schools in the open air" he
said we keep the others housed
Up in badly ventilated rooms, when
the wen get sick We put them in the
open air. and when the sick set well
we put them back in the badly renti-
lated rooms, thus making circle
The speaker gave profiteers a rap,
declaring that thousands OF children
were-sufferinE from malnutrition be-
cause they were unable 10 get food
because IL had been boarded by
greedy money chasers.
Teachers and school boards should
guard against seats for children
which do not fit hem. he said Tx
ercise- correct sitting and walking
viii not only correct the
physical posture, he gave as his
opinion. II viii also do much
toward improving health
The speaker stressed the need OF
more general education. There is
an army OF five million illiterates in
the United States. and four million
n them were born in this country"
was one Of his startling statements.
Dr.. LoVeioF showed throughout his
lecture his ability 10 make figures
and statistics interesting as stories. I
In discussing work OF Charitable
organizations, he said IL was the duty
II such ORGANIZATIONS as the AssO- Z
lated Charities not so much TO help