The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-26

cane VI ooop' anu carrying them
to the bathroom, performs her NJ
day ablutions in the best ethi.s,
culture society manner. Wher :.
length she comes forth with sh,.a
face and spotless hands, she ms.s
odically replaces her toilet artic,a,
in the locker, and ties around hss
neck a small white bib. Then -.
joins the procession OF eopsn.
precocious youngsters, headed q.
the MONDAY meal in the diu,n.
room.
The teachers say they have M
ticed an encouraging improvemen,
in table manners during the fon,
weeks that the club has been y
operation. At first, the child,sa
we're apt to indulge in wild hilari,v
at luncheon and to slip undesirsd
morsels under the tables, or behins
the radiator when they wished ~
pretend that their appetites vers
all that they should be. But sincs
the discovery Of a huge pile n
crusts under the radiator a cornl.
of weeks ago, and serious tslt
to the young culprits on the neces.
sity of these despised bits in the
upkeep Of hardy tummies and teen
quiet has reigned supreme b IT,
dining room. Perhaps the color Of
the room, which is a cool, ouiet
green, has something to do with Il
The meals are planned by an OK.
pert dietfcian, and cooked in a sun.
ny kitchen. A special diet is pre.
pared for the young children, who
have their dinner at noon and A
light supper at 5 O'Clock, after
which they are put to bed by the
clubs nurse.
DR.. Herman Schwartz, the well.
known New York child specialist
has undertaken to supervise thu
health Of the children, so that the
mothers are also relieved OF all
worry in this regard. II johnny
! has adenoids, or Joan's teeth need
fixing, there is always a sympathe.
tic committee to advise and direct
the mothers in having Johnny and
Joan put in repair.
Mrs. Simon Frankel, president Of
the committee responsible for the
club, insists that credit for its in.
| ception belongs to Mrs. Henry J,
Wurzburg Of Chicago. AS long ago
as last summer, Mrs. Wurzburg, il
seems, called attention to the splen.
did work the Mothers club in Chi
cago was doing, and asked her
women friends in New York Why
they didn't start a similar club.
These ladies at that time were still
5usily engaged in reconstruction
work, but as soon as this became
exhausted they decided to tackle
Mrs. Wurzburg's suggestion. Only,
they simply couldn't resist making
it little better than the Chicago
club, SO they got the Federation Of
Child Study, the Teachers college,
and the ethical culture society to
help them make it the best club Of
its kind in the world.
"One Of the chief virtues of the
club" said Mrs. Frankel. the other
afternoon, as she led the yisito!
through the club rooms, lis the fac
that it has already enabled one o,
two mothers to remove their chill.
dren from institutions. 1t has beer
proved over and over again that
children need the individual atten.
ton and affection that their moth
ers give them, and We feel that We
are helping TO make good citizens
when we furnish the facilities e
keep mother and child together"
Curiously enough, as Mrs. Fran.
KEEL stopped speaking and opened
the door to the kindergarten play.
room, an incident occurred which
verified her words as to, the su.
periority OF mothers over insttu'
tons.
: Little Bobby, looking up from bis
paint box and seeing two stranger:
enter, suddenly uttered a terror
I
stricken cry and fed to his mother
who had returned from her day!
work and was talking to one Of thu
ethical society's teachers in an
other corner of the room.
why, what's the matter. SON?
said Mrs. Frankel kindly, in tn
same persuasive voice she is won
to use to her grandson.
! But Bobby, burying his head il
his mothers lap, left the e1plana
ton to her.
You'll have to excuse him." SD
said, smiling. He's just a littl
tired and frightened" Then Sd
added gravely: You see. | hay
just had him with me the fou
weeks that this club has been open
ed, and he is afraid you have com
J to take him back to the asylum"