Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-17
PHILANTHROPY UNION
MID-WINTER MEETING

The mid-winter meeting of the WON.
ans Philanthropic Union was held Sat-
urday afternoon at Grand Army hall
and. despite the bad walking the hall
was filled with members of the various
organizations of ladies Of which the
union is composed. The president, Mrs.
Henry Richards, called the meeting to
order promptly at the appointed hour.
The hostesses of the occasion were the
Heath Relief Corps and the Auxiliary
OF Pell Clason Camp. Sons Of Veterans.
Mrs. richards introduced Mrs. Howard
Ives of Portland. who spoke most in
terestingly on health work among the
children Of the State.
Mrs. Ives opened by stating that
great emphasis is laid on the one who
took the man from the wayside in the
parable of the Good Samaritan. and
stated that the people of the State of
Maine had played that role during the
past year to the extent of s1,626, 600.
inasmuch as they have supported u
INNS" meaning the Il State institutions
of charitable nature that the State
is now supporting.
question from a different angle than
formerly and today see that the work
must be continued In an even more
constructive degree than before. The
great trouble is, she asserted, that we
wish to do too much, all at once and
yet 1t is rather surprising when we
look back over a period of 50 years TO
find what has been done.
The speaker mentioned the great
work being done at West Pownai and
said that the budget committee had re-
ported favorably on the appropriation
asked for by this institution and hoped
that the Legislature itself would be OF
the same mind. Maine. said she, has
had great past. The great heart
and mind of the State cannot be right
ly expressed unless the people are
normal. The fact that Maine is sick.
she asserted. is told by the story of the
late draft, and here she quoted Stats
ties from the u. S. surgeon generals
report showing that but one state in
the Union had more reflections from
defective hearing and chest measure
ments than the State of Maine. But
three had more reflections by reason of
defective eyesight, but. four from de-
fective teeth and but nine from tuber-
culosis. About the only thing that
Maine ranked well in was that there
were q states that had more rejec-
lions from fiat feet than did our own
State These figures show beyond a
doubt that Maine is sick she af-
firmed," and the sooner we realize this
the sooner we will get on the road to
recovery"
The speaker said that there was a
great deal of transformation among
the people regarding venereal diseases
and we should realize that these dis
eases are not confined to the guilty
and sinful but to the innocent as well
The matter of reporting all cases to
the health department Of the State Is
duty that belongs to each who have
knowledge of such cases. $40
That the State Of Maine has not done
prenatal health work successfully is
evidenced by the fact that last year
1877 children died under the age of 10
years. Mrs. Ives told Of several inter-
esting and sad cases that had come nm
der her observation in the work OF the
baby clinic at Portland She recon-
mended highly the work Of the public
health. district and school nurses. In
closing she called upon the women pres
ent as voters. to support in every way
the health work in Maine and at the
close of her address petition for ade-
quate appropriations from the Legisla-
ture was put in circulation for sigma
lures.
Mrs. Ives was followed by Miss Jane
Stinson Of Massachusetts,. who has
under process of formation. a girls
club similar. to the ones already formed
in waterville and Augusta. Miss .stin-