The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-03-03
C. F. w. C. Has Big Day.


Miss Martha Riley, director of social
work, Wisconsin State Board of Health.
was in Edgerton last Friday, addressed.
the grade and high school girls, showed
series of films in the Rialto covering
infant care and child clinics, and to-
geCher with Mr.. Edward Linde, secre-
tary of the State Recreational depart
ment, addressed about rs club women
at banquet in Culton Memorial hall in
the evening.
Miss Riley is wide awake woman,
and talked some sound sense to the
people she met. She pointed out the
evils in modern life which are respon-
sible for the lapses in morality, endan-
gering the welfare of the young girls.
The automobile excursions, the pavilion
dances, the unsupervised public dances,
the permission of young girls to be out
evenings unchaperoned, are the great
menaces to the welfare of girls today.
On the other hand, she suggested as
| remedies in overcoming and averting
these dangers reassertion of parental
authority, more social activity for the
young people in the homes, and less of
any other. "Open your house; let your
sons and daughters invite their friends,
| and give them good time. To every
supervised entertainment, let there be
| three informal gatherings in private
homes. Social centers for supervised
recreation may be desirable, but she
held that the home can do it so much
better if it only will take hold. Another
remedy is community police matrons.
She thought that police matron in the
community would be helpful in guard
| ing girls who are enjoying too much
| liberty and are prone to become way
ward.
| Too much money in the hands of
young people is modern menace. and
a real one, she said. The old fashioned
home where the parents and children
stay home evenings, reading, enjoying
music and other recreation must be re-
stored. The community should assist
the home by furnishing wholesome So
cial surroundings, but it can not take
the place of the home.
| What Miss Riley said with reference
to the girls may be with equal force
applied to the young men and boys of
high school age and younger.
She advised the Federation of Wo-
mems clubs to make survey of local
conditions and apply the lessons here.
She paid the Edgerton high school girls
the compliment of saying that they
looked like ''pretty sane and whole
some lot" If Edgerton has unsuper-
vised dances, young girls and boys
should not be permitted to attend, and
pool rooms should not permit minors to
enter their premises The fine public
library and high school came in for
their share of compliments, as did the
churches which maintain organizations
to guide and help the young people
within the fold.
Mr.. Linde discussed the needs of care
for victims of tuberculosis and methods
to stamp out its ravages. The sanator-
ium treatment has brought results in
the cases of many and removed causes
of contagion from many homes. He
thought Rock county with it's large
population needed an up to date sana-
| forum.
Mr. Holt, who was present, was call
ed on He gave expression to his we'll
known faith in community house as a
means toward elevating the social pleas
ures of the young people.
On March 10th another large meeting
will be held. The men will be invited.
At this meeting Prof A. B. Gordon of
Madison has promised to give the prin-
cipal address.
The Wisconsin State Conference OF
Social Work was explained and adj
vanced by Mr.. Linde, and he urged the
people all over the state to sign for
membership. Mrs. M. l.. Rosing of
Milwaukee is the treasurer of the con-
ference and membership fees may be
sent to her.
At each of the meetings general
discussion of the topic introduced was
taken part in by members of the Fed
GRAFTON.