The Washington times., 1922-04-09
Welfare Association
Quarters Offered
To Assist Children
and Parent
Teachers Associa-
tion Given Aid.


PERHAPS the most significant
feature Of the luncheon given
by the District Congress of
Mothers and Parent Teachers As
sociation at the Arts Club on
Tuesday was the tender by the
Child Welfare Association OF
ats new headquarters. 21oo q
street. to be used in whatever way
the Congress- sees fit for the furth-
erance Of child welfare work.
You nee. the luncheon brought to-
gsthcr representative of all the
organizations In the District which
deal with the betterment Of
children to discuss cooperation
and cooperation Of activities.
And this was an example of CO.
operation In its finest form. The
plant is modern and splsndidiy
eauipped and win undoubtedly be Of
enestimabls service.
The offer was made by Miss
Mary Gwynn, president Of the
Welfare Association. who opened
the program Of three-minute talks
In which the head of each organ
ization told Of the work 1t was try
ing TO do and outlined the manner
An which individuals and other
organizations could help. Mrs.
William Wolff Smith presided.
with an apt and graceful word OF
Introduction for each speaker; and
tho guests were seated at several
long tables gay with golden daft
fodils.
Judge Kathryn Sellers, of the Ju.
veniie Court. pleaded for the estab-
hshment of q clinic where the
causes of juvenile delinquency
could be studded with view to the
betterment of the child of the fu-
ture. She also asked for aid In
pushing the bill before Congress to
increase the probationary powers
of the court and TO raise the age
limit from seventeen to eighteen.
Miss Cecil Norton told of the work
being done under the wing of the
public schools by the community
centers and called for volunteer
workers. csll which is already In
q fair way 70 being answered.
Mrs. Sanders told of the Parent
Teachers Association project to
provide milk lunches for school
children. and spoke of the marked
Improvement In health and mental
ity which had been noted among
the children. wherever the scheme
had been tried out. She went on to
tell of how, when a survey dts
closed that over 80 per cent of the
school children were dangerously
under weight. II had been neces-
sary to flas the mothers with col
cred cards--red being the danger
nisnai-before they could be reused
90 action.
Mrs. George 8. Fraser gave an
account OF the work that had been
done In supplying clothing to
youngsters who would not other
wise have been able to attend
school. Other speakers were Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter, president of
the Mothers Congress; Mrs. Clara
O. Neigh, representing Neighbor-
hood House, and Miss Burklin,
Friendship House; Mrs. James Car
roll Fraser. who offered the coop
sration Of the women's National
Foundation; Mrs. Whitman Cross,
representing the Council of Social
Activities; Mrs. Basil Manley, the
College women's Club; Mrs. Ly-
man B. Nswormstedt, the women's
City Club; Dean Cavsnsugh, the
Catholic Social Service School, and
Mrs. Philip Clancy. the Mothers
Clubs Of Niagara Falls.
ERoM the Arts Club some Of us
slipped away to the Stepping
Stone to look in on the house
warming being given there under,
the auspices of the Lest We Forget
Committee. The Stepping Stone.
which is maintained by the Saliva
tion Army for ex-servics men who
are out of Job, Ia. as ite name
implies. q temporary shelter for
those who are hunting work. And
the Lest We Forget COMMITTEES
formed to remind us of the obliga-
tions which we undertook when we
sent our boys overseas and told
them they'd find the whole world
waiting for them on their return
fs endeavoring to make II more
comfortable and attractive. Show
~rs and other comforts have al
ready been installed, and tho com
mittes II now collecting books,
wnmes. victrola records and kin
6red things for the home.
Mrs. John Allan Daugherty.
chairman OF the COMMITTEES, was re-
ceiving on Tuesday afternoon, with
Mrs. Thomas r. Walsh assisting
her: and among those I chanced to
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