Evening star., 1933-05-01
FIRST LADY URGES
|CARE Of CHILDREN
lin RADIO ADDRESS
Child Health Day Speech
Stresses Housing, Food
and Recreation.
OBTAINING NECESSITIES
| FIRST Is RECOMMENDED
Warns Suffering Now Would Be
Evident in Next Genera
tion or Two.


wide radio hookup today, in the interest
of Child Health day, Mrs. Franklin
Roosevelt urged that special care be
given the children of America during
these times of economic distress. II
the child is allowed to suffer now the
country will feel the results IN the
next generation or two. she said.
The address was delivered from the
White House, and was made in the
presence of a number Of persons in
terested in the child health day move
ment. In urging the proper care OF
the youth Of the country in these times
she gave the reminder that the three
most important points to remember are
housing, food and recreation"
In this connection Mrs. Roosevelt de-
clared that appearances and extrava-
gances should be forgotten and that
to properly meet the situation in the
interests of the child the parents should
deal primarily with necessities ana
count among these necessities the well
fed, healthy body and cheerful spirit"
Text Of Address.
Mrs. Roosevelt's address in full
follows: :,
"These are times in which all Of us
want to give special thought to the
health of the children. In times OF
economic distress, such as We have been
going through, the adult can stand the
difficulties and the temporary haro-
ships better than the children and on
this Chii Health day we shouio con. =
slider what it will mean to us as
country in the future generations II we
allow our children to suffer from the
present economic conditions and there
is only one way in which We can nope
to meet this difficulty adequately and
that is through better education and
the use of all possible governmental
agencies set up to give all people aool-
tional information in order that the
children may not suffer.
I'VE should remember that as far as
possible the children's housing should
be healthful and what money We have
should be spent on rent, on FOOD, leaV-
ing only what money Is actually needed
for the minimum amount OF clothlng
Food is vital, and not merely any
food which you may happen to nave
but the right kind of food. The red
eral Government, through its Bureau
of Home Economics and the vapous
State colleges and relief agencies, are
doing their best to distribute menus
which contain the right proportion OF
different kinds of foods and yet can
be bought at the cheapest possible rates
Above all If possible, the children's milk
and vegetables should not be curtailed
and they should be properly cooked.
This is extremely important, for many
foods are ruined by the way IN which
they are cooked.
In Pennsylvania it has been found
necessary instead of giving money to
people for their work to give them
rations, because bought IN quantity
they could be bought much more
cheaply.
cat the same time it would be found
necessary to provide people to show the
women how to cook these foods. This
is a service which feel is most i'm
portant. for we in this country have
been rather negligent in the art OF cook
ing and it is an art which not only
serves the pleasure Of the palate, but
as we'll builds up the strength OF the
Nation.
Camping Trips Cheap.
This is a time above all others to
cultivate in our children love for the
kind of amusements which could be had
for little money. Days spent walking
the country trails outside the big cities
can sometimes be achieved for the ex-
penditure of q very small sum OF money
for carfare and what is more healthful
than camping trips? With the new
development of the park systems, very
little equipment is needed for camp
ing and this is the cheapest way to
spend holiday.
But the really important factor in
the present situation is the intelligence
and education of the parents. They can
meet this situation courageously, with
determination to give the children the
best they can get under the prevailing
circumstances, or they can waste time
in useless complaints. They can prove
also that simplicity hurts no one and
that frequently inexpensive, simple
things are far better than the most
extravagant forms of pleasure in which
we indulge in when times are less hard.
so, when planning a program to
carry our children and ourselves through
these hard times, let us remember the
three most important points-housng,
food and recreation. Let us forget ap-
pearances and deal primarily with
necessities and count amongst these
necessities the well fed, healthy body
and cheerful spirit"