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Show t Children's Aid Anniversary Is Berthana Event Activities of Year Reviewed by Speakers at Meeting Thursday Afternoon The tenth anniversary of the Children's Chil-dren's Aid society was observed on Thursday afternoon at the Berthana hall. More than fifty guests fftr.: present for the occasion, and an m-tcrcsting m-tcrcsting afternoon was spent. .Miss Mary Fisher opened the- program With a violin solo, which was followed b;-an b;-an address by the Rev. Godfrey H Matthews. Rev. Matlhows used aj l.ls? subject, "The Value and Significance of the Child." He said that from ihc B time he had begun to notice the good B work of the Children's Aid ho has B been intensely interested. Some chil- B drcn arc given the best of life, riches Hjp and fame, but there is somebody s HH child that has none of these gifts, and H it is this child that the Children's Aid HS Is seeking lo help, to give hini th-. flffi right to a child's life'. Rev. Mauhcws BS brought to the minds of all those p.ufe- HtHH ent that some of the greatest e.o.i..- Kfitfj pies that had been used by the mas- En tor of men were those in which a MB child had been connected. Jn con- B eluding his address, Rev." Matthews B urged the women of the society do B their work, not for results, but for B tiie motive, to begin at the beginning Bj and begin right. "Pour love into Liu PBS heart of a child and your reward is Kfi tenfold. fij Following Rev. Matthews talk, B Mrs, "Warren Binford sang a solo. Mrs. Fred X. Hess and Mrs. William Dal-B Dal-B rymple gave the secretary's and the Bl treasurer's report. Judge Dan E. Sul- B livan also gave an address during tha Bl afternoon on the subject, "The Real WSj Solutipn of Child "Welfare." Judge Bj Sullivan stated that the Children's B Aid society had greatly assisted i.i bB many of the cases that had come uuo EM tho juvenile court, trying their best to 5ft 7 h better tho conditions in both home mi and school. Judge Sullivan stated Jul that the underlying cause in many of If , the cases of the juvenile court were g)ifl) listed under four different heads, o,;ul Kfl foremost among them was the broken home, brok'on by cither divdfce""or Si death. The second cause was ine stress of poverty, where tho children I longed for tho things that should be theirs by rights. Most of the girls that come in tho juvenile court fall under the third division or the subnormal sub-normal head, which In the fourth the child himself is responsible for tm act. Judge Sullivan said that Iir found that most of the acs of tho boys were caused by an excess of energy, en-ergy, which found no other oilflet,' but he said that since the boy scouts had been organized so thoroughly in Ug-den, Ug-den, juvenile court cases are decreasing. decreas-ing. Mr. Sullivan staled that" many I cases which could not be handled in the court were taken In charge by lha Children's Aid. "I believe that tnc work of this organization should be I brought to tho attention of the pub- i lie, and Ogden should give it loyal jj support," he stated in conclusion, r Mrs. Joseph Fcrraro gave a pluno f faolo, which was followed by a talk by "f Mrs. Archie Bowman, who explained tho aim and ambitions of the society. She said that they wore tying to gio to every unwanted child tho best of love and care, and a right to tnc moral, mental and physical develop- il ment, and lo make Ogden. Weber j county and Utah a bettor place for j ?? children to live. Miss Grace Mat-, thews sang-, a delightful solo, "His Lullaby." Itev, At the request of the society. Mayor j K Frank Francis gave a short addreos, ( B Paying the highest of compliments to ' the women. He said that every wom- i an present was from the home of re- H; flnement, Joy and laughtei, and that B many of them gladly left their homes J " 'j to go into those of othcrG, where only I B sadness had ever entered. He stated I ' If , that many of tho present day difficul-i difficul-i f ties could be easily settled, If the men A of today would only think of a few others. "The results of your work is not only with others, but with youi-selves, youi-selves, for you are better women, nobler no-bler wives and sympathetic mothers." With the closing of the meeting i social so-cial hour was enjoyed. Refreshments were served, in the Borthana dirnng room. |