Show Tots Romp at Neighborhood House While Mothers Work I J r I 7 1 I 4 7 I.- I. 44 r i w w II t f t Ir I- I r r f j J y 1 r x 1 J Y 1 t 4 J u t j t r I J rim t f t f 1 5 h ti Z l. l V 7 z Ji LL A v v H 4 j CHILDREN PLAYING JACKDAWS AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE JIlE the babies over there W WHILE arc are being fed and anti cared for forby forby by llY the lon long arm of Uncle Sam Sans with wih the American Red Cross Crossas as a medium the little ones oneR here In iii Salt Lake have not been forgotten Mothers of Salt Sai Lake Lako who through necessity have become the tho breadwinners ners net for their wee ones are finding a haven for their little children during the tho da day at the Neighborhood house on oi Oa West Vest First South street t Babies ranging from 1 1 months up and small smal children arc l kept ept at the Neighborhood hou house e each ra day while the mothers are awa away working for the small smal sum Hum of or 10 cents per child a day A light airy nursery is filled fled with babies of all al sorts and descriptions every da day and special attendants provide provide pro pro- pro vide for their every want want For the larger arger children a city kindergarten a branch of the Franklin Frankln school has been provided and here they are arc taught to sing play and amuse themselves themselves' under the expert direction of competent compe tent kindergarten teachers A spacious playground has been provided provided pro pro- vided in the rear of the Neighborhood house and a special woman and man playground expert will wi direct tho the amusement of these children and also those of or the boys and girls in tho the vicinity vi vi- of or tho the house lious this summer As a social center for that district the tho Neighborhood house has done more to bring people of or the community together to gether than any organization in any other portion porton of the city it is said Mothers Mothers' club dub and clubs cubs for the boys and girls havo haw been or organized by those in charge charse of or the social activities and the work carried carrier on there is on the same plan as at social centers in the lar large e cities of the United States Through tho the efforts forts of oC the various clubs of the folk Calk of or the the- I cubs young joung the neighborhood neigh neigh- sufficient one was recently recent recent- recent recent-I ly Iy raised to renovate and anti furnish a next door to tho the center as ns a ti clubhouse for the young women Readings Read I ings dramatic productions and other forms of oC instruction in the arts arc are given from rom time to time at the cottage for the benefit of or the various cUD duos h by prominent readers and Instructors of the city ir A huge hue war garden arden is now being prepared prepared pre pre- pared for cultivation by the girls of or the neighborhood and anti man many other things they are doing to help their country cOUntr win tho the war The Neighborhood house has boon been selected as one of the milk mik stations for the tho babies of or the tho city and will wi be bo opened soon at the girls' girls cottage The women of the city who arc are responsible responsible re re- re- re for the good work carried on at the Neighborhood house are twenty twenty in number and are arc headed by Mrs John president president Part Part of or the mone money that go goes os to maintain main main- tam tain the social work carried on at the house is defrayed h by the state and the remainder is subscribed by tho the twenty twenty- five women Miss Eleanor Taylor an expert social so so- cial worker from the East is now Indirect in indirect indirect direct charge of or the work and to her much of or the cr credit of the excellent work at at the cent center r for the young folk I i of the neighborhood is ii attributed I |