Show Today Child Is Queen or King of May in Different Sens r Bureau Alms Aims Security for Every Child B OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON t ou tI J. J must muir wel wals end and call cell m ma m. early arfy Call ell m m. m ea arly ly Mother ear dear b be b. fn the th h happi est sr time tim 01 ell id tb he glad glod N New w Y Year ar er Of Pi f ell clUbs the gf glad d New Year Mother Th maddest merriest day for Im I'm fo to b be b. Queen Quean of th the M May y Mother Jm Im Im I'm to fo b be b. Queen of the tho May But th the little girl in The May Queen Quee died How we used to cry over her T Today day tho th child chUd is Queen of ot the theMay theMay theMay May or King of ot the May in a afar far different sense Sense It happens 11 la 13 the he word Sense instead of at senU- senU sent senti ment S Le Least st Responsibility i. i Un In all tho the thousands of at years of at called p-called civilization it is incredible that until the last 60 50 O years year the child chUd was considered the tho least of ot mans man's responsibilities and that only In the Inthe the past 25 years yeara h have ve the humanities touched the underprivileged one It been dozen roundly roundly round round- round round- hu has only a n y years ly Jy speaking since national consciousness con con- has awakened to duty toward the child hU The King and Queen of ot the May have trav traveled lcd far tar to th their lr crown crown- Ing lug However lil like e all royalty these children must live In homes And although the May pole Is s all very well it lasts lasu but a day After all It ft is but a rally and a reminder The idea is to give impetus Impetus' to general general general gen gen- eral welfare both ou outside and in inside In- In aide side the home This year the Iho childrens children's children's childrens chil chil- drens dren's bureau now sp sponsoring th tho movement begun by the American Child Health association has hM chosen chos chos- en as I its slogan Health and SecurIty Security ity for Every Child Naturally tho the parents parents' part concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns cerns' chiefly the health of the child Security too of course but mainly in a social sense EconomIcally Economically Econom Econom- the parent does tho the best he can In their order I give the things I consider necessary to the Immediate Immediate immediate Imme Imme- I diate welfare of ot the young child For Best Welfare Decent housing an and ana I sanitation Appropriate food for his age Cleanliness of ot person and sur- sur t Sleep Regular Regular elimination Fresh air sunshine and room to play outdoors corollary of No 1 Contentment and happiness in home borne lite life S o. o Necessary medical advice and I S treatment t This last I had hd haa th thought of ot putting putting putting put put- ting first flut Indeed all an of ot the tho above should be first because they are so correlated and n necessary to well be beIng being being be- be ing It is difficult to rate them as asto asto asto to value And here may I be permitted to todd add dd a thought I suggest that on some Borne not too far away May day cay ay funds may be fought to put Into the hands bands of every mother in America an authoritative booklet instructing her In essentials of child chUd health that a all an objections to such a procedure procedure procedure pro pro- may be be- removed and that at last Jast we may call caIl ourselves really civilized Copyright 1936 NEA Service Inc |