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Show MjM MILK FOR THE P&fl CHILDREN. In Salt Lake the Civic Center is 3SbB r.arrinc on a campaign to aid babies J and even older children who, during this period of distress art without ffiH proper nourishment and a milk fund has been established. It might be well for Ogden, through the mayor's J office and the Children's Aid to at- fl tempt similar relief, 'form ne mayor has been offered large quantities of skimmed milk, which is : H wholesome and almost as nourishing , fl as the whole milk, but he has been puzzled as to the method of dislribu- H tion In reaching those in need of this SHH The most trying time for those with- BMgaVl out funds who have children depend H ing on them for sustenance, will bo I H irom now until spring, and the great j H est service that can be given will be 'H in assisting little children, including JSlH the babies who must have milk. Tho workers in this field In Salt H Lake have made this statement of ac- SHj tual experience: sjJflH "Only the barest necessities are be- 9g lng provided for the youngsters In :Lflj many Salt Lake families. Milk, with-1 StmfM out which the average small child can- HH not thrive, is a luxury beyond the ! fl means of many. In one family which 4H recently came to the attention of one jB of the charity organizations of the !sH city, there were three little girls, frail j8 youngsters who attended school and LH were noticed by the teacher to be j SH greatly undernourished. LH The father of the family was an ln- H , alld and unable to earn a living for 9H his family. The wife, although a model Hl mother and homemaker, had had no H Industrial training and was getting fgH along as best she could with the mea- H ger help she received from a charit- H able source. By devoting her after- i noons to learning a trade, the little H mother was making a brave effort to H become self-supporting, but in the jH meantime her children were slowly H tarvlng to death Additional asaist- jH on OS was procured for the mother jH . nd milk was provided for the chil- aHH dren, and in less than two weeks PH there was a decided change in their SH appearance." MggH Those in the comfortable homes of jH Ogden, who have plenty and even SH enough to allow of wasteful practices. fflgH should ask themselves, this evening as jH they read their daily paper, if there IH are hungry children in Ogden. When yH tho chill winds answer with an em-phat em-phat "Yes," what will they ay, w hat MH will they do? KH Will thoy call up the Children's Aid TH to contribute to a worthy cause, or KJJfli will they suppress a good prompting qfikmW and doting their minds to children'a B tears and anguish, on living for H aelf so as to eventually shrivel up |