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Modern Plans for
Child Welfare
There is naturally and properly
some diversity in the different prov-
inles as to the organization of work
for Child Welfare. In Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and other Western
provinces there is a movement to-
wards closer co-ordination and to-
wards organizing the work under the
direction of one Minister of the
Crown. Thus in Saskatcheuan, Com-
missioner Reynolds, who may be said
to have practically the status of a
Deputy Minister, is officially known
as the Commisioner of the Child Pro-
tection Bureau, and has charge of
Child Welfare work, including Moth-
ers' Allowances.
In Manitoba, under the new "Act
respecting the Welfare of Children"
which came into force in 1924, a De-
partment of Public Welfare was es-
tablished and a Director of Child
Welfare was appointed in this De-
partment as provided for in the Act,
A. Percy Paget, who has been in
charge of the administration of the
Mothers' Allowances for some years,
being the first director. This Act is
modern and comprehensive, and pro-
vides for the care of so-called im-
migrant children as well as for chil-
drend of parents who have not been
legally married to each other, and
for the adoption and guardianship of
children.
An Act respecting the Welfare of
Children was passed in Alberta in
1925 and will no doubt shortly come
into effect. This Act is also com-
prehensive and modern and the offi-
cer to administer and enforce the
provisions of the Act is to be known
as Superintendent of Child Welfare.
As in other province, those engaged
in Child Welfare work have co-oper-
ated with the Government in pro -
paring the new legislation, and K. C.
McLeod, Provincial Superintendent
of Neglected and Dependent Child-
ren, should be mentioned in connec-
tion with the framing of this Act.
Superintendent McLeod has charge
of the administration of Mothers' Al-
lowances.
In British Columbia D. B. Rankin,
Principal of the .Provincial Boys' In-
dustrial School at Port Coquitlaei,
was also Provincial Superintendent
of Neglected and Dependent Child-
ren. At his own request in 1925, he
was allowed to devote all his time to
the Boys' Industrial School, and the
Rev. Thomas Menzies has been ap-
pointed Provincial Superintendent.
Ontario was the first Province to
establish work for Child Welfare.
Provincial Superintendent, o'. J. Kel-
so, the well known pioneer worker
for children, began to establish
Children's Aid. Societies about 1890
and has had the satisfaction of see-
ing the work grow, not only in On-
tario, but in all the other provinces,
More recently Acts have been pass-
ed for Mothers' Allowances, for the
children, of` unmarried parents and
for legalized adoption, the adminis-
tration of the last two mentioned
Acts being under Mr, Ielso's-dirge-
tion, In 1924' an "Act for the Bet-
ter Protection. of Immigrant
yen" was was passed by the Ontario Leg-
islature, but it has not yet been pro-
claimed.
In the Provinree of Quebec, as is.
well known, most of the work for
orphan children, .homeless 'children,
and others who for some reason can-
not
annot be brought up in their homes is
carried on by the Religious Congreg-
ations pertaining to the Roman Cath-
olic faith, tender whose eharge many
orphanages, residential schools and
other Institutions devoted to the care
Upbringing, education, general and
vocational training of children have -
been established. Refuges and hos-
pitals for the care of unnmarried
mothers and their children in the pro-
vince of Quebec are also under the
care and charge of Religious Con-
gregations pertaining to the Roman
Catholic faith.
In accordance with the Quebec
Public Charities Act, 11 George V,
Chapter 79, the Quebec Bureau of
Public Charities was created by the
Legislate, of the province in 1921.
The Ado :'stn Act was passed in 1924
and =elided it, 1925.
In Noe.' Scotia Ernest Blois, the
Provincial Superintendent of Neglect
ed and lt, :.,indent Children, has car-
ried on this work for many years
with grecs: earnestness and success
and it i' understood that new and
modern legislation and organization
is under contemplation in this pro-
vince at the present time,
In Prince Edward Island Henry
Smith, who holds other offices under
the Government, acts as Provincial
Superintendent of Neglected and De-
pendent Children and carries on his
work chiefly through the Children's
Aid Societies.
In New Brunswick the only pro-
vincial in charge of Child Welfare
work is appointed under the Depart-
ment of Health. In 1924 Miss Meik-
lejohn was appointed Director of
Child Welfare in addition to her pre-
vious appointment as Director of
Public Health Nursing, and on her
resignation Miss Dykeman was ap-
pointed Acting Director in 1925.
The above mentioned provincial
authorities have always helped each
other as far as possible in their work
and ince the establishment of a Div-
ision of Child Welfare tinder the
Ministry of Health of Canada in
1920, it has been possible to arrange
for more frequent opportunities of
general conference and co-operation
in considering and developing the
best modern methods for the care
and welfare of children, especially
those needing special care and those
not in their own homes. In order to
give these plans clear and definite
expression, the following memoran-
dum was prepared at the request of
the provincial authorities by Dr. Hel-
en MacMurchy, Chief of the Division
of Child Welfare in the Department
of Health of Canada. It has been
approved by all the Provincial Sup-
erintendents and Directors, and is
now published at their request as an
appeal to the nation to study and sup
port Child Welfare work.
The Care of Children Not in Their
Own Homes
1. Name and Aim of Child Welfare
Work
Public opinion now tends to dis-
approve of any children being named
or known as immigrant, dependent,
neglected, orphan, foundling, illegiti-
mate or any other such name and to
approve of their being called "Child-
ren" and the names "Children's
"Bur-
eauBranch" Chi'ldnr•n's Bureau,"Bur-
eau of Child Protection," Department
of Children's Work," Division of
Child Welfare" l'aret now generally
used to denote the Divisions of Gov-
ernment Departments engaged in the
placing -out, supervision and care of
children who are not in their own
homes, in order to secure their health
welfare, happiness, education, voc-
ational training and good Canadian
citizenship,
2. importance
Work for Child Welfare is of such
importance that it should be organ-
ized it1 some way under the immed-
iate and •responeible direction of the
Provincial Government, as represent-
ing all the people Of the Province,
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BLS ?OST
BOGIE OTPANANa>--
t' ANAL Dt5APPlrARING7
whether or not such direction works
through voluntary or benevolent or-
ganizations. It appears to be the
general opinion that better co-oper-
ation between the Provincial and Do-
minion Governments is desirable in
some respects.
3. Organization
It is now felt that as far as possible
all work for Child Welfare, including
placing -out, apprenticeship, adoption,
supervision of institutions for child-
ren and grants for the same, Indus-
trial Schools, Children's Aid Work,
protection and care of children of
unmarried parents, and Mothers' Al-
lowances should be directed by one
Department of the Provincial Gov-
ernment and organized under one re-
sponsible head, such as a Deputy
Minister. It is understood that in
Some provinces the Superintendent or
Commissioner of Children's Work
has now the standing of a Deputy.
Minister, and that the work is organ-
ized as above,
4. Institutions For Children
No child should remain in an In-
stitution unless it is clearly undesir-
able or imposible to bring him or her
up in a family home, and no new In-
stitution should be established by
any private individual or voluntary
or benevolent association or other
organization until th eestablishment
of such Institution has been approved
by the Department of the Provincial
Government aforesaid.
5. Registration and History
A registration and history should
be made by the responsible society,
agency or institution for every child
not under the care or charge of his
own parents on the day and date
when such child is received for care,
such registration to give the name,
address, age, and all other important
particulars and information. Two
complete copies of such registration
and history should be made, one to
he transmitted on the above-mention-
ed day end date or on the day and
date when such child enters the Pro-
vince, to the Department of the Pro-
vincial Government aforesaid, and
the other to be kept at the office of
the society, agency, or institution im-
mediately responsible for the welfare
and care of the child. If there is no
responsible agency, and the child is
under the immediate care of the De-
partment of the Provincial Govern-
ment aforesaid, the such registration
and history should be made and kept
on file as directed by the Deputy
Minister or other responsible head.
6. Supervision, Encouragement and
Protection
A child placed out in a family
home, and not under the care and
charge of Itis or her parents should
be seen as often as necessary for
supervision, encouragement' and pro-
tection, by a representative of the
responsible society, agency or ineei-
tution above-mentioned, and a full
written report of the vieit should be
immediately made by such repres-
entative, At least two copies of all
such reports should be made, one to
be placed on file in the office of such
responsible society, agency or insti-
tution and the other to be filed in the
office of the. Department of the Pro-
vincial Government as aforesaid for
attention and action where necessary.
If there is no such responsible ag-
ency, and the child fs under the im-
mediate care of the Department of
the Provincial Government aforesaid,
then such Supervision, encouragement
and protection, with reports of the
same, should he provided for as dir-
ected by the Deputy Ministeroroth-
er responsible being.
In the interests of the child and
the home and to secure better co-op-,
oration it is suggested that all official
visitors and representatives in any
province of. any responsible society,
agency or institution as above Men-
tioned should, before • appointment
be approved and licensed by the Do-
parteeent of the Provincial Govern-
event aforesaid.
LAING'S LOUD LAUGHS
YARNS BY SCOTLAND'S BEST
STORYTELLER.
"Tell Me Another," by Lord Aber•
deon, is Full of Amusing Stories—.
Wo Quote a Few, One of Which
Is a Puzzler.
An Englishman who had a Scots-
man as a guest at a restaurant in-
quired towards the eud of the meal,
"Now, will you take an ice or a
meringue?" To this the guest re-
plied, "No, you -are richt."
When this aneedoto,• told by the
Marquess of Aberdeen in his interest-
ing new book, "Tell Me Another,"
was published some time ago in Lon-
don Tit -Bits, many readers wrote to
the editor saying that they could not
"see" it, and asked to be enlightened
as to the point of the joke.
To others who find themselves
mimilarly handicapped, Lord Aber-
deen says: "The key could probably
de obtained by asking someone, pre-
ferably Scottish, to repeat the inquiry
of the story several times over."
There are many other equally
quotable anecdotes in this book. Par-
ticularly interesting are the stories
related to the author by well-known
people he has met. Here is a good
one told him by the late Lord Wrio-
thesley Russell, uncle of the first
Duchess of Abercorn.
"He was once showing some mem-
bers of the household of one of the
Abercorn country establishments
through Chesterfield House, whrcn
was at that time -the town residence
of the Marquess of Abercorn (as he
then was). Passing along one of the
corridors he indicated a fine bust on
a pedestal, and remarked, "That is
Marcus Aurelius."
"Indeed, my lord," said one of the
party; "any relation of the present
Markiss?"
This funny episode at the Odeon
Theatre, Paris, was described to Lord
Aberdeen by Itir James K. Hackett,
the American tragedian. The com-
pany was composed of English and
American actors, none of wbom spoke
French. None of the French ]rands
spoke English,
"During a hurried dress rehears-
al," said Mr. Hackett, "I came upon
the stage and found my assistant
stage manager, who bad been born
within the sound of Bow Bells, ad-
dressing in forcible language, which
is familiar to the Cockney quarter of
London, a number of smiling and
obsequious French stage hands, The
4onversation was somewhat as fol-
lows:—
"'Ter bloomin' idjiots, why don't
per do what I tell yer?' (Bows and
smiles on the part of the Frenen
stage hands.) Don't stand there
grinnin' and do what I tell yer.'
(More, bows and polite smiles.)
"Terrific outburst on the part of
the assistant stage manager. He looks
at them and they are still smiling
pleasantly,whereupon he grabs at
hie hair and begins to tear it, emit-
ting inarticulate sounds.
I put my hand on his shoulder
and said: 'My boy, don't you realize
that they don't understand a word
you are saying?' He looked blank for
a moment, clapped his hands to his
dread, and said; 'Bless me, guvnor,
am that beside meself I've forgot
me French as well as me English!' "
On one occasion the late Sir Frank
Lockwood, whose wit is still widely
remembered, went on tour in the
Highlands with Murdoch Maclaine of
Loehbuie. Onarriving at Oban, when
registering in the lroter book, Mr.
Maclaine adopted—not in any Joon-
lax way—the custom that was quite
usual, especially In the Highlands,
whereby owners of estates, especially
when accompanied with the headship
of a clan, used their territorial de-
signation on all imitable occasions.
And so in this instance'tlte first entry
read trine: "Loohbuie and Mrs. Mac-
laine,"
When Lockwood's turn came, kfter
surveying the above stent for a mo-
ment, he said: "Ah, I see that this
is the custom of the country, so, of
course, I shall adopt the same
,code," acid he wrote: "19, Kensing-
ton Gardens Square and Mrs, Lock -
Wood."
The fact that he is an ex -Lord
lAeutenant of Ireland gives special
eignifleance to the examples of Irish
hunter cited by the author. A young
woman, meeting the late Rey, Father
Kealy, parish priest of Bray, County
Wfeklow, greeted him with: "Oh,
good Ynorndng, Father Exch'. Now,
Won't you say something funny?"
To which came the prompt reply:
"Well, T'm glad to see .you; isn't It
/tiny?",
v11Ill11C, iLV., , 'U111:C111e Is eerla.ln
man who, having built and furnished
a new house, was showing it to Car-
' dlnal Cullen, who was accompanied
by Father Healy.
i "In one of the rooms, on a shelf
above the writing -table, there stood
iw neat row of books. Pointing to
them, the owner said: 'These, your
• Eminence, are my friends.' But
Father Healy ehtmed in: 'Yes, and
I he has treated them like friends; he
has never cut them.'
i The followhig was told the author
by a Bishop of Peterborough:—
"A lady meeting the Bishop of
London (Dr. Temple) had said: 'Oh,
Bishop, I want to tell you something
remarkable. An aunt of mine had
arranged to make a voyage in a cer-
tain steamer, but at the last moment
she had to give up the trip; and that
steamer was wrecked. Wasn't it a
mercy that she did not go down in
it?
"'Well, but,' replied the bishop,
'I don't know your aunt',"
Sugar.
When Alexander the Great of
Macedonia invaded India, his admiral
Nearchus came across sugar in pos-
session of the natives. This was in
the year 325 B.C. Sugar was brought
into Europe from Asia in the year
625 • A.D. In the second century
sugar was prescribed as tt medicine
by Galen, one of the scientists of his
time.
Spoonerisms.
Rev. Prof. W. A. Spooner was to
preach the sermon on an important
state occasion in Westminster Abbey
with whose Dean lie had had some
controversy a little time previously.
"My friends," he began, "we have a
very queer dean!" Feeling that
something was wrong, he paused and
then went on, "I mean a very dear
Queen"!
it was not Prof. Spooner, but one
with a somewhat similar peculiarity,
who, finding itis private seat. in
church occupied whispered; "Pardon
me, but do you know That you am.
°carr pet:'ing my pie!" \Vent. le.. meant
was "occupying my pew."
Other Spoonerisms generally but
pefitap wrongly 1ce'p1od a9 gemtit.Q
are ''o'11 boded iesr1e," for •'wr11
oiled bicycl.••'; "Lown dr.iin" for
".'tdowu t.rnin." "cum els para!nR
through the liner of an idol " "my
wife Is stealitt, al the rlr•oi•s.'• ter
"try wife If dealing al the shores",
•'t.wu bugs and art,;;." r, "two ha is.
and n rate," and. it "htrieettet mem"
for a "crushing hlotv.l.
Ito i ,Ise said to have. /pc:ken r.4
};cin;• down to Portsmouth t❑ see 11(1
"rolttlerltip:: ural ht'ulcc•i•:1" (htailc-
eh1Uy and cruiser+); to have adt?sc+l
the "brat It -ouches" or it mother
meeting io tak:' more: int, rest in ars
midi'ess—•ninth to Iaiei s:itt,dal of the
"weary 'benches"; to have risked c
eLtes of andergradelates t•hettea'
they Mao over ' nursed in thoir
bosoms a, half -warned fish"; to have
transformed the Blelleel "loving
shepherd" into a. "shoving.leonsrd";
to have reproved one of his scholars
for idleness,- telling him that he had
"taster] 1' whole worn"; to have re•
marked mildly that he thought it was
"ltisstninary to cues the bride."
Razor's Remoras.
Thousands of safety -razor blades
are discarded too soon, and ntar•v
ordinary razors are sent to be grou:id.
and re -set when there is no need l::r
tEhis.
St riotly speaking, a razor blade bit
no "edge." What we calf the edge 1:;
really a 'saw, with minute teeth, each
of which is composed of molecnlce-•-.
thousands of thein to the inch,
blade; if properly finished and ices:•
pered in the factory', has cavil of
these molecules itt Its proper pl:,ee,
But they move in 1ha'.'int;, dulling
tho Op. o'. • -
All that the blade rc a.11y require•,
in Intuit eases is a rest, so that its
disturbed molecules can 140. I c}t to
their propel' posiiloes. 9•n effect thta,
the blade mint be ]nit on weed (box-
wood le hest) in a north to eolith
posltiott The heel should pr int sorlh
and the top •chto nc •t.h. The magnetic
pull of the poles, plus the t1 etneei
rest, will mince. the molecules re-
assemble.- and In. it week the blade
will be as good as new.
Soltio Appetite..
Hackettechn:1dt was a very htg -
eater, Knowing this, lots of food was
prepared when he went to dine at a
friend's flat in London, Eng, Dinner
was ready, l:.Iaokensehmicttatte eight
or Mee eggs, a porterhouse ttetk, sand
a whole Camembert cheese, •
Tho hottest, baying almost ec-
hauet:ed the supplies that were in the
horse, timidly asked Bac ken eeltlnldt
if she Could get frim atiyteleg mere.
"No, 'thanks," he said, "I have 1u
dine With some friends, so I will net
spoil my appetite."
Imitation Picture and the Real Thing
No Limit to Courage of "Movie Actors
Ingenuous fake pictures are often
published, intended to catch the un-
wary in true April Pool fashion. The
large illustration above is if such a
composite fake photograph, given,
in a 1st of April number of a Ger-
man paper some while ago, with the
title, "Colonel Cody Plies over the
r ;rel
Lake of Cone." The smaller illus-
tration shows a daring act realizing
that of the fake photograph flight on
a horse over Berlin for the purposes
of a moving picture company. There
seems no limit to the ingenuity of
film-makers and courage of the ac-
tors. •
A Canadian Honored
HEIFETZ, THE PRODIGY
�>"�'°.td7t.�.pV S"r`t�,ts,'.,.,•.«w;. ,,..... Dka&
Lieut. Commissioner W. J. B.
Turner, the first Canadian to receive
the rank of Commissioner in the
Salvation Artny, who will speak in
the Army Temple, Toronto, on Janu-
ary 14.
Jascha Heifetz, internationally
known violinist, who has returned to
America for his holidays. Although
only 24 years old, he is a favorite of
the music lovers. He was born in
Vilna, Russia, in 1901, and began
learning the violin at the age of 2.
He made his first public appearance
at the ages of five, and since has ap-
peared in every large city of the
world, -
The three quickest ways of send-
ing a message—telegraph—telephone W J Sylvester, a returned soldier,
and tell a woman. Shame on the man lies been appointed Landing'Waiter,
who first said that, if women talk Customs - and Excise examiner at
more than men it is for the salve re:.a Stratford, He succeeds Geo. Goetz
son that white sheep eat more than who recently retired.
black ones—there are more of them.
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to your store. It builds good will. It
creates new business, moves goods and
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every merchant,, • Why not investigate
its merit's. Ask us about it,
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