WELFARE OF THE CHILD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3181, 29 March 1911, Page 3

WELFARE OF THE CHILD.

UNIQUE EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK. American ingenuity and resourcefulness were never better exemplified than on January. 20. when (says the “Daily Telegraph's” correspondent) a remarkably interesting and successful exhibition “to help the. children” was formally opened in New York. It has cost, f 10,'cJj, and scores of philanthropic associations, institutions, and settlement workers co-operated in the scheme. In the centre of New York's biggest- driil hall, lent, for the exhibition, was a speaker’s stand, where lectures were givn for a month on everything pertaining to the child's welfare. There were' booths representing work for better tenement house construction, booths representing the light against child labour and tuberculosis, and others to represent the societies formed to destroy the house fly, and for the teaching of spring gardening to school children. Every' activity that affects children is shown. First the committee on houses had a little three-room apartment furnished entirely for £ls, showing what can bo done with that sum, and in the living room is a child's corner for the youngster whose parents cannot afford a nursery- There was a display on the economies of clothing, with outfits planned for children from one year to nigh school age. with the cost calculated and advice on colours and fabrics. The section devoted to streets, recreations, and amusements was full of pictures, and made a plea for more parks and the utilisation of the roofs of buildings for playgrounds. A conference was held daffy, and the most remarkable exhibition ever seen in Now York was a genuine success. 1 have seen every • exhibition in the American metropolis during the mst seven years, and for real absorbing interests* and work of practical utdity. destined to have a far-reaching effect throughout-the country, 1 give the palm to the Child’s "Welfare Exhibition. Models of .homes and nurseries, and an inquiry bureau for parents, with information given free, are amongst the most interesting features. This exhibition is a philanthropic enterprise, but probably every dollar expended will be received again at the turnstiles. Young and old appeared equally interested and benefited by the exhibits, and just as many men were present to-day as women.'“The horse show, the cattle show, the automobile show were all very successful in- New York.” said‘the Mayor, “and why not the Children’s Welfare Show ? It is the first- in the world of its kind, hut before long London, Paris Berlin and other hig cities will follow our example.”