Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1942 — Page 20

Miss Perkins Fears ‘Baby Farms’ if - Young Mothers Work. | WASHINGTON," Oct. 23° (U. P). —Secretary of Labor Frances Per-

kins warned today that hasty estab-|.

lishment of inferior nurseries for the children of war-working mothers might revive in ‘this country the sordid “baby farms” of 19th Century Gheat. Britain. Asserting that ‘the. ‘mothers of small children are not needed in war industries, she cited Britain's : experience of 100 years ago as an ~ example of what this country must avoid. “The Increase in the death rate, illness, and juvenile delinquency was terrific when large groups of chil- * dren were collected together (in Great Britain) for supervision while their' mothers worked,” - Miss Perkins said in an interview. “It can easily be the same today if day nurseries are hastily organized and

staffed with notsprofessional peo-

ple.” Adequate Personnel Scarce

Nursery schools’ in’ this. country have been satisfactory thus far, Miss Perkins said, largely because they are few in number and employ highly trained personnel. But in war zones where there is _ & heavy demand for labor of all kinds, she added, nursery schools find it difficult to obtain competent employees because they cannot pay salaries comparable to those paid by industry, “There is no need for women with young children to go into-industry,” she said, “unless widowhood, poverty, or illness of the natural wageearner of the family forces them to do 50. Employment of women with small children in industry also reduces the efficiency ‘of industry. . “A high percentage of absenteeism exists among working mothers, because if Johnny has a cold, the day nursery or nursery school sends him home, and mother has to gg, home, too, to take care of him.”

SCHEDULE STEAK FRY

Georgia Hergt class of the Ladies’ Oriental Shrine will hold a steak iry at 4 p. m. Sunday in Washington Park. Mrs. Paul Cooke, chairman of the arrangements committee, will be assisted by Mrs. F. K. Klepfer, Mrs. Oliver L. Fevrier, Mrs. Freeman Leas and fhe other members of group 2.

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Secretary Perkins . se “No need for women with young children to go into industry.”

MUSSEL DIGGING TRADE REVIVED

Wabash River Once More Is Scene of Hunt for

‘Pear! Clams.’

"MT. CARMEL, 111, Oct. 23 (U.P.). —The Wabash river near here is producing a reply to-that age-old parlor game question, “Button, button, who's got it?” The button, and thousands like it, are being removed from the Wabash in a revival of musseling, a vocation which flourished among residents of the Illinois and Indiana shores more than a generation ago. Albert Glazier, a buyer and shipper of shells, motivated the revival. This season he gathered two carloads of shells and had Mt. Carmel citizens gaping as he weighed them on the city hall public scales and sent them off to Logansport, Ind. for manufacture into “pearl” buttons. ; Price Varies The shells were gathered between Patton and Grayville, two riverbordering towns which sandwich Mt. Carmel from™ the north and south. The mollusks are surfaced in countless varieties—a prospector can’t be too particular — and bring from $30 to $80 a ton, depending on the kinds a “digger” is likely to bring up. Several decades ago, musseling— also called clamming—brought diggers by the score to this area and their small fleets dotted the river,

bp Two Pearls in Recent Years

In early days, however, diggers - |sought pearls, not potential buttons. According to legend, a single pearl brought out of the Wabash mud rated a trip to England, where it was inserted into the crown of the ueen. With the pearl supply ny the diggers moved on to other fields.

Button-wise Glazier carries on.

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