1930 - Annual Convention Report

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or a choice of which suit or dress he w i l l wear for the day; which toy he
w i l l play w i t h ; or even which piece of work he will do. The mother will
readily think of many ways she can use this idea.
2. That every child be given an income, if only a few cents a week, so
that he may learn to handle money and be taught to save part of it. Insur­ance
companies tell us that about 6C% of people when they reach old age, are
dependent on some one else for support, also that a small sum saved syste­matically
throughout wage earning years would have ensured them an income
sufficient to have kept them in comfort. It behooves us, therefore, to see
that our children learn to save money.
3. That you do what you can to preserve our " Mother Tongue," the Eng­lish
language, by teaching your children to use it correctly. Teachers of
English tell us that the art of correct speaking must be learned in early c h i l d ­hood
to be well learned, because no after- teaching will wholly correct errors
in the use of language. I have a paper on this subject which I will be glad
to forward to any Institute wishing to make use of it.
For the Schools, I would suggest:
1. That with the co- operation of your teacher you try to have a School
Savings Bank established in connection with your school. These banks have
been in operation in Ontario for some time and have been very satisfactory.
It is true you > may encourage your child privately to acquire a bank account,
but there is much more incentive for a c h i l d to bank money if his classmates
are doing it too. Apply to your nearest banker for information as to how
the school savings bank is operated. It is important also that a child should
have an object in view to save for, whether it be a bicycle or a future college
education. A definite object will bring results.
2. And lastly, I would ask you to continue your interest in Health Edu­cation
in your schools. A Junior Red Cross Society organized in every school
would accomplish much in this direction because so much literature is avail­able
for use from this source. Such as health stories, plays, posters, etc., as
well as the Red Cross Magazine itself. A connection with the Red Cross
gives the children an interest in and also a sympathy for the crippled and
under- privileged children of the Province, which is a fine thing to develop.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION
Mrs. J. P. Ferguson, Trochu, Convener.
During the past year this committee has been hard at work endeavoring
to give our women a full understanding of many of the laws governing our
political and civil status as women.
W i t h respect to Dominion legislation, special attention has been given to
the study of the questions of the Naturalization and Domicile of married
women. Short papers dealing with the main points of law i n this connection
were sent out by the committee to over two hundred Institutes since last
September. In addition several Institutes were addressed by members of the
legal profession on these subjects.
The question of Naturalization of Women and Children is one of the
items on the agenda of the Conference for the Codification of International
L a w which opened at The Hague last March. The deliberations of the con­ference
in respect to this particular subject will be keenly watched by repre­sentatives
of many women's organizations throughout the world. Under the
present law of Canada, Great Britain, Germany and certain other States, a
woman loses her nationality by marrying a foreigner without automatically