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to our oflice and transferred the children to our care. We took the girls to the Shelter and this woman took the first train out of town and returned to man No. 2. After sever- at months she and her husband ap- pooled for possession of the children on the prom'ae that they were so- ing to re-estahlish their home. We muted their request but in a very Ihort time there was further trouble and units themther nve up the .mdrln and left the city, returning 80m 30mm! Low. We might cite many cases under this hand. One will sufl'ice. A little over a year ago a mother left town, taking her two children, bright, at- tmctive- girls. She was threatened with arrest if she did not return. She came back, not to her home, but ents. This is the most difficult of all classes to deal with. These are. they who have so far forgotten themselves and their obligations that they have become blind to the best interests of their children. {3; The parents who have fought a losing battle in their efforts to rear families against distress and poverty. For this class there is due our sympathy and hekp; '2‘: The careless and ifidirrercnt parents whose sole attitude is that of "don’t care”; Since. our last annual meeting we have admitted to our Shelter 20 children who were not wards, but in need of temporary rare. owing to illness or other similar cause. The number or children claiming our at.- tenltion for the year was 301. Wle received 78 applications for children and were able to till 13 of these. The mUnrily were for boys or girls Old enough to work. There were 52 6380's in the Juvenile CmtI‘t. In a number of these cases. where adults Were enllcerned. lines were imposed but where the. child was the oil‘ender they were in almost every easel placed on probation and ordered to report to the Probation ()ll'icer for a period of six nmntlis. We were in court 6’; times during “in year in the interests of child- rein. Three children were sent to the. Industrial School, one from the rnunl)’ and two from) the city. We l'm'eiVo-il 107 cumplaints where children were eoncerned and made investigation in every case; had 286 Oll'ire intervieus and 1.460 telephone cunw-rsations. We received 768 pieces of mail and sent out 977 piec- es; addressed {our public meetings en. l). S. A. work. “'0 issued 15:“) warnings to parents or guardians. haw c‘ifl'icially visited over 200 child- ren in foster homes; have deal t with 19 rams. under the l7nmarrield Par- enls' Act. and elt'ected settlement in sew-rut of these, collecting in cash and agreements over $2,000.00. We have also executed adoption for six children and have three Others go- im: through. All this has involved 6.’i5l miles of travel. Problems Repeat Themselves. This is the lllh annual report your present agent is presenting (the so- cio-ly is much older) of work among- st llie neglected children, and durâ€" ini.r this period 176 have been made our wards from year to year. The work varies but little. We meet the same problems each year: (l- Incompetent, ificapable par- ents who do not understand the first principles of child training; the Shelter at the close of the year. The other five have been placed in foster homes. In addition to the above. five others are in the Shelter, making a total of ll in residence on October 3l. "Once more, through the kiml Proâ€" vidence of God, it is our privilege to meet and review the work of the year just closed. One year ago we had 19 chuldren in our Shelter. Dur- ing the past l2 months. it children have been committed to our care as wards, six from Grey County and live from the city 0! Owen Sound. . In every case but one the cause of comâ€" mittal was due to neglect of parents or inability to support the children. Ono! only was guilty of an Hfl'vm‘lg theft. 0! the above 11, six are in (4) The children have benefited, espe- cially those who might be called “underprivileged," and the ministra- tion of the Shelter and Mr. Trout to their needs have been of the very highest order. According to the re- port there are 11 children in the Shelter, as compared with 19 at the same period last year. M! 'W ’, i” the report presented at the annual meeting of the Children’s Aid Socie- ty Monday evening of last week in the Shelter by Mr. A. E. Trout, the society‘s superintendent in the counâ€" ty of Grey and the city of Owen Sound. Oomrehensive enough to include in detail all the work executed by the Children’s Shelter during the year ending October 31, 1923, was Nina’s A“ may Mica: Ro- port At the Annual looting. immoral parent or par- is the most difficult of , â€"_, L- g" telephoned to our l’rrwineial Su- perintemlent. who had her met on iarrivnl. She did not know why she . was there, where she would stay, nor knew any person in the oily, and was without money, A line. subject for some of the unprincipled persons who are ever alert to trap the inno- eent. Arrangements were made for her return home, where she appears to shave steadied down. (7‘ A family residing in the south part of the county were in trouble. homestir sailing was very rough. A family of five ehildren with their parents lived in the north country“ 'l‘heir father came to Grey County1 and hired with :a. relative on the farm. After a time his wife and children came. On arrival she dis- covered a strong intimacy between «:3;- l’ather, mother. and two rhililre-n. living in the country. Both parents strung amt able to work. but met willing. The mother was quite ‘ l'l'att)’ tn pass her nil‘spring into our hands that she might be free. We hzul manly visits from this couple, lirst «me. then the other, coming and relating: their tales of wee. We ln'nught them to court on two orczi- siuns. The last time. the mother was given the rheire nl‘ gning‘ home and 2.!I‘t.lll§." the part at a mother, or going in jail“ She rhese the latter course. We removed the children to the Shelter. \Vihile waiting remnml in the jail, she relented and promised in «to better. We returniiil the child- ren. They all went to the country, hired with a farmer. and are there at this writing. Thus the family‘ were saved separation. (6* A ymmg girl left home. took trtin in 'l‘nrentu witheut her moth- er‘s knowledge. We were advised, l I I (4) A family of four children, the cutest of whom was blind, were in wretched, destitute circumstances.' For a long time efforts were made to better the conditions of this fam- ily and to persuade the family to send the boy to the school for the blind, without avail. So “he was summoned to court and compelled to art. The lad was fitted out at an outlay of over $60.00, paid by the liutlary Club, and went to the school. Later on the mother died. The three remaining children were made wu'rds and await placement in foster homes. (3. Father of four children who abandoned his family, left town, and failed to support them for months. He wes arrested and brought to court. As this was his second ofl‘ence .he was committed to jail for a term. On promises of good conduct he was paroled and so far is providing for his family. (2, Two merchants in a village in tlw county charged with selling ci- garettes to minors, were brought to cuurt. were convicted and fined 810 and costs. (1; A family of four children. The mother a dis-solute character con- sorting with undesirables of both Sexes was summoned to court. She denied the charge. The fatherf who was on the lakes, was sent for, came home and undertook to care for the children. His wife soon left him and the children. He arranged for them with friends. to live with this mhn not her hus- band. This may be an extreme case, but furnishes proof ofi the depths to which some people descend in the mom] scale. A few of the many cases claiming «.mr attention are as follows : JERRY ON THE JOB LITTLE JIMMY A row 01 the Cases. 0n the place,” Whllt‘. tho children appear pm'fvctly at homo. With prim, the now dress, the new shoes or now suit. is slum‘n t0 the visitor, and Wu 2111‘ invitvd tr) mm» nuts'ltlo and son our volt or calf. They are a rval part of it. all. They bolong to that home. Such oxporionvos aro enjoyahlo and lwlp to ntfsvt sump 0f the unpleasant mu‘mmtm‘s we have, as Wt? curry on Hur' work. I These are but a few of the many eases dealt with during the year. Wards Are Happy. Our ilamily consnsts of over 200 girls and boys within the county, most of them on farms. All have been officially visited and, for the most part, found healthy and happy. A few of the older amongst them are restless, tire of country life, and desire to eome to the city. We endeavor to show them that living on the flarm is preferable. we found a very large percentage of our wards are treated kindly. They have won the good-will of those with whom they are living and many of the foster parents say something like this: “Mary is just like our own child,” or “We do not know how we could get along without Jim.” or “We never think of Hhrold other than our very own until you come (9} A family living in the. country with one chili-l. The father was sent to jail for forgery. The mother came to i’Jwen Sound, gave the child, three years old, to a most disreput- able woman who executed adoption. We heard of it, interfered, took charge of the child, summoned the mother to court. The child was made a “ward" and is in our Shelter to-night. We know not where his mother is. (8) A child in a foster home was abused. The foster parents were prosecuted and fined for illtmatâ€" ment. her husband and a widowed daugh- ter in the house where he worked. Natrually this meant friction. We were sent for, did our best to heal the breach but failed, then arranged for the placement of three of the children, the mother undertaking to look after herself and two of the youngest members of the family. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE to all who have crossed the thresh- old of the Shelter. Often the work has been hard and trying, yet Mrs. W inter has not complained. She now feels that she is not able to con- tinue. We regret her going, and in leaving us she carries the best wish- es of the soirvty. “'0 hope the years that lie lH‘le‘P nor may bring .an abundance of prime. As Agent, I feel I cannot close this statement without reference to the departure of Mrs. Winter as Shelter Matron. For ten years Mrs. Winter has labored faithfully within the Home. She has been a real mother Doctors Commended. I should like to make special mention of the doctors of Owen Sound. These men give their ser- vices absolutely free to all wards of the society in the Shelter, taking ,the work a month each. This is a 'wonderful contribution to the cause ‘and shows a fine type of men in. the medical profession in Owen Sound. Our sincerest thanks are due them and also to the amoral public who make the work possible. I also wish to thank the County Council for their interest and help. They have shown real interest in our efforts as well as giving practical help. The City Council are also worthy of mention for their contin- ued assistance. The ladies, young and older, who canvassed the city for funds, deserve our highest thanks. The teachers and scholars in the rural schools who responded to our apepal for funds are to be commended. The Women’s ‘Insti-l tutes throughout the County, and to the workers in Meaford, Durhaml and Hanover are due the best thanks of our executive. cordiai relations existing between Mr. Kelso’s office and the 1003! so- ciety, and also to say that I believe that I have one of the finest execu- tive committees with which to work that can be found anywhere in the Province. What, then, does the mouth actu- ally do in the digestive process? it converts starch into sugar through the action of the saliva. This is one of the first steps, and if the mouth does not do this work the stomach has to do it. That the stomach is able and does take on the functions or the teeth and mouth does not al- ter the fact that this work of pre- digestion should be accomplished by chewing. For, sooner or later, the stomach, worikng overtime, will cease to do its work properly and, when it gives out the owner finds, himself a victim of some sort ofl Iindigestion. Thorough mastication lis necessary for other reasons. The longer the food is retained in the mouth and the longer it is chewed. the more chance the taste nerves have to come into contact with it; and when the palate is satisfied the appetite is apepased and the desire for food goes. In this way one does nOt need to eat so much food to re- move the sense of hunger. The same mouthful of food retained in the mlOlllll for sixty seconds will go nearly as far towards satisfying the taste. nerves as two mouthfuls re- Many people think of the atomnch as the phce where food is digested, but in reality it is the mouth where digestion begins. When food has been kept long enough in the mouth to be thoroughly mixed with the sal- iva, an important part of the diges- tion process has already occurred. When the food is well chewed it gets mixed with the mouth juices, and this is one reason why complete mastication of the food is necessary. Every part of the digestive tract has its own role to fill in the process of digestion. If the mouth does not do its part by mixing the food with sal- iva, the stomach is overburdened in doing extra work. “whosoever given: 3 cup of cold water _1_1_nto such 8h!“ not lose his I DOM'T CARE: Do As: 1:. SAW 5' HOW 1’0 311' '1 AWGONAY\ ALL'DWMJ By Swlnnerton . A Chang“ launder In 1914 Germany dosiwd worm dominion. Now she desires the world to feed her. mm in them mm each. It cmthmhemthotthorâ€" ouch mutation of food unpro- the dietu'y sins of the use. The uvory taste of food. in addi- tion to the motion 0! the juvs mu cheeks, facilitates the. flow of saliva. It is necessary that the mouth juices be incorporated with the food while it is still in the mouth. Chewing of gum or other substances between meals creates an undue flow of sali- v.21. at. a time when the salivary glands should he at. rest. The result is a shortage of that necessary fluid when the next meal lime. urriws. are the finest gifts any woman could give or hope to receive. Each set furnished in attractive holly boxes. Write or phohe me to come around and show them to you. Fuller Man will show you. Fuller Brushes in Shop at Home from the sample case of beautiful W. G. Bayley, Box 410. Hanover