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A voice the ' cried in thewilderness IIREE-quarters of a Comm? ago, a baby boy died in Hamilton at the 880 of 18 months. In those fli'ys. however, one child died in five and every family had its small graves in the church yard. What made this case dif. Ierent was that the baby's mother refused to accept the situation with resignation. She set to work to find out why her own child died, why so many other children died, and studied ways to lessen this sorrow and suffering, What she accomplished has stamped her naincaAdelaide Hunter Hoodless ~-- oii the honor roll of women's organ- iations in Canada and the world over. By the end of her brief 52 years of life shc had founded or help found: the Young Women's Christian As- sociation of Canada; the Vic- torian Order of Nurses; the National Council of Women; the lilactlonald Institute at Guelph; and Women's Insti- tutes across the world. When Mrs. Hoodless learn- ed that her baby's death was caused by contaminated milk, she was shocked that she her- self could have been so neg- ligent. She was even more shocked to learn that many babies were dying from tiie same cause, not only in l-Iam- ilton but all over the con» tineiit. And her awakening had only begun. She soon became aware that, although ii great deal of scientific research was being devoted to finding the best possible feed for pigs and cattle anti even liens, little or no thought was given to finding the best food for human children. She noticed, too, that, where local farmers would entrust their horses to the care of only highly quali- [ied men, they would often pick, as mothers for their children. women with no training at all in child care and household management. "Canadian girls today learn :1 great many things, excel)t those things which will be / .Ur V.in Stet-n is .i Hrii/itiurit fret-Jim.- iirritcr. By MARCU9N STEEN of greatest Vi" [hem as womenethe "g 0' Chil' dren and the ir manage" ment of a ht 51" Said- Thanks m "forts, this cannot be saii' "'9 Same degree of trudGY- Mm Hoodwas born Adelaide Hun'WHECS' 0' the 12 chiianawd and Jane Hunteruse Small farmhouse sStands 0" Highway 5 '0" Brunt- ford and St. e, 0nt- Her parents were' ' working Irish PresbytS who had come to Cann 1330- By the time she born. Feb. 27, 1857, her 1' was dead. and during hrliest years the family hscrious eco- nomic strugg Adelaide's formal edu- cation was lic nearby school in St.gc. but she had enough rment, social charm and ni good looks to marry a' \vell-to-do Hamilton busman, John Hoodless, wlhe was 24. The rest of life might have been sin zi quiet. unassuming d of social Aloide Hoodless dared I " raising the general standard of the life of our people." Mrs. Hoodless made her first big step toward her chosen goal when she became president of the Hamilton YWCA, which took her to Chicago in 1893 as a dele- gate to the World Conference of Representative Women. The 17 years of her life which followed were years of achievement. They were also years of nerve-straining work, and tireless efforts to break down firmly entrenched pre- judices. In 1894 she sponsored a resolution before the newly formed National Society of Women, asking that Canadian schools introduce man ual training ---- which, for girls, meant domestic science. "When I started to prepare a paper to accompany my resolution I found it impos- sible to get any up-to-date information in Canada," she related. "The subject had not even attracted the attention of our educators, as I soon learned, and as Mr. G. W. This "°"'"" °' Mn-"wlluiini nucdonaii Institute QA h, Guelph, om. Hamilton mothers no longer item)" hi hi: ideais of able to teach their daughters "mtg: andgmire respect how to cook?" asked the Hamilton Spectator. And the suggestion made frequently in letters to the editor. from public platforms. and even from some pulpits. was: "Why doesn't she stay at home and look after her own family?" It is difficult to appreciate fully what Mrs. Headless ac complished until we remain: her the social prejudices of 7! i .r ' 4. fool] running a home impbri'am' pleasures airic duties, if she had habener milk. ")3"- 1' W'Wleath of her ("'5' "by tgave her life its purpose: What thirpose was, Mrs' H'tl'mnerself sum- med "p 1" 2Hrk she made Shortly bei her death: "Apart fro' family duties. the mm" of be.» [er motherlmake better homes hasen my me work." Nor . she any less Clem as to she thought was needed . t ducat on of women he 5 l A time: " . . . a special atte , . _ a be" to sanitation ' ' , .cc nnderstan-din-g $21."? or [:0 and hygienic and a morcud fueis . . , . - ' { Emmrcritiiic care 0 M ii a View to «1 mm Ross. Ontario's Minister of Education, admitted." She discovered, however, that a great amount of work _was being done in domestic science education in Britain. Germany and the United States. Still she was not able to convince Mr. Ross or any- one else. Nevertheless in 1895. she went ahead and started a household science class in the Hamilton YWCA as a pratical demonstration of what she was proposing. As she later put it: "I started my glass almost alone, and in a [$5111], way, but in strong She needed the faith, be cause the opening of her class was accompanied by a chorus of scorn and derision. "Are her time. Although She eventually won a great many people over to her causal 3' no time during her life \_V35 she ever free from critimsm and even calumny. But 35 she herself said, there were magnificent compensations. The first thing Mrs. Hood- less' school demonstrated W35 that domestic science educfi' tion was not just a matter of cooking and sewing. '90- niestic science," she eitplain- cd on many occasions.' is the application of scientific PU"; ciplcs to the management 0 a home. It teaches the value of pure air, proper food, sis' tematie management, econ- omy, care of children. {10' inestic and civic sanitation and the preveii for, j'stic occlpations. in shuttle a dirett educatior iuiii the comma. to ese classes had beer anane main reasons Silt acuii' the presidency o lton YWCA, tht next prompted he omit he YWCA of Can minim the knowledge 0 "Hamilton classes migh spreadln' other YWCAs acres Camila. Asia indication of hoi m iiiiilvance of her timi madness was, many 0 M qkhes, delivered St "years ago. still reai h like yesterday': r next week's ad , , child psychologis gmgi PTA. Long beforl orld War and tht ma; had tom the Vic A fine asunder, she we r the vital impor P - 13a stable home to i ' wiety. She blamct "mate tide of lawles' as,ligempty churches am "we 'mg increase in iii vchfittstics" on the weak .Dgit'he home ties. 'ui flflnagenient of th me more to do in th h" Wot character tlta :3. ' influence, owing' place it fills in t. "with oi the individii "fly it! most pltistic sta dude mom." she said 4' flan. "We are, the {93:3er ied in 'an etfi a )lace for D '9 sec"? olr domes' the educat'u spit". ' tion of disease