The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14
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Tncuhatine infants as an exhibit of pro-
cesses bids we'll to become n popular feat
ure on the Worlds Fair Pike.
II was the leading money-maker on the
Midway of the Pan-American Exposition.
Its money-making qualities have recon-
mended II to Norris II. Gregg. the Dlrector
OF Concessions. Satisfied that visitors will
pay TO sec this wonderful hatchery Ir.
Gregg has determined to have an incubator
display on his Pike.
Naturally. much competition is found IN
the infant incubator lists The applicant
who has attracted attention hv her per
slstent fight for the concession IS Mrs Hat
tie Mccall Travis. already the proprietor
OF the Streets of Seville
Mrs. Travis is a Keen woman.
She beat some clever showrrcn in the
contest for the Spanish concession. She
has made several interesting points before
Mr.. Gregg
The most strikinEly novel of them IS the
plea that an infant incubator IS essentially
woman's concession
Yet she is the only woman who has ever
applied for such a concession.
She has enlisted the support Of the Unit
ed DAUGHTERS of the Confederacy
Mrs. P. ]. Robert president of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, is interest
ed in the incubator idea.
Endorsements of this society, together
L..
president of the Board of Lady Managers.
are before the Director of Concessions.
asking that II he granted TO Mrs. Travis
The building which will house the incu-
bator will be done in white staff in the
French Renaissance style of architecture
and when completed will cost $4,000
The incubator at former expositions has
been OF The German type. managed by
German physicians Mrs. Travis adopts the
French lines. Doctor Leon of Paris invent
ed the Incubator. 1t Is her intention TO Use
lie machines and employ his physicians and
nurses.
1mre kiralfy first brought the Doctor
Leon incubator. and indeed. the first of
any kind. TO America. They were exhibited
In New York City and made a spectacle
that lined the pockets of that ingenious
Snowman.
The incubator building will have a grand
salon. furnished in gold and blue. where
women's meetings will be held. Prominent
women interested in child life have con-
scented to lecture twice n week. making an
Interesting part of the show
Mrs Travis says that she has already
many expressions of deep interest in the
subject from the Mothers Congress. She
has schemed to make the atmosphere and
surroundings of these meetings truly femi-
nine. In harmony and good taste.
Arrangements have been made to have
the walls OF the salon covered with Gobelin
period. She estimates the cost of this in
terror decoration at 10000 for the hang
ings and furnishings alone.
In the directly opposite wing of the struc-
ture Will be a nursery. showing exquisite
Infants layettes and furnishings She saws
that she has been in communication with
importers of infants dainties who are in
terested in making the display surprising
one.
The color scheme OF the nursery will be
white and gold. the walls of silken tapestry,
with cunning little cupids forming a deep
frieze. Floating from the tiny hands gar
lands Of delicate flowers will accentuate the
purposes to which the apartment will have
been set aside. x
The Solarium. where the specks OF hui
mainly may be seen In their houses OF
glass will he situated between the salon
and the nursery. at the rear OF the house.
1t will he entirely of pale blue tile. built |
from designs furnished by NJ. Tollert the |
French designer of chidren's hospitals.
Fireproof, and with the most thoroughly |
modern system of ventilation, the Solarium |
w5il be filled always with the purest air.
None but specially trained physicians and !
nurses can be used in the Solarium. The |
scientific methods pursued b. them in |
bringing the human dots into form and be-
Ing IS n long ard intricate system.
K l-2Diics an i7exorable system of tenn
pcratU-c, as the slightest variation would
cadangor the life of the human babe.
This temperature is changed ut periods
after the infant has passed a certain pc
riol IF inc;.h1ticn. The methods oc furnish
Ing susten:Cce is i delicate operation
Founding asylumg. free childrens hos
p.tals and the female hospitals OF great
cities furnish the beginning of life to the
incubators.
Mrs. Travis. who conductd the Incubator
building at the Omaha Exposition, says
that she received III that city more offers
Of infants than she could accommodate.
But among the youngsters who was
ha :c'led out in the Omaha Solariun, was
'ikcy.' little ranleicss one who grew into
q handsome boy and was adopted by F. l..
D'ciSol, I hotel man of Marlin, Tex. key
xa- given the name of Dicl5cy. Mrs. Travis
regards him as sort of Mascot, and in
lends to make him living exponent OF the
Incubator system at tie Pike.