Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-03-20

Il Parents Name---
& Nationality of father
y Nationality of mother---
Living in city (more than 3.000)--
Living In village Qess than 10000 -
Living in country-
Age: Years-;; months--:
Sex: Boy-Girl
Type: Blonde-Brunette-M
H Breast fed----- How long P
Artificially fed How long p
& What food ?---
Reg ,S's child n.n IFreguar lant
open air or with open windows -
Was this a child, vigorous infant at
This fornlality over, mothers pro-
+ ceeded as before to make their little
treasures look attractive. A dimple
was counted a valuable asset Deep
violet eyes and long, curling lashes
were almost equal to prize in hand.
There was much ironing of dainty
frocks and curling of silken hair. But
while this was going on among ex-
hibitors the judges were going through
an entirely different sort of prepare
ton. These judges We're physicians on
whom the superintendent and her
committee had impressed the idea that
looks were important only as indica-
tions of health. They were also sup
piled with a standard of babyhood or
baby health, which read as follows:
Average weight, height and cir
conference OF head and chest of
boys IS given below. Girls average
one pound less, and are of the same
height.
At Birth-weight, TX pounds;
height, 201s inches; chest. 1915
inches; head, IA inches.
f.t,% o.
height, 80 inches; chest, 10 inches;
head, is inches.
Two Years-weight. 2slk pounds:
height, s211a inches; chest, -
inches; head, 10 inches.
Three years-Weight. 81 pounds;
height. g inches; chest 20 inches;
head. 1914 inches.
Central incisor teeth appear about the
seventh month: lateral fncisors from
eighth to tenth month; anterior molars,
twelfth to eighteenth month";; eye and
stomach, fourteenth to twentieth
month: posterior molars, eighteenth
to thirty sixth month.
Multiply width OF head by 100 and
divide by length to get cephalic index.
When index is 70 to so, the child is
mesocephaltc: 80 to IS cephalic heads
are preferable. Length measurement
should be from occipital protuberance
70 prominent part OF brow.
The anterior fontanelle should not
be bulging; rather, slightly depressed.
It should be completely closed between
the fifteenth and twentieth months.
The bOny skeleton should be especial
ly examined for rickets.
The child should first attempt to sit
up at about the sixteenth week, be
fairly successful about the fortieth
week. and firmly seated at the end Of
the tenth or eleventh month
He should attempt to stand about the
thirty eighth week and be successful
at the eleventh or twelfth month He
should walk unsupported at the four
tenth or fifteenth month; certainly not
later than the eighteenth month. Pre-
cOcity In walking is not desirable.
The skin should be pink, flesh firm,
lips red, breath sweet, tongue clean. He
should breathe through the nose only,
and should not be fretful. It should
not be restlessly active nor disinclined
to play.
No Prizes for More Freshness.
When the contest opened, the usual
{ half hearted crowd followed the mora
Interested parties the parents or mora
4 properly speaking the mothers. to the
scene Of judgment. But something was
wrong There was no array: Of smiling
mothers and babies listening to fulsome
compliments. There were no fatherly
1 ing dimpled chins. There was NO bal
Ioting for the prettiest and sweetest
I Instead. there was stern, uncompro-
missing judging OF babies on, physical
4 points points that counted Just as they
Y did in horses, cattle and hogs.
The news spread to the live stock
Y 1ection. Men who were FLOATING over
\ blue Tibbons ard cash prizes won BY
n their choice stock stopped tal1tnG
crops, the breeding Of cattle, and poll
~ 4 tics to find how the Iowa babies were
Il conninr out under the examinat Hon %
! if1ned heal Authoritie Some Of There
mn watched the proceeAinKs curt0usly
4 eonse anxiously and some angriiy. y