Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-02-25
CHILD WELFARE EXHIBIT
Interest Increased at Each Meeting
The Attendance Large Each Day
and Attentive.

otiN hhCSC oooi oSClNe programs ofoI
given IN the city. The attendance
greatly exceeded expectations and the
limit of the building was taxed for
most of the meetings. The exhibit
Itself proved the best advertising
feature. One mother would come, go
home and tell her irlends and neigh
bors, with the result that the atten-
dance increased daily.
The exhibit consisted of twelve in
tereSU1ng charts, showing the proper
way Of caring and rearing children.
Many of the pictures presented by
the chartsillustrated conditions which
were far from ideal. Some of the
facts presenter were startling and
each carried q valuable lesson.
The electric contrivances consisting
of zone in Seven" model, the death
rate in the United States, and Mrs.
/ Killem's "Baby Quieter," together
with the "Watch the Light Flash
sign, proved very attractive.
! The program was carried out as
previously announced. On WedneS-
day afternoon, Miss W. E. Lott, the
visiting nurse, spoke on the "Proper
Clothing of Children" Her talk was
illustrated and very practical. Miss
Lott called attention to the three es-
Sentials to be considered in the Selec-
tion of children's clothing, comfort,
expense, and appearance. She eau
tloned mothers against putting too
much time and money on decorating
children's apparel. Simplicity and
cleanliness, together with economy of
both time and money should rule the
mothers work.
| Miss Nj. A. Brown, of the Agricul-
tural School, spoke on the "Impor-
tance of the Proper Feeding of Chill
dren.' She called attention to the
! fact that over half of all disease could
be traced to avoidable errors In diet.
| She emphasized the need for the right
sort of food for children, especially
for children who are at work or going
to school, not necessarily large var
| iety of food but food that. is best.
viewed from the standpoint of nutri-
tion. Among many good things the
speaker called attention to, was the
fact that children are not SO likely to
suffer from overwork as they are from
lack Of nutrition.
DIR. Joseph +. Smith closed the pro-
gram for the afternoon with a. very
practical talk on 1.-THE First Aid to
the Injured" He held the close at
tention of the audience for over an
hour and a quarter. He spoke of the
Importance of knowing what to do in
case of serious accid 5ntS in the inter-
val before doctor arrives. He dealt
particularly with the kinds of poison
ing, drowning, and Fourth of July
accidents. Among many of the prac-
tical things that he mentioned was
the caution which he gave against
having carbolic acid in the home.
He stated that there was absolutely
no need for that article to be in the
house, except when secured for
particular ailment, and as soon as it
had been used for that, the remain
ing quantity should be thrown aside;
thus preventing many of the acci-
dents which follow taking that arti-
Gle by mistake. He also laid much
stress upon using clean, boiled cloth
for bandages on any fresh wound.
The session Wednesday evening
was given up entirely to moving
pictures.
On Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
Miss Anna G. Rankin, of the Domes-
tic Science department of the high
school, gave an illustrated and practi-
cal talk on Cleanliness in the Kitch-
en-" The speaker called attention
to the usual conditions in the kitchen,
pointing out that any draperies at
the windows was device for catch
ing dust and that while nice, clean
curtain looked attractive that it SIM
ply made a resting place for dust and
filth, and advised strongly against
the use OF such articles in the kit
chen. Regarding the wall covering,
oh INI sr,-k rrlo
which could easily be washed and
which from experience she knew to
be very Serviceable. She also called
attention to the tiled paper which
was very desirable but very expen-
siye. If neither of these two could
be secured, her third recommends
ton was plain kalSomine, using
tan OF light buff color. The speak
er strongly urged that in the pur-
chase of kitchen utensils that the
best was the cheapest, especially in
enamel ware, the poor grades were
surface formed fine place for the |
deposit of various kinds Of germs |
Her talk was exceedingly practical |
and by especial request arrangements |
were made for her to repeat her talk |
on Saturday evening.
The second number on the program |
was given by DR.. Anne G. Burnett of
Chicago. The audience was particu-
larly fortunate in having an oppor-
tunitv in listening to DIR. Burnett, !
who has spent considerable time in
Chicago working in Hull House with
Jane Adams.
Her subject was ''The Juvenile De-
linquent.n She called attention to
the fact that in many states, proper
provision has not been made for in
dustrial education and that in order
to receive a practical training boy
must commit Soue otfense and be
sent to the reform, school. She COM
mented very favorably on the pro-
gressive educational conditions in
Wisconsin, which made that unnec-
essary. Her talk was based on con-
crete instances and throughout the
forty minutes she held the close at |
tenffcn of all her hearers. She closed |
her talk with strong appeal for |
society to surround the boy and girl |
with such conditions that win make |
their delinquency impossible, suggest |
ing that a square deal for the indi-
vidual was the only proper treatment |
for the state to administer.
The last number on the program |
for Thursday afternoon was given by |
DR.. L NJ. Addleman, on the subject |
of 1.-THE Care of the Nose and Throat |
DIR. Addleman brought his talk clear
~ before the audience by means of |
numerous illustrations. He went
fully into the explanation of the
anatomy of the members which he /
proposed to treat in his talk. He
spoke from many years experience in /
the treatment of cases affecting the I
nose and throat and called attention /
to the large number of malformations
of those organs. He concluded his
talk with a number of valuable sug-
gestions which would tend to reduce
the disease of nose and throat. At
the close of his talk, great many
ayailed themselves of tie doctors
kindness TO be of further assistance
by requiring him TO answer numerous
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