The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-09

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That the great series OF Better Baby
Shows organised By the Babie( Wei
fare Association and The Evening Word.
will effect . far.rsachins Improvement
In our crops Of children 10 the opinion
Of DR.. Ls0rand Kerr Of Brooklyn. one
Of the best known child specialists In
the country.
Dr.. Kerr 10 the author Of 1.-THE Baby"
and The Care and Training Of the
Chid." He 10 connected with . num-
Der Of prominent hospitals. and for
yeap he has devoted all his time and
attention to the care Of children below
the age Of twelve. They are bropght to
him from all parts Of the United States.
He heads the corps Of physicians who
haye been judging the four hundred
Youthful candidates at the Baby Contest
At tie playground Of Public School No.
II. Fourth avenue Ind Fourteenth
street. Brooklyn. He will conduct the
ANAL examination Of the thirty best
babies next Monday afternoon. and on
offered by The Evening World.
These competitions" no said to-day.
ARE especially helpful to the children
between the ages Of one and five. TIE
local station OF the City Mix Commit
tee usually has it, eye on the baby
under one year. After his NTH birth.
day the Freq Air Fund Keeps In toue h
with the growing child. But between
ons and hve many things may happen
to him. and therefore the contests for
whic. The Evening World Offers money
prises are particularly valuable In his
case.
VALUABLE IN THE 'rWIxr AND
TWEEN PERIOD.
'His prsdicamsnt 10 exactly parallel
to that Of the psrson In moderate cir.
cumstanoss VINO desires hospital treat
mont The very rich can set the best
because they pay for Il The very poor
have the best given TO them. But the
man who V only fairly we'll to do often
has to isavs the hospital and 20 to
work when he should BE- the guest Of a
convalsscsnt homo He cannot buy this
rest, and he = not poor enough to have
II offered him free. Likewise. many a
child two or three years old u los:
between the agencies looking out for
his older and younger brothers.
Yet Il wasn't long ago that 30 per
cent Of our children died before reach
inS the age Of nvs. II you want to set
some sort OF an idea Of what such q
rate Of infant mortality really means.
glance 1t . crowd Of 1000 people II
the Polo Grounds and remember tina,
for every one Of these adults . baby
has died. Just now the rate has been
somewhat reduced. but even yet at ieAs,
% per cent Of our children die before
their hfth birthday.
4 II have made . good many physical
I examinations Of young children thii
week at Public School No. Ia, and Il
had 70 sum up In one word the caus,
to which most Of their detects are At
tributabls should cay. NALNUTRI.
TON. Now the children who suffs
from malnutrition are not only thos,
whose parents cannot AFFORD to bu!
them proper feed and enough Of Il
They are also. In many instances. tn
children Of parents who are ignorant 0
baby hygiene. These parents do no
give their children enough to eat, OF
more likely. they sivs them food whicl
does not contain the right sort Of nutri
ton for . growing child.
"Dstwosa go 90 eve q ~
A6s q Vegetables a. 0sssals.
9Asss W. asslslss q dlst oen-
ta1A just ~ ngAS quality Of
tvssa he tine Of leaving . milk
Aist 80 tie time q going 70
school. II = bstsss 70 give the
eAAlA ustis OF 10 meat o. tAls
Dssaea. ne feed values contained
u NEST ere ~ AseAsA bsSoss
seAesl lays begin. 8est yeuAS
sAAlASsa sAa eaS - eG6 1eW aAA
tAsa, a1tAsa6A tAsss ere seas WITH
wAea s6gs lasarse - matter
Asw carefully tAsy ere DsspassA.
"chiidrsn between one and Ave shou
; not b. given much fruit. and sue
a. 10 given " them should be cooke
> There 10 hardly sEy nourishment
: fruit. Children Of this time ought
: have . certain proportion Of sweet
} their diet. but Il 10 most unwtss to pc
NIT them to overload their stomach
, with candy and rich deserts. The
should be special effort to keep the
: food absolutely pure and fresh. and
: cook and serve II properly. Also
: should be remembered that small chi
I drsn cannot safely 90 without food 4
as many hours - adults. A child
!. the period Of which ! speak should 0
. at least four meals = day; one In Il
Q morning, one at noon. one IN the mi
n die Of the sfternooa and one bsfo
!. going to bed.
J. "1sssats sAsall ~ specially
ell sasssul aes - give tAsls young
d shilAssa foeA fsoa Aeky-peSy
,. aAsta, cheap fxuAt 0toAd0 - etASr
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