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

sreatly raised IL the children were Civ
en- advantages of improved pschclogi-
cal training and more painstaking hy-
gienic and dietetic care.
Long before the state iAIr of 1912
clainoring for information iabou. the.
next baby health contest Nearly Ave.
times as many babies were registered
Tor the second contest in response TO
ire following circular issued during
mid summer: - -
De e mn superintendent, Mary
.: watts, Audubon. Total premiums
oHered IN this department $3.50.
RULES.
I. Entries in this department close
=. u o'clock noon, Tuesday, August
t,s; no entrance fee or exhibitors
ticker required in this department.
,nnaxi., ntIles must be made with the
superlntendent by mail. or by parent
or guardian In person, on blank fnr,Is
witch witch VIII be furnished free by adj
xelesslns the superintendent All in
~ lolm.ation asked for in this form mus.
- sven at time entry is made.
nv, ~ i;;p .,snts for eNamina tions
~ "nlch the entries are received.
o. Notice of the time Of annc;n.
+.,n LOT examination will be mailed
70 70 All making then entries early ~
o4s fs no ~ ls not received. apply at the
grounds for appointment. TUG Aait
.. No Child suffering frou, .,,,
tered. may De en-
!; examinations will begin at a
S'ocR a M. Monday August Is.
D. Hfamillvoac
propriate ribbons, viii be ayvardaa 81 at
eipck p. M. Thursday. August %.
Mothers insisted that snhvsicians t,.
Iinai look at their little entries Eotho
ers who had always felt the keanest
aa+ airS m tne matter of corn, hogs and
the physical points of their offsnr yuu'
OF, having no babies to enter thav
looked with an envious or critical CIV.
upon the babies of other exhih;+o,.s
Setter babies for Iowa had become q q
son. OF slogan at the state fair.
auies were entered for the sweep
stake prizes. There was class d.
soted to city babies, and there was as,-,
otier open to rural babies. and sf;lI II
third for the town babies,
o,l nc sWeepstake prize was won nv a
1n si Des Moines girl named
o 7vlothy n ulsmeyer. with ai,,scere Of
s7B, beating the prize winner Of the
lirst contest by nearly whole noint
she tipped the scales at 321s nomn.is
was 561s inches in height. with q chest
measurement of Il inches and a head
t t of 20 inches. In addition
70 s!andlng high In the physical exam
nations, she made a fine showinr IN
the searching psychological tests given
Dy Dr. Velura Powell, of Red oak 10
nerve specialist. The tot disniava
energy. power of concentra tinn q n5
keenness of intellect in kepinr with
her physical perfections.
The second prize went II, !. h,,, NJ.
ert Miller Scott, aged 2h Years y,so
scored 95A per cent, and who hailed
from g small town. But one Of the real
~ interesting features OF the contest
was the fact that little Alice Milsteins.
VINO WI won FIRST prize in the 2 to 3 year
old rural girl class, had lost ont an.
tirely in the contest of 1911 Durinr
the year her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nav
Mllstetn. Polk county farmers had
studied child hygiene to good adyan-l
lage. Inc defects in the ci1ilds con-
oition ana training having been point
ed out to the mother, one wear or ree,,-
lar diet and systematic care. worthy Of
Z iittle prize fighter. had corrected the
oelects and placed the fortunate baby
glri, IN the prize winning class.
Pigs and Cattle Are Improving, but
| Not Babies"
Inc Iowa campaign for better babies
is OF national Importance. It is not a
Ilgnt Tor state supremacy in baby rais-
babies the country over. It IL therefore
very interesting to hear the woman re-
spons1ble for the movement ten how II
Watts: s-'0 4'A1 .
My attention was called to the fact
.lIat altnough pigs, horses and cows
each year showed material ADVANCE =,
development as class. the children
were no stronger physically. mentally
or morally than they were forty wears
ago; That farmers wives were anxious
20 raise larger chickens and were
beat that of their neighbors. but We're
/ seemingly oblivious to the fact that
the boys and girls of their families were
| not up to the standard.
Sompetltton, rivalry, had done won
uers LOT the stock. why not for the hui
t - =, aan y soon after this idea came
10 me was asked to arrange nro-
gTam Tor the woman's hour at the Iowa
STATE college building at the state fair
N Des Moines I realized that this was
| my opportunity. secured the cooper
aIlon o. the extension department az
| congress of mothers :
Inc first obstacles we met was; the
1act that no such thing as q score rard
Tor babies existed Doctor Clark nm
nesltatingly took up the difficult work
OF making such card, using as a
working model system 81 scoring
which has been reduced to a science.
that of live stock. This card we cow
righted, not SO much as source OF
revenue for advancing the work, but
to insure uniformity for statistical
purposes as the movement grew.
After Doctor Clark had drawn IN
the core-cards, the rest OF the work
was comparatively easy Six physi-
clans gave their time and paid their
own expensesmall for the good Of
Iowa babies. Three gave talks on child
welfare. Three acted as Judges The
newspapers gave US the needed pub
| licity, and put on that entire initial
contest, news Of which has gone around
the world, for just s1S.25. The highest
prize that first year was $500 gold
piece. z @
The idea is spreading rapidly since
Iowa started 1t. At Fargo, N. D.. 1Os
babies were examined in the 1912 con-
| test, and the great state fairs of Min
nesota and Oregon have followed our
lead In announcing baby health con-
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