The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-12

in our country are of children under
one year of age.
The responsibility for baby life does
not lie with the Creator, nor with the
mother but with those whose duty it
is to see that every young woman is
taught Babyology along with the other
'ologies' included in the course of
study set forth in public and private
schools
Another mistaken belief about babies
or strong: and. as they are born so
must they IiVe-that is if they live a
ALL The delicate baby has been re-
garded as a dispensation of Providence.
to De accepted with patience and re-
signation. Mother trotted and dosed
1t by day. and father walked the floor
with it by night, and the neighbors
pitied them both. The idea that the
poor little tot was born with the right
to acquire strength and health was not
PREACHED The thought of calling in
science to transform the delicate baby
into a strong one is comparatively new.
1t is part of this wonderful, this opti-
mistic new science of Babyology.
And Babyology of the common sense
sort for the common sense mother is
the most important outgrowth of the
Better Babies contests which have
been held at state and county fairs
all over the country during the past
summer and this fall
At a Better Babies contest, the beau
ty of the baby does not count. Strength
energy. good proportions. intelligence
do Every baby entered in these con-
tests has been examined by a physi-
clan, tested by standards of normal,
healthy children. And every mother
attending these contests has received
her first instructions in Ba BIOLOGY. AS
more than a hundred thousand babies
have been examined in these contests
since January /, 1918 by five thousand
physicians of recognized standing,
Babyology has gotten a mighty good
start in American homes. Tens OF
thousands of mothers have become
well acquainted with their own babies
through these lessons in Babyolegy.
They have found out why their babies
are delicate and how they can be made
strong. They have found out why
small chests were sunken and how
they could be developed, why small
stomachs and abdomens were distend-
ed and sore and how they could be re-
duced to normal proportions; why
some babies who cry ought to be smiI-
ing instead and how the smiles can be
taught these mothers that a puny
fretful baby is not a dispensation of
Providence but an unnecessary family
burden, and a grave reflection on the
intelligence of its parents
As a director of the Better Ba bies
Bureau of the Woman's Home Compan-
ion. [ have attended many of these
contests. east. west. north and south.
have conferred with hundreds of par
ents discussed babies and BabyoIogy
with hundreds of physicians. What |
these parents and physicians have !
learned from each other-and from the |.
babies examined-is the basis on which |
these articles have been prepared.
Mothers who cannot enter babies in /
contests, mothers who cannot join |
clubs which are studying Babyology
will find help in these articles, built t
on the experiences of mothers who |
have done both. These talks on Baby !
ology, twelve in number. will discuss
every phase of baby's existence, from |
its food to it's maps. from its tiny aches |
and pains to its play. Problems OF |
feeding. bathing. dressing, sleeping. |
teething, exercising. all the habits of /
la byhood acquired in the first few !.
years and, alas, 50 often never cast Off |
Will be considered, just as they We're |
seen to come up at these contests
BabyoIogy has one big splendid OBJ |
ject, one throbbing message to give the |
world II is Better Babies for the home |
and the nation II you have no baby
IN your home, If you hope some day TO
have a baby resting against your heart. |
II you. are merely a lover of other peo-
pics babies. you viii be interested in
this science 1T saayolosy lis the /
sort of thing you are glad to pass on