The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-07
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| also give a gold medal designed by a
| distinguished artist an d cast by a
| famous firm OF jewelers., to each first
| prize winner. It will give specially de-
| signed silver medals to winners of the
/ second prize, and bronze medals to all
| other winners. ~
| To first prize winners there will be
presented also a. handsomely engraved
certificate Of award, appropriately
/ framed.
The condition that the state shall
| make an appropriation for the Babies
Health Contest is necessary in order
| that the contest have the authority of
| the commonwealth. Also, 1t may give
| opportunity to educate certain state
officials. A SUM can be set aside from
! the appropriation made to the state
| fair The fair managers can do this.
| The condition that the women's clubs
shall contribute one hundred dollars
i in each state is made because the
Companion believes they will be eager
| to do So The burden will not be
heavy. There are about eight hundred
I thousand enrolled club women in the
United States. If each one contributed
five cents to the Better Babies Cam
paign and the sum@were equally dis
tributed, each state would have con-
siderably more than eight hundred
dollars.
No Hard and Fast Rules.
The Woman's Home Companion is
not disposed to lay down hard and fast
rules. 1t reserves Tthe privilege of
modifying it's offer should it be shown
that a change is necessary to meet
conditions in different states. IN
doubtedly the actual contests will de-
velop many improvements on the
present plan, or at least reffnements
in the details. Whenever experience
or reason shows a better way the
Companion will fall in line. All the
magazine wishes to do is to help.
The ~sIowa contests proved highly
successful with prizes aggregating two
hundred and eighty dollars. The plan
the Companion proposes will provide
for at least five hundred dollars in
prizes. They should be much more,
in fact. OF course most of the cash
prizes won will be set aside for the
child. Placed in a savings bank that
pays four per cent, and compounded
semi annually, the original sum will
double in little more than seventeen
years.
The important thing now Is to
arouse a keen, persistent, enthusiastic
interest In the Campaign for Better
Babies campaign that will become
more and more active, more and more
effective, a campaign that will insure
healthier and stronger and better
babies year after year.
The greatest service the press can
give is in devoting columns to describ-
ing the news of the movement, to sup
porting it with earnest fervor.
The National Congress of Mothers
will be a mighty force. The American
Medical Association, through the Com
nittee on Public Health Education
Among Women, will join in. The de-
voted women of the country have
organized to promote the cause of
Better Babies, they have aroused state
authorities to intelligent action, they
have developed a mighty public senti-
nnent. The whole nation will yet be
enlisted in a campaign that shall go on
and on, until the winners in this years
contests shall grow up to be the pro-
tagonists of future campaign.
A meeting to decide the details of
the Better Babies Contest will be held
on Wednesday morning, at $3.50, the
place OF meeting to be announced later.