The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-07-17
BABIES
COMING BACK
IN STYLE.
People Have Discovered That
Neglecting Babies is Bad
For Nation.
BETTER BABIES
CONTEST
Will Be Held in Paris at
Public School on
July 2O-31.

For good many years babies have
been receiving the attention they de-
serve. We have been reading about
pets like lap dogs, Angora cats and
trained monkeys. We have heard
that women of fashion, who set the
pace for other women to follow, have
been going in for all sorts of records,
golf, tennis, swimming, mountain
climbing, bridge, etc. But nobody has
been talking much about making a
record in raising healthy babies.
Then suddenly, people discovered
that neglecting babies was bad thing
for the nation. Social workers began
to organize Mother Clubs in the con-
gested districts of the cities for the
purpose of interesting mothers in the
proper care of their babies. Then
along comes Mrs. John Hays Ham
mOnd, one of the country's recognized
social leaders, with a society for the
better education and training of rich
children. In the suburbs of richest
New York little woman started a
school of mothercraft. What was the
result? Mother and baby came back
into style, and now everybody in talk
ing about better babies.
The Woman's Home Companion,
magazine which reaches all classes
of mothers, was the first to recognize
the Importance of making babies fash
ionable. 1t organized Better Babies
Bureau, whose object was to spread
the Better Babies Contest idea all
over the country. The publishers rec
organized that the best way to preach
this beautiful gospel was through the
State and county fair, at which city
and county mothers meet. Last year
there were Better Babies Contest at
three hundred State and county fairs.
| One hundred thousand babies were eX
amined, and are better babies to-day
| because their mothers learned some
! thing of the Better Babies idea at
these contests This year it is ex-
pected that 100000 babies will be ex-
amined under much better condition,
and by physicians who have gained
/ through the past years experience
better idea of the contest and it's OBJ
jects.
| A Better Babies Contest will be held
at Paris, July 20 to 81. Why not en-
ter yaur baby in this contest?'
The Woman's Home Companion
offers two medals to fine, healthy ba-
bies, who will be judged by the Better
Babies Standard Score Card for phys
ical and mental development. To
highest scoring boy between ages of
6 and SO months, and to highest scOr-
ing girl between ages of 6 and &c
months, each a bronze medal
Better Babies Diplomas to first
prize winners in all classes, and to
each child examined in the contest, a
beautiful Certificate of Examination
showing the record made by the child
and enrolling it permanently in the
nationwide ranks of better babies.
The medals, sample score cards
diplomas and certificates are on dis
play in C. o. Hinton's window, with
the picture of the Honor Roll of the
Babies Health Contest, held last year
and one of the score cards used al
that time.
In addition to the satisfaction OF
having your baby tested, you, will re
ceive literature and information of in
terest to you as parent. There will
be a Better Babies Health Exhibits
with charts, posters, bulletins and in
formal talks on the care of the child
This will be held July 81 at the Pub
lie School and all interested persons
are invited to come.
If you are interested in babies anG
in your baby in particular, write tt
the superintendent of the contest, OF
to the Secretary of Entries and En-
rollment Committee for further in
formation, or telephone E. Tenn. 1856
E. Tenn. go, or Home 461. Entire:
will be received until noon July 20.