Evening star., 1914-12-13
MOTHER TO ENTER
TR|P[ETS IN RACE
Expected to Be Interesting
Feature of the "Better
Baby" Contest.
WORK OF ASSOCIATION
is IN NEED OF FUNDS
One Station Already Closed and
Doors of Others May Have
to Be Shut.

! Triplets. two girls and boy. three
years old. are to be one OF the features
OF the better baby" contest now being
conducted under the direction of the
Washington Diet Kitchen Association
These triplets are TO be entered in the
contest for the gold medal offered by the
association to the best baby on baby
day" January 20, which is to be cele-
brated in the auditorium at Woodward
& Lothrops.
The mother of the triplcts wrote to an
officer OF the association and said in her
communication that the babies are three
year olds and quite healthy. She is anx-
ious to find out just how her babies
would compare with some other moth
ers' single ba abies and accordingly they
arc 10 be registered at No. station OF
the association, 23O4 pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest, tomorrow.
Hundreds Of communications have been
received at the various stations OF the
association from mothers, and, in some
instances, from fathers, desiring infor-
nation as to how they can enter their
babies i'll the contest. Il am sure the
explanations given in The Star have
been quite thorough" said one OF the
officers, but somehow some of the par
ents don't seem to grasp 1t.
Five Stations Operated. ,-
There are five stations being operated
by the association n the city. They
arc as follows: No. !. 1922 18th street
northwest; No. q 1904 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest No. ., Children S
Hospital, 18th and V streets northwest ;
No 4, Gospel Mission. 214 John Mar
shall place northwest; No. ., 1885 a y
street southwest Babies can be regis
tered in the contest at each Of the sta
tions. with the exception of that at Chill
dren's Hospital, each Monday afternoon
between and o'clock. Registration
day is held at Children's Hospital Wed
nesday afternoons at the same hour. Eli
tries are to close January IL. and from
that time up until January 19 the ply
sicians in charge will be busily engaged
in examining the contestants.
By January 10 the physicians will
have eliminated many of the contest
ants and the final selection OF the bet
ter baby will be made that day. Ar
rangements then are to be completed
for the presentation OF the gold medal
the next day and the awarding of four
certificates. two each of boy and girl
babies, who finish in the competition
after the prize winner.
Considerable interest is being dis
played by parents in the contest, and
not only. the regular patrons of the
stations of the association, but moth
ers who believe they know Just how
to raise a baby, are entering for the
honorS.
Founded on Hygienic Living.
This better baby" contest, it was
said by an officer of the association, is
founded on sane, hygienic living fol
the baby. 1t is instituted to make the
sick baby well, the delicate ones strong
and the well baby perfect. 1T is q
school for mothers" said the officer OF
the association, in speaking of the
work of the Washington Diet Kitchen
Association. We are not only encour-
aging the poor mothers to bring their
babies to the stations, but the better
class as we'll 1t has been proved that
80 per cent of the infant deaths is due
to the fact that the mothers did not
know the right way to raise the baby.
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