Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-31
Lucia GarriOtt Tells of Race
Betterment Exhibit

The race betterment which is going
on IN mcst parts Of tho world. especi.
ally in the United States lie here at
Battle Creek now. Number five
school and 2 number of other public
schools went over to the Sanitarium
Annex to see this wonderful exhibi.
ton. 1t is to ielp thu children that
are growing to take care of them
SELVES anL The mothers t. learn more
about taking care of their children.
In writing this story will tell you
some Of the interesting things saw
at the Annex. There were out door
swings for the children, ventilated
window tents to sleep in and trapezes
to develop your muscles with.
I On entering the inside Of the Annex
were signs about flies. They were to
show you that you must keep flies
away from your houses. Sometimes
they get into the baby's milk and
poison it. On one of the legs of the
flies is where they carry all of their
germs
We looked in large machine which
had an electric light at the top. First
was shown lady all dressed up in
summer clothes too early, and she
caught cold and died with tubercu-
losis. Next was shown a picture of
her skeleton.
AS we passed on farther we saw a
case with babies in it. The sign said
that one baby out Of seven die of q
germ from the flies. We looked into
another machine which had tramp
drinking out Of the cup at fountain
and then woman came with her little
baby and had it drink out of the same
cup. That teaches any body to al.
ways think first who has drunk out
of that cup before you drink out Of it.
Into the next room was dentist
who examines your teeth. You must
keep your teeth clean for fear Of
germs. There were pictures on the
walls which showed children who were
blind. but when they were born they
could see. TheA mothers did not
properly care for them when they
were little. ...l
Next we saw room which had all
kinds of foods. There was a garbage
can there that had things in which
should be in there instead of in the
children's stomachs. Some of the
things in it were frankfurts cheese.
cheap colored candies, fried cakes and
pickles. ~
There were places showing how you
should keep everything covered up in
a grocery store because the flies would
get into them and give germs to the
people. In taking your dinner you
should have everything wrapped up
separately. All these things are to-
keep all the flies away for they are
very dangerous.
In another place was all sorts Of
medicines and candy that was colored.
The colored candies are very poison
GUS. Soothing syrup is bad medicine
for babies, too.
There was a picture which showed
how the flies go into manure piles
and then fly into the peoples wells
which they drink out of and from there
into the Peep es' houses.
|. TO make children strong they
should take gymnasium exercises and
have a lot of out door exersise. All
girls should know how to do house
work and be a milliner or do some
kind of work.
In an opposite room was red
light. Every ten seconds that red
light would flash and it meant that
baby died of some kind Of disease.
The last thing we saw was the
pictures of people who had diseases.
One was little girl who had not been
vaccinated. The child who had been
vaccinated only had little breaking
out on her arm Some Of the diseases
that peiple die with are whooping
cough, scarlet fever, tuberculosis,
chicken pox, measles. infantile
paralysis and small pox After we had
seen all this We went home and told
our mothers what an exciting time
We had all afternoon.
Lucia Garriott, age r..
sc Woolnough Ave-, Battle Creek,
Mich. A former Ottumwa girl. A
school composition.