The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-01-21
PROGRAM FOR SHORT COURSE
Continued from Page one.,

there will be a large crowd on hand
to take advantage of it,
Tuesday, February 10: On Tuesday
evening State Veterinarian J. l. Glib
son, our former townsman, will talk
on sanitation on the farm. DR.. Gibson
is practical man and will furnish
much information on this important
subject of the farm. Prof. C. F.
Curtis, dean of the Agricultural col
lege, will also deliver an address. The
topic of his lecture has not been an
nounced. but it will be one of partic.
ular value. Another feature of the
Tuesday evening session will be the
motion pictures of the state fair at
Des Moines, which were taken last
fall when the fair was being held.
These pictures will show the $1,000
900 live stock parade and also inter
esting views of the fair grounds.
Thursday, February IL: DR.. E. A.
kepford will deliver his illustrated lee
ture on tuberculosis and will explain
the means by which it may be sup
pressed. Dr. kepford has visited Den
ison on numerous occasions and his
lectures have always drawn a large
and appreciative audience.
Friday, February 13: Friday, the
18th, had no hoodoo for the members
of the committee who selected this
evening for holding the spelling con-
test, but just what effect it will have
upon those who participate in this
event remains to be seen. This en-
tertainment drew the largest crowd
Of the week last year and from all re-
ports the attendance will be even
larger on this evening than it was a
year ago.
Domestic Science Department.
Men are beginning to see that not
only is it important to care for the
young pigs in their feeding and the
ear of corn in it's development, but
that the care Of children in the home,
their food and their development. is
worthy Of some consideration. Some
women are awakening to this fact al
so. 1t was for this reason that the
domestic science department of the
short course was planned. Miss
Knowles and her assistant, Miss
Moody, will have charge of the do
nestle science department this year.
Miss Knowles is a representative of
the extension department of the Agri-
cultural college and will come to Den
ison with a complete set of cooking
utensils to teach the matrons of the
county how to handle the culinary de-
partment.
Measure Your Baby.
Some OF the standard measure.
ments of baby boy one year old:
Weight, 21 pounds; height, 20 inches;
chest, Is inches. Girls average /
pound less and are same height.
From the old fashioned Beauty
Show" to the Baby Health Contests"
has been great advance, and now
instead of a contest in it's narrow
sense, has come tn demonstrations
movement which is being felt in many
homes and with good results. Orig.
mating with Mrs. Mary Watts, of Au-
dubon, this Iowa Idea" has made
quick progress until it has been ap-
proved by the American Medical as
sociation and the National Congress
of Mothers and forms an important
part Of the plans of the State FEEDER
dliOu VI w Ollleu CLUBS Ol iowa. lie
official score card, from which the
above measurements are taken. has
been approved by the organizations
mentioned and by the Department of
Extension of Iowa State
college, and so the Friday club of Den
ison has arranged to hold a baby
health demonstration in connection
with the short course
Parents all over the county are
urged to bring their babies to Deni-
son and have them measured by the
physicians and nurses &C.
cording to the score card DR.. w. T.
Wright will take charge of the demon
which is absolutely free to
all residents of the county, and warm
dressing and waiting rooms will be
provided for the comfort of the babies
and their mothers.
AS competition in anything increas-
es interest. prizes will be awarded to
boys and girls two years of age and
under. Fathers as we'll as mothers
are urged to take interest in this
movement for Better Babies"
Miss Edna Stephens went down to
Omaha Monday, where she met Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Tabor. Mr.. and Mrs.