Arizona republican., 1914-05-03

are present. The child is next taken
 to the weighing and measuring room and there undressed and scored ac- cording to the table of standards Next comes the physical examination and this is scored as follows: Nor | mal head. 55 points: if abnormallN 1 large or small 10 points are deduct 1 ed; if square shaped, 10 points. or if symmetrical. ] points. Hair and dition of scalp. points; bald spots, ! points: scanty hair. , points; brit
 tie hair, points. Eyes. normal, 45 | points: penalties pale color of mu- cous membranes, ! points: quivering
 of eyeballs 10 points; position (too | close together, too far apart, or slanting), 10 points: abnormality in shape, or inflammation , points: squint. h points: discharge. points, and SD on through the list of ears. nose. lips. neck. arms and hands. chest. abdomen. spine. legs and feet. posture and gait. general nutrition nf the body. throat and teeth.
 When you stop to consider that one out of every six babies born in the United States dies before reach ing the age of one year. you will agree that it is high time something ! be done to educate the parents in child hygiene and stop this frightful waste of infant life Quoting from d recent editorial tWoman's Home Companon) The government cen sus figures show that in the last ten years more than two million five hundred thousands of the children born in this country died before reaching the age of one year. This. CaSo. the second city in the United states, were to be wiped out of ex- tence every ten years. not d single life being saved. It means the anni- filation each decade of q population as large as that Of the state of New Jersey. To state the same fact diff ferentlr. the deaths of infants under one year of age in this country for the period mentioned was nearly equal to the combined population of Montana Idaho. Wyoming. Colorado New Mexico. Arizona. Utah and Nevada"
 What in all the world is so pitiful las a Noune mother struggling for her babls life against the terrible odds of her own ignorance and in- experience? How many babies have suffered tortures because it never occurred to the young mother to give
 la f4h Id .i f ..n Ii We could realize the misery some babies endure through improper and Hl-fitting clothing We would not
 wonder that they cry and fret. but 1 think the baby is most sinned against in the matter of his feeding. Physical inability alone should ex- 'cuse d mother from nursing her child. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, a baby no stronger than it's digestion, and when we pause to contemplate the infinite Va rietN of substitutes provided for the nourishment of q child in place of that which God intended il is small wonder that so many give up the desperate struggle for existence. or that such large percentage of those
 
 who survive have impaired digestion throughout their lives. It seems in- comprehensible that any intelligent mother would give her baby such things as candy. ice cream and banansaS, but the simple fact that
 baby likes them" is ample justified tion of the folly
 State and national governments have found it to their interests long since to establish bureaus for the improvement and conserva ton of the livestock of the country and the ad- vancement of the agricultural inter ests. but only lately have they turned their attention to the con- servation of the lives of the children who are to comprise our future pop uiation. In 1913 there were better babies contests held at twenty five state fairs in the United States, over one hundred county contests and more than that number of local con tests. Arizona brides herself on her spirit of progress. shall we not do our part? Will YOU be q booster for the Better Babies Contest this fall?