The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-11-27
MIAMI MEETING OF THE woMANs CLUB
Better Babies" Prizes Awarded
Splendid Health Addresses. Etc,

Setter Babies" Prizes Awarded
Splendid Health Addresses, Etc.
The meeting of the Woman's Club
Saturday afternoon in charge Of the
health department, of which Mrs. Har-
ry Dozier is chairman, was one of the
most interesting and largely attended
that the club has ever held.
The first thing on the program was
the awarding of the prizes and diplo-
mas to the babies who scored highest
IN the recent better babies" contest,
held by the health committee. Mrs.
w. K. Zewadski, in a few pleasing re.
marks, presented the prizes to the
winners, congratulating the mothers
and the health committee for the
| splendid contest, and thanking the
physicians and the dentists for the
! hearty cooperation and assistance
that they gave the committee. There
were elghty-seven babies examined
and in the first division Elizabeth
Smith, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Dur smith, won first prize among the
! girls with a score of 98.5. In the
boys class Ercel Blalock and Nathan
lei Wilson, sons of DR.. and Mrs. l.. F.
Blalock and Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Will
son, tied with score of SO. In the
second division Frances Lurvy and
Virginia Carmichael, the little daugh-
terst OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Lurvy and
Mr.. and Mrs. Weller Carmichael with
a score of SO, tied for the prize. and
the boys prize was won by George
Boutwell,, son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
P. Boutwell,, with a score of 90. In
the third division, Miriam Osborne,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Os-
borne, with score of 96.5, and Ran
dolph Brown, Jr., of Mcintosh, with
a score of 97.5, won the prizes.
After the awarding of the prizes,
Mrs. Dozier introduced DR.. Ellen Low
ell Stevens of Jacksonville, state
chairman of the health department of
the F. F. of w. c., who made a short
talk on the health work in the state.
She made only short talk, leading
up to the main address of the after
noon, which was made by DR.. Frances
Sage Bradley of Atlanta. DR.. Bradley
is connected with the American Medi-
cal Society, and is at the head of the
child welfare department of the gen
eral federation. Mrs. Bradley spoke
on the subject of child welfare. She
is a very entertaining speaker and
her talk Saturday was very interest
ing one and was full of many practi-
cal suggestions for this work among
the club women of Ocala. The most
important work in the world, she said.
is doing the work that makes for the
betterment of our children-the faith
ers and mothers of the next genera
ton. That the raising of children is
the biggest and most important bust
ness in the world, and for this reason
DR.. Bradley stressed the great impor-
lance of birth and death registration,
and she hoped that the Ocala club
would do everything possible to help
the child's welfare bureau in this
work. DR.. Bradley gave a number of
practical applications. showing why
thic tfnY &c
Fifty per cent of infant mortality
is due to preventable diseases, and
for this reason securing these statis-
tics is of very vital Importance The
child welfare department of the gem
eral federation has received recogni-
ton from the government, and they
are working together along these
lines.
Her talk was a splendid one, and
was greatly enjoyed.
After DR.. Bradley's speech Miss FL
len Clarkson played a piano solo, aft
er which there was a pleasant social
half hour, during which tea and cakes
were served. The afternoons host
esses were Mrs. w. K Lane, Mrs. H.
F. Watt, Mrs. w. V. Newsom and
Mrs. Nathan Mayo.