South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-03

Success attended every angle of
South Bends part in the state wide
celebration of Disease Prevention day (
yesterday. Ideal weather coupled /
with smooth cooperation among all |
those concerned in carrying out the
various ends of the big demonstration |
procured one of the finest displays on |
the preservation of human health that /
the city has ever seen. This was the
unqualified opinion of judges. COM
mittees and thousands of spectators
who lined the streets viewing the
procession.
The parade was easily the feature
of the day. The exhibits at the old
Sailors store on s. Michigan st. and
the moving picture displays at the |
Delite and Auditorium theaters drew
hundreds of visitors, but the city's in
terest centered in the marching throng
Of school children, the scores OF floats
the uniformed organizations and the
bands.
Seven thousand school children
alone were in line. the kindergarten
tots and those from the lower grades
riding in autos and trucks, while the
older pupils never halted a moment
as they trudged their sturdy legs block
after block before the applaudlng
spectators. Now and then one would
lag a trife. but would hurriedly
speed up and fall in beside his COM
rade.
Ideas are Numerous.
Perhaps every known weapon TO
combat disease and the allies OF dis
ease was displayed by the marching
children. Hours of work and thought
by teacher and pupil alike were ap-
parent in the variety of ideas and sug-
gestions expressed for preventing dis
ease.
The poor old house fly came in for
perhaps most OF the attention of the
pupils Squad after squad appeared
carving aloft swatterS with big signs
telling how TO use them. The gram
mar school fell in line with a float
bearing a pole in the center from
which dangled a huge fly. In one
corner stood skeleton bearing out
the suggestion, the result Of not swat
ting the fly. Behind the float march
&c the grammar school pupils each
armed with a swatter.
Next in importance were brOoms.
Scores. of children marched In squads
with brooms across shoulders and the
advice that I'VE sweep all before us
Milk bottle brigades appeared next.
the children bearing bottles of milk
ACCOMPANIED by a float showing the
ravages TO infants by the use of i'm
pure and insanitary milk. The care
of the teeth was brought to the
minds of the spectators time ana
again by classes appearing bearing
tooth brushes while numerous floats
represented the interior of dentists
office with a victim" in a chair.
Scores of boys were dressed as physl-
clans following a stretcher on which
Law some one in the "thrOes of dis
ease. tuberculosis, typhoid fever,
diphtheria and smallpox all came IN
for '.raps" at the hands of the
marchers
Against Cigarets.
The raVages Of Cigaret smoking
were portrayed by boys bearing collins
suggesting the result OF the habit.
The prize winning display of the
Haley school carried out the idea Of
a general cleaning up. In the opin-
| ion Of the judges this idea was most
appropriate of the day. The pupils
| were dressed in old clothes and car
| ried all the implements necessary to
a general clean up. Hoes, rakes
shovels, lawn mowers, garden hose
and wheelbarrows were the tools dis
played The idea Of not only cleaning
up but bringing the wheelbarrows
along to cart away the rubbish de-
| cided the judges in their verdict.
The display of ST. Hedwige's school
| which took second prize was pretty
as we'll as appropriate. A snow white
float carrying boys and girls dressed
in red and white bore the Legend
| Breathe Plenty of Fresh Air. A
second float decorated in red and
white carried the motto Strong Minds
| Make Strong Bodies Behind the
floats marched nearly three score or
| girls in white dresses with red sasneS,
making a striking appearance. The
idea of health produced by exercise
and athletics. was portrayed by the
St. Florian boys in baseball uniforms
carrying their bats and gloves
War Against Disease.
1 Laurel school. third prize winners
| brought out their War Against Dis
| ease" by brigades Of fly swatters, a
company Of boys carrying aloft tin
cups. and a brigade of broom car
riers.
The junior class OF the high school
| winners of the fourth prize, likewise
| developed the clean up idea by ap-
pearing armed with brooms and the
notices anent sweeping up.
From standpoint Of attractiveness,
the turnout OF the Assumption school
| winners OF the fifth prize, was con-
! sidered the best by many. squad
| of "sunbeams', little girls in white
| with yellow ribbons in their hair, lead.
These were followed by another class
| in white with blue ribbons in hair.
styling themselves good little house
| wives. Then came "A striking scene
as a score OF little girls each in white
pushed before her small cab con-
tanning doll. These tots styled
themselves good little mothers
Next came the good little nurses a
class OF older girls in fun nurse cos
tune. 4 squad Of boys were dressed
in white, representing clean bakers.
Honorable mention was given by
the judges TO the display Of the Col
fax. Henry Studebaker. Sample Port
able and Franklin schools
Many OF the merchants took ad-
vantage OF the opportunity offered for
display OF sanitary articles by tur-
nishing the schools with outfits for the
'parade. one OF those making mt