Evening star., 1915-01-10

III and strong and healthy: norma
~ of mind as well as body? Uncle
~ Sam will help you raise just
that sort of baby; the kind he wants and
needs for future citizens.
He has wakened to the fact that what
the child is. so will the man be: that
the most valuable building material in
the United States lies in the tiny plastic
children who will one day grow into
men and women Wherefore, he has
deIved deep into the subject of the per-
feet baby, has investigated. studied and
planned just what regime will produce
the most desirable child. in the end the
most satisfactory citizen.
The sum of his knowledge has been
boiled down, put into readable and
easily understandable shape. and is now
ready to be placed in the hands of every
mother and prospective mother in his
broad domain.
The Children's Bureau. with Miss
Julia Lathrop at it's head. has just pub
lished pamphlet entitled Infant
Care" the second Of a series on the
care of children" The first Of this
rrroer treatment of mother and baby
herore its advent into the world-and
'NA world is just beginning to realize
IMPORTANT that treatment is to the
,,,r-rlurity.
This second namphlet takes up the
arc If the infant until the beginning
"e rs third wear: and successive bull
1etins are planned to follow. dealing
with the various STAGES of growth and
taking the child through adolescence.
This work is in charge of Mrs. Max
West of the Childrens bureau. The
material for the two bulletins is drawn
from the latest and most up-to-date
books on child bearing and child-rearing.
the work of acknowledged authorities;
from the experience Of leading child
specialists, from the records and ira
ditions Of maternity and chtldren's
hospitals. and from the most careful,
painstaking and exhaustive investiga-
ton on the part of the compiler.
Personal experience also has gone
into the making of this little book. for
Mrs. West is no theorist She is the
mother of five healthy children; has
brought them safely through the parlous
days of babyhood, and Is rearing them
as valuable citizens for Uncle Sam.
Mrs West discussed her work and
planned it with the aid of distinguished
children's specialists. Since its COM
pletion, she has submitted proofs to
celebrated physicias for revision and
therefore. go to Uncle Sans bulletin
for help in the rearing of her child.
with the full assurance that she will
be given expert advice. combined with
the practical experience of a practical
woman.
Help is to be had for the asking. too.
for the mother need only write to the
children's bureau, cost, one postage
stamp. and the bulletin on Infant
Care will be sent her postage paid and
entirely free of charge.
Much of the value Of Mrs. Vests
work lies in the fact that the direc-
tions she gives are of a thoroughly
practical nature: that her suggestions
and hints are designed to help the
mother of limited means to give her
baby every care and advantage. She
contends that. with due care and at
tention. the child Of the working people
may have as scietif1c and successful
brin ging up as the child Of the million
aire. and she proposes to show the
mother how to set about her task.
Hearken, mothers; to produce the per-
feet baby three things are absolutely