The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-19
TO THE FATHERS AND MOTHERS
OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY.

40 TIE FATHERS AND MOTHEkS
OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
Better Baby season Of the year
has again arrived, or rathss the time
when we are turning our attention to
the contests held by the Womans
Home Companion Better Baby Bureau
and the various Women's Clubs AL
over the the United States.
Has it occurred to you Whist q
wonderful movement this Is? Did
you ever stop q moment to consider
what part this movement will take
in producing q better citizenship,
higher morality and cleaner gov
eminent in the days to come.
A healthy happy child grows to
healthy man or womanhood (barring
accidents). The man or women who
is physically is usually mentally
healthy and therefore morally
healthy. Just think what that means
to your community.
The Better Babies Contests are con-
Quoted each year with view to pro-
noting the intelligent upbringing Of
those precious babies of yours. As
intelligence increases, the burden of
motherhood ard fatherhood, too, for
that matter decreases. There becomes
less necessity for sleepless nights.
Baby has fewer Of the hitherto con-
sidered necessary ills that falls to
its lot.
At the Better Babies Contest, your
baby is measured and weighed and ex-
anined for any defect. If you can
not afford the advice Of a physician,
the examining physician viii gladly
give any advice or information you
may need.
Now word to the mothers. It is
not beauty" show, sometimes a
morst ordinary looking little one (if
any are ordinary looking) wins the
trophy. Disposition counts in this
test, too, and my experience during
the past two years has been that the
little one who is brought to the ex-
arnining rooms all dressed up" in
her prettiest clothes, usually develops
an antagonistic attitude when she is
disrobed and as a consequence loses
a few points for having bad temper
that lowers the average. / love
pretty babies and / love pretty
clothes, but, mothers please dress the
little ones as simply as possible.
One more point and that is TO ask
you to help US all you can by being
prompt both in sending in your en-
tries and in bringing your children
for examination. All Of the people
assisting in this work are among the
busiest in town. They are people who
work and every moment is precious
/ The physicians whose services have
been offered are men who are busy al
ways and who are setting aside a
while each day because they feel that
humanity benefits by each progressive
movement and they are helping to
lay the foundation for a higher, bet
ter plane of life.
j The ladies are helping because the
love of a little child holds sway il
ievery woman's heart. They too are
busy women, because most of then
are typical housewives besides be.
ing interested in the doings of the
outside world.
| Now fathers and mothers, all Of
you, rich and poor, bring your babies
Let Us all work together for the bet
terment of our community.
i Mrs. Poor Mother, don't stay away
because your dress is shabby. Bring
baby and let US do, what we can fol-
it. He may win a prize or you MAY
get advice that will be worth more
than all the prizes in the world.
Mrs. Rich Mother, bring your baby
No children with infectious diseases
are entered in the contest and yoy
may find way in which you too
: may help in this wonderful work.
We can all learn great deal and 1
is the most interesting study inth'
world-the development of q ittl'
baby.
Yours truly,
EMMA DILLARD,
Chairman Better Babies COMMITTEES
Pensacola Equal Suffrage League