The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-09-09
TAKE BABIES TO STATE FAIR
child's Welfare Movement Expected to
Be Given Great Forward Movement
at Coming Fair-Club Women in Fa-
vor Of the Plan.

Officers Of the various woman s clubs
of Kenosha and the Catholic Woman IS
Club have received letters from the
management of the state fair asking
them to interest Kenosha mothers in
the "better babies event at the fair
next month. There will be nothing in
the nature Of baby show or
beauty contest but experts will
score the children according to their
physical and mental development.
Prizes will be awarded the most perfect
children. Following is the letter
received:
Dear Madam:
The state Of Wisconsin is endeavor-
ing to better its babies To this end,
through the medium of the state fair
by means of which it is possible to
reach thousands Of its population
readily, it intends to disseminate in
formation that will, if used, better
the chances Of great numbers of
children, some yet unborn, for healthy
man or womanhood.
Knowing that the Wisconsin Fedora.
tion of Women IS Clubs has been deep
ly interested in the promotion Of
child betterment the state invites the
cooperation of such clubs as you are
a member Of, in this work.
Will you make an effort to interest
every mother and every prospective
mother in your district in the Better
Babies contest and child welfare ex-
hibit to be held in the Model school
building on the fair grounds every
day Of the state fair9
This will be no beauty contest or
baby show.
The Milwaukee health department.
has detailed corps of physicians
and nurses from it's baby welfare de-
partment to take charge of babies
presented for physical examinations,
and babies entered in the contest will
be examined by physicians and den
fists, officially scored as to points and
returned to their parents without be-
ing publicly exhibited.
The state board will award sixteen
gold, silver and bronze medals to the
highest scoring boy and girl in eight
classes and the Woman's Home Com
panion will award twenty-five dollar
gold medal to the all-champion baby
and four bronze medals to other high
scoring babies.
There is no expense Of any sort to
entrants. The only requirement is
that the child must be between the
ages of eleven and sixty-one months,
shall not be i'll with communicable
disease and that application for en-
trance to the contest shall be received
at the fair board Office, state fair
grounds, not later than the night Of
September 18th.
Each applicant will receive an APP
pointment slip for examination at
particular time, in order that babies
may not be subjected to tiresome
waiting.
Physicians will advise mothers with
OuG vial C3 VI d1y S6pCCAdI care WHICH
the examination shows the infant may
need. In addition to the contest, daily
lectures on the care of babies, care Of
expectant mothers and the science Of
baby culture, especially featuring in
FAINT feeding, will be given by recog-
nized authorities on pediatrics.
City welfare nurses will demon
strate the proper manner of handling
babies in bathing, dressing and giving
general care, using life sized dolls.
Articles of infants wearing appar-
Ell which have been approved by physi-
clans and nurses Of maternity hospitals
will be shown, and patterns for making
them will be on sale for one cent each.
Another important feature will be an
exhibit of harmful articles often re-
garded as useful in the care of babies
but which are proven to produce
disease and death.
AS the time for advertising the
welfare exhibition is short and as it
will depend largely upon the club
women of the state to make 1t of use
to the public, we ask your energetic