The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-09
COOS, DARLING
LITTLE DUMPLING
National Baby Week This Week
and Meeting Held In City llall
Yesterday Afternoon BY
WOMAN'S LITERARY SOCIETY
Better 9abtes-The Value Of
Nerve-Force BY Or. Robt.
q. Devtno

O0tsoS 00Oso0-Un0 value OF
Nerve-Force BY Or. Robt.
Il. Devine
4 criticism has been made that
our government has paid more at
tention to the raising of healthy
hogs than to the growing of heal
thy babies. This is true, but un-
healthy hogs are a menace that
it is we'll to remove; and our ex-
cluslvely male government offic-
ials may have been wise in at
tending to hogs and politics, leav-
ing The babies to the care of un-
selfish mothers, often guided only
by their maternal instincts. When
women do unite in any nation
wide object. it is usually accom-
plished; for example, while the
liquor interests were controlling
all legislation relating to the sale
of intoxicating liquors, the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Un-
ion quietly introduced the teach
ing Of the effect Of alcohol on the
human system in every school i'm
our land. 1t is more than coin
cldence that, just about the time
these children became old enough
to vote, local option and statewide
prohibition laws were enacted.
The women have been just as eff
fective in getting the enactment
of pure food laws. school Mnspec-
tion, civic Improvement and laws
governing child labor. Now they
are getting Uncle Sam To cooper
ate with them i'll advocating the
most important consideration of
mankind, namely, BETTER BA-
BlES. Now, what can be done To
insure better babies? This is iln-
portant. because better babies
grow into better men and women.
There is much i'm the popular ma
gazines of the day in regard lo
infant feeding, cleanliness, fresh
air, protection from Infectious
diseases. All of these are i'm
portant factors in baby welfare,
but there is all all-pervading in
fluence governing every organ, in
nuencing every function and
which brings about recovery when
things go wrong: providing rem
cdical agents more effective in
curing disease than force which
we call NATURE vitality or
"nerve-energy." OF what inesti-
mable value it, is, and what wul-
ders il performs! A child is born
-iIo medicine in the world could
make il cry or induce it tu take
IT'S iirst breath; no surgeon in he
world could work quickly enough
to- clos" tn" hole in the heart,
through which the f"rtaI blood
was flowing, hut mature" closes
il instantly. The blood passes
into the expanding lungs. and he
enid now cries Justify, annnuilc-
ing I" tn" world it, is IL fortus no
longer but Il child! What a wuu-
d"rful miracl" has been Wrought. {.
That cry is natures "Mapnilicant"
In baby of healthy parents, tn"
early period should be devoted to
physical glowtII. eating and sleep
ing. The special senses of touch.
sight and hearing become active.
and The education of the rililu be
eins. This early education often
determines the charact" of lI."
man or woman. Ali 30 .Ii!y >lruc-
lures are undrveInp"d. il is just
earring to digest and assilniIalr
food anL regulate It's nwu tenn
p"rature irrespective of the t"n-
prratare of the atmosphere. Sine"
u I' thus occupied. it's n"rNr-f"Ic"
should not be Qvertaxed. 1t should
n't b" expected tn entertain tI,r
whole family. relatives and friends
OFTEN injudicious interest or UNI
wise love allows the baby no per-
ZOO OF rest. For every newcomer.
the baby must be taken up and
made to show Off Normal ba-
bles. if we'll fed. sleep. eat and ar"
tappy. The few hours they other
wis" have. they devote tn exer--
else. Crying is the favnrite rxer-
else, and. il you observe a baby
when crying. you will see how com
pletely he exercises every muscle
in his body. An infant cannot run|
around the block. and so must ex-
erc'Se III such ways as it can. Wei
all consider singing as very Wig
orous and healthfuI exercise for
grown people. so we must not b."
too critical if the infant OCCASION
ally cries. Remember that cry
ing is also the way an infant rA-
presses his sense nf hunger or
from any source. II i'll
a natural impulse In amuSr the!
baby. t" toss and tease it inlnI
to "Xrit" il with rattIrS
and high-coInrrd toys. 4 certain
amount of attention is Wholesome"
but this should be tn" privilege Of
ne mother pycpDf IN rarn ncrn