Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-01-08
GENERAL FEDERATION WILL
OBSERVE BABY SAVING WEEK

Mrs. Percy " PennyDacker, presi.
dent of the General Federation of
Women's clubs, in special communi-
calion to federated clubwomen Of the
country is urging them to begin to
make plans for devoting the week of
March to II to baby week as a
factor in baby-saving movement.
Mrs. Pennybacker sets before club
women just what steps they need to
take to bring it about. Angelina
Zimmerman. chairman of the civics
department. of the General, Fedora
ton: Helen Louise, Johnson. chair.
man of the home economics depart
men:, and Ella Blair, chairman Of the
public health department, are cooper
ating with Mrs. Pennybacker and fed
Grated clubwomen in the project. =
In some cities baby week is already
an established institution.
In Chicago, the campaign was out
lined by an association of advertis-
ing men. A famous sculptor made a
bust of mother and child, plaster
casts Of which were exhibited in
show windows, and pictures of which
were shown on all the posters. The
slogan was 100 Per Cent for the
Babies" The billboard companies
donated the space for an immense
number OF posters; newspapers gave
space for advertisements, and street
car companies contributed space for
signs. The ministers were urged to
preach sermons on the subject.
In New York the same and further
methods of advertising were use1.
The slogan here was Better Babies;
Better Mothers; Better City, A pro-
gram for the week was outlined, with
Baby Sabbath, Little Mothers Day,
Milk Station Day, Nursery and Dem
onstration Day with baby parade, and
Outing Day with excursions for moth
ers and babies.
In Pittsburgh special features
were: Flag Day. when baby-week
banners were distributed by the Boy
Scouts to every home where there
lived a baby under year; a baby
welfare exhibit at a central location;
two plays on the subject Of the baby,
which were performed twice daily,
and talks to fathers on street corners
and in the shops.
In Grand Rapids, an interesting ex.
hibit was the baby's clinic, with nurs-
es and model equipment fitted up in
private car of the street railway
company.
1t is suggested by the department
heads of the General Federation who
are especially interested that in hold
ing the week in communities of any
size. large or small, two important
points must be remembered:
1. That to be successful, the baby
week must be, as far as possible, q
community affair; that the to-opera-
ton and help must be obtained pri-
marily of all organizations and indi-
viduals interested in child welfare
the city officials. city health depart.
ment, clubs. private infant welfare
and visiting nursing associations, the
churches, the local medical society,
as we'll as newspapers. associations
Of business men, industrial workers
and advertising men. This "o-opera-
ton will not be hard to obtain.
The women's clubs, by issuing the
call to all these different organiza-
tions. should inspire the movement,
and then work as one of the cooper
ting organizations. In some commun-
tiles, the call for a baby week may
come first from some other organize
ton, as. perhaps, the health depart
ment, or the local infant welfare So
ciety. In this case, the women's club
will do as valuable work in coopera-
ting with this movement as though it
were itself originating the campaign.
That conscientious effort should
be made from the first to have the
baby week lead to some permanent
and concrete work for the welfare of