Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-08
ATTENDANCE INCREASES
IN Y-WEEk CAMPAIGN
DR.. q. NJ. itusrbro Gives Interesting
Talk ON Proper Care and
Feeding Of Infants.
EXHIBITS ME INTERESTING
Visiting Nurses. With Live Models,
Will Show Mothers To-Day How
Baby Ought to BE Bathc,l-NiSS
trnndall To Speak at 81. Pnul's.

Efforts were even NOR" successful
Yesterday than ON Monday. which was
"ntir"lN satisfactory. III Iii" itaby-
, Week campaign that is being conducted
ia iichmond under the auspices Of the
Mothers clubs with the co-op"ration
of the city and state Health Depart
rncnts. Thc attendance on the second
day OF The campaign surpassed The
previous day. and Il was found ueccs-
S'rN L" enlarge tn" exhibition audi
torium in The S:duor X Hundlcy store
20 seat the audience" bu Monday there
were seats for tGj persons which was
increased Ia pa yesterday. Will" ar
rangcments have been made for even n
larger Attendance to-day and the re-
naindcr of tn" week
The people attending the exhibition
seem 10 bc thirStiug FOR the iufor,na-
tion that is imported. and they have
followed closely every remark made by
Tn" speakers. Their interest in tho
subject Is manifested Ivy til" laru"
nulnhc: Of questions tn. speakers are
called upou 10 answer.
DR.. T.. NJ. Roscbru. a teacher in the
Medical College Of Virginia. was the
principal speaker Yesterday. dwelling
at Length on infant feeding. He en-
phaSiZed the fact that mothers should
exercise great care in feeding babies.
, since it is the easiest way To absorb
germs i'll the body. br. Rosebro said
that the hreast-rcd baby had twice the
/ chance Of living "a the battlefield
baby.
TELLS or IMPORTANCE
OF REPRESENTATIONS
! Dr, w. y. Picker, Registrar of Vital
statistics OF Virginia. followed Dr.
lioscb'o. and told OF the value OF
registration OF babies lie said that the
! birth certificate was a necessity es-
necially where the child is sen, out OF
the state TO college or school. Regis
'ration cards are provided at the en-
hibition, and may be filled in by the
! parents
| Dr. fiecker's address was along en-
| tirely different lines from that ON
the opening day. He spoke on the
care of the baby by the mother when
sh" visits the country in the warm
Weather All foods are different he
said. from those which the child is ac-
customed Ia at home. and there Is not
as much attention paid to sanitary
conditions. with the result that the
chances become great for the child To
contract hookw"r'n. and other diseases.
Practical demonstrations of the
proper manner in which To care for
infants and the methods OF bathing
VIII u" given to-day by Miss Minor
and her assistants OF the Instructive
Visiting Nurses Associations These
demonstrations Will be given with liv-
inr models. and will start early to-
day. Among tho special demonstra-
tons will he the care for tuberculosis
and pneumonia patients
ILL STRATI:D LECTURE on
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
DR.. W. r. Graham Will deliver an
illustrated lecture this afternoon at
$50 o'clock. and it will be one of the
! features of the week. He is a teacher
! III the Medical College of Virginia. and
has accomplished some material re-
suits recently in operating on crippled
children.
Miss Crandall. OF New York. cxecu-
| tive secretary of the National Public
| Health Nursing Association, will dis
cuss the problems OF nursing this af-
tcrnoon at : o'clock in st. Paul's parish
house. Here visitors will he given the
i chance OF seeing both the right and
wrong methods Of caring for children.
The proper clothes beds carriages and
! the modern nursery Will also be shown.
! On Monday the exhibition had ,wo
prize babcs--Eil!y M"tcalf. twenty -unr
months old. and Dorothy Chcnault.
! The prize yesterday went to. Nancy
lioylc. OF Highland Park. Only babies
, having Il rating of more than % per
cent arc allowed to compete for the
prizes. and parents have not been urc ell
to enter tho children because it ncccs-
sarily brings them out III tho open.
With the epidemic of measles that is
now prevalent in the city. a further
/ spread OF the disease is feared.