Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-30

Baby Week headquarters in automo-
biles. Following the luncheon Miss
Elizabeth Kelly, Miss Cora Lansing
and Mrs. E. F. Stockum gave short
talks. The country fathers were given
a luncheon at the Liederkranz hall,
in the Gensmann building, and Theo-
| dOre Werle addressed the guests.
In the afternoon the Baby Show"
was repeated at the Grand Opera
house, by the same school chill
dren, and was as amusing and enter
tanning as on the day before. DR. Men
! denhall was called back to Madison,
so did not appear on the afternoon
program. Miss Elizabeth Kelly gave
talk and dwelt on the cooperation
of the country people with the coun-
| try school teachers, with reference to
health welfare, etc. Theodore Werle
| explained the picture film, "The Power
of the Penny" as it was being shown.
The Baby Week campaign closed
Friday evening with meeting at the
First Methodist church. Miss Wanda
Hopp played an organ prelude, and
quartet number was given by Mrs.
P. L. Sisson, Mrs. G. B. Heinemann,
w. K. Mitchell and Emery James. Mrs.
Sisson and Mrs Heinemann also gave
a duet number. DR.. Henry w. Cheney,
Prof. of Children's Diseases, North
western University Medical school,
Chicago, read a very interesting and
instructive paper, and in connection
showed lantern slides of what is being
done along this line in Chicago.
Baby Week Notes
The Y. M. c. A. was surely a busy
and very popular place for mothers
and babies the past week. Almost
the entire building was given over to
Baby Week. Upon entering the build
ing a large table had been placed
where all kinds of valuable literature
was given away free of charge. The
gymnasium was known as the COM
mercial section of Babyland, and was
by no means a small part of the ex-
hibition. Among the interesting things
to be seen here was the attractive
of babies and valuable information.
On one side of the room was a chart
showing Marathon county figures re-
lating to infant deaths. On another
side of this large room was map of
the city of Wausau illustrating with
red tacks where babies had been born
and blue tacks where babies had died.
This was an interesting map and
showed plainly the death rate. Sam
Piles Of proper clothing for babies,
easily made out-of-door beds, food,
ETC., was shown. On one table was
shown graham cookies, crackers,
oranges, olive oil, grape juice, ETC.,
which illustrated good things for
babies. On another table was seen
fresh bread, pie, sausage, cake, pickles,
etc, which showed poisons for babies.
On still another table was pop corn,
peanuts, liquor, ETC., dangerous for
children under six years of age. The
exhibits in the gymnasium were fur
nished by Wausau merchants.
The nursery at Babyland was prob
ably the most interesting place. In
this room could be seen babies sleep
ing, crying, walking, talking, playing,
and everything else imaginable. Lit
tie beds had been provided for their
comfort as we'll as rocking horses,
creepers, and many other things.
One room was known IS the exam
, nation room, for the examination of
the eye, ear, nose, throat and teeth.
Another room was used for weighing
and measuring the babies, and another
for undressing and dressing them.
| The Wausau physicians and dentists
reported the majority of Wausau
| babies healthy. The mother accom-
panied her child through the various
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wrong and it was notup to the standard,
she was told what to do for it, not in
the form of prescriptions, for it's bet
| terment and so that it may have per-
| feet health.
A large tent had been erected on
| the Y. NJ. c. A. grounds for the care of
| baby carriages. The mother checked
| her carriage here and did not have to
worry about the same during the time
she attended the lectures and had her
baby examined. Upon her return to
| the baby carriage garage she would
give her check to the person in charge
and get her carriage.
At the headquarters were all kinds
of uniformed nurses to assist the
mothers in the care of their babies
and to help the doctors in their work.
Upon entering the health department
section of the Baby Week headquar-
ters you would naturally think you
were getting into large baby hos
pital
| Large crowds were seen at the head
quarters and meetings every day, as
the news had quickly spread that there
was no admission charged for any
thing connected with Babyland, and
that the free movies" were highly
entertaining.
The lectures in the rural districts
were also well attended and much in
terest was taken by the county fathers
and mothers in learning more about
the welfare of children and infant
mortality.
In rural communities as well as
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