Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-23
To HAVE BABY
Week PROJECT
AT SETTLEMENT
Committee Names April "a to
20, Inclusive, as Dates for
Big Campaign
Continued nom page one)

wall this morning, Mrs. James A.
Rath, chairman, presiding.
/ Committees to take charge OF the
various phases of the campaign work
/ were not named today, as had been
expected. During the remainder of
this week, however, the publicity CON-
i mittee expects to- select names OF
committee members. These will be
| presented and acted upon at a meet
ing of the executive board of the
Child Welfare Committee to be held
| in the library at 10 o'clock next Mon
/ day morning.
| The executive, board consists of
Mrs. F. w. Macfarlane, chairman;
Mrs. Walter F. Frear, Mrs. F. NJ.
Swanzy and Mrs. Arthur l.. Andrews.
Mrs. ,Rath, today reported that plans
i for the weeks. program are rapidly
taking shape. and that definite pro-
gram probably will be arranged at
Mondays meeting During the cam
| paign week lectures will be given in
the Palama Settlement gymnasium
and exhibits will be held each day
from O'Clock in the afternoon until
o'clock in the evening.
The speakers will include local ply
sieians, public health officials and so
cial and charitable workers. Mothers
from the various city districts, as we'll
as others interested in the campaign,
will be cordially invited to hear them.
Preliminary plans were, discussed
last night at well-attended meeting
held at Palama Settlement, at which
James A. Rath, settlement headwork-
er, presided. '.'s FL.
The time and place for Baby Week
exhibits and lectures was left for final
decision until today. The week before
Easter Sunday was abandoned be-
cause of the many conflicting engage
ments of various committee members.
1t was recommended that the date be
either April 1916 or April 24-30. @ -
President Pratt of the board of
health, emphaticaIly indorsing the
Baby Week idea, impressed Oh those
at the meeting the necessity of per-
manent work and follow-up activities,
and urged the establishment of
baby welfare station" in the city. The
plan met the hearty approval of the
meeting. '.-=i:E !
-
during the various days of Baby Week
different sections of the city be espe-
cially canvassed for the attendance
of mothers soon developed into def
mite recommendations along this line.
1t is planned to have special cars run.
Thus one day special car will take
mothers from the Waikiki section, on
another day Manoa and Punahou will
be canvassed and a special car fur
nished. For the very poor people tick
cts will probably be provided.
Another suggestion favored was
that after Baby Week some of the ex-
hibits be taken to the island planta-
tions to be shown there. Another is
that the schools be interested, and
the upper grades asked to attend some
of the especially appropriate lectures.
The tentative plan for the week
now is to have the exhibits open af-
ternoon and evening and the lectures
to mothers in the afternoon, with spe-
cial features given in the evening in
connection with the exhibits.
Among those pl esent last night |
were Mr.. and Mrs. Rath, Mrs. F. w. |
Macfarlane, Bishop H. B. Restarick, |
Mr.. and Mrs Riley H. Allen, Mrs. R. |
O. Matheson, Misses Agnes Collins |
and Ethel Johnson of the Queens Hos |
pital staff, E. E. Brooks, manager of
the Associated Charities, Dr. Syngman !
Rhee and DR.. J. S. B. Pratt, president |
of the board of health.