Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-07
CHURCH PROGRAM
IN BABY WEEK
is INTERESTING
NEARLY HUNDRED MOTHERS AT
METHODIST CHURCH HEAR
WELFARE TALKS.
LITERARY CLUBS HOLD PROGRAMS
TODAY IN CONNECTION WITH
THE MOVEMENT.

Nearly one hundred mother. gathered III
the Methodist church Monday afternoon II
attend the meeting Of the church societies
and listen 10 the exceptionally we'll pre-
pared papers on the care If the child. Mrs
X. l.. Clark, president Of the Methodist
Missionary Society, presided and an
nounced the speakers.
The first paper of the afternoon was
read by Mrs. II. X. Goodrich and contained
very interesting statistics as Ia infant
mortality, it. causes. and the measures
that would prove preventative in the ma
lorIty Of eases. Mrs. Goodrich said that
statistics compiled BY the national board
showed that l25 babies out of every 1000
died before they were one year old. The
speaker closed with an appeal to fathers
Jnd mothers to raise the standard Of in
FAINT training and devote more time t.
studying the h%vgienic care of the child.
Protect the Babies from Flies wa~
the keynote ~ the talk ~ Mrs. George :.
>tclI. Mr.. Stcll urged that the babies
M given ! fair chance and urged \ cam
nal.n ~ ''~tarvc the fly and save the
baby
Mr.. Everett Thicker sang 'Thc Chi
%lrcn'~ Friend" ~ the next number "a the
program.
This wa followed N an address IN Mr..
NJ. y. Ro~S. who made 4 strong plea Tor
H. Mexican babies. The speaker sand that
~ McKee, statistics show that 90 Der cent
II the babies liz before they have reached
nc age ~ four years and that conditions
were even worse on the border. Mrs. Ross
and that there was no more devoted mother
han the Mexican mother: that the h.h
mortality rate was not due To lack Ut love
nj ~ ignorance and poverty. The speaker
Urged the necessity ~ Il free kindergarten.
day nursery and the establishment uf u
milk station.
Mr.. T. K. plm,tead poke On Teaching
hc hid ~ GIVE Thank" and urged that
re- Young ~ not allowed ~ grow up, tax
Az ~ bic me, a. \ matter II course.
Tins was followed IN \ talk IN "ph~erv-
tnce u the Sabbath" IN Mr.. ". l.. Con
rad.
Mis- Georgia Dancy read with exprr.-
ION and feeling the Longfellow favorite.
The Children's Hour"
The nicotine adjourned with the SINGING
II 4 hymn ami the repeating III the Lord
irayrr.
The Better Babies program tomorrow
vill be IA charge ut the ladies III thr CIyir
'ea@n" and the sewing clubs. The meeting
III IN held AZ the Baptist church IA 4
clock ~ the afternoon. The FOLLOWING
r"-rlm I- announced
Lord PRAYER. Assembly,.
song. Assembly,.
Addrc~~. Dr. n. II. Rrntfrn.
PAN" duet. Ms Maura and Irna
Walker.
Paper. ">@cryt~ WIZ Health. Mr.. n. N.
Ilarke.
Song. Ms L"ttic Harvey.
Recitation. Ruth Pickrn~.
>ong. Ms Evelyn Bennett.
Paper. Nebraska School Gardens Mr.
icor-c Walker.
Piano diet. Misses Mar.aret West ,rd
innie Tucker.
BcnedIction.
ihc program TOR THE Parent Teacher
l~~"cIHli"n observance or Y dav ha~ h-rn
"mplrird mn part. and va~ announced tn-
laN. The program viii begin WI INV Dream
- thcatrr at ~ n'rl"ck. FRIDAY after.
Don. \ charge WI \ and zoe Viii wv made
FROM | ~ uuiil + o'clock there uiIl hc
'lk~ and ADMINISTRATION NJ, rhv~irian~ nI
hr ciiN M I'M" care WI children. ANA fr,mi
until 3a31 O'Clock The t%"lInwIn. program
'Hl N" carried put hy school children.
DANISH folk song. pupils VI thc rumma
.radcs.
\ motion song. I'm penl~ NJ tie second
.rade.
\ chorus. I'M school children.
Marrh- ~ boy n the low first grade.
= lullaby. ~ MIS- Irene Pntegnat.
several additions IN this nrogram ~
Hinu arranged F.r