Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
BABY WEEK PROGRESSING

sion division, and general invitation
has been extended to all to visit the
Baby Week preliminary headquarters
and inspect the display of charts and
posters. On May 22nd this display
with other exhibits will be removed
to the Baby Week headquarters at the
Y. NJ. C. A.
Baby Week should only be an in
PRODUCTION to all-year-round follow
up work and it is being urged by all
agencies interested in public health,
such as the Wisconsin Federation of
Women's clubs, the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis association, the Welfare
Department of the University of Wis
consin Extension division, the Wis
consin Free Library commission, etc.
The follow-up activity is necessary to
cut down Wisconsin's death rate.
During Baby Week there will be a
baby contest. The members on the
contest committee will visit mothers
and ask them to enter their babies in
the contest The committee hopes to
enter a large number of the babies
born the last year. Prizes will be
given in this contest. The place of the
contest will be given out later. The
Y. NJ. G. A., the headquarters during
Baby Week, or the Children's Infirm-
airy have been suggested as suitable
places. Mrs. Charles Peth, chairman
of the baby contest committee, has
stated that DR.. S. M. B. Smith, presi-
dent of the Marathon County Medical
society, will cooperate with the COM
mittee. The WauSau physicians will
be asked to assist the committee dur
ing Baby Week.
A pair of accurate weighing scales
and a wicker basket, large enough to
hold small baby, have been delivered
to the campaign headquarters. Mothers
visiting the headquarters to look at
the exhibits, ETC., are asked to bring
their babies with them to be weighed.
Mrs. G. d. Jones, general chairman
of the Baby Week committee, has re-
ceived letter from Wausau mother
contributing twenty-five cents to be
used for Baby Week. This mother
works for a living but has sent her
| mite. She is interested in this work
more especially because two of her
babies died. The finance committee
has placed her name at the top of a
sheet of paper, which will be used
| for contributors to Baby Week. The
| mother, in her letter, stated that it
would probably be impossible for her
| to attend the meetings and lectures,
| as she has to work every day to take
| care of her three children. This par
| ticular mother will be surprised to
| find out that she is to be paid to at
| tend the meetings, lectures, etc.
The finance committee held meet
| ing Friday afternoon, and it was de-
cided to begin raising money by sub
| scription to help defray the expense.
| Mrs G.. B. Heinemann will have charge
| of this work If the finance COM
mittee receives more money than is
needed for Baby Week it will be used
| for follow-up work. A tag day has
| also been decided upon, and Mrs. c..
| The money raised on tag day will
not be used for Baby Week, but for
| follow-up work afterward.
Books on how to save babies and
the health and care of babies can be
had at the Wausau Public library.
| At the preliminary headquarters can
| be found the Better Babies Health
exhibit and this gives a list of baby
rights, which the Baby Week COM
mittee desires the public to see and
| read.
Baby Week campaigns have been
held in many cities and they are edu-
| cational. They give the parents an
opportunity of learning facts in re-
| gard to the care of babies. These
campaigns impress upon the COM
| munity the Importance of its babies,
and the need of permanent work for
! their welfare. Films have been given
on Better Babies, etc. At the head
| quarters are statistics which show the
| gathering of accurate information in
| regard to the death rate of babies.
| A. G. Burg, principal of the Mara
| thon county agricultural school, and
| chairman of the county day commit
| tee, reports that the rural districts
| are anxious to assist in making the
| Baby Week campaign a very success
| full one. Members of the executive COM
mittee have decided upon Friday as the
| county day of Baby Week Walter
Won Berg of Mosinee who will direct
the Baby Week movement in Most
nee was in the city Saturday to talk
over the same with Mr.. Burg. He
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| will assist in the movement in that
town. Mr.. Won Berg desires that a
| speaker be sent to Mosinee one day
during the Baby Week campaign.
| 1t is possible that special contest
will be held for all babies from out
side of Wausau, probably on County
| day.
Miss Agnes Boeing of Madison, as
sistant director of the package library
department of the University Exten-
sion division, will probably be engaged
| as a special lecturer and demonstra-
tor and spend the entire week of the
| campaign in the Marathon county
| rural districts.
Miss Almere L. Scott, who has
charge of the package library depart
ment, will not come to the city for the
| campaign, but will furnish pamphlets
and books until the close of Baby
| Week.
Among those who will take part in
| the weeks program are: DR.. J. L.
| Gillian, secretary of the general well
| fare department of the University Ex-
tension division; Miss Elizabeth B.
| Kelly, field lecturer and instructor in
| the university department of home
| economics; Dorothy Reed Mendenhall
| of Madison, a nation wide authority
on community welfare, a university in
structor, and student of infant prob
lens; DR.. w. A. Evans, of the Chicago
Tribune, may be secured to give a
lecture on the big day" of the cam
paign, and other speakers which are
being selected.
The executive committee met yes
terday and outlined the program. but it
is not fully completed. Today the lit
erature committee determined the ma
ture and amount of literature for free
distribution.
The committees are as follows, and
in each the first one mentioned is the
chairman unless otherwise shown:
Executive Committee-Mrs. G. D.
Jones, W. X. Mitchell. DR.. Green Mrs