The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-17
FIRST PROGRAM Of BABY
WEEK GIVEN LAST NIGHT
some of the slides which the doctor

some of the slides which the doctor
used.
One tubercular COW can infect gal,
Ions of milk. What a herd of COWS
infected with tuberculosis could do
was easily imagined.
1 The dairy farmer is progressive,
the speaker said, and will take steps
along the line of education if these
are pointed out to him.
Must be Modified.
Cows milk is not perfect and 1t
must be modified. In order to know
how to modify it, there must be
knowledge of the source, DR.. Sherlock
said. Milk from a Jersey COW and
milk from Holstein COW need diff
ferent notifications.
Home methods of pasteurization
and home made ice boxes and refrlg-
orators for the keeping and cooling
of milk were explained, and later il
Illustrated.
DR.. Sherlock drew applause when
he spoke of his regret that the hand
that rocks the cradle does not have
the right to vote on issues which are
vital to the mother and child.
Education Shows Results.
"The Results of Education in Saw
ing Keokuk's Babies was the topic
upon which Dr. Frank NJ Fuller talked.
A series of slides from the Infant
Welfare society of Chicago was
shown. In his talk DR.. Fuller quoted
from speech he made eighteen
years ago before the Woman's club
in which he said that only by educa-
ton can success be reached in pre-
venting disease and mortality among
the babies. The hand which rocks
the cradle must be an intelligent
hand No engine is given to an un-
trained hand, and yet the most deli
cate bit of mechanism in the world,
the baby, is cared for as if the mother
must know intutively all the mys-
teries.
Too many girls are allowed to ap-
proach womanhood frightened and
alone, and without any sympathetic
word from their mothers, or any word
of education. They are given the
browning glory of the life, mother
hood, without even a kindergarten
knowledge of its exactions.
Much has been realized by a cam
paign of education, DIR. Fuller said.
The Visiting Nurse association and
the Baby Welfare league have done
and are doing much along this line.
The public library records show that
in the period from 1877 to 1897 there
was one article on child welfare, while
from 1897 to 1916 there were 321
articles and there are fifteen or
twenty books on this subject.
Mortality 10 Reduced.
Physicians are sometimes criticised
as know-nothings, but it is the physi-
clan who has been responsible for the
rapid strides along health reforms.
Figures were then quoted to show
the reduction in infant mortality in
the last nineteen years as compared
with the previous twenty years. Such
successful accomplishments should
lead one to support the agencies such
as the V. n A. and other organiza-
lions which are romoting this educa-
tional work.
Iowa is too unciviIized as yet to
register births, but the speaker
thought that this would come in tim e.
Anti-toxin Is Best.
Don't hesitate to use anti-toxin in
diphtheria cases." DR.. Fuller said.
Where 60 percent died before the
anti-toxin was used only three per-
cent die now. There has been a
big reduction on the mortality due to
stomach and bowel diseases.
That education pays in the saving
of babies lives was the conclusion
which the speaker reached, and he
urged the continuation of the cam
paign and the support of the associa-
lions which are conducting such cam
paigns.
Mrs. Reid's Songs.
Mrs. Robert Lee Reid, accompanied
by Miss Katherine Younker at the
piano sang Beat Upon Mine Little
Heart" by Nevin, and Little Boy
Blue" by Nevin. Her last solo was
Doris" in which she was accom-
panied by DR.. John W. Marsh, cello,
Eugene Carter, violin, and Miss
Younker, piano. All of the numbers
were appreciated.
The motion picture film of "Keo-
kuk's Babyland" was shown, and Gre
ated no small amount of merriment.
In the corridors We're displayed
posters from the Iowa state board {
health. Literature pertaining to
care of the baby was given to
mothers.
Program Today.
The second days programs were
held this afternoon. DR.. Wollenweber
talked on Motherhood" and the play.