The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-15

rs PuDuc heAHn nurses. Dy 1nIant well
fare stations, by carefully. supervised
milk supply. by instruction for moth
ers and by special provision for fami-
lies where the mother of a baby is
compeRed to earn the living.
One fortieth of the life of the nation
is renewed every year. It, is for US to
determine low that new Nfe shall be
protected.
In Boston this year ths retail stores
the Milk and Baby Hygiene associa-
ton. the state board of beafSh, the Of
fi0ers Of the Floating hospital. the We
naen's Municipal league. the hospitals.
the settlement houses and the boy
scouts viii cooperate In the movement
Many of tie eity's most pEominent
physicians will leetSRe, and free ex-
hfbits win be ON display all over town.
Tuesday. March Il, will be kRown
there as Mothers day and Will be
featured by number of Lectures on
prenatal and Obstetrical subjects by
Number of well known authorities.
Thursday. the 9th. will be Gathers
ldy, dlltl u hIbSo l1CCI1tlf5 VIM NC Atfu
at Faneuil hall from IL noon to 2 p.
m. The boy scouts will render active
service ia distributing a flag 30 fam
lilies who have a baby less than one
year old, and ON a day which will be
designated as Flag day" the hags will
be displayed from the various homes.
Sell Stamps In Philadelphia.
In Philadelphia 100000 little life
saving stamps printed by the Baby
week committee will be sold at l cent
each, or as much more as the buyers
wish to give, during the better baby
campaign.
The stamp sale proceeds will form
the nucleus of a summer fund for the
baby saving work of the city, to be
conducted in outdoor hospitals, on set
Element roofs, in health centers and in
baby clinics, which will be held in
trust for the sick little ones of the poor
by the Child federation.
By this simple and inexpensive
means every man, woman and child
may be a participant in the campaign.
The stamps represent a mother and
child and ape printed in colors after the
painting by Eleanor Plaisted Abbot,
which has been used as a symbol of
baby saving work for several years.
Pittsburgh Baby Week.
The purpose of Pittsburgh's baby
week was thus summed up in the leaf
let's freely circulated among those who
might be interested in taking part in
the campaign:
Fundamentally the purpose Of baby
week is educational. 1t seeks:
First.-To bring to every Pittsburgh
er the fact that it is sound civic econo-
my to reduce the sickness and death
rates among babies and to improve the
coming generation by measures which
will keep the baby and mother wen be-
fore and after the baby's birth The
community's responsibility for its. ba-
bies Is the central thought for baby
week.
Seeond.-To tell the people of Pitts
bucgh facts concerning the present
status of infant mortality in their city
and what is being done, both by pub
nc and private organizations, to i'm
prove conditions which injumoRsly af-
| feet the health of their babies.
Third.-Fo give directly to the IA
theirs and motheRs, the brothers and
sisters of babies such information
about the care of babies as will result
In better care and feeding daEing the
SsEnanSr months, when the mortality
Fate is especially and neeilessIy high
FovEth,-To effect better under-
standing wRieh may coordinate the
various agencies. public and private.
Which have baby welfare as their pri-
mary object, with view to avoiding
dupAeation and waste Of effort.