Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-05
Books and Babies

II was In January. 1913, thai the
Woman's Home Companion sent Anna
Steese Richardson to Denver. colo.
10 report a baby health contest held
IN connection with the National West :
ern Livestock exposition There she
found babies being examined for ply
steal and mental development. and
scored for points By standards of
weights and measurements very much
as livestock is scored at agricultural
fairs. Mrs. Richardson's Journals
tic instinct told her that here was a
big constructive work AT It's very be-
ginning. and that its spectacular pos
sibilities would make attractive
copy for a magazine. But before
she left Denver for New York she
had begun to think OF something
much bigger and more important than
what the babies could do for the mag
azine, and that was what the maya
zine could do for the babies
A. a result Of this trip. the Wom-
ans Home Companion adopted as It's
own special charge the work nov
known all over the world as the Bet
ter Babies campaign. This has
quickly become a widespread move
mcnt for education in parenthood.
Pride of parenthood brings fathers
and mothers TO the better babies con
tests. Parental love holds them there
to watch their babies examined BY
physicians and to learn how the con-
djtion Of their children can be inn
proved by intelligent care and feed
ing and sanitary environment.
chn f.f fha
whole world knows what the slogan
Better Babies means. Everywhere
lectures. slides and books are teach
ing parents how to make Babies
Better Albuquerque is taking part
in the National Better Babies week.
At the Public library anyone may find
books or magazine articles about
Better Babies"
Perhaps the most readable and in
teresting is the book called BETTER
Babies and Their Care" by Anna
Steese Richardson in which she states
that motherhood is a profession
which requires training" and in a
pleasant manner she gives her mes
sage as one mother TO another. N
language anyone can understand all
her scientific knowledge. A message
Of cheer from woman who has haH
actual experience with her own chill
dren and also the ne privilege OF cor
responding with mothers from every
part of the United States. Of witness
ing many of the better babies con-
tests. and of studying not only what
Is the matter with the sick baby but
why the well baby is well.
Another book of interest is Marian
ma Wheeler's THE Young Mothers
Handbook" on home treatment. diet, /
and physical training for children. !
This book. written by woman who
was at one time superintendent OF
the babies hospital. New York, while (
simply written bears weight
Then there is THE Care and Feed !
ing of children" by l.. Il. Holt. NJ. /
D., professor of diseases Of children IN .
the college of physicians in Columbia !
New York. Food formu- I
las are given for older children as
we'll as for babies
How to Take Care of the Baby. .
by Francis Tweddell, assistant physi-
clan to the babies hospital dispen-
sary, New York gives general direc-
tons to mothers and nurses.
An interesting case in court some
time ago in Indiana over the viii OF
a man in switzerland who died leav- 4
Ing $4,000 to his brothers child who |
was born in America and whose faith
or Ca day laborer) had died when
She was three years old. Because
the mothers testimony was Invalid,
HE doctor who attended the birtn
dead and owing to the fact that there
had been no registration of the ohild's
birth. she never could obtain one
sent of the legacy and was eonsign-
I'd to a life Of drudgery
Read the short government mono
graph on Birth Registration at the
library.
Other Books.
care Of Children" A. C. Cotton.
physical culture for Babies NJ
MacFadden.
Infant Care" Mrs. Max West
Government monograph.
Parental Care Mrs Max West
: government monograph
"a Montessori Mother Dorothy
Garfield Fisher.