Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-25
BABY WEEK
Preparations on Foot to Make it
Successful and Profitable Week.

Last evening the preliminary COM
mittee on Baby Week met at the city
hall, and made further arrangements
for the week beginning May 22nd, to
be known in Wausau as Baby Week.
There was large representation of
enthusiastic citizens present. Mrs. G.
ID. Jones was elected president and
W. K. Mitchell secretary for this af-
fair. The necessary committees have
not been appointed as yet, but will
be very soon, and will be instructed
as to their duties. The financial part
of the affair will be placed in the
hands of the finance committee and
executive board.
Favorable talks were given by sew
eral at last nights meeting. Mayor
H. E. Marquardt gave a very appre-
ciative talk on Baby Week and gave
reasons for holding the same. He
stated that the amount of money eX-
pended would be very small in COM
pariSon with the value of even saving
one baby. The mayor heartily en-
dorSed the undertaking. Louis Leak,
chairman of the newly appointed health
committee of the council, is very much
enthused in making the Baby Week
very successful one. He emphasized
publicity in order to interest the peo-
pie to attend the lectures and exhibits
to be given during that week. G. F.
Ogden of the Y. NJ. c. A. has prepared
a health chart and this was explained
| by him last evening. He also stated
| that the Y. NJ c. A. people will be
| glad to give all the room that is
| Do nd Ixrn1r1d
vacate the building if necessary. Dur
| ing Baby Week the headquarters will
| be at the Y. NJ. c. A. S. B. TObey,
| superintendent of our schools, gave sta
tistics showing the death rate among
| infants to be from two to three times
as high in this country as in the
| European countries. He also ex-
| planned what is being put in at the
industrial school. All Wausau girls
attending this school having baby
brothers and sisters can now take
them to school where a room is being
maintained for their care, while the
| girls are being instructed along in
dustrial lines. This is done mostly
for homes where the mothers must
help to earn a living, and where they
are gone during the day. In this way
the older children of the family car
go to school and the babies are also
taken care of. l. G.. Painter stated
that two films will be shown at the
high school this evening on Better
Babies" and "The Fly Pest" with {
lecture in connection. The same films
will be shown again at the BaptiS
church next Sunday evening. Judge
Louis Marchetti gave a very inter
esting talk and told how importan
it is to educate and instruct the young
mother as to how to care for babies
and how worthy an object for citizen!
to work for. The preliminary head
quarters for Baby Week will be a
217 Third street.
The program, it is said, will have {
baby show at which prizes will b,
given; various exhibits giving valu
able information concerning health O
infants. Speakers of note will be here
who will tell the people what to d.
to save the babies. The death rate o
infants in many cities has been re
duced fully fifty per cent by annua
campaigns of this kind and by keep
ing up the good work during the in
term. Certainly, with this shown,
there should be no hesitancy on tn
part of our people, in entering hearth,
upon the work of saving the babies.
The hearing of Aug. Zastrow of tn
town of Weston, for the stabbing O
his brother, Roman, was to have com
off on Saturday morning, but as tn
latter was unable to appear, it wa
postponed until next Saturday. TIL
wound inflicted was a glancing on
and not dangerous.
The Oshkosh Elks will have
marching club of 800 strong in tn
parade at the Green Bay convention
which is to be held on June 6 and 7.
Flowing and seeding has been com
menced by our farmers. Notwith
standing the inclement weather som
of it has been done.
The Wisconsin river has fallen tw,
feet since Saturday and is still goin
| down