The Washington herald., 1916-04-22
ESSAY WRITING
fine PASTIME
Better Baby" Contest Editor
Suggests Girls Get Busy
During Easter Holidays.
RECESS UNTIL MAY l
Sarah" Writes Her Last Letter to
Irene" You Now Have Material
Enough with Which to Start.
No more sehool untIl May 1!


Public school girls, what are you
going to do on all these holidays?
Why not try for one of the beautiful
gold watches or bracelets The Wash
ington Herald is Offering for the best
essays on How to Care for Baby?" All
you have to do is sit down and try.
No subscriptions, no money; just a
little effort on your part.
OF course you will so walking in
your new Easter frock tomorrow, and
you will spend Monday froIickinE in
the parks. But how about the rest of
the week. Just think how attractive
one of The Herald's gold watches would
look on your new Easter dress. Walk
down town and see the watches and
bracelets in the window OF Charles
Schwartz & Son, jewellers, at 70S
Seventh street northwest; then get
busy.
You have until Saturday. May 6.
to get your essay into The Herald Of
fce. 1t must not be more than 400
words long. You have two full weeks
left, so don't be satisfied with the
drst essay you write. Try again. Each
time II will be better. If you are only
4 third grade pupil, don't be afraid of
your sister in high school who is also
writing an essay. There will be a gold
watch and bracelet for the high schools
and two similar prizes for the graded
schools.
Sarah" Writes to "Irene."
Today Sarah" the city mother.
writes her last letter to Irene" the
country mother, on How to Care for
Baby These letters will help you in
writing your essay.
My Dear Irene: l really believe one
CT the hardest things l have to contend
with Is advice.
This afternoon while in the park with
Let
ing. a woman asked me why l did not
get n bottle Of DR.. Somebody's teething
syrup. You can't know how thankful 1
felt then for the lessons we had been
taught about all so-caled teething and
soothing syrups. You know, Irene, they
are all very dangerous, since most of
lhem contain opium and alcohol in one
form or another. Just think of it! Civ
ing a young baby alcohol and opium
1t Is such a comfort to know that
teething is a perfectly normal process
and should remain so II the baby Is kept
IN good condition and out Of doors as
much as possible.
Have you ever heard, Irene, Of some
Of the peculiar superstitions many peo-
pie have about doing certain things for
the baby? For instance, an old lady
came into see me the other day when 1
was finishing up baby's toilet. She
seemed so shocked that I was cutting
them OF, because cutting a baby's nails
would make him steal! Did you ever
hear Of anything so absurd?
Burned Baby's Shirt.
Another Of my neighbors had a sick
baby. The baby was having a convul-
sion. The woman ran in for me and
when l asked her what she had done
10 relieve the little one. she said she
mad burned the baby's shirt. Some one
had told her 1t was the best way to re-
lieve convulsion. I told her to send for
the doctor at once and I prepared a warm
mustard bath as taught at our better
baby club. While the bath was be-
ing given. I prepared an injection of
warm water and CASTLE soap to be given
with an infant syringe.
Also what curious things one hears
about the spot on top of babys head,
through which one can feel a pulsation.
II is the junction Of several Of the bones
Of the head and it does not close over
until after a baby Is a year old. Some
people call this the mole Of the head.
They allow a dirty scruff to form which
looks bad and must be uncomfortable
and itchy to the little one. I know that
II I am careful cannot hurt the baby's
head, so 1 wash it each morning with
soap and water.
well, as usual. have filled Up an
other letter with baby lore, but I should
feel quite selfish if 1 did not put at
your disposal all that I have learned
about the baby's care.
Your Friend
SARAH"
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