Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03
Additional Social
Babies Center Of Interest.

( Babies fat and babies lean and
babies short and babies tall were
found yesterday at the Central Presby-
terrain church at the baby welfare that
is being held there during cradle roll
week. The walls o3 the Sunday school
room are decorated with posters and
slogans for better babies and pink and
white, the baby gC3CTs. are used in
the decoration throughout Upon en-
trance to the church each baby was
registered and its temperature taken.
when it was taken into the restroom
where the mother was given hat
sack in which 90 put the babys clothes
and blanket TO wrap IL Ia while it
was being taken from one booth 90
another. At the first booth visited the
haby's mentality was tested and grad
ed ON the registration cards that the
mothers carried to be registered at
each booth by the doctor ina charge. In
the next booth the babies were
weighed and examined then they we're
given a very thorough physical exam
nation. The dental booth was the
next place to require the mothers al
Jenuou, aud here the babies teeth
We're carefully gone over. At the last
booth an eve, ear and nose specialist
was lu charge to conduct eEam5na-
ton. Then the babies were dressed
and the mothers We're shown around
the booths i'm the class rooms. The
FIRST was a model play room for
child. then there was an interior view
Of the home of the Don't Care and
DO Care" families I'D 1he Don't
Care home no preteusa was made All
cleanliness or uaaEness and the baby
was an easy prey 10 all sorts OF aa5-
eases. Tha conditions were exactly
reversed in the home Of tae DO
Cares" The cleanliness ana neat ar
raugemeut of everything protected
the baby from the germs. I'm another
booth baby killers" were on exhibit
ton warning mothers against them.
Principal among these were paresor}c.
flv poison painted TOYS. I've. coiored
candies and soothing syruDs- Next.
wrong breakfast, consisting of coffee.
raw apples and pancakes. and cor
rect one Of cereal. toast baked apple
and milk were shown In Eha next
booth miIE was analysed showing the
amount Of protein. water TAFT and
mineral in cream and skinned milk,
both In cows milk and in mothers
milk. The ingredients used I'm The
modification and preparation OF the
milk for the babies by me West End
settlement welfare nurse were shown
unsauitary dalTies which Rad been
made by high school boys, were slown-
4 nurse from the Lutheran hospl-
tai of Moline GAGE demonstration of
the correct way 10 battle baby She
explained each process so that The
mothers would know why they should
do likewise.
The afternoons program opened
with the singing of a hymn by the
fsgg
by Rev ID A. Johnson. DR. Phoebe
PearsalI Of Moline spoke on "EHci- .
ency ia Physical Training She
urged upon the mothers the value of
Installing regular habits into he child I.
at the very beginning. especially reg /
ular eating habits. She also showed /.
them the importance of following T.
their physician advice. The lulI- /
viduality Of the baby must always be /.
considered, nevertheless she brought /
out the value OF consulting someone /
who has had experience and advised /
mothers TO attend the baby welfare .
meetings which are held every VI ed I
nesdav at the welfare station at the
West End Settlement with Miss
Georgia TurnbaI, nurse. in charge. T
She was followed by g. G. Fisher, su- /
perintendent Of the public schools, {
who spoke on Efficiency in Mental /
Training According to Mr.. Fisher /
the child is a plastic clay 10 mold Is /
you choose. The more careful you are 4
in moIdiug the better the finished pro /
duct. He asked the mothers /
to be even more careful OF the mental /
food Of the baby than Of the other l.
food. In teaching the child 0bserya-
ton. friendship and mpaniOuship,
the battle is half won. When a child /
asks questions he said, no one should /.
ever be too busy TO give it civil
answer Mr.. Fisher went further TO /
say that one need not be parent IN /
order TO understand and know what IS /
hest for the child. Parents are SO
busy wrestling with the practical in /
their child that they do not have
enough time to devote TO the theO-
reticat. He commended the people /
back OF the baby welfare movement
and prophesied that this was the
leaven that in time would IeaVeu the +
whole nation
efficiency in Soul Training was
discussed hv Rev II. G. 0glevee of
the South Park Presbyterian church,
who advised the mothers 10 begin
training at once in order to be ready
10 teach the child when the time came
He strongly Endorsed mingling bible
stories with Mother Goose stories SO
that the child might have an early IN
darstauding of the spiritual side Of
its training.
An invitation was extended TO all
mothers OF the city to attend the com
munifv meeting AZ the welfare sta
ton this afternoon Also all mothers.
whose babies are not members of the
cradle rolls Of other churches ere IN
vited 10 he present al the cradle roll
marty at the Central Presbyterian
church tomorrow afternoon