The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-04
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

the same around the world. but the lam guage is different as is shown in the sur prise of the little girl who sang: "'The very dullest children in Japan
 speak Japanese;
 In Spain they chatter Spanish as they
 play;
 In Holland 1t is much
 The custom to speak Dutch,
 While the German youngsters talk the
 German way.
 Tn Paris little children do their lessons
 all in French;
 In Athens even baby talk is Creek
 It makes me feel quite blue
 And rather stupidStoo,
 For English is the only tongue speak"
 When Eve bore Cain she said: ''I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah" It seems to me that when God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden his heart went out to the woman and so he put a babe at her breast. It's true he grew up and brought sorrow but he developed mother love.
 I read In a story What Babies Are For?" of the young mothers answer:
 When you have your first baby you certainly are getting right into the cur- rent of married life, and at first you just swirl around and have a hard time and don't land any place, and then maybe you land on the rocks. But if you do come out all right-you love each other harder than ever. She sat up at that straight and eager in her chair. Why, that's what it's for!
 pr. Van Dyke sang of "The Averaging Children"
 Robbed of their natural joys And wounded with 8 scar that never
 heals,
 They stumble on with heavy-laden soul, And fall by thousands on the highway
 lined
 With little graves, or reach at last the
 goal
 Of stunted manhood and embittered age
 But, thank God, the cry of the children is being heard. This is Better Babies Week." At last America Is learning that baby health is the nations wealth. The twentieth century is the age of the child. Come, let us pull together and make easy the feet of the children" is it's watchword.
 There are exhibited 25 illustrated wall cards that ought to be hung in public place in every community. The pictures and the wording are great. Here are some of the headings taken from the various cards on eating: What to Eat" How to Eat;'' Best Food" What Not to Eat;" Sweet Milk;' Feeding the Baby" Here are some other suggestive topics: Care Before Birth" Care At Birth;" Care of Teeth" Care of the Feet" Care of Eyes;' Bathing the Baby" Clothing the Baby" ''The Baby Asleep" Here are some health hints: Health and the Commonwealth" Mod ern Health Methods" Communicable Diseases" Diseases Preventive;" Mid wives;" Birth Registration"
 have been so busy that yesterday was Baby" exhibition. a feature of Baby Week." which is being held in the Blach annex building on Third avenue. If you haven't visited it you are missing real chance to learn about babies. A promi- nent physician makes a brief talk every morning at Il o'clock. All mothers and nurses are specially invited. Even fathers are welcome.
 The Federation of Womens clubs is giving the exhibition in connection with the bureau of child welfare at Washing ton Mrs. w. L. Murdoch is chairman of the state. and Mrs. John c. Henley has charge of the local work The exhibition is open every day from 10 a. m. to p. m., and will continue through Saturday.
 Model patterns are shown of babies clothes and how to make at home sucn less cookers, etc, In an inexpensive way. A model bath equipment is shown, and the proper bathing described by an ex- pert.
 Why is 1t necessary to have Better Baby" demonstration? Here is sufficient reason. In nearly every large city of the United States in 1912 over 100 babies died out of every 1000 born. In several cities the death rate was above ITO out of every 1000 born. In addition to this many babies that recovered from disease were left so weak in both body and mind as to be care to parents or to the public so long as their enfeebled lives may last.
 Nineteen hundred and sixteen was baby year. That was settled once for all by the 2000 and more communities scattered over every state in the union which ob- served the first nation wide baby week. than 100000 population, and 700 villages and rural communities with less than 25O0 population had baby weeks. The 1917 baby week bids fair to be an even big last years, but 1916 will keep the dis tnction of being the year when each community's provision for the welfare of it's babies was generally recognized as a of a baby week in community Is pri- marly educational it is twofold. First, | to give the parents of community an 1 opportunity of learning the facts with to bring home to everyone in a com munity the importance of the babies, the | facts relating to the babies of that espe-