The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-05-18
GOD ESSAY ON
BETTER BABIES
EXCELLENT COMPOSITION BY
MISS BESSIE PHILLIPS,
GLASGOW SCHOOL

The class of young ladies in house
hold management wrote some very
commendable essays on the subject OF
"Better Babies"
In Miss Cochrane's department they
gave several days to the study Of the
scientific care and feeding Of infants,
and the committee from the Art Club
who requested the essays felt that
great strides will be made in n
"Better Baby" movement when all
our girls receive such definite and use
full instruction.
Eva Anderson, Helen Baer, Electra
Boehnert, Ethel Lezie, Bessie Philips,
Mary Ebersole, Minnie Sektnan, Myr-
tie Garrison, Ruth Herren and Helen
Mabee deserve special credit for their
themes. It is impossible to give their
papers in full, but extracts are given
from the paper Of Miss Bessie Phillips,
who in the opinion of the judges chos-
en-. will receive the small prize offered
for the most carefully written essay
on "Better Babies"
The eighth grade girls wrote COM
positions on "How to Help Mother in
Care of the Baby" and Emily Hoffman
received the highest mark for her
effort.
Better Babies"
(By Bessie Phillips)
The ushering of a new life into the
world is an event so momentous and
fraught with such possibilities for
both mother and child that it should
be planned with every possible pre-
caution. This new baby movement not
only increases the moral and physical
powers of the people at this time, but
also tends a great deal toward i'm
proving the coming generation.
You will find that many people
think more of their livestock than of
their children. One instance is given,
in a case of this kind, where a man
had several sick pigs. He notified the
inspector, who came Immediately to
find out the cause Of the trouble.
This same man had a little boy
that suddenly became i'll; however, no
inspector came to see him. No, not
even was the family doctor called. The
boy was just "sick," and would in time
get well; perhaps.
Just the other day l heard Of a
man who had lost a valuable horse.
That mar wept over the loss, and
said that if it had been a child he
would not have felt any worse about
it. This shows the appreciation some
people have toward babies and chill
dren.
The question has been asked: "Of
what value is a baby?"
A baby is valuable to the nation and
to the coming generation. Why? Be-
cause that baby will, in time, grow
up and become a citizen and will be
expected to work and help carry on
the affairs of the government. In
order to have a good government we
must have good citizens and in order
to have good citizens we must have
"better babies" Better babies will be
a value to the next generation be-
cause stronger men and women will
result. A baby deserves a good birth
right and we should insure good par
entage into the minds of the children
of today.
Laxatives should not be given to a
baby. A baby who is habitually cry
ing and restless is not only a contin-
ued cause for anxiety for the mother
but also for all within hearing. It is
usually at this time that some one
suggests soothing syrups. Under nj
conditions should a baby be giver
soothing syrups. They are nothing
but patent medicine and drugs. DR.
Wiley says: "There r just tw'
things to be said about soothing syr
ups: Either they do not 'soothe,' ant
you are burdening the delicate sto
mach of the infant with a mixture o
useless drugs and undesirable cathal
tics, or, if they do soothe, they ma
produce a sleep that knows no waking
or undermine the physical and mora
fibre of the child in a most insidiou
way"
Particular car should be taken s
that a baby should not need to /
given medicine.
A great deal of attention should /
given in the baby's bath. The surfa'
of the body is covered with immune
able little glands or pores. Fro
some of these pores, a fatty substan'
is constantly oozing to oil the ski
while others discharge perspiratio
The outer layer of the skin is al
constantly peeling off. If these a
cumulations are not removed by fir
quent washing, the health suffers b
cause the pores are choked and t
waste matter is retained in the bod
Cleanliness plays a most importa
part in the health of a child, and t
small amount of labor and time ]
quired are amply repaid by the resu'
obtained. The daily bath should r