The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-19
A BOON TO MOTHERS
Children of overworked Parents Will Be
Cared for During the Day at Ideal
Summer Camp Overlooking
Lake Michigan.

"Save the price of your cocktail to
buy ice for babies. " This pertinent
advice of a Chicago philosopher can
now be followed in Kenosha, thanks to
the activity Of the Infant Welfare AS
ISOLATION Of this city. On Monday a
summer camp for babies will be opened
on Washington Island and right minded
citizens may thereafter aid the City
Council in its maintenance by liberal
contributions. 1t win mean little to
the donors, perhaps, but it may mean
life and health to the babies and GER
tainly higher degree Of happiness for
their overworked mothers, who have
neither the time or the means to
give them the special attention that
they need.
A small drabl cottage in a green
grove Of oaks, the Infant Welfare Sta
tion is admirably situated for the work
that it will do. Sufficiently near the
lake to catch it's breeze but not so close
as to feel its dampness, the Flittle
grey home" on the island will be sur
rounded with an atmosphere of cooling
freshness that will make it ideal for
babies. Far from the sound of trolley
cars or jitneys tho "little citizens
can sleep and sleep and sleep or prattle
the hours away in the park along the
lake. In such & paradise for children
the infants will rapidly recover from
the i'll effects of malnurtition or
improper housing and become in a
few weeks the cooling, laughing babies
they were meant to be.
The welfare station will be open
from 500 a. m. until 600 p. m. The
children who are left there between
those hours will be under the constant
care of matron, Mrs. Thomas Whit
aker and trained nurse, Miss Mar
garet Kewenig. Miss Kewenig is a
specialist with infants and will bring
a scientific knowledge and wide ex-
perience to the babies entrusted to
her care. Nor will she be without
equipment for this service. Thanks to
the kindness Of DR.. Wright, Charles
Boylan, Mrs. E. G. Theirs, and the mem
bers of the Junior League, special beds
have been provided for the tiny visit
ors and supplies purchased to meet all
emergencies that may arise. Then too,
the Equal Suffrage League has furnish
ed rest room where the little prattlers
can play with the sunbeams or prattle
their secrets to the wonders on the
wallpaper Everything that the babies
can need will be provided by the City
Council or private contributions and
this, combined with the professional
attention they will receive cannot but
prove beneficial to the ten or twelve
infants who are fortunate enough to
secure admission to the home
The organization which has made
possible this innovation is an adjunct
of the city health board and is known
as the Infant Welfare Association.
It's phenomenal progress to date is
largely due to the efficiency of its Of
ficials. It's cabinet includes: Mrs. J.
Fl. Holm, president; Mrs. Simon Colt
lieb, vice president; and Mrs. Herbert
Wright, secretary. These officers are
ably assisted by an executive commit
tee composed of Rev. Carl Buenger,
Alderman Charles Boylan and DR.. Her
bert Wright, the city health officer.
There are also other committees with
THAR cboi rYoen os fo1Iopve. uo,.o 49,.
mittee, Mrs. Jessie Lane; sub-house
committee, Mrs. George Adams; and
transportation committee, Miss Gladys
Gottheb.
+. Children will be admitted to the well
fare station upon application by their
parents. No babies over three wears
old win be received and preference will
be given to those that need special at
tention. They will be kept at the camp
only between the hours above desig-
mated and will be returned to their
homes at the expiration Of that time.
Such system will give the officials
ample opportunity to give the infants
the treatment that they most need and
at the same time will not deprive the
mothers Of their presence at other
hours. The plan is an ideal one and,
unless unforeseen difficulties are en-
countered, the Infant Welfare Station
on Washington Island will become
one of Kenosha IS most interesting and
beneficial institutions.