Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-23
PUSHING THE WORK
OF SAVING BABIES
MANY Additional Welfare Stations
Will be Opened IN q
Few Day

Another t'hld Welfare station, one OF
tb. ,,,,,ts m thp plan of the Nomcn
COMMITTEE of the state Defense oun"i
III nhalt the increasing death rate among ~
fapt4 II tins cjtv vlll ho opened ths
afternoon at the Peoples settlement
Itcrr. the cluldrcn ~ that section undet
fyt wears 81 age WI hr weighed ana
measured aud examined I" dcfc'' any
ailmcnt th9t may hc lurking ahoN' M
would cuianEet tho health o' th' nan"
ia later wears
Ycstrr,la, afternoon etat1on "as
cstahhshcd n, thc Babies Hospital
,,n,,f i score 81 children were weighed
and measured and to tho gratItraton 81
thc workers majority ot these were
fo,nd 10 bc normal The few detects
discovered were not Of SERIOUS character
and can hc readily corrected
Tomorrow afternoon another station
viii hc opencd at Pulaski llnll whore
the coinrcd children of that section 81 the
CITY Will I've weighed and measured ~
,bc nrcscnt time the work IS handicapped
h, tbc lack ot sufficient trained nurses
Jhcre have been enough physicians aud
/ otLcr workers obtained. but what Is
roc,iad most now are trained nurses to
taLc charge o( station that the Women
/ Committee have IA nnnd to open mere
arc many trained nurses VIII" have mar
| md but rcccntlv and the and oi these
| c,pcrlcnc&d women IN this national work
IS soliclted
/ ,>.,nt-rA,f.NENT IN Cutck FOR 5000
| Eucouraqlng news m the form ot
| check for S2 0tO came to the bc&dqusrters
! EIGHTH and Market street tins morning
| TIT. contribution viii supplement the
anpropnatIon promised by the state
| faI the carving on Of the national cam
/ na1pu fhat IS to continue toT year
| The money Will bc used 10 detray the
expouS.. III the fifth section oi the work
end funds with which 10 carry on the
intermediate branches has Vet to bc ob-
taIrcd
But the check brought cheer TO the
! workers who are striving Ia reclaim Della
ware from the high infancy mortality
rate under which Il IS suffering nov II
p1t new hcart INTO the workers tor they
realized th;t thor campaign IS bclng
Dpicci-tcd
Advice received from Washington
today indicated the need fo7 the campaign
beiur pushed 10 a successfal completion
The word recrived wsS 10 tho effect that
uothipu is more d3Scnccrtlng 10 jhe
soldiers of General PershIng forces than
bad news from home
Where s. soldier receives letter from
home stating that the family IS IN need
of something. the change noted IN the
man IS immediate From q good well
dlscIplined fighter he becomes detected
careless oi orders and Of his own safety
and hazardous comrade for Others.
That's the gist Of the message. for
that reason il is essential the " Washington
authorities state that the families Of the
boys at the front should be well looked
after and the wife and children cared for
That's one Of the many reasons for tho
Child Welfare Campaign.
The campaign committee has arranged
To have u float explaining in brief the neec
for the campaign The float will show
physician and nurse weighing and neasur
Ing children The truck on which the
float is placed was generously donated by
the BIumenthal Company and Loui'
Halle Of the company arranged the dec0ra-
tions. Mcgary's loaned the furniture
and c. L. Meiler the scales.