The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-06-21
UNCLE SAM WOULD
HELP YOU AND
YOUR BABY
Get Your Baby On The List
And He Will Find A
Way To Help

The time has passed when our A
merican women need be reminded of
their duty. They are standing at at
tention, ready for any call. And
there have been hundreds of calls on
women, and urgent need of her SER
vices in helping to win the war.
But there are many of us who have
been unable to do any of this won
derful work outside. Many servant
less house-keepers, and nurseless
mothers, in these wheatless, eatless,
but never workless, days, who have
found it impossible to take an active
part in any of the drives, or on any
of the committees, or in the Surgical
Dressings Glasses. But there is some
thing very vital and definite that ev-
cry American woman can do, what
ever her station in life, or whatever
her home duties and cares.
Everyone everywhere can join the
nationwide campaign that has been
launched in the interest of saving at
least 100000 of tn 100000 children
under five years of age who die
every year in America of prevent
able causes. There are unnumber-
ed thousands who grow to manhood
and womanhood handicapped by de-
fects and illhealth which could have
been prevented if they had been dis
covered and properly cared for in
early childhood.
America did not wake up to the
full significance of all this until the
first drafted men for the army were
examined. But Uncle Sam is fully
aroused now, and the babies of the
future will have better care than
those of the past. The weighing and
measuring tests that are being held
in thousands of communities all over
the U. S. are just the first steps in
this great baby saving campaign.
Fulton county has just finished her
first week in this work, and Cobb
county will become active next week.
Some counties seem ashamed of their
little children, for they have not com
piled with the request of the U. S.
Government, but we know that Cobb
county is proud of hers and that we
will go cover the top" in this as in
all of our other drives and efforts.
Saturday, June 22nd, will be "Mo-
theirs Day." when all the mothers in
the county are invited to come to the
Soldiers Club in Marietta to hear the
fine lecture on Child Welfare, and to
learn all about the registration of the
babies, which will take place next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The lecture will be at o'clock, but
the mothers can come to the Club any
time after o'clock on Saturday,
morning for information from the
Committee. When the mothers get
full particulars about the registra
ton, they will not only be willing but
glad and anxious to have their little
ones weighed, measured and regis
tered. Registration days for Cobb
county will be Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday, June 25th, 26th, and
27th and the work will be done at
the Soldiers Club in Marietta.
: The Committee in attendance will
include a trained nurse, and every
physician in town has proffered his
services. This weighing and measur-
ing test is in no sense a "Baby Show"
It is a business-like, much-needed re-
cording of age, weight, and health
conditions of all children in the coun-
ty under five years old, and IS IN
accord with the direct request of the
United States Government.
1t is asked, "Who is running this
baby saving campaign?" Every wo-
man who has heart, and who knows
about it. 1t is one of the most i'm
portant war defense movements being
carried on by the Council of Nation
al Defense, and at the same time, 1t
is the pleasantest, most congenial,
work women have been called to do.
Mrs. S. R. Hewitt is Chairman for
Cobb county, and on her Committee
are Mrs. Jim Brumby, Jr., Mrs. 9. +.
Reynolds, Mrs. Pierre Camblos, Mrs.
E. L. Faw, Mrs. A. S. Cohen, Mrs.
D. R. Little, Mrs. Hough, Mrs. 7. L..
Wallace, Mrs. w. E. Roberts, Mrs.
Ralph Northcutt, Mrs. ]. H. Patton,
Mrs. Rembert Smith, Mrs. r. r. Clai-
borne, Mrs. /. A. White, Mrs. c. T..
Nolan, Mrs. W. H. PerkinsoB, Mrs.