Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-12
BETTERBAB|ES|STHE.
TOPIC At OPENING.
Of WELFARE MEET.
MRS. WOOD SAYS MORE INFANTS
DIED IN AMERICA IN 19t4-l917f
KILLED IN ACTION.

+ The first day of the Child Welfare
Conference which opened yesterday
was "a great success in every manner
Mrs. Ira Couch Wood of Chicago
State chairman of the Child Welfare
Committee OF the WOman'g Committee
National Council of Defense spoke at
all the meetings. ANA each time was
greeted by very enthusiastic audi
ence.
Library Hall was crowded last even.
ing when Mrs Wood showed three
moving pictures. and gave a short
talk on Child Welfare. Her talk was
0n' Of the most interesting and pes.
talks of its Kind ever delivered in OF,
tawa She spoke along the general
lines Of child welfare, explaining how
and why the government had set the
year 1918, aside for Official Child
Welfare year. and how they hoped to
save the lives of 100 900 babies during
This year.
During the three years of the war
declared Mrs. Wood, more American
babies have died in the United States
than French soldiers have fallen on
the firing line. Almost all of these
deaths have been from causes that
might have been prevented had the
proper care. or precautions been given
te-tfle child. at the beginning of H.
ness. Most Of the invalids. or Grip
pIes have been made physical defec-
tiycS from causes which started dur
ing the early months or years of the
defects life, and had the child been
given proper attention in the early
stages OF its illness, in most cases
the serious results would never have
followed
Three films were shown. The first
was on the care OF baby. The film
was started at the beginning of the
baby'S day. with its awakening in the
morning. and showed the proper way
10 bath the child. dress it, feed if.
give it an airing, and ended with the
evening when the child was put to
bed
The second film was made al the
Elizabeth Mccormick Open Air school
IN Chicago, showing the way the child.
ren were dressed for the school. the
manner in which they studied and re
cited. the recess. the lonnch hour.
when luncheon is served to the child.
rel a the school and the children
roof gardens, whore flowers and veg.
ctables are raised on the roofs Of
BUILDINGS
lhe third film was picture en-
titled 'Tommies Birth Certificates.
when showed father who was quite
anxious TO have his bull pup regis.
tered, Dut folgo; to register the hir,n
oil his son "Tommie. who was he II
ne same day The dog was. Tomme
reached the age Of six years and AT.
tempted to start to school but was
denied admission because he was much
smaller that the other children. and
he had no birth certificate TO proye
ms age. A series of msfortu1es fol.
lowed Tommie during his childhood
on account of not being able to pro.
dllce birth certificate. and Tommie
was denied a marriage license fo
marry the only girl in the world
shortly after he reached his 21st
birthday. because he looked so young.
ana had no authentic way of proving
ms age. The picture went from mis-.
fortune TO disaster when Tommie fell
lelr to large estate and could not
OMAN II because he lacked birth
certificate
me pictures were repeated again
ihls morning at the Orphem Theatre
for the children of the city.
Mrs Wood met the members Of the
Ottawa City Council Yesterday after.
noon AT O'Clock aud made short
''ak TO them, requesting them on be.
half of the Ottawa Child Welfare or.
eanza'ion to furnish the funds for the
Ottawa Public Health Nursing Organ.
Ha'ion This organization has been
established for five years. and has
always run on funds raised bv the
members of the Public Health Nnrs.
ing ORGANIZATION. committee of ten
ladies ut tag day. when money was
solicited from the Ottawa general pub.
lie.
The school board was invited 10 n
conference at $3.50 o'clock, when again
Mrs Wood spoke telling Of the great
benefits that had heen derived from
school nurses and showed very inter.
eatng statistics compiled by various