El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-23
Health Conference And Baby Show
Registration On First Day Is 113

j DETER babies. better mothers. bet
! ID ter city-that is the slogan the
Cloudcroft Baby sanatorium board is
working on for the health conference
and annual Baby Show" to be held
in this city April % to Nay 8. inclus-
i've and If one may Judge by the in
terest taken by the mothers Of e
Paso in the first days registration,
the event will eclipse any like affair
in its history Over 90 babies were
enrolled the first two hours the COM
! mittee opened up their entries. Non
day morning. 113 being registered up
to closing time. Of these one came
/ from Hurley. n n, another from
! Ysleta; three were Polish and one
, Mexican The committee has made
J arrangements that out Of town babies
may have the benefit Of the examina-
lions, If the mothers will send for
cards which are to be filled out and
I returned Mrs. z. II. Yale. in charge
Of registrations at the Popular. was
assisted Monday by Mrs. Horace Lay.
Mrs. j. A Potter and Miss Alice Ash
croft Today IS Wilma Elliott,
Miss Kate Tatum, Mrs. Louis Lay.
Mrs Billie Funke, Of Ohio. and Miss
Margaret Schuster are serving in a
like capacity for the chairman, and
incidentally experiencing the Joys OF
the advance guard" Of the baby
show-for every mother thinks her
child is the most perfect
Mrs s J. Fenneu, president Of the
Baby sanatorium board. called the
mem oers and committee for a final
meeting Monday afternoon. Mrs o. H
Baum. Of the house committee. ex-
tended an invitation from the Church
Of St Clement for the use OF the
parish house for the entire dura ton
Of the health conference.-the offer
coming freely and generously as the
community party"
Miss A. Louise Dietrich. chairman
OF equipment. has secured measuring
boards, Weighing scales. tongue de-
pressors, tape measures. calipers.
paper towels supply Of sheets.
blankets, stethoscopes, toys to amuse
frightened children, objects for the
mental tests, and other needed ap-
planes.
Mrs. Herbert E Stevenson. in
charge Of the baby welfare exhibit,
heid IN connection with the confer
ence, is TO have Mrs. Do Care and her
nursery" and Mrs. Don't Care" with
an lily ventilated. unsanitary place
for her children Placards viii bring
before the public a realization of the
facts relating TO babies and their
care-primarily educational
Mrs WinchC ster Cooley has chargs
Of the Baby Show" to be held the
last afternoon Of the conference in
the auditorium OF the court house
when the features viii be largely OF
pantomime nature. Madame NAY
Loeser will direct for the program.
which is to include for a curtain
raiser, a military farce. Mary
Brown" written by Georgia Fergu-
son. the brilliant FL Paso writer.
whose plays have been produced in
the Berkeley outdoor theater and other
places Herbert Mani, especially {
gifted in dramatics (the well known /
Interpreter in the immigration force. /
VIII portra.- the role Of the doctor. 4
Corp Claussen, Of company A. Ninth I
engineers. viii play Jack" and Mrs. /
Gene Regamey is La File de- Alsace. !
The latter has done professional /
lWork, appearing with some of the
lending historic artists Of the ooun- /
try, and with the riginaI Fine /
Feathers" company Following inter |
ipersed musical selections, a short /