The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-05-05
.BABY'S DAY HERE
LAST SATURDAY
LITTLE ONES RECEIVE CONSID-
GRAFTON AT HANDS OF
EXPERTS


School rooms of the Presbyterian
church was in every way tremen-
dous success. The sixty babies pres
ent were an inspiration indeed to do
good things for them. The walls were
hung with posters made from actual
photographs. These were exactly to
the point and very convincing, the
subjects treated being "Care before
Birth; Care at Birth; Bathing the
Baby; "Clothing the Baby; "Feed-
ing the Baby; Care of the Eyes;
"Baby's Sleep; "Fresh Air and Ex-
ercise"; "Milk"; "The Best Substi-
tute"; "The Best Food; "How to
Eat; "What to Eat" Things to
Avoid"; Sweets and Consequences;
"What Not to Eat; "Disease Pre-
vention"; communicable Diseases;
Health and the Commonwealth.
The meeting was conducted by Mrs.
R. K. Wallace, president of the Moth
ers Club. The program was opened
by song, followed by the reading of
chapter I, from the First Book of
Samuel, by the Rev. Mr.. Davis. This
passage of Scripture was particular
ly appropriate for the occasion and,
Mr.. Davis Interpretation of it was
beautiful.
After the report of the chairman of
the Visitation committee, Mrs. L. A.
Van Keuren. solo was rendered by
Mrs. L. W. Gilland, accompanied by
Miss Daisy Warn, lacol Red Cross
secretary.
Miss Leila Epps, returned mission
ary from Brazil, made an interesting
talk, comparing the customs of that
country and ours, stressing how much
the people there need christianity, and
mentioning incidentally, that the word
'home" cannot be tranlated into the
Portuguese language, there being no
word in their vocabulary symbolic OF
"home", as we know il.
Miss Hattie McMurray, county
demonstration, in her usual business
like manner. explained how essential
good milk is to the diet of babies
and growing children. She used a
cleverly constructed chart, in the form
of a pasteboard milk bottle to demon
strate her points. Attached to the
the bottle were the fairies, Fanny Fat,
Polly Protein, Minnie Mineral matter,
Viola Vitamine, and Sallie Sugar, each
fairy representing food product
that is vital in the building of a per-
feet little body; milk being the only
one food containing all these desired
elements.
Miss Gertrude Rhines, of Charles
ton, district supervisor of Public
Health Nurses for the eastern section
of the state, made a splendid talk,
entreating the mothers to do what is
right for their babies. Miss Rhines
stated that 4,456 babies UNDER one
year of age died last year in South
Carolina; that $3.50 babies under
five years of age died last year in
South Carolina; and that 25qo of all
deaths in South Carolina are of chill
dren under five years. The majority
of these deaths occur in the summer
and are attributed chiefly to three
causes, namely; improper feeding
impure water and flies, summer COM
plant really being fly complaint.
Miss Rhines urged the mothers to
nurse their babies from nine to twelve
months, when possible, saying that
ten bottle babies die to one breast
fed. Regular hours fer feeding. not
oftener than every three or four hours,
were recommended. keeping the same
feeding hours day after day. with
nothing but cool boiled water between
feelings. The treatment suggested
for keeping milk sweet was as follows:
Put milk in container, place in pan 81
water, bring milk to boiling point
and cool quickly. Keep milk on ice,
in a spring, in cellar, or any cool
place. A homemade ice box, with
three pounds of ice, will keep the ba-
by's milk for "a hours. The baby
should have a daily bath, and be kept
in the open air most of his time, TAX
ing his maps in the open. A home
made kiddie-coop can be made at a
small cost and may be the means OF
saving baby's life. Just enough
clothes to keep him warm, without
any perspiration, is necessary to keep
him we'll in hot weather. But more
important than anything else, the flies
must be kept away from the baby
Summer diarrheoa, or cholera ln1an-
>tum, is a scourge that yearly slays
thousands of babies. 1t is an intec-
tious disease, the injection being car