Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-05-13
CHILD WELFARE
EXHIBIT GIVEN
Uniuue Event at High School
Largely Attended Reflects
Great Credit on Committee

A most interesting exhibit, worthy
of the attention of the entire COM
| munity is bAing held in the High
School auditorium as part of the OBJ
servance of Child Welfare Week,
which, proclaimed by the president,
ends tomorrow Everything pertain
ing to the health of the child. from
| birth through school age, is being
demonstrated in a unique manner
! through the efforts of the Board of
Health, the Woman's Club and other
organizations of the city.
The main corridor of the High
| School presented most unusual ap-
pearance yesterday afternoon when
| the exhibit opened at $3.50 o'clock,
numerous baby carriages, being lined
along the walls. mothers walking
back and forth with babies in their
arms, and through the glass doors
could be seen the auditorium con-
verted into compartments where
i were demonstrated the proper meth
ods of caring for the child.
Many booths line the walls. in
Guiding a prenatal section, well
! fare station, a good mothers booth,
and an array of small tables upon
which were placed great varieties OF
| foods, composing the proper meals
| for children from two years old up
| to eighteen. The food cooked by
| girls in the culinary department OF
| the high school under the supervi-
| sion of Miss Marie Brown. is all
| enumerated on menus which are
| given out to the mothers, make up
| the properly balanced ration for the
| little ones, and the department is In
| charge of Miss Mary Newell. nutri-
| ton specialist who is doing work OF
| this nature in the community.
The welfare station is an attrac-
| tive compartment, all in white, in
which is seen a crib, bath, scales,
and every other conceivable contriv-
ance which is considered essential in
the care of the baby. Mothers are
| invited to have their babies weighed
and measured here and advantage
was taken of the opportunity yes
terday.
The good mothers booth in pure
white, with bright patches of flow
| ers, contains all kinds of literature
| and the several nurses who sit with
| in confer with the mothers on their
| children, giving advice and taking
! down statistics.
| Groups of girl scouts lend great
assistance by caring for the babies
while the mothers are occupied and
were particularly useful during the
lecture.
Posters of every conceivable ma
ture, dealing with child welfare are
exhibited everywhere in the audito-
rum. Posters that come from the
state department of health and post
ers made by children of the Gram
mar school and School No. Z are all
| most attractive.
The city, school and state nurses
are in attendance at all times and
fitting about in their white uni
| forms prove an interesting and
helpful part of the affairs.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co in one corner of the auditorium
has a booth from which is distrib-
uted insurance literature. showing
why mothers should take out tnsur-
ance for their children. This COM
| pany also offers one of the two S5
gold pieces which are to be given
out tonight at s o'clock in the best
mother contest.
A most interesting lecture was
given the guests at o'clock yester-
day by Miss Florence Powdermaker,
food specialist from the Woman's
College at New Brunswick who en-
| lightened the mothers upon meth
DDS of feeding and the values OF
foods In the evening. DR.. Rice of
| the New York Maternity Hospital
and Miss Anne Stevens of the Ma
| ternity Centre spoke upon Prenatal
Care and the general work of these
| institutions.
The exhibit opens this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock and will hold forth un-
til 5 o'clock and in the evening. the
hours will be from to $3.50. DR..
Julius Levy, chief of the Child We'll
fare Department of the state, will
be the speaker tonight at o'clock
and all mothers and the general pub
lie is advised not to miss this oppor-
| tunity.
| The prizes for the baby parade
which was held here Monday were
given out yesterday afternoon and
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