Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-05-09
SEEK LOCAL GIRL Who
IS MISSING WITH man
FROM COUNTY SEAT
ALL READY FOR
BABY PARADE
Big Event to Open Child Wei
fare Week Will Be Held at
4 O'clock Today.

Entries for the baby parade to be
held here this afternoon to inaugu-
rate the activities of Child Welfare
Week. which is being observed in
connection with a movement
throughout the country, continue to
come into headquarters at the De-
partment of Health, and evidence
much interest and line of consid-
cradle length. With school children.
children of pre-school age. mothers,
babies. nurses. floats and decorated
automobiles in line. the first baby
parade which Perth Amboy has ever
seen will doubtless prove success
and an inspiration for an annual af-
fair of this nature.
Starting at the public library at
o'clock, the parade will take the
route down Maple street, Market.
High. Commerce. Mechanic. Fayette.
Madison and jefferson. thence back
to the library. A special troupe of
police will be on hand to lend assist
ance and all traffic on these streets
will cease during the march.
Entries can still be made to DR..
Thompson at the Board of Health for
either babies, mothers, older children
or floats. Babies can enter with or
without carriages which may be dec
GRATED or not.
Decorated automobiles are partic-
ularly acceptable and floats must
also be entered so as to receive num-
bers. Many prizes will be offered,
including gold pieces and all kinds
of babies equipment. from a carriage
blanket to a complete layet and will
be awarded in the high school audi
torium Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
On Thursday and Friday of this
week, an elaborate program of eX-
hibits and lectures have been plan
ned in connection with Child Wei
fare work and will be carried out
in the High School Auditorium. On
Thursday the Auditorium will be
open from $3.50 to o'clock and
from until 9, with the same hours
on Friday. The exhibit will include
the treatment of the following sub
jects: Food for Children, Care of
Babies and Prenatal Care. Miss
Alva Myers will have charge of the
prenatal activities; Miss Ethel Rob-
erts, Breast Feeding, and Miss Mary
Howell. Nutrition, all under the
chairmanship and DR.. William Lon
don.
Miss Florence Powdermaker, the
state food specialist, connected with
the Rutgers Agricultural College,
will talk on Nutrition" Thursday
at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon; Miss
Anne Stevens, registered nurse
and director of the Maternity Center
of New York, will speak on her
work at o'clock Thursday and Dr.
Rice, a well known obstetrician of
the Maternity Hospital of New York
will use for his subject, "Pre-natal
| Care" the same evening.
DR.. julius Levy, chief of the
Child Hygiene Bureau of the State
Department of Health, and an ex-
pert in his line, will be the speaker
Friday night at o'clock, taking as
his subject, Maternal Nursing
A big turn out is expected Thurs
day afternoon when all the Parent
| Teachers organizations of the city
will meet in the auditorium at 4
o'clock
One of the big features of the
exhibit will be the good mothers
BOOTH" at which two prizes, each a
five dollar gold piece will be given
to the two women who give the
best care to their babies in the opin-
ion of the judges. Mothers are
particularly advised to come to this
booth. All mothers follow the red
line. See what it leads to.
There is still a deficit in the fund
which depends on public generosity
to cover the expenses of the week s
activities. The latest donation has
been beaver board for the floats
from the Langan Lumber Co.
The last meeting of the Child
Welfare Committee will be held to-
night at s o'clock in the Board of
Health rooms.