Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-09-06
JUDGES TO SELECT
BEST BABY AMONG.
Co. FAIR ENTRANTS
INFANTS WILL BE PUT THROUGH
PAGES TO ASCERTAIN WHICH
OF THEM MAKES THE BEST
SCORE.

A championship prize Is to be
awarded in the better baby contest
at the La Sale county feir. From the
ten first prize babies the one HAVING
the highest score will be chosen and
proclaimed the most perfect baby In
the county. The championship prize
will be S. gold piece, presented by
the Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany
Preparations had been made To-"
| making 500 in awards for the thirty
best babies in La Sale county when
yesterday the Metropolitan stepped In
and stated that they believed the most
| perfect of all these prize winners
should be singled out and especially
honored. They offered IS gold
piece as an award for the most per-
| feet baby.
| The contest viii be held on We'd
nesday and Thursday of next week at
the La Sale county fair. All children
In the county between the ages of c
months and years are eligible to en-
trance. They will be divided In ten
classes with first, second and third
prizes of S., SO and 81 in each clas3,
The ten classes will be as follows.
Boys between the ages Of months
and year.
Girls between the ages OF 6 months
and year.
Boys between the eyes of ] and
years.
Girls between the ages Of | and 9
years.
Boys between the ages of and 3
years.
Girls between the ages of and
years.
Boys between the ages of and 4
years.
| Girls between the eyes of and 4
Years
Boys between the ages of 4 and !
years.
Girls between the ages of A and
years
A doctor and nurse from the state
department of public health will be IN
charge of the contest. Local physi
clans will do the scoring
Model Hospital.
A model hospital and nurses train
ing school will be one of the features
at this County Fair. 1t will be locat
ed in a booth in the floral hall. ant
Miss Jessie Horn, superintendent o
he City hospital, will be in charge
She will he assisted by two studen
nurses who will help her in hel
work.
The plan to be carried out in thu
booth is to use the booth as an emer
gency hospital in case of accidents
The student nurses will demonstrate
the work of a student in training TO
the nursing profession while IL
school Hourly demonstrations o
nursing procedure will be given un
der the guidance of Miss Horn
A question box will be conducted
that is, Miss Horn will be there t
answer any inquiries pertaining t
hospital work that is asked. She viii
also explain the full particulars Of
the students training school to any
Young ladies who are interested ir
enrolling and learning the nursing
I profession and its advantages to the
Young lady.
The demonstrations to be giver
hourly will be of different nature
every time. Sometimes the demon
stration will take in the care of the
sick, while sometimes it will show
how to bandage certain kinds Of
wounds or how to render first ait
for certain kinds of cases.
This kind of an exhibit is one OF
the first to be had at any fair. 1t is
one of the feature exhibits of the
fair and will probably attract much
attention. 1t will also give many
people who have had no occasion tt
use the local hospital a chance to SET
over many inferior hospitals.
The hospital exhibit will be one Of
the advantages of that institution
the most important of the educationa
exhibits put on at the local fair. AnC
as conclusion the exhibit will moi
| only no q novel hut q uSpful fpatllrp