Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-04
BABY DAY CELEBRATION
IN RODNEY SQUARE
Thousands Of Youngsters Gath
cred There to Greet Mr.. Stork
This Afternoon.

Fine weather conditions prevailed
for this afternoons Baby Day ceienra-
ton in Rodney Square--the assemoi-
ing OF the children born In the Homeo-
pathic Hospital during the years 1919,
1920. 1921 and 1929. Shortly after
noon crowds began assembling around
the c'ity's civic centre. Those who
had agreed to make addresses were
Mayor Leroy Harvey, address Of well
come for the city; DIR. Clarence Bart
lett. of Hahnemann College, PhiladeiS
pha. on Conservation OF Child
HEALTH" DIR. Harrison w. Howell. for
mer Mayor. presiding. and DR.. ]. Paul
Lukens, president OF the Hospital As
ISOLATION Of homeopathic Physicians
of Wilmington.
The Market street side Of Rodney
Square WAS rored off for the exclusive
use 81 the children and their mothers
holding invitations to the Baby Day
party. Four boxes. resembling bal
lot boxes were provided into which the
children, as they arrived, could drop
their name cards which had been sent
with the invitations, The names of
each year were put in n box for that
Year so that the Judges in awarding
the prizes could draw from each re-
ccptacle.
Among the prizes were baby's
ring.. an infants blanket. children's
sweaters. silver cup. child's. EN-
broidered dress, mama doll, hits OF
jewelry and other articles.
The prizes were obtained from Mont
gon.ery. Lippincott. HAWTHORN. Stats,
Willard Davis. OLSON and other local
merchants, by the committee of wo-
men who arranged the Baby Day cele-
bration. This committee headed by
Mrs. Robert h. Rayner. consisted of
Mrs. Walter ID. Mode, Mrs. Egmont I.
Negendank. Mrs. Silas c. Frederick.
Mrs. r. D.~String, Mrs. Edgar Hare,
Mrs. james G. Spackman. Mrs. Thomas
w. Harris, Jr., Mrs Stanley A. Brown
and Mrs. Robert Weaver.
To receive and care for the. chill
dren and their mothers was a group
OF young hostesses including the fol-
lowing:
Misses Anna r. Negendank. Kc:ha-
rine s. Holiday. Esther r. Wilson.
Ada i. Withrow, Christine Iszard,
Genevteve r. Frantz, Elizabeth Boyd.
n.
Elizabeth Pyle. Madeline b. William
son, Dorothy Smith. Rebecca Nc
George, Alice ID. Johnson, Helen
Thompson. Jessie Seaman and Flor
ence Kniffen.
Representing the Homeopathic Hos
rital Maternity Department at the
Baby Day celebration was a group of
the nurses Of the Maternity Division.
Leading them was Miss Estelle was.h
mSton. for several years Supervisor
oil the Maternity Department. who
knows more mothers Of Wilmington
than any other woman in this CITY
The nurses were Misses Ida Thon,p-
sen, Edith Thomas, Erma Ploucher
Anna Matthews and Ida Kitchens.
The Gror String Quartet VA. An
hand to furnish music for III. ca,.hr.-
ton. This Included iuliabies And
ltvelier airs.
Tho stork arrived at tho SQUARE a,
noon and was admired BY the amused
spectators Six feet tall from toes "a
the top or his head, with spectacles y
"a Harold Lloyd perched wisely on his
nose. the stork posed on one foot and
made figure with his legs while
booking the babies over. He arrival
from Hessier's sign studio. which he
has been using as a hangar for the
last two days.
white pillar. slotted 30 as to per.
nit the stork TO rise and descend a.
though on an invisible elevator. en-.
aoied him 70 rise anywhere I'D Il
10 feet, in order to,Iook the crowd owe,
Every child invited TO this after
Moons reception received g baioo,
labeled Il am Homeopathic Hospita
baby"
The gathering was arranged for to
day to call attention TO the long recor,
OF service which the Homeopathic Hos
pital has in the maternity work., so
babies born there since the hospita
opened its doors 81 years ago. TIL