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HlfrrKIt HA BY (JONTKHT KtflttttfAW (XWNTV FAIR Continued Prom Flret I'ag? acieutlflc tenia. If the baby come* up to a certain Htandard it tw oIIkJ ble to outer the final couUutt for prlzou. If It f tt ! lit below (bo Htand arU, the parentu are toll) why. Attain f lutur the voice of the pog Hluilut. "Hut what good doe# It do American bahlett If huudrodi* of then aro disqualified?" UI>*<juullficatioij, according to the Better liable* systent, is not final. The parent* ure not only told what It wrong, but how to change and better condltlona for their babies. As an Instance, here is a aby which has alwaya been dull, perhaps what the neighbors call stupid. The parent* have regarded thin hm a "cross" to 6e patiently oofHi a"<l have been thankful that anyhow the buby w hm right pretty. Bo they brought it to the allow,' "The exam ining doctor poken an Inquisitive finger lut<j baby's throat and what WE KNOW You mothers are all think ing about getting the children ready for school. Wow, don't worry ? -just come to us and see the nicest line of Ready Made Dresses to fit any size from the smallest to the 18 year old girls; also "The Balkan Blouses." New Fall Goods COMING IN EVERY DAY s JUST IN ? 1 case good ging hams, a lot of light and dark colors, Percales, Madras, Che viots, Galateas and "Knock * * about" cloths. These are all good wash goods and the very thing for those school dresses and shirt waists for the boys. Enterprise Mercantile Company "THE PATH TO SUCCESS" \ The difficult, n 1 1 i 1 1 i?:ic It to ,T?UC is niiu pa rat ively easy to climb w iu a you practice the hanking habit n)NSISTKNTI,V. Th.- < ? ' > i ! s i > ?' i'n! , steady. regular ad ? I i ' i ? i : i wccklj or monthly to your ac i oiuit produces most satisfactory re sult:-. 1 *. t ? i depositor here where ? per ivir, interest is paid and add t<> your deposit regularly and you will fPeet the s:rongest bulwark between ymii'M !( and distress. Your Account is Respect fully Solicited doe* ho find? Adenoids! The far mer - father of that baby would know what to do with a swolleu glaud on the throat of a'prlxo-wln ning mare's colt, or blight on field of what ought to be one hundred per cent wheat, but ?be never heard of adenoids, which Interfere with hit* child's breathing. Hut the doctors wlio are Judge* at a Hetter Habies roiiii ttt do know all about adenoid*. The buby goes to a specialist, has the adenoids cut out, begins to breathe properly, the little brain al so clears and works normally, aiul iba i?it ?>y coca 90 back ?" tho State Fair next year, in au older "class" and wins a prize. Or a small three yoar old passes Ills physical examiual Ioiih with, fly ing colors, but falls down on the IlKlllal <|rVl|<>pllM'llt U'Ml. Mis dlh position is huIIou or irritable and he shows nervousness. A specialist looks at his eyes and finds a de fect In vision which can bo remedied with glasses. No wonder the small RUUl i* trrlta^le. Hi is never fi?)? from headache, and what grown-up can endure chronic headache? The small contestant may never come back to another fair, because an a rule three yearn Ih the maximum age for entries, hut thanks to a Hotter liable# Contest and examination he ban been given a fresh start in life. HIh eyes have been ? fitted- with glasses, the defect in vinlon Ih be ing cured and he will Htart into school and eventually a huuineuH or professional career free from the terrible huudicup of weak vision ami chronic headache. Take as a concrete example the case of little Alice Milstein, daugh ter of a Polk County farmer, whose experience at the Hetter Habies con test at the Iowa State IHalr Ih fa miliar to every baby specialist in the country. Alice's father rained prize grain and live Btock. AIIco'h mother was a college bred woman. Alice herself was a pretty, but deli cate little baby when she wuh en tered , in the Hetter Habies Contost of 1911 at Des Moines, Iowa. She wiib what the country neighbors call ed "ailing." Her parents listened to what the doctor Judges had to say, then they commenced to put littio Alice through a course of hy gienic Hprouts, from baths to sleep ing, from food to playthings. And Alice took to this new sane system of living like a duck takes to water. What Is more, she grew, thrived arid becamo radiantly happy and beautiful. The next year at the I)oh Moines Pair she walked right off with thd first prize. Now you see just what standard izing babies means ? just bringing them up to the standard of health and intelligence set by normal ba bies. And the strangest part of It all | is that the country baby needs stand ardizing just as much as the city b;iby, while the small town baby of well to do parents is often found to be of no higher standard than the baby of the tenements! That is why doctors the country over and intelligent parents of moderate and comfortable circumstances are so tremendously interested in the stand ardization of the American baby. It costs less to raise and educate a normally healthy baby, so the Hotter ?Babies Contest means a saving of actual cash to parents and tho state. The Better Babies Movement start ed five years ago in lx)uisiana. 'Hie prize winners at that first contest have been raised along methods of standardization and today are a source of pride to the state. Mrs. Frank de CJarnui, who is nationally known as the leading spirit in the work for good roads for lit tin school children, arranged the first contest, which was held at Shreveport. La., in connection wi.h the State Fair. This was in 1!)08. The second con test, the folk/wing year, was even more successful, so Mrs. De C.artno carried the gospel of Better Babies to the national gathering of Mothers' Congress in Denver. 191b. Among the women who became interested 'was Mrs. Mary T. Watts, of Audu bon. Iowa, who carried the message i 1 1 ? her state land interested fair > : officials. Out on the Pacific coast, the move i ment was also taking root. Mr. O. ; M. IMuinmer. secretary of the Port i land SUock Yard's Company, and a' (man of authority in thp matter of j j state fyirs, made a trip to the little j ! own of ( loldenda le, in Klickitat coun ? jty, Washington. (ioldendale was ! having its annual county fair, with I live stock and agricultural exhibits, \ hcisc racing and a baby show. I But il was a different kind of baby show from any that Mr. Plum diner had seen. There was a prize I for the most beautiful baby, of course, but there were also prizes I for babies who showed certain good physical points. Mr. Plummet* .de cided that there ouglft to be a very j specfcil prize for the baby with the , I best all round development, and he | promptly proceeded to offer it in jthe name of the City of Portland, tafid the railroad which connects tiol I deiulale and Portland. The prize i was a trip to Portland for the C?ol-. dendale prize winner and its mother, including a weeks stay in the Ore gon metropolis. Well, (Ioldendale, ! small town and farming district. mas simply torn wide open. The contest waxed fierce. The prize finally wini to little Ke\ Russell, son of j ?va local dealer in hardware. and tMiilt, as the physicians pronounced him, liki> a thoroughbred. Mrs. llussell and Rex wont to j ; Portland and were feted for ai I * .-eek. Mr. Plnmmer saw to It that j e\ ery booster'?- organization in tho I ? ci<y, stock yard officials, state fair i I officials and legislature bad an oc ? casion to meet Hex, the prize wln 1 ner. Uosult, the next year Oregon ! neld its first Better Babies Contest j at the State Fair in Salem, 1012. I The Mothers' Congress, with Mrs. j Ttobt. H. Tate in charge and tho Parent Teacher's Society, with Mrs. , W. Williams at its head, organized 1 a splendid child welfare exhibit. Every feature of the week's work I for Better Babies was a popular suc ? cess. This year Oregon State Fair ; off-clals will spend a thousand dol j lars on prizes and educational fea tures. and Mr. Plnmmer is now' working for a permanent home, thru] ja legislative appropriation, for the] Hotter Babies Movement In Oregon."! In January of this year tho physi cians of Denver held a Better Bable* 1 I $ Content under tbe auspice* of th? National Western Live Stock A??o elation. The examination* were MB ducted at the Bavoy Hotel, and the prises were awarded In the ureua of the Btook Yards, where flv?> thous und Coloradoans gathered to do hon or to the Btate'ft splendid babies. I had boon Bent to Denver by the pub* Hubert* of the Woman'** Home CdlD patiloo to award their special lletter llabies prizes, amounting to two huu drod dollars, one hundred dollar* each to the best developed city ba by und the beat developed country or rural child. When 1 uaw thoHe physician* in, i iiiiH'Hf coi^huii at loii ov?*r ih? stand* ;i i (i i /.at ion of Colorado's babies, whsr t saw the mothers and fathers study Ing score cards and conferring with physicians on the results of the ex amination, 1 realised for the first lime how simple was this process of creating a rage of Metier iiublus U*r Aiuurica. All that was necessa ry was to let the great mass of A merlcan parents know the physical and mental needs of their children, und tho miracle would he worked, parental pride , parental hope, pa rental love alike are all aroused by these contests. For after the prizes had been * awarded, scores of parents came to my hotel to ask whether there really was a chance of their babies coming up to the standard and winning prizes in the year coming. Another ylesKon learned at the Denver gathering was the need of a uniform or national score card, so that pbyslcianu in an Eastern state could compare tho baby standards with those of the West. The work of preparing this card was entrusted to Dr. Ditson, chief scorer In the Denver contest, and Dr. Sanford Hell formerly professor of psychology at the University of Colorado. This card has been revised and endors ed by leading physicians of New York city, and the New York Milk Committee. The latter is famous the country over because it stand ardized milk for American babies. In 1911 It appointed a national com ? HHlon on milk standards, composed of experts from various parts of the country, which established stand ardised grade* of milk. Their re ports was accepted by the United States government and printed by Act of Congress. These standards are distributed free by tho New York Milk Committee, from its main office, 106 East Twenty-Second st. New York City. The Milk Commit tee will use the Better Hables score cards at all Its New York content*. The state fair officials of Oklaho ma, co-operating with the Federated Clubs of Oklahoma City, and Keder. ated Kindergarten Mothers' Club, will hold It h flrBt contest from Sep tember 23 to October 4 of thin year. The Montana state fair officials, |hr their secretary, Mr. A. J. lireitens tein, are oganlfcing county contests, one In each of {the thirty-two cown ties, to bo hold (luring the summer, with prizes of ten dollars to each winner. ' At the state fair, the fi nal con tost will be held, the county prise winners will bo re-examined and the state prise* awarded. North Carolina has taken up the Better Habies Movement as a means of fighting hookworm and will hold a contest in connection with the state fair ?t Hiilcigh, in October, 1013. *N I Other which will b*y? ^ 1 fair contest# this Kail are Iowa i?M braska, Arlsona, Minnesota, lugton, Idaho, Mississippi ttud lanM fttate fair official <>f Mwl chusetts, Vermont , New Jerst* jjj'l iK >ih, Alabama and Kentucky r u ring statistics and ?UggeitU?.^3 pioneer workers and may hold c<* t?at? this year. From one end * the country to the other, small JJ oil 1 contests are held every * ^ : ?they arc managed by club* for *<> men, child welfare organization pure milk commissions, medical *>' eletles, municipal hoards of health parent-teacher association!! any atld all societies Interested In the bet terment of bibles. A* "Hotter Baby Contest" will t* held In connection with the Greater Kershaw County Fair In November - ? - ??? !<\>r lYuelty to Aniinula. Mr. W. A. McDowell, constable for Magistrate Copeland, of Betbuik brought to Jail Tuesday morning Jim Robluson, colored, for cruelty to animals. Robinson in charge with cruelly beating a mulo belong Ing to Mr. H. M. Broom, of near Ifc |ihiin?k' . iWliy uro itfjiletw* the meat iiiuii'h friend*? Becwwo they are auch great lianas for meet**! MEATS Meats to Boast, Meats* to Fry! The Beet Meat a Always The Meats to Buy! Meats to Bqll, MeatB to Stew, ' ? . - - - ' The best Meats should always Be the Moats for YOU! You'll Alwayi find tliem Here. Campbell Bros. Stein-Blocfi, Smart Clothes it is When Among Men That- V ou ? . k 40 /'? - - ? reel the Necessity of Being 1 Well Dressed. One rule for success might be written in these words ? "Meet -men cheerfully but earnestly, in a frank and honest manner, showing by your very action your ability to do things." * You have entire decision as to what kind of impressions you will leave while mingling with other men. The clothes you wear are a very important factor ? if they are tailored by Stein-Bloch they have that individuality ? that smartness that make you look as you want to look. Stein-Bloch Smart Clothes are not extreme ? they are genuinely stylish ^ 100 per cent, in quality and value. LSCHENK&CO.