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l)e tUatchm n ton. THl. SCMTER WATCHMAN. Established April, 18SO. "Bo JtiHt and Fear not?l.ci all the ends Thun Aims'! at be thy Country's, Tliy God's and Tratfa'a." THE TR?E SOUTHRON, Established June, 186?. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 2 2 PK Wim MIS WUND Julia Myers Neyle, First., and Ottis Andrews, Second, in Sumter County Baby Contest. DAK.HIT? Ol' Mit. AM? MKS. \. F. NKYLF OF St'MTFR, It. F. D. NO I. WINS NW MFDAL AND SON OF MH. AND MKS. F. W. AK URKW8 OF OSWFC.O WINS SILVFH MFDAI/?NOMF INFORMA? TION H?H MoniFHs ON HOW THFY SlIOl'LD C'AJIF FOR THEIR LITTLF ONl.s One of tM? interesting events con? nected with Field Day which was held in this countv SSj Saturday. April 31th. was the Baby Contest, the com? petition among the future pupils of the schools of the county. There were twenty-seven eligible babies entered In this contest, which was one of the most Interesting which has ever been held in the county. The results of the content have been awaited with the utmost Interest and the announce? ment* made by Miss Mary E. Frayser, head of ?he extension work In home economics in South Carolina, of Win* throp College, under whose super? vision the contest was held with the assistance of a number of Sumter and 8umter county people, will prove equally Interesting to the parents and relatives of those babies entered In the contest. The snnouncement is as follows: Julia Myers Neyle. daughter of Mr and Mrs. A. F. Neyle, Sumter. 8. C, R. P. D. No. 3. fortunate first baby in the health ontest held in Sumter, April Ml O.tls Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Andrews, Oswego, 8. C, s*ood second in the health contest. Little Miss Julia Neyle Is. therefore, the, winner of the beautiful gold med? al offered by Mr. E. W. Dabbs. presi? dent of the State Farmers' Union, and Master Ottlg Andrews captures the alive medal offered by Mrs. E. W. YAabbs to the second best baby speci? men from the health standpoint. The medabj are on exhibition at Folsom's Jewelry Store, Sumter, S. C. They may be had upon application by the parents of the prise winners. Better babies is the nation's new slogan, and the better baby move? ment Is based on the principles that are employed to standardize products of farm and factory. The baby in the home becomes the centre of interest, anffj and pride just as would the lit? tle calf, or porker, the corn or cot? ton destined to be entered for com puetition at the State Fair. All three are prospective prise winners and are cared for accordingly. The Judges In the Sunder baby con? test were among the leading physi? cians of Sumter. The babies were stripped and examined painstakingly and scientifically by them. The looks of the babies were important only as Indications of health. Mere prettl ness did not enter into the count. The score cards were those gotten out by the National <'"ngress of Mother., Wben Mra Mary T Watts ami Dr. Margaret t'lark of Iowa conceived the idea of a nMsnaJsjb for bottet babies which should not hmhl up the babies of Iowa, but of the entire na? tion, thev found no Hawlartl b> whi' h to rste them. I?r. ri.uk nttended it < 'onferern m in the I , ? | ml in England. France and Germany. Mrs. Watts studied the mothers ari l bahn? of Iowa and the score curd uned In Iowa in 1911 Is the result. Tbi.4 score card has bOOn approved bf th?? American Medn al Association Th?. result of the better baby con? test in Iowa of litll was that a lot of Iowa farmers and city folks tarried home one \ ital thought. Iowa bah < were not up to the mark of Iowa corn and ? sttle ?something had to he done If each year we raise hotter cattle, better corn. better cotton. hotter fruit, better flowers, why not better babl??? This thought is the funda? mental conception underlying th" Content In Sumter in which little Julia Neyle and Ottis Andrews haw hd TtM babssa Who scored low did no larK?dy bee a uae of one or more of the four follow um causes: I Improper and irregular feeding 3. I?a? k of fresh air. Enlarged tonsils and adenoids 4. Imperfect teeth. Since this movement is meant to bf , onatructlve. the mothers of I hfl babes examined and other Soutb Cardina mothers as well, are urged to '.ollow the dietary suggestions given below ? i., nave balnea sleep out of doors b\ dar In s???1 weather, the yeai round and with a supply of fresh air at night also; to see to It that each child whose score im lam than pet t'e. t mol. | the head examination, has proas pi ^ medical attention, because that child haa defective tonails. Dr. E. It. VVil ! son, of Sumter, S. C, ofTera to con feff with the mothers of each baby with auch defects examined by him April 26th, In the Health Contest The value of this ser\icc can hardly , be overcHtimated. Defective tonsils and adenoids mean retarded mental and physical growth, with auch at? tendant evila as deafnes8. Few parenta realize that the flrM teOth ahould receive as careful dental attention as those which come later, but this also is necessary if our chil? dren are to measure up to high phy ', aical atandarda. Decayed teeth are the breeding place for germs which seriously affect the digestion and a8 aerioualy effect the new teeth form? ing below tho first onea. Again food is not properlv masticated when the teeth are decayed. Therefore the di? gestion auffera from thia cause alao. If the "Psychological Score" is low it is due to one of two large defects, i. e. either lack of wise control of the ? hild or lack of physical well being due to digestive disturbances. In the majority of cases these digestive dis? turbances are the direct reault of un? wise feeding and the lack of fresh air. Theae in turn cause the child to score low under the "General Examination." If the child's height and weight are below the normal, If the flesh ia flab I by. its graap poor, it then ia safe to infer that the dlgeation of the child is not what it should be?and the child is more apt to be over-fed than un? der-fed. If the mothers of the babies examined in Sumter April 26, will each study the score of her baby, car? ry score and baby to a phyaician. if there are defects, carefully follow the dietary given suited to the ago of the child, and see to it that the child has a bountiful supply of freah air night and day, winter and summer, so that the power of the bndy to digest tho food may be tremendously enhanced, then the baby who scored lowest on April 26th may hope to follow the ex? ample of one who scored low in Iowa in 1911. but who was the first prize winner in 1912. For a delicate baby hold.* great possibilities f<?r health, but it is bought at the price of ma? terial vigilance and obedience to hygienic principles. "When a farmer finds that a certain corner of his a> i c u;.' fails to yield a pa> ing ci op, he del got abandon its cultivation. He proceeds: to food the soil with the sort of fertilizer It needs, or he tries a different crop, if the wee colt of a pedigreed mare looks sickly, he does not turn it into a pasture to die. He gives It getentlAc care and turns it into a prize winner. Both the un? profitable acre and the unpromising colt are ataiularized and made profit? able. The Detter Mahles movement follows the same argument. It makes babies better and therefore more profitable to the nation." Weigh the lluhy. Tb< re is no means so accurate as frequent weighing of the baby for telling its condition. After the first week, .i healthy ? hihi should gain from four to eight ounces a week up to about the sixth month From six t.? twelve months the gain is less, us ually from two to tour ounces a w eck. Nursing. There |g ii,i perfect substitute for I.i breast feeding. Statistics show that the mortallt) <?t bottle fed ln? fanta during the first year la three times as great as that of those grho are breaal fed. llegularll) of feeding ' I more important The nipples should be kept cb ail b\ being Washed after fin h nursing There is no objection to ii baby be? ing partly nursed and partly fed. if the mother has onl) milk enough for two oi ihree nursings a day, this should be continued so long as her milk agrees with the baby. Bven a sm.ill amount of breast milk great I) Improves a Child's nutrition. Mut the Baby Contest at Sumter pr oved com lirniv elv that munv mntb . i are nursing the babies too long. t'SUally weaning Should be begun at nme oi ten months by substituting one feeding ? day for one nucaiiig. Proper Methods of Feeding Babies Artificially By Miss Mary E. Frayser, Head of Home Economics Ex? tension Department of Winthrop College. The only substitute for mother's milk is cow's milk modified to suit an infant's stomach. Two or three rules are absolutely necessary In making artirical feeding among in? fants a success. 1st. Absolute cleanliness. The boiling and scrubbing of all utensils used in preparing the food; being particularly careful of the bot? tles and nipples. They should be scrubbed immediately after each feed? ing and boiled once a day. The milk should be kept always covered and all the utensils kept separate. This is very important. 2nd. Regularity of feeding; for the first few days, wake the baby if asleep, for this will not be required long, they soon learn to wake on the hour. This rule only applies to day and up to nine or ten o'clock at nlglU feeding; after that, do not wake. 3rd. See that the milk comes from healthy cows and that it is clean and fresh. Milk from a herd of cows Is better than milk from one, since U varies little from day to day, while that from a single cow may vary con? siderably. The care and feeding of children by L. Emmen Holt, D. Appleton & Company, Publishers, New York, is a wonderful help in the wise rearing of children. The following tables are taken from it. Table 1, to be used in modifying milk for child from birth to the sixth or seventh month. xg2 o B o * o l-H 9 N z to J_, C V? fH iH ri o Cl ?-? o ? CM M N -j o . a S ? > & 3 11 * a a The top milk or 7 per cent milk spoken of In the formula is obtain? ed by putting one quart of fresh milk in a jar and cooling it quickly by letting it stand in cool water. After It has stood four hours remove the Uppeb half or 1H og, and get your number of ounces used in the formu? la from this 1?> oz. (Do not just re? move wh.it you need, but remove 16 OS. and then use what is called for in formula from that amount.) Milk sugar is obtained from any drug store anil is simply dissolved in boiling water, three level table? spoon fills of milk sugar make one OS. Now is to Increase of food; begin with 1. on the second day of the baby's life, II on the fourth, III at ten to fourteen days. After that make the Increase more Slowly, a large in? fant with a good digestion may bear a rapid Increase and may take V. by the tune it is the or six weeks old. A child with a feeble digestion must go slowly ami may not take Y. before it is three or four months old. The formulas for 7 per cent milk should be continued up to si.v or sev? en months After that ? hange should be gradually made to whole milk. This is done b\ removing the upper later two feedings, and thus gradually the child is to be taken from the breast altogether. Generally the child should be completely weaned at one year, tho' in summer it may be advisable to nurs" an Infant a little longer Mm the dangers of weaning are much less tnan those of continu? ing to nurse after the milk has become Boaaty and poor in quality. (This announcement will be follow? ed later In the a'eek by an article from Miss Frayser on the proper flood and nourishment tor babies.?Editor.) 18 oz. as top milk for 2 weeks in? stead of just 16 oz. For the next two weeks 20 ors. as top milk. For the next two weeks remove the upper 4 2 oz. as top milk. After this the bottle may be shaken up and the whole milk used. If con? ditions have been such that this schedule could be followed, undiluted milk would be reached at seven or eight months. If tbe baby does not thrive on the above 7 Per cent milk table, formulas from "whole milk" may be used; but in that case some gruel must be used. It Is necessary to make the food weak at first because the infant's stomach la intended to digest breast milk, not cow's milk; but if we begin with very weak cow's milk, the stom? ach can gradually bo trained to di? gest it. Ln the following "Whole Milk" for? mula, shake up the bottle of milk before taking the amount to be pre? pared. ^ i n n h ? w I ?i M i o m N <n ?S ih ?* <* I 'i C o H T N M ? I Bi?:-ts? is I > " I ^ C 00 H H Ifl 'J I M r 5 I ? 1 ^ 5 ?> H H H " ?-? a *5 ?5' ? 1? .-? *?? ? ! H h 0 aj h *H ift O n a -I a S I ' ?-??? The advance in this formula should ! be made slowly. No. V. should not be reached until about two months. After that increase from one formu? la to the next stronger should be made once a month. The gruels used arc prepared in the following manner: Barley Water?One level table spoonful of Robinson's patent bar? ley, or the prepared barley flour of the Health Food Company, lu thor? oughly blended with a little cold wa? ter and added, .stirring, to one pint of boiling water containing a pinch of salt. This is cooked for thirty minutes in a double boiler and then strained. As much boiled water should then be added as has boiled away. Barley Cruel or Barley Jelly- This Is made in tin same manner as the above but from two to four level tablespoonfula of the Hour are used. Hither barley water or barley jelly may he made from the grains. For barley water, use one heaping table spoonful of pearl barley which has been soaked four ?>r live hours, or overnight, one point of water, and pinch of salt. This is boiled steadily for four hours, adding water from time to time to keep the quantity up to one pint. It Is then strained through muslin. For barley gruel or bailey jelly use from two to four tablcspoonfuls of pearl barley. Rice, Wheat, or Oal Water.?These are made from rice; wheat, or oat flour exactly as barley water, above described, lake the barley water they mas also be nine from the grains using the same proportions. Cruel or Jelly from Rice, Wheat or ? kits. These are made from the flour ?>r grains as has been described for barley gruel For the wheat preparations, ordi? nary w heat flour may be used or Hub bell's prepared w in at flour; or wheat grits may be employed. For the rice preparations the or? dinary rice gra ? or rice flour may be Used. For the oal preparations either the oat flour ot the Health Food Com? pany may be used, or tiny of the commonly employed forms of on roesi? .U4 * m mm.-14? When any of these farinaceous foods are to be mixed with milk, the milk should be added directly after rc moving the gruel from the lire, and stirred two or three minutes. Use rice gruel if baby '..as lose ness of bowels; use oat meal gruel if bowelfl arc constipated. Orange juice is very beneficial to bottle fed infants beginning at five months, giving two or three tea spoonfuls a day. At a year four table spoonfuls may be given. ? 8 a 3 8 ifl o ifl O ?i ir o h c) er t * i . 0 0 a a B t 0 3 O irt ift f oc rl C| Cl fj c g j ? J OTT ? lrt r c ^ * 2 -* H .?2 ? 0 C ? o < fM ; to ?5 4 c ' . v. .~? ? to c 9 j ** s 1 si ^ m C 2 n s h h h 9 o - ~ Tl <M ?1 c' M c? -r ? J . c ? ^ >, s e sj c ? _ J? ?o * s? ~ g ? 15 "5 - ? ? 3S ^ ^ -o ^ * - ' 5 c 3 > e o 88 c3 ? (* ~ Z IS ? 0 ? -C ?4 ?s s ? er. Z C-l c c x: ? ? ? M f ? ft Jl This is a proper diet for an aver? age healthy child of twelve months. 6.30 A. M.?Milk, six to seven os. diluted with barley or oat gruel, two or three* ounces; after the thirteenth month, taken from a cup. 9.00 A. M.?Orange juice, one or two ounces. 10.00 A. If:?Milk, two parts; oatmeal or barley gruel, one part; from ten to twelve ounces in all may be allowed; it should be given, from, a cup. 2.00 P. M.?Beef juice, one or two ounces; or the white of one egg, slightly cooked; later the entire egg. or mutton or chicken broth, four to six ounces. , Mill: and gruel in proportions Above given, four to six ounces. 6.00 P. M.?Same as at 10 A. M. 10.00 P. M.?Same as 6.30 A. M. ex? cept that the milk may be given from the bottle. How long may this schedule be fol? lowed ? Usually until the fourteenth or j fifteenth month. After this time the cereals may be given much thicker and fed from a spoon. A proper diet for average child from fourteen to eighteen months: The bottle should not be given ex? cept at night. Cereals may now form an important part of the diet. They should be very thoroughly cooked, usually for three hours, and strain? ed. The daily schedule should be about as follows: 6.30 A. M - Milk, warmed, eight to ten ounces, given from a cup. 9.00 A. M.?Fruit Juice, one to three ounces. 10.0(> A. M.?Cereal: one. later two or three, tablespoonfuls of oatmeal, hominy or wheaten grits, cooked f??r at least three hours and strained; up? on this from one to two ounces of thin cream, or milk and cream, with i plenty of salt, but without sugar. Crisp dry toast, one piece; or un? sweetened zwieback; or, one Huntley and rainier breakfast biscuit. Milk warmed, six to eiRht ounces, from a cup. 2.00 p, M. ? Ueef juice, one to two ounces; and one eng (soft Soiled, poached or coddled); and boiled rice, <?ne tablespoonful; or broth (mutton or chicken), four ounces; one or two Huntley and rainier breakfast bis? cuits, or zwieback; and (if most of the teeth are present) rare scraped meat, at first one teaspoonful. grad? ually increasing to one tablespoonful 6.00 IV M.?Cereal; two tab'espoon fuls of farina, (ream of wheat, or arrowroot, cooked for at least one half hour, with milk, plenty of salt, but without BUgar. Milk warmed, eight to ten ounces, niven from a t up. 10.00 IV M -Milk, warmed, eight to ten ounces, which may he given front a bottle. This is a proper diet for an average child from the eighteenth month to the end of the second year: Tin- same order Ol meals as for the months just preceding should be fol lowed, Cor most children milk at 10 P .M. is desirable. There are many, however, who sleep regularly from 6 P. M. until 6 A. M. without food, for such the night feeding should, of course, not be insisted upon. The daily schedule should be about as follows: 6.30 A. If.?Mil^, warmed, ten to twelve ounces, given from cup. 9.00 A. M.?Fruit juice, two or three ounces. 10.00 A. M.?Cereals; similar to those given from the fourteenth to the eighteenth month; they need not bo strained although they should be cooked and served in the same way. Crisp dry bread, zwieback, or Hunt ley and Palmer biscuits, without but? ter. Milk warmed, one cup. 2.00 P. M.?B?ef juice and one egg or broth and meat; care being taken that the meat is always rare and scraped or very finely divided; beefsteak, mutton chop, or roast beef may be given. Very stale bread, or two Pieces of zwieback. Prune pulp ?>r baked apple, one to two table? spoon inks water; no milk. 6.00 P. M.?Cereal?farnia. cream of wheat, or irrowroot, cooked for at least one half hour, with milk, plenty of salt but without sugar, or milk toast or stale bread and milk. 10.00 P. M.?If required, ten to twelve ounces of plain milk. This would be a proper schedule for an average child during the third year. 7.30 A. IL Cereal: cooked (pre? ferably over night) for three houra, although a somewhat larger variety may be given than during the second year; given as before with milk or thin cream, salt, but very little sugar. Warm milk, one glass. A soft egg. poached, boiled or coddled. Bread, very stale or dry, one slice, with but? ter. 10.00 A. M.?Warm milk, one cup, with a cracker or piece of very stale bread and butter. 2.00 P. M.?Soup, four ounces; or beef juice, two ounces.. Meat: chop, steak, roast beef ov lamb or chick? en. A baked white potato; or boiled rice or spaghetti; both cooked five hours. Green vegetables, asparagus tips, string beam, peas, spinach; all to be cooked uni'l very soft, and mashed, or preferably put through a sieve; at first, one or two teaapoon fuls. Desert: cooked fru$u u^ked or stewed apple, stewed prunes. Water; no milk. 6.00 P. M.?Cereal: farina, cream of wheat, or arrowroot, cooked for at least one-half hour, with plenty of salt, but without sugar, or milk toast; or bread and milk; or stale or dry bread and butter and a glass of milk. Home Economics Extension Depart? ment, Winthrop College. ??????? NEW WON SCHOOL C LOSES. Interesting Exercises Mark End of Uie Session. i _ Turbeville, May 7.?The closing ex? ercises of the New Zion graded school began last Friday night with an ad? dress by Dr. E. M. Poteat, president of Furman university. His subject was: ' Giving the Child a Chance." He showed wherein the child should have the right of respect, the right of play, and the right of obedience. Saturday was very pleasantly spent with a picnic. Sunday the Rev l*. F. Morris, of Princeton preached the baccalau? reate sermon, taking as his text: "He that walketh uprightly walketh sure? ly." Services were held again on Sun? day night. A special choir furnished music for the occasion. On Monday evening the graduating ? xerciscs took place. Misses Marie Buddln, Sadie Wheeler and Annie Rttddin, having completed the course of study, were awarded diplomas. Senator B. D. Smith was scheduled to speak, but was unexpectedly called b.n k to his post at Washington. I nder the principalship of Prof. ,T. B. Bush the school has made remark? able progress during the past year. The trustees have shown their appre? ciation of his efforts by reelecting htm another term, but be has not yet ac? cepted t AN PLY POU V WHILE. (Sentenced Aviator tilveu **? Months to Provhie for Fussily. Dea Monies. Iowa. May 7.?Farl Lindsay, an aviator, ti.ving tinder the name of Karl W'armouth. sentenced to life imprisonment for attacking ? little girl in Cotfax, Iowa, today ob * i a d three months In w hich to provide for his family. The Jowa supreme court today prepared a re? hearing of the case until fall with the consent of Attorney General Cos aan upon the representation of land say s attorney that he had several aviation contracts for the summer, the proceeds of which would be turn? ed over to bis family for their support during his imprisonment.