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Show V I I SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUM, UTAH i Our Diamond Ri Much Good Known to Have Been Result of Baby Week Celebration , Prepared by Children ' i ; ; I i May 1 to C Is Baby Week. This nationwide celebration was Inaugurated last year, when more than two thousand commhnlties devoted a week to reviewing the needs of their babies. The first suggestion of a nationwide celebration came from- - the federal Childrens bureau and the General Federation of Women's Clubs; they believed that a Baby Week was an excellent expedient for calling attention to the great loss of infant life and for work. stimulating local Many people are still unawate of the fact that of all the babies born In the United States, probably one In ten dies before It has completed twelve months of life. Babies die In rural communities, in cities, In suburbs, and In small towns. This great preventable waste of life is scattered over the entire country, and Baby Week asks: How many babies die In your community? Is your infant mortality rate the lowest that any American community has yet achieved? Do you realize that when all babies are well born and well cared for, infant deaths will so rarely occur that the infant mortality rate will be negligible? tut. many cases accomplished by a campaign undertaken by some small group who for the first time In arranging their Baby Week. One campaign in a Southern mountain village was launched and carried through by one woman alone, a tuberculosis patient. She arranged for meetings and secured literature on baby care, which was distributed in the two stores, of the town. Of course Baby Week can effect no immediate revolutions in community care, but it has proved an excellent starting point for1 new and permanent work. service is Perhaps a visiting-nurs- e organized, because the women of the community come to realize during Baby Week that there is no other way In which they can be instructed so easily and so well in the modern science of baby care. They see, perhaps more clearly han before, that the mother who depends on instinct and tradition in regulating her babys food and clothing hnd sleeping and all the details of the babys day is behind the times. They see, further, that intelligent care not only will prevent illness but will simplify their own daily work. Or perhaps Baby Week leads to a determination to have complete birth registration in the community, with a committee to carry on a test and assist the local officials in enforcing the law. Or classes are started in the public school for the instruction of girls in domestic science and In baby care. Baby' Week, especially in small communities, Is frequently concerned with and little children as well several reports tell of provision for physical examination of children or of new interest in wholesome play. As one woman wrote to the Childrens bureau after Baby Week: We feel that the danger from contagious diseases, the need of a strict quarantine, the danger from files, bad milk, unclean stables, and bad farm sanitation need publicity in rural communities, Our whole county does not boast of one kindergarten, and the idea of the value of play for children, both young and older, is very poorly underA popular proverb in these stood. parts is Only babies and monkeys need It was very interesting to amusing. y see the children hover over the toy exhibit and to watch them as they listened to the primary teacher tell them stories. The young mothers who brought their children seemed so interested, and so .frankly acknowledged the helpfulness of the work, that it seemed altogether worth while. And last but not lease, Baby Week has usually led to a better understande work of the ing of the . birth-registrati- as-babi- Weigh Baby Once a Week. : What is your community doing to make life safe and wholesome for its ba- ti 7 bies? But Baby Week has done more than remind people of the importance of these questions. It helps'; people who are already at work on the saving of babies lives to explain tq their fellow citizens what they are ding, and enables them to extend their efforts. It draws closer together the various agencies which have been working from different angles and furthers the which is essential to suc- play-hungr- cess. Perhaps most significant of all is the effect of Baby Week in small villages and scattered settlements and other places where there has been no organized effort to meet the needs of babies. People have come to see, as few had done before, that even In the fresh air and the sunshine of the open country many babies do not have a fair child-hygien- state health authorities. Four states e have special divisions; and several others are doing extensive work for children. Nearly all of the states have special bulletins or leaflets on baby care. To show parents how and where authoritative material on the care of their children can be secured free of charge, and to make a community eager to with state health officials In their work for child welfare would be by itself a substantial result from Baby Week. child-hygien- start in life. The seyen hundred villages which reported to the Childrens bureau a Baby 'Week campaign in 1916, have faced the fact that every community in city and country alike has a responsibility to fulfill which requires thought and effort and perseverance. And this awakening of a community has been in te is full of Interesting bits reported from the local Baby Weeks of last year. Two bulletins, Exhibits and How to Conduct a Childrens Health Conference, give more derailed instructions on these special features of a Baby Week. Other bulletins on infant - welfare e include a tabular statement of work in the United States, and reports on the Childrens bureau studies of infant mortality in certain selected typical communities, The causes and prevention of deaths of mothers in childbirth are discussed in the bulletin on Maternal Mortality. The bulletin on Birth Registration tells why the birth of every child should be registered with local au- How the Childrens Bureau Can Help Prepared by Children Bureau, Department of Labor U.S. Child-Welfa- , re infant-welfar- t thorities. The series of bulletins for mothers Includes one on Parental Care and one on Infant Care. A third on Child Care Is in preparation. A postcard addressed to the Chil 74$ . - Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor baby-savin- g i Win the- heart oMhTuZT prized above other thlnq u?nil,r diamonds, large to!!. hiV( or fit pur,,."' teed. Our modest prices mak. lU,ri Hlnj easy. rk. , drens bureau, Washington, D. C., will to a of list you bring publications any of which will he sent you free of charge. BOYD rouNDto MAKERS ,6 MAIN WANTED Dont Kiss Baby on Mouth. The Childrens bureau has bulletins which are of special interest to moth-erand bulletins addressed to every citizen who Is concerned 'with childrens welfare. s. , Baby Week Campaigns gives sug- gestions for planning and carrying out Baby Week. The new edition of 1917 of jewelry sAlT AND WOMEN time to learn the barber ber in greatdemanrt 61,1 now open lor 80 ' Todl furnished and eommlssfonpaM Ins. Call or write Moler Baber Seh1 merciai St.. Salt Lake City, Utah. 2 'to SINGING t ST CHARLES STREET AND HOTEL in the heart The original erected destroyed by New PERHAPS This citiesthe iswinter city, capital of America, has a population of 400,000, 250 miles of paved streets, 107 public schools and kindergartens, six universities and. many private schools. The temperature In winter is seldom 3elow 30 degrees and usually between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. In summer It Is between 75 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit. It is the center of southern financial and social life. It has the largest floating steel dry dock, the largest sugar refinery (10,000 barrels a day), and the largest oyster market in the world. It is the largest lumber market in the South and has the largest cotton, sugar, coffee, rice and banana markets in the Union.. It is near the greatest American oil fields, the greatest salt mines in the western hemisphere and the greatest sulphur mines in the world. Famed as Carnival City. It is the Carnival City of America, the annual Matdl Gras surpassing in beauty and- cost any similar fete in the world. And It is because so many visit this city every March that a sketch of its many points of interest seems especially timely. First, there is the custom house, post office and federal court building, costing $400,000 and occupying one square block, on the site of old Fort St. Louis which stood there In 1796. The foundation stands on concrete and cypress logs laid crossways. Henry Clay laid the corner stone in 1846. During the Civil war the upper chambers were used as a prison for Confederate soldiers. In 1874 the reconstruction days the mayor and council were barricaded in the building. On the second floor is the marble hall, the first memorial to Bienville, the .founder of New Orleans,' said to be one of the finest business rooms In the United States, having 14 Corinthian marble columns, each, costing l 0, d. ' - . . CALLED LOSTj Is Now Confined Chiefly t0 Pm ionals, Drunkards and Phono. 4jrapha, Says Writer. Singing, as far as most concerned, is a lost art Thousand attend operas, recitals and smZ comedies, tens of thousands wind m phonographs; but as for singing them, selves informally at their work orpia? they have forgotten how. In times past people of all ranks sang together as a matter of course. Sailors sang at their work,, peasants, shepherds, cow. boys all had their favorite and am: propriate songs. The songs of chll. dren at games, the lullabies of moth, ers are In the collected ballads anj folklore of many peoples, says the I dlanapolls News. The pastimes and the labors of the husbandman and the shepherd," says Andrew Lang, were long ago a kind of natural opera. Each task had Its own song; plowing, seeding, harvest, burial all had their appropriate ballads or dirges. The whole soul of the peasant class breathes In their bur. dens as the great sea resounds In shell cast up on the shore. Nowadays the whirl of machinery makes, all the noise. The workers la mills might find It unsatisfying to sing at their work, but It is doubtful If they would sing even If their voices could be heard ; while singing in an office or store would pretty surely be stopped by the boss or the police. Thou sands congregate every night in the silence of moving picture theaters, and even In the churches where singing by the congregation used to be customary, the attendants now usually listen la silence to a paid singer. Singing. In this age Is largely confined to the professional performer, drunken men and gramophones. the1 PAT FOUND WAY TO KEEP IT, Resorted to Simple Device to Keep Companion From Spending HI Own Money. A Scotchman and an Irishman oncf set out together on a holiday. The latter was a steady, frugal man, the former was careless and a spendthrift Conscious of his own weakness, present hotel. Sandy entrusted all his money to hi; The Jackson monument, by Clark friends charge, with a strict InjunMills, was set up in 1846 at a cost of ction not to give him back more than i, $30,000, Henry Clay making the dedi- stated sum for expenses each day. cation speech. The inscription on the After a few days Sandy thought hi granite base was cut by General Butallowance Inadequate for his de. lers orders during the Clvil war. It dally ruands and pleaded for an Increase,; reads : The Union must and shall be but in vain. preserved.. In' Holidays over, the Scotchman , Haunted House and French Market. latters formed Pat that, after the Another interesting house is the fusal to with his wish, he got; Haunted House, located at Royal and out of bedcompjy every night, when he found Hospital streets, which 'was occupied the Irishman asleep, and made an ex' In 1813 by Mme. Lalaurie, who treated tensive search to find the cash, but her slaves with great cruelty, starring could never of succeed, and inquired and torturing them to death. Her bar- him where he kept it. barous acts being made known to the to said Well, Pat, I allowed you we public, forced her to fleet to France, as to bed first every night, and where she subsequently, died. Many go the same room, I had no dioccupied slaves were chained in this building In putting my purse. was and after her flight human bones were fficulty Into one of your pockets. I found in the rooms. It is said that served, first up every morning and took ghosts of the murdered slaves can be of It again. seen on dark and stormy nights. To see the French market at its best A Necessity. one must visit it in the early morning, , An Indianapolis woman had a negro Sunday above all others. It is the cleaning the for her. His wife he most remarkable and characteristic had been deadyard for several years and spot in New Orleans. Under Its four might be fairly regarded as on the blocks of roof every language Is spoken. market once more. So his employe Gascon butchers, Moors, Italians ami seized a favorable moment and Pr0, - ' $23,000. ' City of Monuments. There are many monuments In the city, but the most interesting to many will be the Margaret, statue, a statue of Margaret Haughery, the humble bakerwoman, who toiled all the long years for support and maintenance of the little orphans of the city. She erected the New Orleans Orphan asylum, also St. Vincents Infant asylum, helped to build St. Elizabeth's Industrial Home for Girls and gave everywhere and to every needy child. Her small business grew through her own exertions to a, large steam bakery and she became a great factor In public life. Everyone, from the banker to the newsboy, would salute her as she sat at the door of her office. AH honored and respected her. She had never learned to write. She was an orphan and yet she died as no woman in New Orleans ever died before, giving away thousands of dollars to the poor little orphans of the city. Jewish, Protestant and Catholic were all remembered. She had a funeral such as no other woman ever had and almost before' anyone could tell how it began the idea of a monument seemed to be in every mind. This Is the first monument erected to a woman in the United States. The restaurants of New Orleans are noted for having the finest cooking in the world. The magnificent Todo restaurant, called the palace of chic, Should be visited jit least once by the tourist. This is opposite the St Charles hotel and there the city of New Orleans offers with pride to its guests the same French, Italian, Gerand other hlgh-Claman, cuisine that each nation serves to its countrymen , ' . La'tln-Amerlc- ST. CHARLES The St. Louis, or Royal hotel, stands of the French quarter. building, costing $1,500,-00in 1835, was completely fire in 1841, but another was immediately erected on the same site and soon reached a degree of splendor almost unparalleled in the United States. It was the resort of the wealthiest planters and largest slaveholders in the South. The lower rotunda was used for a slave mart. The old slave block is still in the building and the names of the auctioneers are engraved on the walls. Henry Clay was entertained in this building with a dinner costing $20,000. It has been a statehouse and a besieged fortress. But the most noted hotel in the city is the St. Charles hotel, the third structure bearing the same name. The first was begun in 1835. The rotunda A dome 46 feet in was world-famediameter surmounted the edifice. The hotel was the resort of the wealthiest planters in the South, Its weekly balls were famous. In 1851 It was destroyed by fire. The second hotel was erected in 1852. In Its parlors Jefferson Davis and a number of Southern leaders met on their way to the Charleston convention in 1860. In 1862 Mr. Hildreth refused to give General Butler accommodations, resulting in a serious disturbance. General Butler finally succeeded in obtaining possession and stayed there a few days. In 1865 the impoverished Confederates were entertained there free. The bills contracted amounted to $30,000 and have never been sent out for collection. The historic building was destroyed by fire April 28, 1894. From the ruins, like magic, sprang up the the most interesting , Had a Relapse. Mrs. Browns poor husband had uu fortunately been laid up for six months now. But the glad news that he was on the high road to recovery had come at last. Im so glad to hear that your husband is getting better, remarked kindly lady to Mrs. Brown one, day. Well, so am I, mum. He was getting along so nicely last week, but now the doctor says hes got the convalescence ! Isnt it hard lines, muu ? STREET PARK ss re-- . ' German vegetable women, Chinese, Hindus, Jews, Teutons, French and almost every, other nationality gather here for business. St. Louis cemetery, No. 1, is the oldest in the city. There numbers of the most noted citizens of the state and city are burled, among them Charles Gayarre, the noted Louisiana historian, and 6scar Dunn, colored lieutenant governor under Warmouth. Another interesting cemetery is the Metairie cemetery, organized in 1872. At one time it was the race track of the Metairie Jockey club, for over 80 years the most noted race track in the United States. The track went out of existence in 1870, when Charles,' T. Howard, a wealthy citizen, bought it and turned it into a. cemetery. In this of the plot stands the monument-tom- b Army of Northern Tennessee, surmounted by Doyles famous equestrian statue of Albert Sidney Johnston. , , , f . ceeded to sound him. John, she sail youre a good, steady 'man, and ought to have a home of your own. Lots of women would be glad to have yok Why dont you get a wife? leaned on his rake and scratched his head reflectively. Well, I tell you, he replied, you know, I was marrie seven years, and Ive got to have rest. Indianapolis News. Jn They All Mean Well. Whats the matter?" asked seem young doctor of a patient who h . extremely pessimistic regarding docto j chances. Oh, I dont know, but I feel, that I shall never ooy Nonsense, my through here. absoi Is case nonsense. Why, your ye.w, ly the same as an Illness I ago. Yet look at me strong as ever I Yes, replied the, pan but then" I expect yon had a 8 doctor I" anan i |