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Show ROOMS DOITED FOR CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY Tho Child Welfare Society of Ogden has announced the opening of the new quarters in the Hoywood building, corner cor-ner Twenty-fifth street and Washington Washing-ton avenue, and that tho work of giving giv-ing aid and scientific advice to mothers moth-ers about their babies will again be resumed. The rooms will be open forenoons, three days of the week, from 9 a. m. until 12 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. Lynne Eiscnberg will be tho nurse In charge of the rooms and she will be aided by other women of the city who always have had a keen interest in this child welfare work. Tho committee plans to have a clinic clin-ic in connection with the work done by tha nurso in weighing and measuring measur-ing children. Mothers will be informed inform-ed when they call 'at the rooms, when to bring their children for treatment, in caso such medical attention is necessary. ne-cessary. All parents whose children under the age of six years have not been weighed and measured, according to tho ordei of the government issued in June, should bring the children to the rooms as soon as possible, on one of the days designated. The rooms tire easily accessible, being be-ing on tho corner of Twenty -fifth street and Washington avenue, over Marshall's Drug Store. The entrance is on Twenty-fifth street and marked by a sign over tho door reading "U. S. Child Welfare Work." . One of the members of the society, in speaking of the work, said, "The United States Government asks for the hearty cooperation of all patriotic parents par-ents in carrying on this work. It is a sad fact that thousands of our babies die every summer, that could be saved by proper care. For this reason the government at this time is particuarly anxious to have all citizens show their patriotism by responding to this urgent ur-gent call to do the utmost in giving the coming generation a good start physically." Tho rooms where the child welfare work is carried on were donated for this purpose by the Hon. Abbot R. Hey wood and have recently been renovated ren-ovated and fitted up by the city. In speaking of Mr. Heywood's philanthropic philan-thropic spirit in offering the rooms a member of the society said today: "Mr. Heyyrood has again shown his patriotic spirit by donating the use ui luiratr iuui e.xcfiiL'm ruums. rur years Mr. Hoy-wood has donated the use of two rooms over Marshall's Drug Store for the use of the Children's Aid Society. When the government appointed a committee to take up the work of weighing and measuring children chil-dren and ' urging them to establish headquarters where the children might I be given expert treatment and the care of doctors, Mr. Heywood was impressed impress-ed with the very excellent work suggested sug-gested by tho government of saving the babies and giving them better chances to live and enjoy good health. Hence he offered the committee in charge of the Child Welfare Work the use of additional rooms, making four excellent, rooms for tho use of the Child Aid Society and the Child Welfare Wel-fare Association." |