FRENCH PEOPLE
ARE DISCUSSING
CHILD HYGIENE
PARIS, March 19 (Correspondence
•of the Associated Press).—“Save the
babies” is the message that has been
taken into the remote towns and vil
lages of thirteen departments of
France by the Children’s bureau of
the American Red Cross. y
France is considered second to none
in scientific knowledge of infant wel
fare; but hitherto that knowledge has
been largely confined to her medical
i schools, her hospitals, and to the
minds of her child specialists. It
needed to be taken right into the
t homes, if France was to save her
coming generation.
s To combat ignorance of the prin
5-ciples of child hygiene on the part of
French mothers, to popularize fresh
i air and clean teeth, to preach the
truth that tuberculosis is preventable;
to encourage breast feeding and
sensible clothing for infants, was the
task which the American Red Cross,
seventeen months ago, set itself to
perform.
The result is, as the bureau statis
tics show, that 250,000 French chil
dren have directly benefitted by the
efforts of this section of the American
Red Cross.
It organized four great expositions
in four of the busiest cities of France;
Lyons, Marseilles, St. Etienne and
Toulouse. Three hundred thousand
persons went through the turnstiles of
these shows, and they took home
every piece of the child welfare litera
ture that they could obtain.
Traveling expositions next went
into thirteen French deparflnents.
They gave simple lectures and demon
strations with a life-size baby-doll in
the townhall or the market place, and
with the aid of their own cinema and
a supply of picture cards and colored
posters, told the mothers how the
health and welfare of their offspring
might be promoted. Nearly two mil
lion pieces of child welfare propa
ganda were thus distributed, with the
gratifying result that In many in
i—
stances mothers returned to the
show to tell that they had benefitted
by this or that piece of advice given
by “les Americans.”
Finally, the bureau has trained
young Frenchwomen as social visitors
and sent forty-eight of them out
among their own people. In Lyons,
Marseilles, Corbeil, Blois, St. Etienne
and Paris they are doing intelligent
and constructive social work begin
ning at the home itself where they
are endeavoring to instil modern
methods of child hygiene and the
prevention of disease.
Another feature of the activities of
the-children’s bureau has been the
establishment of children’s play
grounds. A start has been made at
Rouen; where two playgrounds have
been inaugurated for the use of chil
dren between the ages of 7 and 13.
The workers are Miss Jane G. Hennes
sey, who has had seven years exper
ience as a playground teacher in New
York city, and Miss Beulah Kennard,
a member of the faculty of New York
University, and for twenty years
president and superintendent of the
Pittsburgh Playground Association.
STUFFEDHORNEDTOAD
A BORDER CURIOSITY
EL PASO, April 22 (by Associated
Press).—Stuffed toads are a com
modity on the local curio market and
are sold in lots of a thousand to curio
dealers and retail to thousands of
soldiers and souvenir hunters who
visit the border. The toads are the
desert homed variety. They are
bought in the south Texas border
towns after having been stuffed with
cotton and are mounted on cardboard
by deft-fingered Mexican girls here
before being offered for sale.
PILCHARD FISH ARE
IDENTIFIED AS HERRINC
SEATTLE, April 22 (by Associated
Press).—After considerable researcl
Prof. Trevor Kincaid, department ol
zoology, University of Washington
has identified the so-called Puge>
sound pilchard fish as plain herring
State Fish Commissioner L. H. Dar
win has been much concerned ovei
the identity of the “pilchard” since
Austrian purse seiners began destroy
ing them in great numbers in the
Point Discovery'district recently.
HYDROPLANE SEVRICE
FOR HAWAUAN CITIES
HONOLULU, April 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—Inauguration next fall
of a daily hydroplane passenger, mail
and express service between Honolulu
and Hilo, on the island of Hawaii,
has been promised by E. H. Lewis,
former automobile dealer of Honolulu.
The distance between the cities is
approximately 200 miles. ,
Mr. Lewis, who returned recently
from a conference with officials of an
airplane concern, stated that the pro
ject had been amply financed, and all
that remained to be done was to ob
tain a common carrier franchise from
the territorial government.
Arrangements have been made, Mr.
Lewis said, for the manufacture of a
hydroplane that will carry fifty pas
sengers and their baggage, flying
about ten feet above the surface of the
sea in calm weather. The machine
will cost $100,000.
Electric Wiring
and Repairs—
JOHN G. YOUNG
Leave Orders at Cordova
Sheet Metal Works.
Phone 143
Our stock of
EATON'S
1C H LAND
LINEN
is kept always fresh,
clean and crisp by
Monthly Express
Shipments
Buy here and feel
assured that your cor
respondence is never
out of vogue, but al
ways smart and correct
and measured by the
latest standards of
good taste. Our dis
play shows a great
variety of charming
selections.
C. M. ROSSWOG
STATIONER, NEWSDEALER,
NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
-
Sixty Steam-Heated Rooms, Electric-Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath
Cordova House
DOOLEY & GREENIG
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guaranteed :: Rates Reasonable j
> j
CMS. GOLDSTEIN & COMPANY]
of Juneau, Alaska
Offer to the trappers and dealers of the North
the followinig prices for No. 1 Prime Furs:
Lynx, Extra Large No. 1.$30.00 to $32.50
Lynx, Large No. 1. 25.00 to 30.00
Lynx, Small . 15.00 to 20.00
Mink, dark coast skins. 5.00 to 7.00
Mink, dark coast skins, small. 3.00 to 5.00
Mink, fresh water... 5.00 to 10.00
Land Otter. 12.00 to 18.00
Red Fox, No. 1 large. 30.00 to 35.00
Cross Fox, according to beauty. 50.00 to 100.00
Muskrats.!.75 to 1.50
Silver and Black Foxes, as to color
Wolverine . 7.00 to 15.00
Wolves. 5.00 to 20.00
Ship us your Furs! As Boon as recelvod we will grade same and
wire our heat offer. If our prices are not oatlsfactory we will return
the furs and pay transportation charges on same both ways.
References: Any bank In Alaska, Dexter Horton National Bank, Se
attle; National Bank of Tacoma, Tacoma, Wash.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
We operate the largest Fur Manufactory north of San Francisco.
- ■ J
SOLICITING THE PATRONAGE OF
THE EPICUREAN
and discriminating public, I desire to call attention to a tew ot the
reasons which I am confident make this Grill a popular one and en
titled to their kind support.
BETTER COOKS—BETTER COOKING—BETTER 8ERVICE
TABLES AND BOOTHS FOR LADIES BANUET ROOM
LINDIG’S GRILL
Phone 30
ALASKAN GRILL
FRANK A. DOUGLAS, Proprietor
“THE HOME OF QUALITY AND ATTENTION" »
ONE VISIT TO THE ALASKA GRILL WILL MAKE YOU A
REGULAR PATRON
IF YOU ARE
100% American
YOU WILL SUBSCRIBE TO THE
VICTORY LOAN
I
WE WILL BE HAPPY TO RECEIVE
YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
»
..iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim^^
HE FIRST BANK OF CORDOV
...