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GLADLY IMITATE
MOTHERS IN U.S.
French Women Change
Methods With Infants.
AMERICA' THEIR MAGIC WORD
Give Babies Milk Instead of Coffee
and Wine.
Savlrs future ceneratlcms for Frarce
has been the Job of Dr Frances Sage
Bradley, Just armed from oersea"!
where she went to establish a children s
bureau for the French under the super
vision of the American Hed Cros
' The losses on the battlefield In
France ' said Dr Bradley, "are small
compared with the terrific losses at home
due to infant mortality This is due di
rectly to ignorance of the French
mothers in the proper care of their chil
dren ' The French Government has never
had State supervision of its children.
Before I left the Red Cross had estab
lished a chain of stations and dispens
aries where treatment was Tien the
children and educational lectures given
the mothers
' Each child born In a village la now
registered, and his progress or decline
In health is noted Each of these sta
tions has been equipped with French
doctors and nurses trained In the work
by the Red Cross doctors and nurses.
Eager to Changs
"The French mothers are remarkably
receptive and quick to learn," Dr Brad
ley continued ' The magic phrase that
mowed down prejudice and cll-ging to
old customs was 'American mothers do
It this waj The French women were
eager to do an thing that the American
woman did
"In some parts of the country ws
found that tfce French mothers used
to bind the legs and bodies of their
babies round and round in strips of
cloth tightly wound Tho child had
no freedom of Its limbs whatever.
" 'You mustn't do that.' we usefl to
say. 'That Is -very bad for the baby.
He must be free to kick his leg8 U
he wants to. so that his muscles may
develop and he may grow Into a strong
big man. American babies do this
"'Americans nre strong they came
ad caved France," they would answer.
And the next time we visited them or
they came to us for treatment or ad
vice they would show us the child
without the bindings.
" 'See,' they would say eagerly 'No
more bindings. My baby kicks now.
Do American babies kick so?"
"They were Just as eager to learn
the proper foods to give their chil
dren. The French for generations
, have been accustomed to giving their
little ones elder, wine and coffee at
the table with their meals. We tried
to make them realize the Importance
of giving children only milk and water
to drink. It wasn't easy for them to
get milk, because there were scarcely
any cows R t they did the best they
could.
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now rrance wants
etter
Babies
Y " HE war has robbed France of its babies
as well as its fighting men. Babies are
more precious to-day than ever before.
France knows 'that her future depends upon the
proper care of her babies.
French mothers impressed by the big strong
American soldiers they have seen, are turn
ing to us for help in the upbringing of their
babies.
French mothers are throwing away their century-old
habits of feeding babies cider, wine and
coffee, and are taking up American ideas of
baby-care.
America First in Baby Conservation
Why does France choose American methods
of child-rearing? Because America has a practi
cal, successful plan of baby-development that
has benefitted half a million children:
Years ago the Woman's Home Companion
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established the better babies movement in
America. Slowly and carefully this magazine
built up the movement until it spread across the
continent, earned the endorsement of the Amer
ican Medical Association and was adopted by
American mothers everywhere.
The Greatest Editorial Achievement
The Better Babies movement is undoubtedly
the greatest editorial a'chievement ever accom
plished by a magazine. It is a personal, intimate,
confidential kind of work that cannot be done
by a Government bureau or by any society of
private individuals.
The Woman's Home Companion had the
confidence of American women, and on that
feeling of friendliness and faith it founded the
movement that soon became a national force for
child betterment and is now being adopted by
France.
A Magazine for Women 'Edited hy a Woman
Woman's Home Companion
The Crowell Publishing Company
WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION THE AMERICAN" MAGAZINE FARM AND FIRESIDE
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