The report of the Philadelphia baby saving show, and the proceedings of the Conference on infant hygiene . ansported and quickly put into place;the exhibition rooms were inadequate; the arrangement of the exhibits was lessattractive and less effective; the conduct of the exhibit was more difficult, and ade-quate demonstration was lacking. Judging from the size and character of theattendance upon the main show, it is probable that a larger group of people couldhave been reached and more good accomplished had the Show been continued foranother week in the central location. Cost of the Shoiv.—The
The report of the Philadelphia baby saving show, and the proceedings of the Conference on infant hygiene . ansported and quickly put into place;the exhibition rooms were inadequate; the arrangement of the exhibits was lessattractive and less effective; the conduct of the exhibit was more difficult, and ade-quate demonstration was lacking. Judging from the size and character of theattendance upon the main show, it is probable that a larger group of people couldhave been reached and more good accomplished had the Show been continued foranother week in the central location. Cost of the Shoiv.—The total amount of money expended in the preparation, theconduct, the taking down and transporting of the exhibit to the various subsidiaryshow buildings, its final rehabilitation and storage, and the publication of the pres-ent report, amounts to $14, The Committee feels privileged to congratu-late itself upon this rather remarkable showing. Method of Financing the Show.—Practically this entire sum was underwrittenby a group of public-spirited private citizens, who guaranteed amounts varying. LXTRODUCTIOX 13 from $100 to $200, before any public appeal for funds was made. An appropriationof $5,000 by the city government, together with the general subscriptions, enabledthe Committee to return to the guarantors about forty per cent, of their guarantees. Color Scheme for Charts,Photographs,and Backgrounds.—Before the preparationof the Exhibit was begun, it was decided to use a uniform color scheme for the back-grounds and mountings of the charts and photographs, as well as a uniform methodof lettering which would be attractive, and at the same time restful to the backgrounds were of a light sage green, and the charts an ivy green, and thelettering, which was in white, and in the De Vinne type, of uniform size and largeenough to be read easily from a distance. The Legends.—Realizing the discouraging effect of long legends and overfuldescriptions, we insisted up
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