Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1921, Page 18

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTOX, D. U, MAY 8 1921 PART 1 @ OPEN HOUSE TO BE IN ORDER I — = ON NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY|j | Visitors Welcomed Everywhere Thursday I to Be Shown Marvelous Organizations || Always Available to Them. nursing ap- ||| Japanese Incense Burner A quaint little novelty with ori- ental With of in- cense. Special, Japanese Teapot With blue and white decorations and 39c decorations. box 25¢ S12 NINTH STREET strainer. Very special ¢ qvemus night at Central High School un-| o cpeedily diagnose the nature of the iviu-s of many N tional Hospital day will be ob-[medical treatment and Tl i > ha o sty | pears at its best in childbirth, in flh served in the hospitals of the iVl the haspital replaces the’ ex- il Thursday. with “open house” to All|citement of the home. by quiet. the fjij visitors in the afternoon hours. the fhest skill and the insiant availability || 4 ¢ a meeting at | of trained aids that have saved the | ebservance to end with a meeting at | mothers. The power || I der ausp of the National League |trouble, especially of nb:«-u‘rc rlr‘r;lu- A y catio ‘o-operation | bles. 18 a tremendous asset of the €t B B I e | hospital. for on speed and accuracy | with the American Red Cross. v often hangs life and death, and — = —=. 77 e (o L8 s as H; [— — as - 5. = @ay falls upon the anniversary of the | the making of this depends on Tabor- [l birth of Fiorence chtingale. atories :ll(‘!“.u‘y(\‘r;:rhlus noteasily to ([ y ' i e siaft. ansted o most | LN st wenst. 1o smarc ] AT We hear the above remark very frequently here all because our stock of Furniture is so Ciin N L """éEx:i..“l;';.”h‘,‘,?.fi:,‘;;;;i\‘i’f';‘:; il s and, complete. And add to its completion the satisfying low prices and liberal terms of deferred ks iy e e A ra ave | tablished.” ) : A 4 = papatag Conbdential L e b Tmmsitus in Our Today’s S < ay and very minute — helping folks iberal an i St LA W 9 600 BIBLES ARE NEEDED Do Tl payments and it's small wonder we’re BUSY — every day Ty ping Cocratiand sargeons attending | of the merican | here W nesday | of the local hos- | bie National Hospital| which has been officiall by Fresident Harding Chance to Bear Gifts. and FOR WASHINGTON HOTELS |1 select “just what they had in mind”—THAT’S SERVICE. o RN i | pitals as poss day. tioned der Couch Hamrfioék : A v T LT i S T Gideons to Present Their Cause on May 15—Have Placed 500,000 Books. is to be observed here ||| “Gideon day 15, nts in the Tt Gideons, ian traveli free of cl an e hoe organization i avenue 1 to the pub- is just what you need now for Lawn or Porch . on W strect | to keep open | hours x::\mN;l,‘: s ors (}Vnnd mattress, \\i_nd ive l"a;qv'l'.l'{fi',’n :;‘,1 |offering taken. y service, open | shield, and magazine K, tablished in 18 Lust ve the | 10 _the public, is to be held at 3:30 pockets, of excellent Bespital cared for 2t Tae duck: complete with Eheinentitomnyiol hanging frame and awn- building: N. K ing. Special, treet: B. J H. B Hamm, Shirk, ,,(,,,,,m,_l-’:'.".?n“';t:}:zg,."d';r;m?:i::ih!;;:;':“;({.- $49.50 - This Massive American Walnut Dining Suite and acknowledged The Gideon organization —Comprises four distinctive and well constructed pieces in crotched Ameri- ‘ has only Ambulance Work Demonstrated. Des bipy o paid oficers, their sularies being can Walnut, comprising double swell-front Buffet and $ 5 spita cated at 1711 [ met rom erbers] s; N . ~ : A eY : OO ag | Ry ToTar Tomtrivutia fes 1o s China Closet, inclosed Server and Extensian Table. Re- 8 5 0 | tution in which the greatest |Bibles. i i e L == | itation dn % e UL Bren Lot | e Clicistian . traveling!. Jraen:] Another Couch Hammock uced to the special price of .. | st. Public wards and ad- ve departments of the hos- be open for inspection and i cedy ambu- ption of the strangers to each other, found them- selves obliged to occupy one room in a crowded hotel, and while having their evening devotions together were {given an inspiring thought which was jWorked out six months later, July, ||} 1899, in the Gideon organization. The | |ill name was chosen from the story il Judges Gideon being was willing to do exactly what God | {wanted him to do, irrespective of his own judgment as 'to plans or results Humility and obedience were the great elements of his character. This Canvas Lawn Chair Hardwood frame, natural finish, with strong canvas $1 98 stretcher, with arms With soft mattress and windshield; of good grade of duck; equipped with chains for hanging. Very specially priced at. 122 e o e visitors at the pensary and Casualty Hos- reet and Massachusetis ave- babies to v ¥ “and Col- v owill i 24th and D ' “open house - 2 lege streets, will be open to the public from 1.30 to 3:30 p.m. It is & gen- eral hospital and treats all kinds of and _injuries. arfield Memorial Hospital, lo- cated at 11th and Clifton streets, will welcome its friends. The institution contains 300 beds in its public wards and private rooms. Operating Rooms on Exhibit. Georgetown University Hospital, 35th and N streets, will receive guests from 2 to 4 o'clock. This in- stitution has both a medical college and a training school for nurses. Operating rooms and other features will be open to the inspection of te orge Washington Un . 1333 H street, 1ik a universit seorgetown, and has an medical coilege and a chool of its own. ational Homeopathic Hospi- tal. at 24 and N streets, is another institution which will hold “open house” Thursday. Visitors will be shown _through Providence Hospitul. 24 and D street: southeast, by the sisters of the in stitution. One feature will be an exhibit of the work of ex-soldiers aided and trained at the hospital. S zabeth's Hospital. Congress is exclusively for nervous ental patients—neuro-peychi- atric patients. Members of the staft be pleased to welcome the friends of the institution on National Hospital da The Tuberculosis Hospital, 14th and Upshur streets, will welcome visitors Thursday. The United tes Naval Hospital, reets, will not keep an but will welcome vis- itors and show them through the hos- pital. Moviex at Walter Reed. Reed Hospital. on north enue, will be open to vis- am. to 5 p.m. with in afternoon how visitors through the building Exhibits of occupational therapy and other interesting fea- s will be given. Work done by jers will be shown. A special fea- a car of injured men at nion station, their trip to Walter iged and their life there. Sibley Memorial Hospital, North Capital and M streets, will entertain visitors between 2 and 5 o'clock. Though a general hospital. this insti- tution last year saw 1,000 babies born n Asylum Hospital sed to welcome all inter- Hogpital ¢ te Eye. Ear and D Pennsylvania hold n house” from | " The Woman's Ciinic T street. wili join in the celebration Thursday and will welcome vixitors. Object of the Day. Discussing National Hospital Day, an officiai of the public health service tively few persons realize o e to Which the wealthiest people n the land are availing them- selves of the public hospitals. for the reaso they can g er nursin ) medic a surgical skill of not as yet learned t more hat ilities E < doctors’ charges. based rightfully on the pati circumstances “Most elementary of the hospital's offering is control of diet and exer- cise ture—control and room ten which nearly all patients will readily accept in a hospital. and which many hem will defy or elude in a home o offers nursing, which in some (preumonia. typhoid fever is almost the and in many fl\h(rsi part a4 moderate | iNE DUrposes. is the standard the Gideon Society is trying to establish in all its members, each to be a man ready to do God's Hi spirit leads. It is_estimated there are 700.000 commercial travelers in the United States. The society, therefore, has a || large field for its specific endeavors, and as the traveling man spends more time in the hotel guest room than at home, one chief avenue of approach is through the Gideon Bible. |‘ Already nearly 500,000 Bibles have been placed, Eiving their silent testi- mony to all who will read, be they commercial men or not: and nearly 1.500,000 more are reauired to com- plete the first distribution. DISABLED SOLDIER WEEK || PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Washington Plans to Stimulate In- terest in Cripples in Nation- | ‘Wide Observance. i Announcement of plans to be car- ried out in Washington during the nation-wide observance of the week May 29 to June 4. a period when tk!fi, American public will pause and {Eive thought to the country's war ||| cripples, was made yesterday at headquarters of the National Dis- d Soldiers' League, Inc he seven days will be known as ‘National Disabled Soldiers' week,’ When, from pulpits, theaters and public forums, efforts will be made to concentrate the interest of every ! patriotic citizen and secure moral support for measures to alleviate | the suffering of those wounded and ||| disabled in the recent conflict The program as outlined by the posts - organization e various lative day. June 1; 2; " Hospital day, 3, ane efans’ day, June 4. On the last- named date a parade of all veterans and auxiliary women's clubs in the city, together with representatives from many civic organizations, will be held as a tribute to the disabled men. Washingtonians to Speak Before Society of Mechanical Engineers. 1. W. Wallace, executive secretar of the Amerlean Engineering Council | of the Federated American Enginecr- ing Soc : Brig. Gen. Richard C.! Marshal, and . D. Curtis, all of | this city, will speak at the spring| jmecting of*the American Society of | wiyl at any place and in any way that ROAD BUILDING TOPIC. || | Mechanical Engineers to be held at|| h 2 to be presented at the Chicago meeting will emphasize to {the contractor the importance of a jeareful planning of road construction | joperations to better utilize mechanical (equipment. The meeting is also ar- | runged with the idea of making clear |to the mechanical i {in the improveme design _of mechanical equipment for road-build- Contrary to the announcement in the amusement section of today's Star, the first showing of “Headin' Home.” the fim in which “Babe” Ruth is starred, at the lweader Theater, will be one | week from today instead of today.| {The postponement was announced | jafter the other section of The Star ||| | had gone to bress; therefore a change there was not possible. | POSTPONE FILM SHOWING. | Napoleon Bonaparte's earl tion was for a naval caree WIRELESS APPARATUS Doubleday-Hill Electric Co. i | i DISTRIBUTORS FOR 2 i DE FOREST WIRELESS 715 12th St. N.W. Coils, Condensers, Phones, Audion Tubes, Etc. Summer Curtains At Reduced Prices Ecru Marquisette Curtains. Pair.......$2.25 Cream Madras Curtains, with Valance. Pairi £ 8 ohr oo il bt ol 5 93598 Cross-stripe Summer Curtains. Pair...$2.25 Snow-flake Curtains. 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