Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1923, Page 2

Saturday Half Holiday All Year Proposed for U. S. Clerks Polls Taken in Departments and Legal Advice Sought to Put Plans Into Effect. CHRISTIAS SEALS SALE BEING PUSHED Designs This Year Most Beautiful—Use of Funds Accounted For. holiday the year|on five days In order to get off early around for government clerks is the | Saturday afternoon. Several move- i vament recently | Mments in the past,”it s understood, im of a mne movement recently) have heen started to obtain this started in independent establishments | privilege for the government worker, of this city, which has developed so|And have almost without cxception met whole-hearte sponse far it several legul opinions | frot e emnloven ihermaelven e by counsel and polls of the personnel. | Criticlsm from the outside world Yol hold, it was|thi: government employes have a 3 sl “soft snap” in quitting at 4:30 was today, that such a half holl- | godiL 0™ atlrdhy. by o spoiesman | Satu »uld legally be in-|for the new movement to be in error. by utive branch of matter of fact, t has been found wEy e study of the situation that the WIthON thabk i EiCon t employe does not have a nion, just rendered,| much easler time of it on that ac Is that heads of departments and count. The government employe gets shments could make the|only half an hour for lunch. as com-} pared with an hour to &n hour and a * without even an executlve or- | half In_the business world, It was Ly the 1 said. The government worker has taken withi it W iment on the Saturday half By tomorrow the annual sale of Christmas seals, under the auspices of the Washington Tuberculosis As- sociation, wil be in full swing. The Washington Ratlway and Capltal Traction companles and the Washing- ton Rapld Transit Company, as in former yecars, have volunteered to carry announcements of the sale in the form of the slogan, “Christmas Seals Buy Health! This years seal is the most at- tractive that has been designed. With its two-co'or arrangement of red and green it shows the figure of a healthy and happy child before a glowing, ‘open fire, through the flames of which i3 seen the smiling of Santa Claus. It is for the preservation of such childhood as this, well as for adult protection, that work of the Tuberculosis Aszociation makes its appeal for com- v support by means of the sale of Christmas How funds collected were used in the purchase of health for the people of the District is shown in the report of the treasurer, Frank P. Reeside, as follows: Treasurer's Report. 5 joRecelpts for the year ended September 80,1 023 From sale of Christmas Coutributions und memberships Endowment fund S Iuterest on bunk balances and re- » hese revealed day on opinions a ex ment a halt holiday only during the sum- mer months. while the general prac- tice in most large citles and bigger business, it was sald, is to give Sat- urday half holiday the vear around. Legal problems fnvolved have been declared by those who have studied the problem for some of the depart- ments and establishments lately to offer no serious objection to placing in effect the new scheme without dif- iculty It has been held by one authority o that there would be no_ violation of | . Mrs. Coolidge, with Secretary ot the law if empleyes would work until | Navy Denby, in the White House box. 5 p.m. on five d of the week and - | MARINES BATTER ARMY'S WALL TO THIRD VICTORY, 7-0 Federal statutes hold that govern- Page.) ral establish- fow days re- an overwhelming art of the govern- of the move- lengtnening vork Sehedule fn Eftect. ilrond Administration, it was pointed out, alre is working on schedule of § to 5 pan, with Saturday haif holid The Shipping Board operated those hours until about A oriicials there are considering a return to the ¥stem Oficials of the Veterans' Bureau have made an intensive study of the problem ind ure about to take poll_of employes on the sub- Ject. The 0 ces o the Veterans Bureau in miny places, operating un- der the sume sct of Congress regu- lating hours of workers in the Dis- trict of ¢ ibla, already are enjoy- ing a Saturday half holiday through. out the year by working until o'clock in"the afterncon on the other ment veal A muni the last year th ment employes work for forty-two D nours a seven hours a day, ex- cept on holidays. By adding the half hour a day for five days, It was said, the entire forty-two-hour require- ment may be met As for_the stipulation in the law as to seven hours dally, except on a hollday, one legal opinion polnts to fact that in the District of Columbia code Saturday is a holiday. This would obviate possibie objection on the score that employes must work seven hours each day, except on holidays Amang the cogent reasons why de- partmental heads having extei connections with the business are in favor of the new plan, | fact that many business houses keep open until 5 oclock and close Satur- day afternoons. The government by 1 | closing half an hour earlier, for five days a week, under the present plan, and staying on the job during Satur- day afternoon, §s in operation for uch time ‘when hours do incide. This is sald to be | loss of time that it Is the principal | Privates n|reason why many government es- | threw hats, in & certain establishment hore with- | tablishments n the field have chang- a in the past few davs shows that 97 |ed thelr hours to correspond with |ohe AiF Brig. Gen %o Mirine per cent of thote voting were In|those in the business with which |leT: S ing)iu front of (the Marine Favor of workine half an hour longer | they have the most dealings. section, embraced an officer beside {him. Had it been the Army mule he | would have embraced it, too, perhaps, for he was too happy to know who or what he grabbed cals........$20,776.28 ek, 1,613.50 §15.87 944.94 Totals $33,210.50 Disbursements: For nutrition clinics and health cru- sade. including salaries of four workers .. $9,456.18 S lunches 1o open-air classes for underwelght children. Sorait For s wervice in health scho < Health p I plicity wnd ‘sesl sale. . (Continued from First k. veral other government locuted in the field, hours usually extend in afternoon, are be holding open until single foot of the fatal Army goal line. Minutes seemed like hours be- fore the teams again lined up, again the soldiers crouching tense behind their own line. A slip, a fumble—the slightest mistake—meant the game. Goettge stood the pigskin snapped back and landed safely into his hands. Straight into a hole be- tween right end and tackle he plunged—a touchdown a yard! The crowds were already tip- tch that play d when the of the Marines’ husky across the lin re- released. Officers and over in the Marine section coats and blankets into Gen. Smedley D. But- ar 1 to 970.33 arguments are ad- nents of the plan it would result in morale among the oy m nereased poised; ut’ Toberculosts tes of two to eritic d from many who feel workers h an & 4:20 he b stay on the § quitting hour ajority of business offices. Favored by Employes. Conce: rst point revealed ¥ one pall und *information, utive office and administration Fove expenses oRT ment quittir shou'd until i for the on ori Total expenditures............ fo Appropriations Schools. year the associa- ed to provide the ol luncheons at two open-air : Blake and Stevens. It is | hoped th number of these be increased to the point e shall be at least one in school division. In addition, the iat s placed in the hands of authorlties duri the 4 maroon § quarter fel sey it tal ni assoc NATIONAL PHROTOS, Seeretary of War Weeks nnd his granddaughter, little Martha Davidge, e I AND NARINES | elting moment. Both Victors and Vanquished‘ Praise Clean Playing of Each Other. MILITARY SECRET GIVEN | AS NAVY’S REASON FOR TEAPOT DOME CONTRACT from ared Seeretary Fall had expressed wrprise when the proposal was pre- | nte him. “Did you have any difficulty pe suading him it was the correct thi asked Senator Lenroot, re- publican, Wisconsin whatev g no more g you.” for chil- Tous. artetion: Secretary of War Weeks, Maj. Gen. Hamilton and Charles H. Muir, commanding officer of the Third Corps area, and ranking | oficers of the Ar There, by sev- eral mechanically precise maneuvers, they formed a human “A™ and sa- luted their opponents by giving them a lusty cheer. A moment later the lines moved quickly, and the next in- stant had formed a perfect “M.)” this time facing the Marine stands In a box in the center of the M; rine stands were Mrs. Coolidge, Sec- retary of the Navy Denby, Aesistant Secretary Roosevelt, Maj. Gen. Juhn A. Lejeune, commandant of the Ma- rine Corps; other high officers of that organization and of the Navy and a number of men and women prominent in the official life of the government. Having saluted these personages and they did a snake dance twice around .\ "yova) rooters with & Marine the fleld and wound up under the Army | song, the Devil Dogs did a “double goal posts. There they told in song and | k", “iheir own seats in the story the glory of the I therneck and, 7 In all duc solemnity, sounded taps— | SOuth stand. | rounded by their chiefs and hosts, Eeke By Dot the soldier’s farewell”—in memory of ooters Evenly Matched. |the members of the. Washington| sesstary Dembs of oo Back and forth across the chalk |cpamber of Commerce. The air of | partment, " the vanquished Army. under whose d BRI DD bl & 5 = Tt was the graduate service foot|marked gridiron rang the cheers of | clean sportsmanship permeated the!Marines coue, spoke highly ot {T\ne Wag Dreuder deat mieht ofibsing | SIET ¥ er, it would deflance from the contending rooters. | éntire atmosphere, and the leaders | services, pus a and wished that the oyl 1 !"r'w!»rl st night thar or lhd« spiritual excellance of ball classic of the country, ang never of the two services represented as|ican people could sec more he | Syarhetore of & comrades of the jour nation and next for its well being before has the National Capital wit- | Every soldier and every Marine had o it ("0 S0 G E¥Draliea each | spirit of the two services as shown (n_!.':::;\‘.“;;.‘.: Army, ey |A’r:\“::‘r\?ll‘.,lér!:‘?lu:'dcr”lnu Tn:\!Lv'ufgee‘;”i:E | nessed such overwhelming ath-|a+ megaphone, and whatever may other. at the game today. He suaid that he Army tes irig iy s I pec emonstration. From 1 o'clock, | have been the fighting merits of the | To the victors. the Marines from lenordenons ¢ “ | players, in singing, cheering and just Gen. dley 1. Butler, commanding | to_begin with childry had not enjoyed himself so much in tho > itler, commanding egin with the childrent , . Quantico, was presented the hand- [ many months, and he pledged Clark | iho,POSEat Quantico and from whose | The health chores of the crusade when the crowds began to arrive|pjain shiouting, both sides were even- until after 4, when the grounds be-|jy matched at least. One last grand Griffith his personal thanks for mak- | (o ond the marino team came | were found so helpful that they sub- one ] :’x;, l;xpx‘v‘;sll‘l;l: t bave the gie hote : LYou're a great lot |revised ‘manual of health teaching, > 3 I shout of deflance marked the appear- oviding clent - seat | job to beat that team prepared by a special committee ap- gan to empty thelr throngs at last.| TA0CE 0 o on"(cam on the field and aiso “hoped, he continued, that this|ine damned Marin. s to|pointed by the board of education, there was a thrill or a laugh for the | ({0 me was on. and other military games Would comey do it. Cretary of the 3 s enabling the Tuberculosis Asso: spectators. When the mud-smeared| T were anxious minutes for the 1o the sity of Washingion sealn .| B0t Seoretary of the Navy." o Just |ciation to witharaw “from ' further carriors were not bringing roars of | Marines, when a poor pass caused a on, suld Secretary Denby,|goes argund in that job. He’s a|demonstration of the value of the but not necessarily t : yascl severe setback for the Leathernecks, demonstrated to_the services yester- Marino. When he wants to feel proud | crusade, Asked by Benator Smeg {Prapletion. ! choers from one stand or the other|forced them to kick and resulted in day that it is a foot Lall city. " There [and make a mark in the world. he Darrels Leprmator Smoot If 47.000.000 | 1o sidelines were furnishing more |an Army march down the fleld to s no reason why such gumes should | puta on the uniform of & scrgeant serve consistent with Navy plans, he | fun than a first-class circus. within three yurds of the dovil dog N eanineton ax = piace 1o piay thin] At e Army )y soing S teren Iu Ahie aMlrmative. anwada: Marines Salute Weeks Sown was inevitable. But on the game, and he thought it was DAr-|some day.” he Sald, “whe Deat ed that Congress would find It “neces- oW t a fatal score, the Ma- ticularly appropriate, because it is|those fellows get old and can't walk sary lo Bive it to us in one way or |. The soldier rooters—coming to|Vory brink of & fatdl SO Ll Cna the Natlonal Capital. around any more. But the Army | The Navy Department Washington on special trains from | gigaster—for the Army—was averted Proud of Service. | belict, the witness said, that “it an|many distant points—were the first|by comparative inches. adequate supply of oil is maintained | t, march into the stadium. They| Scarcely had the players disap- where we need it, the Navy can guar- |team is a great crowd. It was a| pleasure to play with you.” He sald lhered\v:s sp‘end‘id szling‘ Z at the game, and he pointed out that b é peared from the field for a rest be: antes the nation umz{ 1|hc next war were headed by thelr own band of {ween halves before the side shows will not be a war of invasion, but Assistant Secretary Henning of the Department of Labor also spoke, one ‘wo‘ull?i l%;-\\‘c to g0 a :so,x’xnzo way in | praising the cleanness of the game he Unite tates to see 8,0 or - | playead. 200 pieces and filled part of the north hat have helped as much as any- K’ e 2 L 1 € otherwise it cannot.” He announced o ; T | Ehini to make the Army-Marine foot 000 members of the military service | Miss Marfe Dawson Morrell, con- s A stand. Right behind them, marching g , at play. There is no prettier spec-|cert violinist on the Keith circuit, that the department planned to pro- | ball game famous began. The Army h ‘Such a game, he continued, | played & sol vide facilities for “indefinite storage” | in Anappy columns of fours, came the (‘mule, decked in the white and blue Secia awaken the Ameslonw peapia]s solo. ;;(bgim sline as well as of fuel oil and | marines, stepping to the lively musicribbons tl;(‘l\l‘sx alma l;nl‘lr?‘:. i‘(‘;‘:u:;'; to & realization of what the Army and ubricants. . G ki 3 o wned bull pup o! 3 o pRion o e on “Gasoline is now being stored, | °f @0 Army march played by the fa- | TEnOWIAC, (N a200h ‘ana gold of his Navy really are. It was wonderfu without loss in quantity or quality | mous Quantico Marine Band, also|awn bejoved brother devil dogs, had the witness declared, *“in certain | numbering 200 pieces. he went om, to sit through the 1 5 their inning. Home 16, bt T h posttive that we | SUraliht to the Army stand march- and Nick Altrock, he objected so and see the intensity displayed by the Tooters for both sides, and yet not one ‘Then a_ big tank appeared from of them forgot the courtes done it, but I am positive that we outside the south gate bearing a can do o with the help of recent de- | €1 the Leathernecks, their center|placard announcing that it was the|strenuously that all three went fly- velopments in storage tank design. halting before a box in which sat Army Third Corps Area. Immedi-|ing over his head and landed un- Stald Generals Go Wild. he association appropriated $500 the p i All of the cheering, shouting and part- whistling of the Marines—all of the pleas for one last staunch stand and cries of “hold that line, hold that line, hold that line" from the Army, during those fateful moments, how- ever, were as naught compared to the din that let loose a few minutes later when the game ended. Four thousand devil dogs, generals, lesser officers and privates, raced upon the field, augmented by several thousand civillan rooters. Headed by their band, playing v orously the famous Marine hymn— “From the halls of Mont To the shores of Tripoli, We fight our country’s battles, On lund and on the sea’— {for ment to those pupils who qualified as cally fit. In order to win awards the children were re be of normal weight, to have had remedial defects corrected, to have ed a good record in health well as to have shown a considerable degree of phy. ical prow For Health Crusade. 1919 the association, with approval of the board of ed- ntroduced the modern health the public schools. The 26.000 boys and_ girls en- tain health third year of were en- he cup of- sald the witness, n I will have con- |, Tae name of Henry L. Doheny was | brought into the Inquiry when Ade | miral Robison sald his belfef that | the naval reserves were being drained | was bascd largely on a stmilar opinion, expressed by Mr. Doheny, in a lni‘unnnl conversation aboard the U. 8. S Huntington, in Pensocola Bay (Continued irst Page) swhich he had complained and had no bearing whatever upon the leasing through the Interior Departinent, of the government petroleum preserves. Defends Storage Plan. TPaking up the etamination of Ad- miral Robison at yegterday's hear- ing. Senaror Smoot, republican, Utah, | asked if conceived that the policy of erecting starage factlities £nd paying for them out of roval ofl was essential for the national de- fense?" “Emphatically.” replied Robison d 1 can convinee yo© certalnly if ve me ten minu Senator Wals demoerat, Montana interposed that the “motives” of the department were not being question- ed,. but merely the legality of the nterpretation its officials had placed on the statutes. To read the provision which au- thorized the “use, exchange and stor- age” of rovalty petroleum so that it permitted its exchange for $100.000,- 000 worth of construction. the Mon- tana senator said, seemed to him “too absurd for comment.” Legnlity of Leane. Benator Walsh developed that some @oubt of the legality of the lease to the Sinclair Company had been ralsed by Mr. Fall, then Secretary of the Interior Department. “He expressed doubt”” Admiral Robison said, “of our success in ob- taining bids because of the question ¢ legality, although he himself was rtain it would be proper.” A letter from Mr. Fall to Secre- tary Denby, proposing sn amendment to the Navy appropriation bill spe- cifically giving the authority to con- atruct the storage out of royalties, was read iInto the record by Senator Walsh. There was no evidence of- fered, however, that the resolution was ever submitted to Congtess by either secretary. Admiral Roblson, reiterating that the whole idea of the lease had orig- inated in the Navy Department, de- aine was iy some si Haryy of tige Iver trophy, presented by R.|aft & %o Isaac Gane, president ashington Chamber of Com ich orgunization sponsored in presenting the cup. sai that Washington was glad to the tw ervices play here, and at they would con ain. | Goettge of the Marine Corps in acoepting the trophy for th rines, thanked the Chamber of merce and told them that his nents had played the game teams |1y and were mood losers. one of the cleanest fights I have will come. And | will take the de- | er er Faith In His Views. “I put more weight on his views,” the admiral continued, “than on the reports of any paid observer which ater came to my attention.” Mr. Doheny was present yesterday, but was not called, Chairman Smoot fequesting him to attend again Mon- | In hearty the yon 5 Licut team, Ma- le mizht see them and |0 we do." Larles H zuma, the 00 ct rolled, theréby win fered to cities of 100,000 or over hav ing the largest enrollment in pro- portion to population President Harding awarded the cup to Dr. Bal- lou and members of his staff, who pre- Iball yesterday sented themsel at the White Maj Gen. John A. Jejeune said that | House for the oc on. It was then |he could add nothing to what hi t President Hurding gave utter- | chief, the Secretary of the Nav e to that sentiment which has Navy De- | . {said. But he added that every n widely quoted sinc zectlon 119 - I were to offer pr: Victors and losers joined hands across the banquet board as guests of the Washington Chamber of Com- merce last night, when the representing the Army 3rd Corps Arfm.l“':;']m:hfgmluzu “flu“::xr.a;\euz‘\'r: and the Quantico Marines sat down | con %o “elen B8 0 Wb The ORRS |at the table at the City Club, sur-|the result uir, com- Army 3d Corps area, W te played but that the team that best game won. He ex- e hope that they would do s well as they played foot Admiral as nator Walsh, by questioning the K ss, developed that under the nt program the Navy Depart- could “not hope 00 Larrels for storage Dome Reserve No. estimated production of barrels, the scnator said, | the Navy's 20 per cent royalty would Liring 5,000,0 barrels, but “two bar- rels for one” must be pald for con- structing storage. Ihe witness was unable to give an | aggregate estimate on the same basis for all the reserves in that field. “Did you plan to continue spend- ng two-thirds of your royalty re- celpts for storage” Senator Walsh inquired, “without knowing whether there would be enough stored to mest the Navy's needs?” Admiral Robison said the policy, as he understood it, was to carry the storage program as far as possible, ame ment | than 1 t Teapot present all th ngs pe | an was bombarded by smoke Marine guards. For a few minutes it withstood the on- slaught of the “gyrenes.” Then one bomb landed squarely beneatn it ‘Loe tank shuddered, rolled slowly over on its side and fell to pleces, while the spectators howled in delight and the Marines cheered more lustily than ever. ately it grenades from Nutrition Clinfcs. Following the health crusade nstration, the association under- took another bit of educational propa- ganda work which has received the strong indorsement of the health de- partment and its medical inspection service in the public schools and the school authorities themselves, name- ly. the establishment of nutrition clinies for underweight children. Be- ginning three years ago with six such clinics, the number had increased last year to twenty-six, including clinics conducted in connection with the children's summer camps and the Children’s Hospital. The director of this work Is Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, who was also the director of the health crusade. Assisting her last year were three other workers, Miss Edna Bailey. Miss Margaret H. Cralg and Mis. Esther Kammerer. One of the chlef values of these nutri- tion clinics has heen to show the to beat Pigeons Circle Marine: But the Soldiers were not to be outrone, for suddenly a flock of pigeons bore the Army’'s white and biue aloft. It seemed that they must have been trained for flight over the Marines' stands, for they winged it straight for that vicinity, circled the shouting Leathernecks several times and disappeared in the distance— probably for their home roosts in some Army post. Life was not altogether easy for the Army mule, and when he was asked to bear the combined weight of a soldier cheer leader, a marine holds the —_——— More than twenty different proc- | esses are involved in the manufacture of a single needle. The world at large uses up something like 7,000,000 needles a day. “We won,” he continued, “but it was REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS RE-ELECTED YESTERDAY R TR i LD TNG PROTOR . In Senate, upper left to right: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, leader; Senator Charies Curtis, party Geoge A. Sanderson, sceretary of Senate; David S, Barry, sergeant-at-arms; Rev. J. J. Muir, chaplai, In Mouse, lower: Speaker Giliett (mominated); Nickolas Le: rth, floor leader; Willlasm Tylex Pasce i »~ T whip; Semator w-n‘uunn. secretary of comferemce; ceremontously in the mud of the grid- iron. The beast streaked it for an entrance across the fleld and be it said to the credit for the Marines that it was Leatherneck who halted him and rode him in triumph back to_the Marine stands. Before Nick Altrock had finished some of his side-splitting antics, which included another unsuccessful effort to ride the determined mule, the teams reappeared on the fleld. In vain he tried to dispute their right to the ground, and he was sent racing back to his seat while the stands rocked with applause. The referee's whistle blew and once more the pant- ing warriors flew at each other. All of the cheering—not even the {shrill entreaties of fair feminine root- ers, entrancing In their fall furs— |brought either side a score In the (third quarter. Up and down the fleld the gridiron heroes battled. Then came the fourth period, and that one tense moment when the Marines' big opportunity arrived, just when it scemed farthest away. And with the {same spirit that carrfed them “over ! the top” at Chateau Thierry, the Devil Dogs went “over the top” yesterday at_the Clark Griffith Stadium. It _will be many days before the Leathernecks finish talking about yes- terday’s victory. The football teams hurried off to a banquet In their honor by ‘the Chamber of Commerce at the City Club, the officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps to a ball at the Willard, and some of the Devil Dogs to & dance at the Arcade Audi- torium, 14th street and Park‘road. But there was no end to the cele bration for the main body of Leather necks. Their great band had melted itself into half a score of smaller mu- sical organizations gamely trying to supply the fighting man's demand for music. And up and down the main highways of Washington, far into the night, rang that Marine song. of tri~ umph, which goes— “First, to fight for right and freedom, And to kecep our honor clean; We are proud fo claim the title Of United States Marine. 1f the Army and the Navy Ever look in Heaven's scenes, They will find the - streets ars By Enlied ‘staten Martnoss . P o DISTRICT<s COLUMBIA 22YEARS REDUCTION IN TUBERCULOSIS BEATH RATE DEATH RATE PER 100.000. FROM PULMONARY_ TUBERCULOS!S GISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FROM THE YEAR 1900 TO 1922 PROPORTIONATE SAVING LAST YEAR OVER THE YEAR 1900 687 LIVES HELP US CONTINUE THIS WORK!! |- BUY CHRISTMAS §EALS . 1 / serfousness and widespread extent of malnutrition among school children irrespective of differences of family economic status. The Parent-Teach- or assoclations have actively partici- pated in the weighing and measuring Of achool children and have encour- aged a more general use of school luncheons of milk and crackers. An- other marked influenc of the nutri- tion clinic work has been the stress. ing of the importance of an early correction of remediable physical de- fects, which In many cases are found to account for underweight, partic- ularly where such defects seriously limit the amount of oxygen which the children breathe, as in the case of obstruction of thie nasal passages. Infection, too, from diseased tonsils has been found a cause of under- weight in many instances. For the ecorrection of these defects, the co- operation of the parents is found to be absolutely necessary Other eauses of underweight have also been clearly demonstrated in the work of these clinics, such as overfatigue, too littla sleep, eating sweets between meals. lack of milk in the daily diet and absence of parental control. Lact yvear the assoclation spent in its work with the children along the lines indicated a total of $13.454.88 Much of this work should ultimately be taken over by the school authori- ties and made an officlal part of the school program. Occupational Therapy Work. In the occupational therapy de- partment, of which Mrs. Agnes H. Stewart is director, 125 different patients were enrolled at the Tuber- culosis Hospital during the year. One of the chief values of the work has been found to be its psychological effect upon the patients, not only occupying their minds and thereby taking them off the immediate trou- ble, but giving them fresh courage by making them feel that they are still_capable of performing useful service. Dr. George M. Kober is the presi- dent of the assoclation and Dr. Har- vey W. Wiley is vice president. The treasurer is Frank P. Reeside, to whom checks for the purchase of seals should be made payable and sent to the soclal service houss, 1023 1ith street northwesty