Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1926, Page 16

PATIENTS KEPT CONTENT BY WORK Occupational Department to Benefit by Sale of Christmas Seals. Official recognition and praise of one of the most important of the serv ices maintained by the local Tubercu- losis Association for the benefit of the patients at the Tuberculosis Hos pital with funds raised by the sale of Christmas seals has’ just been made public in connection with the annual report of the new Board of Public Welfare. The statement is contained in the report of Dr. Joseph W. Pea- body, superintend ent’ of that hospital, and has refer- ence to the occupational department carried on there for the past five years entirely at the expense of the Tuberculosis Association, the cost of which during the past year amounted to $4,103. or about 10 per cent of the annual budget of the association. Dr. Peabody in this report says that the occupational therapy work has proved its worth until today it is “an indispensible factor in the care of tu berculous patients.” and he expresses the hope that the financial burden of continuing it may be in the near fu- ture taken from the shoulders of the Tuberculosis Association by the hos- pital under a regular appropriation by Congress. But for the coming vear this vital work is still contingent on the final outcome of the current sale of Christmas health seals, for con siderably more than a third of the necessary 4,000,000 seals to finance the association’s work still remain to . be sold during the few remaining days before Christmas. Established Five Years Ago. “Five vears ago,” writes Dr. Pea- body, “the Washington Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis es- tablished, with the permission of the Board of Charities, the then controll- ing organization of the hospital. the department of occupational therapy. In the beginning this might have been considered as a venture. However, time has proven that this department is now an indispensible' factor in the care of tuberculous patients, for it exerts a wonderful influence toward a recovery. “Occupational therapy is one of the greatest aids in hospital administra tion. It assists in the discipline through its influence on the patient’s mind and thus tends to create a more congenial institutional atmosphere. It is this one department which probably more than any other increases the length of stay of the patient, keeping him under hospital discipline in a con- tentment which undoubtedly relieves the monotony and homesickness so often encountered by the one taking the cure. “The patients fall under the influ- ence of this departmert through bed- side instruction, which later on is con- tinued in the workshop. The arts and crafts form medically prescribed exer cise. In addition to the foregoing, the social service adjustments and super- wwed recreation tend to produce a snost wholesome atmosphere in insti- tutional life. “The financial burden of all this work has been borne by the local Tuberculosis Association. and it is hoped that very soon sufficient appro- priation will be forthcoming when the hospital may assume this responsi- Bility, thus leaving the Tuberculosis Aseociation to promote its work along other health channels.” Patients Build Lily Pond. ‘While hand crafts make up a large of the instruction for patients, mnot all of them are fitted for these eccupations, and many other interest. ing projects or activities are planned by the patients under the supervision of Mrs. Agnes H. Stewart, director of the occupational department, and her trained assistant, Miss Helen Moses. One of the most original and inter- esting events of the past year at this hospital was the construction of a lily pond in the hospital grounds. The idea began to take shape in March, after an f{llustrated lecture at the hos- pital by Mrs. Helen L. Fowler of the Shaw Lily Farm at Kenilworth. From its inception the creation of this bit of a natural home for lilies and gold- fish was a continual source of pleasure and diversion in which every one shared, including the hospital staff and nurses. - Similarly keen intérest was taken in the acquisition of a bird bath for the hospital grounds, this being the gift of a group of W. C. T. U, women under the leadership of Mrs. Edson Briges. There were many entertainments planned by the occupational therapy department with the co-operation of varfous outside organizations, includ- ing the Kiwanis Club entertainment committee, with its frequent band con- certs, monthly programs by the St. Vincent de Paul Society, holiday par- ties by the Starmont Aid ladies, the Federation of Music Clubs and the Business Women's Council. HUBBARD GIVES 2 MORE REASONS FOR NEW TRIAL Court Erred in Refusing to Admit Testimony in Breach of Promise _ Buit, Shovel Man Claims. By the Associated Press. PITPSBURGH, December 15.—The 50,000 verdict given Miss Anne Cald. svell, New York actress, in her breach ®f promise suit against John W. Hub bard, wealthy Pittsburgh manufac- turer, was the subject of further ac. tion im Federal Court today when Hubbard's attorneys flled additional reasons to support their motion for a new trial. . Bupplementing the 12 reasons pre- viously entered, counsel for Hubbard claimed, in two additional reasons, that the court erred in refusing to ad mit oertain testimony. It was contended by the defense that the court was in error in ruling that Max A. Williams could not tes tity a8 to the olass of women Miss eldwell associated with. Another vglum was that the court erred in re- MERRY CHRISTMA sing to admit the testimony of Pau ne Ginsberg, who. the defense con Mended, would have contradicted tes $imony of Miss Caldwell that she had gever posed undraped for a New York ghotographer. Philippines to Be Topic. . Judge Charles Lobinger, for many ears jugge of the Court of First In- ance in the Philippines and of the nited States Court in China, will be the principal speaker ‘at the first ublic conference of the Philippine ridical Society of Washington at the assembly hall of the Young Men’s Christian Association. tonight at 8 o'clock. He will speak on the pubject, “Blending lLegal System in the Philippines.” An address will eiso be delivered by Alfonso P. Ponesa, president of the soclety Pablo G..Cornista will preside, and o voeal solo will be sung by Jose Crominas. e S In Algeria are 878,605 homedl372,188 ive huts and 151,625 tents, accord. to officia) figures just given out. f’-‘—o‘ By the Associated Press ROME, December 18.—“Tummy- aches” for children and unusually painful pocketbooks for their elders— these may be the features of the Ital- ian Christmas of 1926. Responding to the national appeal, the government has consented to al- low the population a respite from the | diet of “war bread” for the duration | of the Christmas holidays, and chil- dren will have their fill of rich cakes made from wheat flour. Nearly every ragion has a special | delicacy, without ~which Christmas | would be as melancholy as an Ameri- | can Thanksgiving without turkey or |an English Yuletide without plum pudding. So, thanks to the govern- ment's decision, Milan will have its “panettoni,” a hard. raisin-filled cake | known in America through the Ital- fan table d'hote; Rome will have its yellow “pangialli”; Bologna its “ciam ‘P SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON. Italy Lifts Ban on Rich Christmas Cakes, And ‘War Bread' Disappears for Holidays bella”; Siena its fruity “panforte, and Tuscany its ‘ricciarelli” In | other parts of the nation children wil gorge themselves with similar heavy sweets, knowing the death knell of their pleasure will toll as soon as the holiday season is ended. Less pleasant, however, is the out- look for grown.ups. Strenuous ef.| forts are being made by the govern: ment to induce them to give, and give | liberally, “lictoral loan” bonds as Christmas gifts. It is with this im- mense loan that the government hopes to succeed in stabilizing the country's | financial position. Another pre-holiday move is the opening of an_anti-high-cost-of-living campaign. Merchants have been forced to post both the wholesale and retail prices of merchandise, maxi- | mum prices have been fixed by com- | munal committees. and licenses are being taken from storekeepers found Ruilty of profiteering. $5,000,000 PAN-AMERICAN MEDICAL CENTER IN VIEW Institution Including Clinical Li- brary on South American Dis- eases Proposed in New York. Br the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 18.—A $5,000,000 pan-American medical center, the first of its kind in_this country, will be built in New York, it was announced at the closing session of the Pan-American Com- mercial Congress here. The in- stitution will includé a training school for nurses, clinical laboratory on South merican diseases, a library and post-graduate school of medicine, it was announced. C. A. J. 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MARION, Ohio, December 18 (#). —_Plans for sale of the controlling interest in the Marion Steam Shovel Company of Marion to Blair Com- | pany, Inc., investment bankers of New York C were announced | here tonight by Frank A. Huber, | president of the local company. Although the sale price was not | announced, it was estimated that the | company's holdings are proximately $5,000,000. The New York banking concern has taken an option on the property | which expires February 10, 1927, Plans are now under way summate the deal within the next few aveeks. — to t‘nn—‘ | | Under the leadership of Mme. Mar tha Bray, president of the League for | Immediate Suffrage, French militant | suffragists are going to carry their | demand for the vote to every town, | village and farmhouse in France. 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