Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1930, Page 11

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 20, 1930—PA PLANTO CONBI CHILD AID WORK Health and Welfare Officials Will Hold Meeting Friday atY.W.C. A, Outstanding child health movements in Washington are planning to merge their Spring activities this year. Health and welfare officials will gather next Friday at the Y. W. C. A. *for the purpose of uniting the early- | diagnosis campaign of the Tuberculosis | Association, already under way, with the movement sponsored by President | Hoover through the White House con-; ference on child health. The observance | will center around May 1, which 1is Child Health day. 1 Invitations to the meeting were sent out yesterday over the signatures of | Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, chief medical examiner of the public schools, who i8 | chairman of the May day-Child Health day committee, and by Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, as chairman of the early-diag- nosis committee recently organized rotect children and arouse Congress the urgent need of a sanatorium here for_tubercular children. On the request of Dr. John A. Foote. president of the Medical Society and chairman of the committee on chil- dren’s examinations of the diagnosis campaign, seven hospitals have con- sented to continue two weeks in May their special clinics for the examination of children from families known to be unable to have the service of a family physician. these clinics are as follows: Children’s Hospital, Wednesdays, 2:30 pm. Emergency Hospital, Fridays, 1 p. Freedmen's Hospital, 1 to 2 every d except Wednesday; Garfield Hospital, Wednesdays, 2:30 p.m. Georgetown | University Hospital, Fridays, 1 p.m. and Tuesdays, 1 to 3 pm.. George ' Washington University Hospital, Thurs- | days, 2 to 3 p.m.; Providence Hospital, Pridays, 10:30 a.m. Dental Society to Give Service. Dr. Murphy yesterday announced that | the May day committee had recei the offer of free dental examination service from a large number of dentists connected with the District Dental Soclety through Dr. James W. Brown, chairman of the all-hygiene committee of that body. These free examinations will be meade by appointment at the offices of the different dentists through the school nurses for such children as the teachers have reason to believe ave unable to pay for dental service at this In addition to these special clinics the regular children’s tuberculosis clinic, conducted by the Tuberculosis Associa- tion in co-operation with the Health ! Department at 512 I street, will be available for the examination of ehil- dren not otherwise provided for, at 9 to M on Mondays and Fridays. SEA SCOUTS AWAIT ARRIVAL OF YACHT Vessel Manned by 12 Scouts Is En Route Here From An- napolis. Sea Scouts of the District are looking | Poun forward to the arrival here tomorrow or Tuesday of their newly acquired 79- foot, 38-ton, yawl-rigged yacht, recent- 1y bought for training purposes. The yacht, officially named Argo, is being manned by 12 Wash Sea Scouts under command of Adrian en route from ) W Council Boy Scouts of America, and Elwood Street, director of the Washing- ton Community Chest. ‘The Argo left Annapolis Priday aft- ernoon and is making the entire trip under sail, so that the time of its arri- Recently Academy authorities contem- piated some changes in the vessel, but upon looking up the law, found that had never authorized ance by the Naval Academy and therefore the yacht was still the prop- of the donor, Charles Fitzgerald of Informed that the yacht was still his Wfly, Mr. PFitzgerald stated that he no intention of tal back a gift once r:m::ld when asked to authorize some lon of the boat suggested that it be turned over to the Navy Re- lief Society for its to sell. This was done and Capt. Chester Wells, chairman of the District of Columbia Sea Scout utslmmmee, then arranged for its pur- chase. ‘The Argo will be used both as a train- ing ship for Sea Scouts and for making week end trips. Acquisition of the new boat gives the Sea Scouts of the Dis- trict of Columbia quite a fleet, there being several motor boats already in commission. It is probable that the Scouts will be organized along fleet lines with one of the boats designated as a flagship. s SPRING PLAYS LISTED Committees Named to Conduct Pierce Hall Presentations. | All committees were appointed last week by the council of the Pierce Hall Players to take charge of the produc- tion and business management of the three Spring plays, “His Sainted Grand- mother,” by Lord Dunsaney; “Release,” by Edward Smith, and “Bargains in Cathay,” by Rachel Pields, which will be_given May 15 and 16. Hilding Belj was elected chairman of the stage-setting committee, J. M. Aldrich chairman of the ticket selling committee, and Mabel Van Dyke, pub- pt agent. Posters are being designed by G. T. Bacchus, Elizabeth Wills, Mar- garet Wills and Janet Gover. Miss Lillian Hartt Tells How Cuticura Healed Pimples “I began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment and they helped me and in a few weeks I was com; ly .” (8igned) Miss Lillian Haret, 3229 Keim St., Phila., Pa. Keep your skin clear usf Cuticura Soap, Ointment :’M Tlm | cum for daily toilet purposes. Touch ples and itching, if any, with Ointment, bathe with Cuti- cura Soap and hot water. Cuticura Talcum is nt and refreshing, an ideal for every member of the family for daily use. e, Bold A MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH C. CROMWELL, The hours and places Of | pegidents of Washington since 1892, who tomorrow will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, which took place in Frederick. Md., April 21, 1880. The home is at 2731 Ontario road. Mr. and Mrs. Cromwell have two children, Mrs. Irvin H. Hollander and Fred W. Cromwell, both of this city. —Harris & Ewing Photo. WOMAN VOTERS PLAN FOR LEAGUE MEETING ved | District to Be Represented at Na- tional Convention in Louis- ville—Delegates Chosen. The District of Columbia League of Women Voters will send six represent- atives, including three delegates and three alternates, to the biennial con- vention of the National League of Women Voters, to convene in Louisville, Ky., Monday, April 28. The convention will celebrate the first decade of woman suffrage and the tenth anniversary of the founding of the league. Delegates, alternates and visitors from 45 States are expected to attend. The delegates from the District of Columbia will be Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the District Voteless League; Mrs. Edna L. Johnston and Mrs. Frank H. Snell. The alternates from this city will be Miss Grace Ab- bott, Mrs. Clara Beyers and Miss Ethel B. Ketcham. The convention will last until May 3. It is expected to make decisions and plans at the sessions relative to the ‘work and program of the league during the next two years. —ip: Producing evidence that he had re- duced his weight by a quarter of a d in the last year, Jean Borlin, the Swedish stage cer, sued a Swedish critic for $4,000 for saying that he was growing fat. HELLEN NAMED DELEGATE Selected to Attend Welfare Con- ference in Boston. Arthur Hellen, a member of the board of the Associated Charities, has been elected as delegate to the Family Wel- fare Association of America, the na- tional organization made up of 234 local family welfare societies, including the Associated Charities here. Mr. Hellen is asked to take part in the conference of the national associa- tion in Boston next June, at which time organization representatives from simi- lar societies throughout the country will come ther to discuss the status of family life In America, the future of family relations, the effect of the pres- ent unemployment situation on family life, the best methods of rehabilitating disorganized families and of helping families with critical financial difficul- ties to get back on the road to self- support. Save-the-Whale Campaign On. Because of the great catches by Nor- wegian whalers in the Ross Sea this season New Zealand a save-the- whale campaign. that the whale may southern companies pay a small rc{:lty thi New Zealand government for the right to kill whales wholesale, and the in- creasing number of whalers is causing the apprehension. The attitude some Norwegian whalers that the whales will last out their lifetime and they won't worry after that, is caus- ing resentment. 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Meta, however, secretly has been en- gaged to Itsik, her cousin, whom her father does not like because he thinks that he has stolen some of his horses and is generally irresponsible. After the wedding of Meta to Leibush, Itsik runs off with her. Bendet, her father, had planned to tear down an aban doned inn on his property and rebuild it for the bride and groom as a present. The inn is supposed to be haunted. ‘The cast, under the direction of J. Milnor Dorey, is comprised of the fol- lowing young men and women: Milton Korman, Dr. Charles Gordon, Aaron Rosenthal, Lewis B. Arnold, Chess Ches- sin, Morris Weingarten, David Wald- inger, George Schiff, Aaron Kaplan and Meyer Stolar, and Hannah Stolar, Kate Shapiro, Ruth Goldberg, Dorothy Abrams, Anna Dworkin, Sara Dolin and Lillian Spector. ‘The costuming is being designed by Miss Jeanne Porton and the scenery by | Miss Elaine Behrend. et " m— KATE SHAPIRO. Club Names Officers Tonight. Officers will be elected at a meeting of the recently organized Historical Bachelors’ Club tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Whitney N. Christmas, secretary, at 3214 Newark street. Ar- rangements will be made for a dance and other social events. T ONE. 75 LEAVE TOMORROW FOR KAMP KAHLERT Second Annual Training Institute Is Sponsored by Council of Social Agencies. About 75 camp directors, councilors and community members from Wash- ington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wheel- and Hyattsville will leave tomorrow | morning for Kamp Kahlert, on the | West River, for the second annual Sum- mer institute to be held at that camp, lasting until Friday morning. The in- | stitute is held under the auspices of the Council of Social Agencies. The purpose of the camp is to pro- vide training for camp leaders who | will have charge of outdoor activities of | various groups in the sections repre- sented at the institute. A daily pro- | gram of instructions in conductin camp activities has been laid out an | this will be supplemented by various | conferences based upon knowledge | gained during the various activities of the program. i | Fay Welch is director of the training | institute and has as his assistant Miss | Dorothy Greene, executive of the Girl | Scouts, and Miss Florence Dunlop, who has charge of Kamp Kalhert during the Summer for the Y. W. C. A. Bar- bara Ellen Joy is head of the camp craft department; Capt. D. Melville Carr of the waterfront activities; Ralph E. Tarbett of the United States Pub- lic Health Service is in charge of the health and sanitation department; Mr. Welch, nature lore; Julian Harris Salo- mon, Indian lore and handicraft; Katherine Harbison, music; Oleda Schrottky, dramatics, and Agathe Dem- ing, conferences. Co-operating in the promotion of the | institute are: The District of Columbia ing, Richmond, Warrenton, Alexandria n Council, Boy Scouts of America, Asso- clated Charities and its Summer out- ings committee, the Mm Club, the Christ Child Society, Girl Scouts of the District of Columbis, the Salva- tion Army, Young Men’s Christian As- sociation and the Young Women's Christian Association. HEIR_?SS IS SOUGHT Police throughout the country have been requested to aid in the hunt for James C. Sample and his wife, the for- mer Jeanne Helene Querier, who for- merly made their home in Baltimore. Mrs. Sample is heiress to a large fortune France and Andre Lefargue, consul A—11 NON-SUPPORT CHARGED Catherine Burch, 200 Indiana ave- District nue, yesterday filed suit in the general for France in New Qrieans, is | d endeavoring to locate her, ‘The couple have not been seen since several years after their marriage in Baltimore in 1884. to the co-respondent. He is represented by Attorney D. 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