Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1931, Page 44

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o+ 12 TUBERGULOSIS TEST SHOWS 161 CASES 300 Children Discovered In- fected Through Visits to Clinic of Association, Discovery of 1.661 cases of tubercu- | Yosis through visits of . children and their parents to the Children's Tu- berculosis Clinic, 512 1 streei. during | the past two years was roported ves terday by Dr. Viola Ruseell Anderson | of the Tuberculosis Association. which muintains_the clinic in co-operation with the Health Department The cases were found am-ong the more than 8000 children and their parents who visited the clinic since its establishment in 1929, Dr. Anderson said. 300 Infected. Of these cases never before known #he said, more then 300 children have | been found to be suffering with ths infection “The sooner the infection is known, the better is the chance of overcoming it Dr. Anderson continued. Usually some adult member of the child’s fam- fly is found to be the person frcm whom the disease was caught and the aim of our workers is directed foward instructing the patient and other adult members of the family invclved in the necessary precautions A< to personal hygiene and for the further protection ©of the children Teach Health Habits, *It is the constant purpose of our | workers 1o attempt to establish health habits for the child contact s0 as to maintain and increase his or her bod- ily resistance to the disease. If. as frequently happens, the visitor finds the home conditions bad, the family is | then referred to the proper weliare agency for economic adjustment and | rehabilitation. Our workers continue to make visits to such families at regular intervals to watch the progress in health which is made and to see that the patient goes to the clinic for re- examination and check-up every three months.” | The ‘Tuberculosis Assoclation s financed through the saze of Christmas Seals. BANDIT'S GUILTY PLEA | BRINGS IDENTIFICATION Xagerness of Colored Youth Be-! trays Him as Escape From i Lorton Reformatory. 1 The eggerness of & colored prisoner in fail at Montross, Va, to plead guilty to & chaige of having entered the post office there with intent to commit & felony Tesulted vesterday in his identi- fication as a prisoner who escaped about | a month ago from the District Reform- | atory at Lorton, Va Detective Frederick Sandberg, identi- flcation expert of the Police Depart- ment, who was called In. believed he Tecognized in the prisoner & man named Grant Lee. who started on a criminal | career in 1918 when only 14 vears old. | Examination of the fingerprints proved | the identity. He is said to be known | also as Leroy Viney and John Mack | Lee. When arrested by the Virginia s thorities the prisoner gave his name Sam Lee, 19 vears old, of the 500 block of Third strect southeast. Records show | that he has served time in prison on | more than one occasion previous %o his commitment to the Lorton Reformatory. | A copy of his prison record will be furnished the Westmoreland County authorities for use in his trial there and Tocal police will file a detainer for his later surrender to the Lorton of- cials. By pleading guilty to the charge of entering the post office, Lee evidently figured he would escape being sent back | to Lorton. Washington Women Are | 5 | Hostesses in London Miss Elizabeth Howry and her sister, | entertained a group and other guests at apartment in London | among whom were the Vis : Miss Jahncke, M; Ormon Lawson-Johnston, formerly Mrs, Lyman Kendall: Mrs. Clarence Dill, Mrs. Andrew Long, Mrs. Murray, Lady Baird and her guest for the season, Mrs, Millar, sister of Miss Dick Millar of Washington and Luray, and Mrs, Ben- jamin Thaw. They were guests of the militar tache. Col. John R. Thomas, jr Mrs. Thomas at their home on Gerald rond. when Miss Virginia Dawes, de- butante daughter of the Ambassador: Miss Gwyn of Washington, Mrs, James Huntingfon Turner and Miss Lauise Brooks, granddaughter of Mrs. Stote bury of Philadelphia, were present. The Misses Howry will remain in London | for some time, having taken a house for_the remainder of the season. Fine Modern ? VSILVER Was Never Before i Offered at Such ;;Remnrlmhl_v Low Prices Salnd Forks Knives . MARY L$19.00 . 16.00 . 7.00 Butter Spreaders 12.00 Salad Forks .. 5 LADY DIANA Knives .. GEO. W. SPIER JEW ELER 806 14th St. N.W 2 Deors Ahave W St. Whose mather, agement to Mr. A. Gordon Stup of Kensington, | place June 23 PROFESSOR SUCCUMBS STON. Pa.. June 6 (#)—E LL. D stor emer at L member of ihe f ;! THE "SUNDAY" ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED MISS LOLA ETHELYN ATWOOD, Mrs. Edward Perry Atwood of Rockville, Md., Dr. Hart w faye C.lleg: iy of that institu- ' Chemical Soclety | Social Program Awaits STAR, WASHINGTON, Ph‘llndelphu Visitors The Woman's Auxiliary to the Amer- ican Medical Association, which will | open its meetings in Philadelphia Mon- day during the annual sessions of the association. has many delightful func- tions planned between meetings. It has engaged the roof garden of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel for its activ- ities, which will open with the subscrip- tion buffet luncheon in honor of all na- tional auxiliary presidents. Mrs. Hough, wife of Dr. William E. Hough, will rep- resent the District of Columbia at this affair and many Washington women are planning to attend, and also participate in the program so care- | fully arranged. The ball in henor of the president of the American Medical Association Thursday evening will attract all mem- bers' and their ladies to the Benjamin | Franklin _Hotel. In additon the auxiliary has arranged a series of trips and excursions to historical and beau- tiful places in and around Philadelphia A hincheon in the crystal tea room at Wanamakers has been arranged and | the New Jersey auxiliary will enter- | tain the women at Atlantic City. | Poetry Circle's Judges Eminent Men of Letters “The Washington branch of the Amer- | fcan Poetry Circle held its last meet- ing of the season in the French salon | of the Rochambeau Tuesday evening. Miss Maud Judith Scruggs, the presi- | dent, reccived the guests, assisted by members of the circle, Miss Diana Kearney Povell, Miss Edjth Austin, | Miss Mabel Vincent, Miss McCaw Er- | win, Mrs. Gardner Philip Orme and Mr. Charles L. G. Anderson. announces her , the wedding to take tion since 1874, died today. an suthor of nct> in the chemical pi was editor of several chemical journals fneluding the Journal of the American contest The four for this contest were Dr. William Lyon | Phelps of Yale University, Prof. T. E.| | Rankin of Carleton College. Minne- cota; Dr. Patric Lennox and Dr. Edwin | Ryan of the Catholic University of | America | The prize was awarded to Maud | Judith Scruggs for her poem, “Magic.” D@, Engaged to Wed |- JUNE 7, MISS DONNA MAY SPARKS, The occasion was especially to honor | Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | the mward of the prize in the lyric Beaton Sparks, announce her engage- | distinguished | ment to Mr. David John Maulin, the | scholars who consented to be judges | wedding to take place June 23. —Harris-Ewing Photo. SCOUTS TO FROLIC Boy Scouts of the District will b> the The honorable mention was a te be- BUtsls of Kail W. Corby at his estate tween Aletnea Alderson’s poem, “Love.” on the Rockville pike next Saturday for | and Florence Radcliffe’'s “Old Garden" ; gay of frolic, including swimming. After the readng of all the poems ! submitied in the contest refreshments were served. vear was 90 pounds & person ing and games. It is expected that | approximately 1,000 youths will turn out for the annual affair. The Scouts will board busses at 10 o'clock in the Pa'is’ average consumption of meat morning at the Zero Mile Stone to drive | to the Corby residence. 1931-—PART |Miss Eus;is and I"Ir.~ Finley | THREE. Dr. Foye to Preside at Garden Party Dinner ‘The Women’s City Club has arranged a dinner’ for Wednesday, June 10, at 6:30_o'clock, to be given in the garden of the club house, when the guest of honor will be Mr, Matthew W. Stirling, chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, who will lecture on his explora- tions among the pigmies of Dutch New Guinea. Mr. Stirling’s lecture, which will be illustrated. is entitled “By Air- plane to Pigmy Land,” and offers to| all attending club members the op- portunity of hearing a fascinating ac- | count of an unique experience. Dr. A.| Prances Foye will preside. | Set Wedding Day, June 10 ‘The marriage of Miss Margaret Mor« ton Eustis, daughter of Mrs. Willlan Corcoran Eustis, to Mr. David Edward Finley will take place the afternoon of June 10, at Mrs. Eus- tis’ country place, Oatlands House, Oat- lands, V: Miss Eustis will be given in marriage by her brother, Mr. Morton Eustis. She| WHERE TO DINE | | Coolest Dinine Room in Town—Takoma Tnfl. 415 Butternui st W | opponite the Takoma | Il course ‘dinner. $1. 12 noon | 4 o'clock on | ganeonY CAFE Sunday Is Family Day at Weber's 402-4 H We Are Still Serving Oysters on Half Shell Hard and Soft Shell Crabs has chosen for her only attendant her sister, Miss Anne Livingston Eystis. Mr. Gist Finley of York, 8. C., wiil be best man for hisdrother. The ushers will be another brother, Mr. 8. R. G. Finley; Mr. R. 1. Campbell of the British embassy, Count Francois de Buisseret of the Belgian embassy, Mr. Herschel V. Johnson of the State De- partment, Mr. Arthur Hellen and Mr. Foxhall Daingerfield of Washington, and Mr. Roger Cortesi and Mr, Floyd Blair of New York. A very small reception at Oatlands House will follow the ceremony. Miss Bolling Hostess at Pre-Nuptial Dinner | was hostess at | Miss Clara Boiling dinner last evening, entertaining at the Chevy Chase Club in compliment to Miss “Catherine Berry and her fiarce, Lieut. Frank Jerdone Coleman, United States Air Corps, whose marriage will take place tomorrow. Others in the company were Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Hines, jr. Miss Mary Ruden, Miss Mildred Clarke, Miss Dorothy Corbin of Chicago, Mr. Harry Rollins Fowler, Mr. Louis Pe Ky Mr. John Brosnan, Mr. Robert Lamond, Mr. Thomas Francis, Mr. John DeWits, Lieut. Alexander Stone, Lieut. William ‘Thompson, Lieut. Willlam Latimer, Lieut. Paul Caraway and Lieut. Rod- erick Carmichael. The charming young hostess, whose engagement to 'Mr. Harry Rollins | Fowler, has just been announced, came |In for congratulations, as did Mr. | Fowler, who was a guest at the dinner. CLUB TO GIVE REVIEW A musical review will be presented’ tomotrow by the Stella Maris Club of St. Gabriel's Church in the new school hall, Webster street and Tlinols avenue, Among those who will appear are the Misses Frances Collins, Margaret Fraw- ley, Cecelia Tumulty, Peggy Fallon, Eleanor Crowley, Margaret McCarthya | Kathleen Baker, Helen Steward., Ger- Miss Laura Barclay, Miss|trude Whiting and Harold Hammil? Katherine Carmichael, Miss Mary In-| Gene Luckett, Francis Collins, Ralph* graham Henry, Miss Virginia Coleman, Miss Nancy Berry, Miss Emiscah Davis, Collins, Kenneth Collins and Lyman Drissel SPECIAL 2 DREsses $1.50 MEN’S SUITS 50c DOLLAR CLEANERS 1731 7th St. N.W. 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