Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-29
VACCINATION A THEME
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION WANTS
UNIFORM CERTIFICATES.
Attention Called to Conflicting Condi-
tons Public Improvements
for lexington Section.

Many subjects of local interest were dis
cussed at the regular monthly meeting Of the
North Capitol and lexington Citizens As
ISOLATION last evening. There was large
attendance at the meeting, which was held
In ST. Martins Hall, corner of North Capt.
itol and T streets.
The association presided over by the
president, MIR. VIM G. Henderson, Mr. A
o. Tingley serving secretary Mr.. Her.
derson referred to the next meeting of the
association as being of unusual Importance
as at that time officers for the next year
will be elected and much business of in
terest will be discussed.
Mr.. A R. Server. chairman of the COM
mittee schools and school houses, made
special reference to the splendid record of
the late Nathaniel P. Gage, who at the
time of his death was the supervising prin-
cipal of the second district. He offered res
olutions expressing the esteem in which
Mr.. Gage was held by the association.
which were adopted unanimously.
Mr.. Server also aSpoke of the satisfaction
with which the association viewed the APP
pointment of Mr.. S. M. Ely the success
sor of Mr.. Gage. Mr.. Ely being a member
of the committee on schools of the asSoci-
alton was well known to every one there
to be deeply interested in educational mat
ters and for his ability in the line of his
profession. The secretary was instructed
by the association to communicate with
the board of education, stating the satisfac-
ton with which the association viewed the
selection of Mr.. Ely for that important
place
Mr. S. c. Kemon chairman of the COM
mittee on mail facilities, said he had heard
that the city postmaster intended trans
ferring the mail business of the section rep
resented by the association from the G
street to the East Capitol street branch Mr..
Kemon said the present arrangement al
lows a more satisfactory handling of the
mail so far as its quick delivery is con-
cerned, and he had protested to the post
master against the proposed change.
Mr.. A. r. Server reported that the com
mittee on schools had not made special eff
fort to secure Fairgrounds for the schools,
as he had been told by Mr.. mcfarland that
there are now from five thousand to fifteen
thousand children of school age in the Dis
trict, for whom the present school facil
tiles are insufficient. For that reason there
had never been any effort to have the com
pulsory educational act enforced. 1t had
been thought best for the school commit
tee to use it's influence to increase the
school facilities rather than to work to
get Fairgrounds which were regarded as
of the greatest necessity for the proper
development of the system.
DR.. E. D. Thompson, chairman of the
committee on public health, called atten-
ton to the practice pursued in the Vacci-
nation of school children He said the GER
tificates he had seen during the present
year We're not uniform. Some of them re-
CURED physician to certify that children
were ''vaccinated' and others to certify that
they were successfully vaccinated' The
conditions under which children are vacci-
mated, he said, We're such that a physician
could not certify that the work was done
successfully. Parents bring their children
to a physician, they vaccinated and a
certificate is given to them. Some parents
who object to vaccination will, he said, af-
ter leaving the physicians office, wash
off the virus so that the child is not vacci-
mated at all. In other cases 1t does not
take. He thought 1t was important that
the vaccination should be under such con-
ditions that it could be known that children
are successfully vaccinated.
Letter Boxes Criticised.
DR.. Thompson also called attention to the
kind of letter boxes that are to be found at
the corners of New York avenue and North
Capitol street and Florida avenue and
North Capitol street He said a letter
placed in these boxes in the ordinary man.
ner can be extracted by the next person
opening the lid. He thought this did not
guarantee the degree of safety that should
be expected in the handling of mail
Mr.. Server said he had heard that these
mail boxes had been selected the best
from $50 samples and that they were abSo-
lutely guaranteed against the possibility of
being robbed.
Mr. H. E. Blau, chairman of the commit
tee streets, reported that as w street
for a distance of $50 feet east of North
Capitol street had not been dedicated to the
public, nothing could be done to have 1t
opened except through condemnation pro-
ceedings. He was requested by the associa-
ton to communicate with the contractors
for the excavation work of the filtration
plant and to ask them to deposit exca-
waited material there; also to work to have
that part of w street opened by condemna-
ton.
Mr.. w. ]. Frizzell suggested that since
August l there had been an Improvement
in the service the North Capitol street
car line, both in the frequency of cars and
in the kind of cars used. He thought the
association should acknowledge to the rail-
road company its appreciation of this i'm
provement. While he was ready to criticise
what he thought was wrong. he said. he
was equally ready to acknowledge improve
ments in service such as had been made
on the car line.
Mr. VIM. q. Henderson stated that some
Improvement had also been made on the
City and Suburban line, and he thought
that should also be acknowledged in the
letter to the company. The secretary was
instructed to communicate with General
Harries and state that the association ap
preciated the improvements.
Messrs c. NJ. c. Lloyd and A M. Elwell
were elected members of the association.
The Thirteenth Amendment.