Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-20
FIGHT DREAD DISEASE
COMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF
CONSUMPTION.
Meeting Saturday Afternoon at Which
Important Matters We're Dis
cussed-Shortage of Funds.

The Associated Charities committee on
the prevention of consumption in the Dis
trict of Columbia met late Saturday after
noon in it's new offices at 926 F street north
west, and considered plans for further ad-
vancing it's particular work in fighting dis
ease. proposition was made by Gen.
George M. Sternberg, chairman Of the sub
committee on care and treatment, for the
establishment of sanitarium near this
city, to which patients whose means will
not permit of a trip to a warmer climate
may go, and which would be operated by a
stock company. Gen. sternberg's plan was
Endorsed by the committee. He was author
lied to secure tentative subscriptions to
stock in the company.
Shortage of funds will probably be the
reason, if there is any, for abandoning this
scheme at the present time. More interest
centered in the report of Mr.. Rudolph
Kaufman, treasurer of the committee,
than in any other report. The expenditures
for the year 1904 aggregated $S5S.59, and
there have been other expenditures since
the first of the year, leaving balance on
hand to date of about S475 This balance
is exclusive of certain interest due the COM
mittee.
Mr. Kaufman announced that at the
past rate of expenditure and subscriptions
it will not be long before this fund would
committee against voting further appro-
priations. Assistant Secretary Hatch told
of plans for soliciting subscriptions for use
by the committee.
The Sanitarium Project.
It was urged by some of the members,
however, that the shortage of money should
not be an obstacle IN the way of starting
sanitarium like the one outlined by Gen.
eral Sternberg, because the institution need
not be put in operation until arrangements
were completed to put it on self-support-
ing basis A capital stock of $4,000 was
proposed for the operating company by
General Sternberg, who also figured that at
an expenditure of something under that
amount a building and grounds could be
secured and equipment made for the accom-
mediation OF the patients, of whom twenty,
at $40 a week each, would be necessary to
make ends meet. The authorization which
was given General Sternberg was for the
solicitation Of tentative subscriptions to 200
shares of stock at 800 each.
The entire proposition OF providing for
poor patients suffering from pulmonary tu-
berculosis was referred to the committee on
care and treatment by DR.. d. Percy Hick-
ling, chairman of the committee. Several
plans for carrying on this work will be con-
sidered and reported upon a later date.
Representatives to Convention.
There was considerable discussion over
the question or WQeIner or not the commit
tee should recommend to the Commissioners
the appointment of two representatives to
attend a meeting of a national organization
for the prevention Of consumption to meet
April II to 10 at Atlanta, Ga. 1t was
stated by several members that there exist
three national organizations, between which
there is more or less friction. IT was finally
decided to recommends that the Commits
sioners do not appoint representatives for
the Atlanta convention in view of the fact
that the principal organization for this pur-
pose will meet in this city May next. Cen
eral Sternberg is treasurer of the associa-
ton which meets here.
1t was decided not to pay one-fourth or
the salary of stenographer for the COM
mittee, at present, the proposition to do
so being referred to the finance committee
DR.. Hickling announced that he would
enlarge the subcommittee and would an
nounce his appointments at the next meet
ing.
Those present were DIR. D. Percy Hick-
ling, chairman Wallace Hatch, assistant
secretary; Rudolph Kaufman. treasurer;
DIR. William c. Woodward, District health
officer; DIR. Thomas Vincent, Dr. George NJ
Kober, Gen. George NJ. Sternberg, Miss
Emily Tuckerman, E. II. Hunter, DR.. James
Dudley Morgan, Rev. Louis Stern and Rev.
d. E. Wiseman.