Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-16
LEAGUE STUDIES
SICK PROBLEM
PASADENA WORKERS SUGGEST
METHODS
Committee VIII Take Up Question OF
clty's Care Of INDECENT Con-
sumptIves and Seek Bet
ter Conditions
Pasadena Agency.
II North Raymond Avenue
Telephone Main 1147.

PASADENA, March 15.--An open
meeting of the Emergency league was
held this afternoon at the Shakespeare
club house. Because of the inclement
weather the attendance was small,
causing the temporary abandonment of
the proposed program, the principal
feature of which was to have been a
paper by Mrs. Mary M. Conan on the
general subject of Southern California $
care of consumptives coming across its
borders every year. An informal dis
cussion of this important topic, the
hearing of reports and the making OF
plans for the future filed in the after
noon The reports showed that the
league is doing a very necessary work
in a quiet way.
A single case can be given from the
many reported. Two families reached
Pasadena recently from the east in
almost destitute circumstances and
rented a small tent house where they
lived together. Sickness came to the
men of the families and when their
condition was reported to the league 1t
was desperate. The league put the
men in the hospital. provided another
house for one of the families provided
food and medicines until the wage
earners were again able to work. At
tention was called to the city's help
1essnesS with regard to tuberCulOuS
patients who come here in INDECENT
circumstances. 1t seemed highly nee
essary that the city authorities make
some better provision for these people
Possibly by an annual appropriation
possibly by furnishing suitable quar-
ters for patients who are in the last
stages of consumption and are without
sufficient funds. The members present
today requested Mrs. Turner. the pres
ident of the league, to appoint com
mittee to wait upon the city board of
health to see whether something along
this line cannot be done.
The recent statement of Health Off
Ger Stanley p. Black that probably
one-half of the deaths occurring in the
Crown City every year were caused
by tubercular diseases was cited as
sufficient reason for immediate action.
Los Angeles Team Wins
The Girls basketball team from the
Los Angeles Polytechnic high school
won a slow game this afternoon from
the Throop institute girls, the final
score standing % to II. The game was
slow because of the prevailing wet
weather which rendered the grounds
slippery and the ball heavy, the players
on both teams, however, playing with
game interesting. A few days ago the
Throop girls went to Los Angeles,
where they were defeated by the same
team which they met today on the
Throop courts. In today's game Miss
Fanny Firman of Throop acted as ref
cree. Miss Adeline Wright of Throop
as umpire and Mr.. DeBolt of Los An
geles as the second umpire. The
Throop team was made up of Misses
Lillian Grant, Helen Dickson, for
wards Miss Harriet Judd, center;
Misses Anna Tyler and Lura Cattell
guards, with Miss Serena. Bland as
substitute guard. The visitors won
the game by all round superior play
ing.
Plan School Vacation
At a recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee, which has charge of
the arrangements for entertaining the
Shriners when they meet in national
convention at Los Angeles in May, it
was suggested by the Pasadena member
of that committee, Edward D. Neff, that
an effort be made to have all the pub
lie schools of the county take q weeks
vacation at that time in order to in
sure the success the proposed
flower festival then to be given. The
suggestion met with instant approval
and it is understood that the plan will
be first preached in the Angel city, and
if it succeed there, may be extended to
Pasadena and the county at large. 1t
is pointed out that such a vacation at
that time would not prolOng the school
year greatly and that it would do
wonders in booming the great flower
fiesta. from which so much is eX-
pected. There is talk here in Pasa-
dena of making the day of the fiesta
in Los Angeles a civic holiday here in
order that everybody can go to Los
Angeles to help along the chow The
Grown city owes much to Los Angeles
for the great crowds at the annually
recurring tournaments of roses, and it
is thought by many that this would
be a good way to return the compH-
ment Pasadena is anxious to do its
full portion
Names Advisory Council
The board of directors of the newly
organized Associated Charities COM
peted the naming of its advisory coun-
Gil today that important body stand
ing Dr. f. b. Chadbourne, Mrs. Tur-
lington Harvey, Mrs. H. Page War
den, Henry Newly, Justice II. H.
Klamroth, Mrs. r. I. Rogers, John
Wadsworth, G. w. futile and S. Haz-
ard Halsted Beginning April I the
association will have at its disposal
the services of a trained nurse. whose
duties will be to make a round of Wis
its every day. very much as a physi-
clan does, attending to cases where
the patients are too poor to hire nurse
and yet need one. This is one of the
latest lines of work to be attempted by
the Associated Charities. A finance
committee composed Of leading citizens
will be named within a few days
Contributions for carrying on the pro-
posed work in this city will be gladly
received.
Trains for CIaremont
Physical Director A. Claude Brader
states tonight that the special Santa
Fe train, which has been arranged for
to carry Pasadena "rooters' to Clare
mont on Saturday for the intercscho-
lastic athletic meet, will leave this
city at $3.50 a. M, and returning leave
Claremont for Pasadena at p. m
This is not the hour originally ar
ranged for leaving Pasadena, so al
who intend making the trip should take
notice. Unless present indications ar,
deceptive the day will see a grea
would Of tho ctinnortarc of Ttarpo,N Il,