The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
TUBERCULOSIS WAR BEGINS VIGOROUSLY Conferences Held Today to Out
 line the Work MANY TOWNS INTERESTED Addresses During Exhibition Will Be On Topics of Great Interest to the
 General Pubic-Dr. Wyman
 Discusses the Work.
MANY TOWNS INTERESTED
Today's Line of Battle.


 Il a. m., Birmingham district confer ence. attended by mayors, city health of- hcers, editors and officers of commercial organizations.
 D. ln., relief and charity conference, for representatives of church. lodge, union and other sick, relief and benefit committees and institutions.
 p. m., administration conference. ex- hibition executive committee with CO., operating physicians and business men.
 All of these sessions will be held at the campaign headquarters. corner Twentieth street and Fourth avenue, where a hearty welcome is extended to the men and women who call to offer help in doing things flor Brmingham's sake"
 Bell telephone No. 2356 and Peoples Home telephone No. now connect the anti-tuberculosis exhibition offices with that several more counties and a half dozen towns are falling into line.
 The programme for the dual series of addresses to be given daily throughout the exhibition Is about completed. "The Care of the Consumptive in the Home' "Tuberculoss and the Visiting Nurse" 'Tuberculosis in Its Relation to the Child "The Negro and Consumption, !" ''The Commercial Aspect of Tubercu- losis,' Tuberculosis in the Schools" "A Field for Women in the Anti-Tubercu- losis Crusade" and other interesting top ics will be presented and illustrated by means of lantern slides. There will be nothing fearsome, nothing to give bad dreams as the result of a visit.
 Who Pays the Bills.
 "Who pays the bils?" is frequently asked at the headquarters of the Amer ican tuberculosis exhibition, corner of Twentieth street and Fourth avenue. The interest in this unusual educational enter- prise.
 The first expense is borne by the Na- tional Association for the Study and Pre- vention of Tuberculosis by means of funds supplied especially for this pur- pose. Then the Alabama state board of health has invested generously in the
 
 state.
 Notwithstanding these outside contribu- tions the affair is essentially a Birming- ham affair. The city has put in $20O and the county added $2O0, the total being doubled by subscriptions from the busi. ness and professional men of the city and county. To this also should be added t~yl, i,, form of special rates or outright gifts of material or service in the work of in stallation and promotion.
 illustrating the help coming from many sources" said pr. B. L. Wyman, mention should be made of the liberal space given to this effort by the dailies of Birmingham and the other newspapers of the county and out in the state. Dele gations are expected from several score of towns and cities, coming largely be- cause of the publicity given through the columns of the Birmingham and out-of- town periodicals The time taken from business or professional duties and given to committee work ought to be charged up as part of the community's invest ment in this far-rea ching enterprise. All that is asked in return is that others who are in position of influence and oppor- tunity shall go half way and make a real effort to secure the appointment of cooperating committees, make sure that the exhibition Is adequately announced and plan for sending delegations during the time the show is on.'
 Many Towns Interested. Avondale, East Lake, North Birmng- ham. West End Woodlawn, Bessemer Pratt City, Wylam, Warrior, Greymont, Ensley, Irondale, Elyton and Cardiff have all been invited to be represented in the Birmingham district" conference to be held at the headquarters this morning. The problem of tuberculosis is of such nature that cooperative effort is abso- lutely necessary to get rid of the disease. The management of the tuberculosis ex- hibition seeks to make it possible for the communities in Central Alabama to bene- fit from this campaign. It is expected, then. that Birmingham district towns will make special effort to cooperate and get good from the exhibition w DrYYlY YYuHY"H