Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-17
ANTI-TUBERCULOsIs LEAGUE.
Letter From A. R. Kimball to the
 Business Men.

The directors of the WaterDury Business Mems association who have been working for the retention of the post office in Wolcott reported at meeting last evening that for the present at least the office would not be discontinued. In all probability, however, the office will be abolished soon and Wolcott will be part Of a free rural delivery which will start from Waterbury. The Waterbury men became interested in the matter because the Wolcott merchants oD- jected when they heard that in the future their mail would come rural delivery by way of Terryyille. A committee consisting of Dr A0- bolt. P. R. Cummings, and Ralph N. Blakeslee was appointed to place con tribution boxes in the stores of the city for the purpose of receiving funds for the .Anti-Tubereulosls league. This matter was brought up by the following letter from A. R. Kimball, member of the executive committee of the league:
 Robert P. Lewis, Esq. President Wa
 terbury Business Mems Assn.
 Dear Sir:-You will remember hthat you very kindly aided me In se- curing a subscription for the Anti Tuberculosis league, the Business Mems association. as l recall, being the first organization in town to sub scribe any large amount. At the time I met your executive committee and they told me that when We were ready to do anything further in the way of increasing funds they would be glad to be of assistance.
 Early in the fall. hope to take up the matter of popular subscrip- tions. We have raised about all we can for the year. The next step seems to me for the various mer- chants in the city to subscribe var ious amounts, as they feel disposed, and to put collection boxes in stores, SO that people who care to, can con- tribute to the cause. In this way we ought to raise another considerable amount. I would suggest that your association take up the matter off, cially and give it endorsement. Per haps, also, if this strikes the members of your executive committee favor ably. it might be we'll to appoint committeeon this very matter to can yass the stores and to see that all of them put up boxes in such place as to attract the attention of customers. Probably the campaign had better be begun some time early in September. Meanwhile 1t would be we'll to get all ready for 1t.
 People sometimes ask what the league is doing Its nurse. Miss Gorm- ley, Is visiting from twelve to twenty cases of tuberculosis day. giving in- struction as to preparing food and the taking care of the sputum; also sec ing to 1t that the persons she visits stay out of doors as much as possible for the entire twenty-four hours. Cases which are needy, and thus are unable to buy proper nourishing food. have such food in the shape of eggs and milk supplied by the league. Some of them have their board paid at places where there is a better chance for them to get we'll. It Is expected. I think. to send one or two cases to wallingford. All this Is done under the supervision of Dr Kilmar- tin and Dr Deming. who Is an ex- pert in such cases. Our expenses reach somewhere in the neighborhood of sI20 a month.
 "I have written all this in case any Of the members of your association want to know what the league is do- ing. Counting on your hearty co-op- eratlon in this work. to which you have already made a personal sub Ecription. am
 ~VeTy sincerely yours.
 "A. R KIMBAL.L. "Pres Waterbury Anti-TubereuIosis
 League
 Waterbury. July II. 1908
 AS many men will be on their vaca- tion next month t was voted to hold