The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28
THREE M9RE DAYS OF HEALTH EXHIBIT County Officials Will Be Among
 Today'S Speakers BUSY SCENES YESTERDAY Special Talks to Street Railway Elm ployes and Others Whose Du-
 ties Have To Do With
 Public Health.
BUSY SCENES YESTERDAY

Three more days and the Tuberculosis Exhibit will become a thing of the past, sc far as the city of Birmingham is con- cerned, though it will leave behind well organized movement towards the wipins out of this disease. The exhibit has been in operation for over week, during which time there has been an average of nearly 1000 visitors per day. It appears to be growing in interest each day, and these last three days are expected to be the banner days.
 The following is the programme for to- day:
 Knights of Columbus Day"
 Jefferson County Day"
 p. m.-Subject, "The Outdoor Treat ment of Tuberculosis" Chairman, pr. T. L. Robertson. Speakers, Dr. Lewis E.. Morris pr. l.. G. Woodson.
 SD. m.-Subject, "The Duty of the Coun- ty In the Care of the Incipient and h. curable Case of Tuberculosis" Chairman, Mir. John T. Reed. Speakers, Dr. W. P. McAdory, Dr. J. D. Heacock.
 This programme, it is believed. will prove strong attraction. The subject for the afternoon will undoubtedly be productive of many valuable hints along the line of outdoor treatment of tubercu- joss patients, while the night session HAll In way show along what lines the county Is handling the diseases This ses- sion will be presided over by Capt John T. Reed, chairman of the Board of Reve- nue.
 Knights of Columbus Day. is also ex- pected to bring large number of vis- 1tors from the Catholic churches
 Yesterday proved an extremely lively day, over 1900 persons visiting the exhibit In addition to this number a meeting was also held at the car barn of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, which was attended by a large large number of morormen and conductors. The fact that street car men could be Of service In keeping the disease down by allowing no one to expecterate upon the cars was dwelt upon, well as several other factors in connection with the spreading of the disease.
 The day was ''Fraternity Day" Street Railway Day." Commercial Day." "Busi- ness College Day" and Patent Medicine I'ay,' and as a result things literally hummed around the headquarters. There Was lecture after lecture to attentive au- diences, one lecture hardly being complet- gu pelore another large crowd had as sembled to hear the next
 Students from the Spencer Business col ioge paid the exhibit a visit yesterday afternoon and were given special lee ture on the subject of personal and office hygiene.
 Today will be Laundry Day." arrange. ments having been made for the at tendance of the employees from the Sir I1ingham Laundry and the Excelsior Steam laundry. It is also expected that employees of the other laundries in town w.ll attend.
 The special addresses yesterday were the patent medicine discussions by John l.. Parker. chairman, and Dr. ". H. Bell and pr. Fl. N. Rosser, and the presenta- tion of the economic phases of the con- sumption situation brought out by erl- Ing A. Wood, Joseph B. Babb and Dr. B. l.. Wyman, the last of which were de- lievered at the night session. A special set of lantern slides was used at tlGs session, setting forth some striking pos abilities in the handling of the disease and the manner in which employers and others are aiding to destroy it's hold npor the American people