Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-24
keeping sickly children out Of doors and
interested and at the Same time work.

keeping sickly children out OF doors and
interested and at the Same time work
ing toward the desired end Of building
up strong backs and healthy lungs. A
school farm is miniature farm on which
the children grow vegetables and flowers.
There is school farm in Washington on
the grounds of the Department Of Agri-
culture.
terest to every woman who comes into
the museum, and especially to mothers
and rrrses. The great system Of pas
teurized milk laboratories which Nathan
Straus is responsible for in the city OF
New York was thoroughly explained TO a
crowd of congressists this afternoon. The
demonstrators explained in simple Ian
guage that milk Is food and not
medicine and that children should have
the best Of 1t.
The Straus directions for feeding milk
to children are:
Keep the bottles of milk in a cool
place. Use a fresh bottle for every feed
ing and feed the child regularly and not
whenever it cries. Leave the bottle of
milk in a pail Of hot water for ten min
utes before feeding, but do not boil the
milk. Do not add anything TO the milk.
Throw away the milk which is left in the
bottle after feeding, then rinse the bottle
with clean water. Do not remove the
stopper from the bottle until ready for
use. Use a clean nipple for every feed
ing
Mr. Straus has just completed his six
teenth year in his fight against tubercu-
losis in infants by pasteurising milk. MS
stations sell pasteurized milk IN the tene-
ment districts of New York at less than
cost-namely. at cents a quart Figures
are dry and the congress Is SO fu!i OF
them that brains reel and grow RANT
when one tries to grasp all or them' Out
Mr.. Straus great figures show that IN
one year his 81 atoms put out 4.l67.61o DOT
ties Of milk to the poor Of New York.
The system protects 900 babies year
from tuberculosis.
What President Did.
Washingtonians may remember the visit
of the President and Mrs Roosevelt to
Coney Island only two or three years
ago, and the whirlwind raising OF money
to establish Sea Breeze Home. the sana-
forum for children afflicted with bone
diseases The results Of the President 8
Endorsement of the plan and the good
work that has gone on ever since al sea
Breeze may be seen In the exhibit near
the Straus exhibit. Smiling Joe: that
little fellow whose picture as ne lay
strapped to a board In an eHort u
straighten out q crooked spine. has been
used by Sea Breeze as an advertisement
to secure money. is In evidence III the
museum. by photograph only.
The Smithsonian Institution and the In
terror Department, through the bureau
Of Indian affairs. have combined In q
very interesting exhibit showing a novel
phase OF consumption The object Is to
demonstrate that the American Indians
in their wild and primitive state did not
suffer from consumption as far as is
known. but that the advance Of civiliza-
ton has brought with II just enough
knowledge of the white mans methods
of living to break down the previous high
standard.
DIR. Hrdlicka pronounced something
like "Erlisher'O of the Smithsonian
brought back east with him after a two
months stay in the west. many photo
| graphs showing that Indians are prone
to build themselves houses without the
slightest. evidence of ventilation and con-
seauensly the tuberculosis percentage is
| high. Two large Nfe-size groups taken