New-York tribune., 1909-11-06
RED CROSS MEETS
PL4NS FRESH UORK .
DR.. j. ". Brdnndn Tells of
Fight ON U'hitc Plague.

The New York County subdivision Of the
American Red Cross held it's annual meet
ing yesterday al the home 81 Mr.. and Mrs
William lay Schieffelin No. East 66th
street The large room on the second floor
that was placed at the disposal ~ the
members was completely filled before
o'clock. when Robert e. ogden, president
OF the society in New York County. called
for the reading of the various reports.
Mr.. Ogden referred to the origin of the
idea that resulted last year in the sale by
the society Of a million and half anti
tuberculosis stamps during the Christmas
season as nothing less than stroke "f
genius. The work done in carrying out the
original conception showed equal genius.
hc said. With the experience obtained
under last seasons stress. when. with little
time for campaign planning. the women II
the Red cross did So surprisingly well, the
result OF tho efforts soon 10 be renew ed
will. Mr.. ogden believes he even greater
financially Tho net income from that
source last December was SLIGO Ss.
There was no doubtiug the enthusiasm
provoked yesterday when tine extensive Ia
hors Of the stamp committee were recount
ed IN detail. The work of the women was
shown 10 have been ~ almost the sleepl"Ss
VARIETY. II had never been done hetor'.
and tho business Of obtaining throughout
the metropolis tho greatest possible number
Of conspicuous stands for the sale of the
anti-tuherculosis penny plea required not
only resourcefulness, hut an optimistic
point ~ view i'm the face of many discour-
agements.
The address OF the afternoon was deliv-
cred by Dr John " Rrauuan. president of
tho board of trustees of Rellovu" and Al
lied Hospitals. The Red cross haa
asked pr. Rrannsu to tell how its mem
hers might host assist in the advancement
~ open air schoolrooms for children pre-
disposed 10 tuberculosis
After recent conferences with pr. VIII
lam H. Maxwell. city Superintendent cf
Schools pr Rrannan said tho necessity for
tho establishment Of opeu air schools was
urged upon the BOARD ~ Estimate and Ap-
portionuent. NJ Grst there was suE7t
basis for cuCours cement. controller Metz
opposed the plan of installing twenty open
air rooms ore in % IN of twenty Scn""i-
houses saving the matter of tuberculosis
,,-ovsr,ion vas . subject for hospitals 70
worry about. not the Department - Edu-
cation
Tho ritv. however. has appropriated S'.''''
said pr Erannan for providing twenty
omen air rooms in as many schools INC
additional teachers required viii cost s2"'"1'
which viii ho paid ont of special fuhn "'
the Department Of III ICstion. These r"9'"N
sre 20 supplement- the work already helhs
done nv the f.rrvbost SCHOOLS ana AZ 'h'
Vanderbilt ,liuic. The success ot tho "P'"
air school At Boston Was referred 2" ss an
enampie ~ what could ho done for cni'-
drcn inclined "a the disease here
Fifteen hundred children attended tho
open air school At Sea Rreez" last sum
nlar.~ said Or Rrsnnau. and out ~ i,-''
pupils upon whom experiments "sr" iHs''
bv pr. W H. Park. director OF Inc re
search Laboratories Of the Department 81
Health. from - 10 30 per cent either WN'"
found afflicted with tuberculosis "r S'"N''
a disposition that wsH.
The Red cross can help 0y seeing mat
tho four hundred children in tho new "pen
a;~ scboolrooms have proper food and
,Iotrinr The school hoard viii furnish
tho oI,er urape and soapstoue heaters
They need good Undertaking. however.
aud nlortv 81 good food. There will b'
,acossar, an expenditure of Sl2J"" 10 Sl"-
~, and this must he supplied ~ private
honefactious'
nr Rraunau added that the architects 81
school buildings forbade tho opening "f
o-in5ov,s. on tho ground that tho ventilst-
ing appsrat,,s (Which. he said. did no good
might he put out of commission.
The report Of Jacob ". SchiT. treasurer
was Of a favorable nature. although the
president urged that tho membership. no"
numbering seventeen hundred was plh-
fully small for an organization making
such . universal appeal a. did the l'Sd
cross.
Tho election or officers resulted aS t"'-
low: For president. Robert e. ogden. To-
,lco-presidouts. Mr.. Douglas Robinson
Mr>. John W. Brsnnan and Miss '"'"a
rine : I.ovcuch. for secretary. Mis- IRIS
ella stanton. for treasure Jacob H.
schiff. and for chairman of tho cNecuuN"
committee. Miss Eleanor I'iodEett-
Tho members Of the executive committee
are Mrs GeoIge r.. Mcclellan, Miss Jane
= Tuckerman, Mrs james Roosevelt Mrs
y r. Potter. Mrs Schuyler y. Warren
Miss Mary +. Gladwin. Gcorg" Rlum"n-
,haL Dr Charles g. Miller. Frank Folk
and Franklin u. Roosevelt