The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
CHARITY MINISTER'S
TO AILS OF YOUNG
Benefit Baseball Game Planned
to Enrich Treasury of Benz
eficent institution

The free dental clinic for school
children in poor circumstances under
the management of the San Francisco
ming order in the bright. sunny quar-
ters donated for the purpose by the
Associated Charities in their home in
Jackson street. and to obtain more
funds for the equipment baseball
game has been planned for Thursday,
September Is, at 3 o'clock. at Recrea- :
tion park, Fifteenth and Valencia
streets. The competing teams will be
composed of picked mines of the public
school teachers and dentists interested
in the free clinic movement
The Importance of the cause can only
be fully realized by those who venture
right into the field and see, the need
in the families of the poorer and more
congested districts. The youngsters
have already their free medical clinics,
but half of their physical ailments
have been traced to teeth that need at
tention, and, for lack of it, bring on
severe digestive troubles.
NEED FOR WORK
1t is for these children that the free
dental clinic has been established, the
one connected with the University of
California necessitating too long a
of the little patients. Only the deserv-
ing children will be treated.
The dental clinic has been founded
by the Dental association after the
example set by eastern and European
cities, the services of both dentists
and nurses being absolutely gratuitous.
AS over 400 children, under the special
jurisdiction of the Associated Charities.
already need dental attention the work
in this city begins at an opportune
time
Two dentists, of the so interested,
will be in attendance at the clinic on
five mornings of the week and they
estimate they can attend to from six
to eleven patients each morning. Sew
eral of the hospitals in and around
this city are contributing the services
OF nurses for a period of four weeks
each to help with the work. The hos
pitfalls that have made this offer are the
Mt. Zion, the city and county. the ST.
Thomas, the University of California,
st. Luke's and the German, and the
ST. Helena, McNutt and Lane sana-
toriums.
EQUIPMENT Donated
The board Of education has con
tributed the office furniture and has
indorsed the work in every possible
way. The James w. Edwards company
and the J. W. Roach company have each
contributed 500 worth of equipment
Willberg Brothers have given SIS
worth, and the various eastern manu-
facturers. have also been most gen.
erous. The Associated Charities have
given the rooms, the light and the heat,
and each case will be submitted to
them for decision az to whether or not
it IS deserving of free attention.
A course of lectures is being ar
ranged to teach the parents and the
public> school children the necessity of
dental hygiene from earliest infancy.
Following the example set in Ger
many, where 3S cities have free dental
clinics established. those back of the
movement in this city hope to stir up
the public in behalf of the children
who are needy.
MANY CASES ON HAND
more than 300 cases under my at
tention are already waiting their turn
Miss Katherine FELTON, of the Associat-
ed Charities said yesterday, $50 surely
nothing is more needed in San Fran
cisco. Just in the Spanish quarter
alone ] could scarcely count the num-
bers who will be handicapped seriously
for the future unless their teeth are
attended to soon. 1t seems a little
thing, but its Importance in the world
of medicine is daily being realized more
clearly If you could see the little tots
who are coming here for treatment you
would know for yourself what good
step this is in the right direction for
the good of the public"
Those backing the baseball game on
the 18th are the board of education. the
Associated Charities. the Woman's pub
lie health association. the dental de-
partment of the University of Califor-
MIA and the San Francisco dental asso-
citation. TickeA may be obtained from
the prospective beneficiaries The
money obtained will be handled only
by the San Francisco dental assocla-
tion, from whose numbers the follow
ing dentists have been chosen as the
special committee backing the free dem
tai clinic movement: DR.. f. G. Baird,
DIR. C. r. Hansen. DR.. Norman d KEEL
ley. DR.. A. II. Suggett. DR.. Guy S. Mil
berry.