The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-05-19


w. in its expenditures, no
where else is public sym
pathy more readily aroused, while the
results obtained are unprecedented.
An interesting comparison of the
work here and abroad has been made
possible by the visit of Nine. Laurence
Fielder, especially commissioned by
the French government to investigate
the work in America Nine Fielder,
who has already visited Germany and
Denmark on the same errand, expects
to devote two years to the work In
various parts of the United States. On
leaving America she will make similar
investigations in Canada, England,
Scotland and Ireland
Nine. Fielder is we'll known through
out Europe as writer on various med
1cal and social problems, as well as a
practical worker in bringing about re-
forms. She is the only woman in
Paris who belongs to the different Off
oial commissions for improving health
conditions. and has taken active part
In many important congresses. She is
the founder of the Society of Champro-
sary for Rural Cures, sanitarium
with agricultural household schools for
the Ill children of Paris. She has long
been an active member in the benevo-
lent anti-tuberculosis work of Vile
pinte, and of societies for children,
young girls and women in France
Her labors developing and extending
the Red Cross work of France are
widely recognized. These many serv-
ices covering period of years have
been recognized by the Academy of
Medicine of France, which has con-
graduated her officially upon her work
The value of Nine. FEEDERS investi-
CATIONS is due largely to the very prac-
teal and intimate studies she makes
of actual conditions. During her 20
months in Germany Nine Fielder
spent entire days in the sanitariums
among the consumptives and In the
clinics studying the work of public as
sistance. For years she has been a
familiar figure in the hospitals of Paris
as well as in the poorest sections and
the most remote garrets of the city.
Her work Is based upon the theory
that tuberculosis is a malady which
comes from social misery Her work
in America will he therefore larpelv
devoted to combating the white nlapue
by relieving social conditions. She be-
heves, as the result of very extended
investigation, that consumption can be
overcome by educating and. imnroving
the LOT of the working classes esna.
cialIy as regards their home conditions
and the general problem of social by-
giene.
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nlovers to safeguard the health of
their men. The employment bureaus.
the trade unions and their influence on
health conditions in general will also
be looked into to insure the best con-
ditions for fighting consumption.
"your work in combating consump-
tion here in America is amazing" said
Nine. Fielder in discussing her plans
recently. 81 know of no place in Eu.
rope where money is spent so freely
in this crusade or where sympathy is
SO ready. The statistics for New York
for the last few years show a rate of
Improvement which I believe to be