Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31


later can best be determined by the CEN
tral committee, he said.
Vital Effect on Health.
The school superintendent declared that
the time has come when school children
should be informed in sanitary matters.
proving the worth and practicability Of
preventive medicine. Thousands of deaths
of children. he asserted, may be traced to
the ignorance and stubbornness of people
who would not receive the advice of mu-
nicipal health departments.
Speaking of the plan for the sanitary
campaign, DR.. Davidson said:
This is a movement that will vitality
affect the health of the entire COM
munity. Well push 1t along to sue
cessful issue, and it will not be 1000 but
several thousand yards cleaned when
In his address DR.. Woodward presented
figures showing that the cost of operat-
ing the street cleaning department OF the
District during a single year Is nearly
100000. If premises are found to De
dirty, the insanitary condition can't be
charged to lack of interest on the part
of Congress, DIR. Woodward said. The
fault, he asserted, in most cases lies with
the individual owner of the premises.
Urges Flower Planting.
The speaker discussed the regula-
tions of the street cleaning department
concerning the manner in which refuse
must be deposited for collection, and
urged that citizens generally endeavor
to understand better the regulations
and to abide strictly by them.
DIR. Woodward said that the schools
can do an incalculable amount OF good
in reaching the homes Of the COM
munity in matters pertaining to SAM
tation. He said that there would be
larger returns than the results reaped
merely from the cleaning up OF yards
and premises. The educational fnf1u-
ence of the movement on the children,
he pointed out. would make itself felt
for all time, as the youthful members
of the community come to reallZa-
ton Of the fact that cleanliness is es-
sential to civic welfare.
DIR. Woodward suggested that the chill
dren be advised to plant flowers In the
yards and that plans be perfected for con-
tinuing the work which will be done dur
ing the preliminary campaign.
Suggests Methods.
Supervisor of Fairgrounds Martin COM
mended The Star for its having inaugu-
rated the movement for the two city
cleaning campaigns andl suggested vari-
GUS methods by which the juvenile cru
SADIE may be effectively carried on. He
said, in part:
Tonight we are gathered together in
the interest of public health. What except
a deep personal obligation to humanity
can be assigned as the physicians object
in pushing the campaign against disease
when they take away from his practice?
The same personal obligation to humani-
ty has enlisted the press in this cam
paign and to them the wielders of public
opinion, we must give the credit for
having attempted this great movement
for Washington. We, who are inter-
ested in the Boy Scout movement, the
playground movement and the activities
of the leisure hours of the children of our
lpublic schools, can do much to direct
these activities at this time, so that their
leisure hours will be made of exceptional
value to themselves, in teaching civic
pride and thrift, as we'll as to the COM
munity at large.
"Teach the Children"
I'VE cannot begin too soon to make
good citizens of the children. 1 shall
| only speak of a few of the little things
which it seems to me that the children
might be able to accomplish duHing this
campaign. 1 will mention these leav-
! ing 1T to the members Of the depart
ments of our city to explain to the
teacher just how these things can be
accomplished within the law. 1t is a
duty incumbent upon us in all our work