The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
HYGIENE CONGRESS
READY To OPEN
Delegates from ALI Over World
Gather in Capital for
Convention.
SECRETARY WILSON
TO FORMALLY PRESIDE
Entertainment Planned for Visitors
Includes q Trip in Revenue
Cutters to Indian Head.

Huntington Wilson, the Assistant Sec
retary Of State. chairman of the COM
mittee on organization of the Fifteenth
International Congress on Hygiene and
Demography, will formally open the ex-
hibition on health at the corner Of
Seventeenth and Streets Northwest to-
high officials Of the government will par
ticipate in the opening exercises.
DR.. J. w. Schereschewsky. director Of
the exhibition. yesterday completed the
programme of the formal opening Of the
big health exhibition. The whole Ma
rine Band will be in attendance.
The opening exercises will be COM
-menced on the platform at the Seven
feenth Street entrance. DR.. Schereschew-
sky promptly at s o'clock will hand the
keys Of the exhibition building to Secre-
tary Wilson. who will deliver a short
address and formally open the doors to
the public. To the music of the Ma
rine Band the company Is then to pro-
ceed to the lecture hall, where the ex-
ercises will be concluded.
Surgeon Gen! Blue. Of the United
States Public Health Service, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Sherman
Allen and DR.. William H. Welch. presi-
dent Of the State Board of Health of
Maryland and chairman of the executive
committee Of the hygiene congress, will
make a short address from the stage
Of the lecture hall. Surgeon Gen Torney,
Of the army. is now on his way from
the Pacific Coast, and is expected to be
present also.
At the conclusion of the exercises,
which will last about half an hour. the
public will be invited to inspect the ex-
hibits. The exhibition viii remain open
until October 4, and will be entirely free
to all who wish to visit II.
The Marine Band will be stationed in
the building tomorrow night and give a
concert during the evening. The band
will be present also on Thursday even
Ing.
DIR. Frank E. Gibson. chairman Of sthe
entertainment committee of the joint
committee of the Chamber of Commerce
and Board of Trade on arrangements for
the congress and the convention of the
American Public Health Association, yes
terday announced the programme of en-
tertainment agreed to by the joint COM
nittee at a meeting yesterday afternoon.
All of the events of the programme
will be limited to the delegates and
visitors to the two conventions with the
exception OF a reception to be given
by the citizens of Washington on Thurs
day afternoon, September g. at the New
be held at o'clock in the evening and
will be open to every one.
A reception to the president and men,
bers Of the American Public Health As
sociation will be the first matter on the
programme. This will be given in the
ballroom of the New Willard on Wednes-
day evening, September Is, at o'clock
Reception to Delegates.
On Monday September 9. a reception
will be rendered to the delegates and
visitors to the Fifteenth International
Congress on Hygiene and Demography at
he Pan-American Union Building at
} D.. m
A sightseeing auto trip has been ar
ranged for the women Of the congress.
Cars will leave the New Willard on
Tuesday morning, September "a. at 10
o'clock. The next afternoon at o'clock
a trip down the. river as far as Indian
Head on two revenue cutters will be
given for the delegates The vessels
have been put at the disposal OF the
members of the congress by the Treas
ury Department A trip to Mount vernon
has been arranged for Thursday morn
ing at 10 o'clock The reception at the
National Museum. the only one open to
the public, will be given at the National
Museum Thursday night
An exhibition cavalry drill at Fort
Myer will be given in honor OF the dele
gates and members on Friday afternoon.
September q. at 2:15 o'clock, which will
be followed by an aviation exhibition by
the Signal Corps at o'clock Special
cars will leave the corner Of Twelfth and
d Streets Northwest for Fort Myer at
1:45 o'clock.
other features Of the entertainment
will be announced As soon as the joint
committee completes its canvass for
still needS S700 n
cary out its plans. About $500 more in |
subscriptions were announced at yester-
days meeting. |