Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24

Charts showing the effects of The
Stars fly swatEng campaign during the
past summer now form one of the most
interesting exhibits in the exhibition hall
of the International Congress on Hygiene
and Demography, at 18th and streets
northwest. The charts were prepared by
DIR. Arthur l.. Murray of the District
health department. and We're placed on
display yesterday for the first time. They
form a part of the local health depart
ment's exhibit.
One of the charts tells the story of The
Stars campaign from the very day it was
| started last spring. 1t contains the an
nouncement of the beginning of the cam
paign and newspaper clippings showing
its progress up to date.
Another chart shows a number of minia-
ture barrels and parts of barrels to in
dictate the bulk Of flies caught each sue
cessive month. In tabular form the
showing is as follows:
Nc Month Number of barrels Flies z billed ed;
June ..s.......... 3,ISo,,SVV-
jury .--.-......-'.--.. 80 i-'n ID 81
AUGUST ..---...........- fHS s'1-J'ooo
The exhibit is being examined with
unusual interest by the delegates from
cities where f1y-swatting campaigns
similar to that conducted by The Star
during the past two summers have
been in progress. The charts contain
the announcement that the campaign
conducted by The Star year ago was
the first of its kind ever attempted.
Reducing Infant Mortality.
The Instructive Visiting Nurse Socie-
ty of the District has installed an in
teresting exhibit in the hall which
shows the means by which it's members
aid in reducing the infant mortality of
the National Capital 1t also shows
dozens Of nipples full of cracks and
holes and crusted with dirt and sour
milk. which indicate the lack of by
giene in baby feeding discovered in
many homes when the nurses began
their educational work. Types of nurs-
ing bottles discovered by the society,
which include old medicine and whisky
TASKS, are also shown.
The society's work for the better
clothing of infants is shown in model
layettes. exhibited in cooperation with
the Christ Child Society. and baby bas-
kets One of the baby baskets dis
plays the placard:
ket for her baby a cost of rs cents"
refrigerator which cost 81 cents is
also shown with the explanation: This
homemade refrigerator has been in ac-
l
of ice for three days for baby's milk"
Teaching Sex Hygiene.
Support of the movement inaugurated
in connection with the exhibition to teach
sex hygiene to Washington school chill
dren has been given by Supt. Davidson,
who consented to excuse children from
their classes whose parents may wish
them to hear the lectures. These lee
lures are to be given by DR.. Elnora c.
Folkmar Of the Womans Clinic of Wash |
ington as a part of the free popular |
course of hygiene lectures. |
The sex hygiene lectures will number |
six all told. three of which are for adults |
and three for children. Those for the |
grown-ups will be given at 10 pm. to- |!
morrow Thursday and Friday. These
lectures will demonstrate how DIR. Folk |
mar thinks sex instruction should be con- |
Quoted in the schools of the Capital city. |
At 1890 am. Thursday. Friday and
instruction. Admission to the lectures |
for children will be only on the written |
request of parents. who will obtain the re- |
quest blanks at the lecture for adults.
The lectures will be illustrated with a |
series of go slides in color. showing the
life process in plants. fishes. frogs, in
sects, birds. mammals and man.
Effects of Unnecessary Noise.
In a lecture on Health and Cnneces-
sary Noise" in the lecture room of the !
exhibition hall yesterday afternoon, DR..
Clarence ]. Blake. professor of GEOLOGY at
Harvard University. declared that un-
necessary noise caused an almost I'M
counted loss every year in waste of en- /
ergy, in physical distress and in de- |
crease of human efficiency. He said that
While industrial concerns and municipali- |
ties generally had recognized the unde |
sira bility of unnecessary noise the effect
of this nuisance on the human organism
had not until recently been scientifically
shown.
Aside from the deteriOrating effect on
the sense of hearing, DR.. Blake asserted
that unnecessary noise also leads to nerv
Gus Disorders and to bodily fatigue. Man.
ufacturers are beginning to realize this,
Dr. Blake said. as is indicated by the in
vention of a noiseless typewriter. and the
attempts made in variols sections of the
country to establish nOiseless factories
and machine shops.
Eugenics as a Science.
A marked difference of opinion over
the relative present Importance of eugenics
as a science developed yesterday between
Dr. W. NJ. Hays. assistant secretary of
agriculture, anu DR.. Lightner Wilmer,
who is in charge of the psychological
laboratory at the University of Pennsyl-
vania. The difference was brought out