The Washington herald., 1912-09-22

10 cneck this decline ana 10 rendoihtdte
the race that more than one thousand
papers will be read during the week by
members Of the congress. Each paper
will treat of an individual subject. with
no duplicates. and great number OF
the delegates will participate In the dis
| cussions. 1t is expected that at least
three delegates will be heard from. brief.
ly. on points advanced in each paper
These papers will tell the people how tc
eat. drink, sleep. work. and play. sc
that they may retain their health, in
crease their strength. and prepare them
selves for their progeny. Then they are
to be taught how to bring their children
into the world and how to care for them
| In order to cover this broad field. the
topics will include all phases Of home
office. school, church, factory. and out
door life. all social environments. and
the relation of the sexes and the science
OF eugenics.
Doubtless any one would read al
these papers and conclude that II
would require all his time to keep well,
another official Remarked, But this il
not true. The cream Of these teachings
is that we must keep clean, physically
and morally, follow the simpler rules OF
| life, such as we require Of our finely
bred animals, and devote attention to
the breeding Of the human race as we
do in the breeding of thoroughbred ami.
mails. and the propagation of the beautil
full flowers and fine vegetables"
| President Here Tomorrow.
| The congress is being held in the Unit
ed States under the general supervision
Of the State Department. and the many
high officials of this and foreign gov
ernments are participants
President Taft is coming down from
Beverly to deliver the opening address
on Monday morning. He will give a re-
coption at the White House for the dele
gates Monday afternoon. More than 2, 400
delegates are either already here or on
the way from thrty-two countries, and
all the States and several hundred mu-
| inequalities They are accompanied by
members of their families and by physi-
clans. scientists, philanthroplsts. sociolo-
gists, and others interested. According
ly, the total attendance from outside Of
Washington is estimated by Secretary
General Fulton to reach beyond 10000.
This congress will come as a climax
to the meetings of the American Public
Health Association, American Federation
for Sex Hygiene. and other kindred
bodies that have been meeting In Wash
ington this week. The health exhibit
| which opened this week. will be kept
open through the first week OF October
Win NHc VI udliy lcCtui &c
by well-known specialists. Since there is
no hall large enough to accommodate all
the visitors at one time. and since sew
eral meetings will be necessary stimuli
toneously, several buildings will be used.
The programme is divided into several
sections and in the meantime the con
tinuous performances" of this week at
the health exhibit will be carried on. A
lecture every hour. is the programme
Tn, ha han ~ he
ton building. with moving picture shows
in between. While all the pictures have
bearing on health, hygiene, and demog
raphy. popular moving picture plays will
be introduced to hold the attention of
the lay citizen. Instead of depicting wild
West plays and train hold-ups, these
plays treat Of love. romance. and tragedy.
with the moral found in the matter OF
ne alth, frequently in the social evil and
its resultant diseases, the white plague
and the infectious maladies. In one play
is depicted the story of a whole family
being annihilated by a single house fly:
in another. an irresponsible Is sent to the
gallows for a crime committed because
OF diseased mind which developed
through heredity, one Of his forbears
having tainted his blood through the
social evil.
To Halt Social Evil.
This congress- IT is stated on a placard,
was called into being in 1852 to halt the
great pandemic of cholera in Europe.
and now. two generations later. the prin-
ciple business of the congress is to halt
the great social evil. With this evil elm
mated. or even restricted to. the extent
OF protecting health. all ailments not
traceable TO this cause could be easily
COPIED with. Accordingly, efforts Of the
powers of the world have been united
to make this the biggest and most pro-
ductive congress OF all, and the health
exhibition is the largest and most star
Ting ever set forth in the world Thus,
government authorities and officials OF
the congress make assurance that 1t will
mark a greater step in the advancement
of health than has ever before been
taken.
Since this is the first congress to come
to 4nerica, it is the first time that
every State has been represented in il.
Every State is represented by commit
tees of physicians, health officers. and
authorities of hygiene, appointed by the
Governors. Over three hundred American
cities. through their Mayors. have sent
delegations totaling nearly .C0. and there
are several hundred delegates from
American colleges. universities. and other
institutions for educational and social
advancement Only. fifty-six cities of the
entire number invited have declined to
send representatives to the congress.
The State of Iowa leads all, with repre-
sentatives from thirty-one cities. New
York comes next. with delegates from
twenty-nine cities. The largest number
of city delegates. however. is from New
York-a total of eighty-six delegates.
Seventy-three delegates represent Colo
rado cities.
The only States in which cities are not
represented are Oregon. Wyoming, and
West Virginia. Many cities are sending
their Mayors, or aldermen, and all are
sending their health officers.
Acre of Exhibits.
The. exhibits are not yet all installed.
DR.. ]. W. Schereschewsky, of the United
States Public Health Service, director of
the exhibition, stated to-day that many
exhibits coming from foreign countries