Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17

DR.. JOSEPH W. sCHERESCHEWskY.
Director Of the Public Health Exhibit.
Todays program of lectures and other
features at the health exhibit OF the In
ternational Congress on Hygiene and De-
biography. housed in the Red Cross pa
vilion. at the foot of 18th street, includes
the following:
p.m.-Moving picture. THE Red Cross
Seal"
2:3O p.m.-Lecture. THE Engineering
Work Of the Washington Filtration
Plant" J. II. Curtiss.
p.m.-Lecture. Dangers OF Patent
Medicines" DIR. Lyman Kebler.
3:25 p.m.-Moving picture. The
Awakening Of John Bond
4:3O p.m.-Lecture. deficiency OF Chill
dren in Schools Miss Mary Campbell.
p.m.-Moving picture. Hull House"
p.m.-Lecture, THE Fight Against
Cholera In the Philippines, DIR. Allan
Mclaughlin.
$50 p.m.-Lecture. The National Men
tai Hygiene Campaign" DR.. Stewart
Patton. Princeton University.
p.m.-Moving pictures. "Midwinter
Sports Athletic Carnival"
oficially Opened.
The health exhibit was oficiaily opened
last night when DR.. ]. W. Schere-
schewsky. director, turned the keys OF the
pavilion owe, to Huntington Wilson, as
sistant secretary Of state. who. In a brief
address. formally threw open the doors
to the public The address OF the assist
ant secretary of state was preceded by
band concert by the Marine Band. sta
toned in the rotunda of the pavilion.
In his remarks Mr.. Wilson stated that
the time is not far distant when tho
United States will take its place with thss
other advanced nations of the world by
the establishment OF a federal department.
of public health. Mr.. Wilson was fol-
lowed by Surgeon General George II.
Torney. U. s. A.. who spoke of the
great good such an exhibition is certain
to prove. by it's educational effect on the
public mind. DIR. William II. WEIGH. o.
the Maryland state board OF health
spoke in similar vein, and at the conciu-
sion of the brief addresses the Narfne
Band gave a short concert.
Those in charge Of the big exhibit
have divided 1t into thirteen sections.
many of the sections including several
subsections. These sections include
child hygiene, industrial hygiene, sex,
mental water, sewerage and food ny.
gene, school hygiene. the hygiene or
physical exercise, naval hygiene, state
and municipal hygiene and eommu-
ncable diseases.
Death Every Ten Seconds.
A striking feature i'm the section devoted
to child hygiene and infant mortality is
an electric light that flashes and goes out
every ten seconds, day and night. This
light according to the statistics compiled
through the cooperation OF health ON
Gals i'm every country of the civilized
world marks with each flash the passing
of a baby life. Somewhere in the world,
according to the health authorities.
baby under one year old dies every ten
seconds q total of 500 infant lives
snuffed out in each twenty-four hours.
An exhibit of more than ordinary inter-
est to Washingtonians Is that arranged
by DR.. William j. Manning, medical d.
rector of the government printing office.
The model which is shown IN the division
of communicable diseases illustrates the
phenomena of osmosis as concerns the
blood.
Other Washington exhibits are those OF
the Army Medical Museum, the bureau of
animal industry and plant industry. and d
collection of more than 30 colored Ian
tern Slides shown by DIR. Elnora c. Folk
mar of the Womans Clinic.
Features of added interest are the play
grounds exhibit, in charge of Edward
s. Martin. director of Fairgrounds In the
District of Columbia. and the Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts camps. which viii be
hibition building Another feature which
will prove of great interest to the visit
ing scientists and the general pubic as
well will be a series OF aeroplane ana
hydro aeroplane flights on the Speedway
the tidal basin and the Potomac river.