The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-25
TUBERCULOSIS DAY, OCT. 27
Countrywide Movement Among Re
ligious Organizations to Observe
That Sunday by Special
Services.

All creeds, religions and political
beliefs are joining in the movement
for the observance of tuberculosis
Day on Sunday, october 27th. Let
ters commencing the movement have
been received from some of the most
prominent leaders in thought in the
United States.
President Taft, former President
Roosevelt, and locally Archbishop
Prendergast, Mayor Blankenburg of
Philadelphia; the Interchurch FEEDER
alton which embraces all of the Pro-
testant churches interested in social
activities, Bishop Rhinelander of the
Episcopal church, and many others
have endorsed the campaign against
tuberculosis and the plan of devot-
ing some part of next Sunday to
consideration OF the principles un-
derlying the prevention and eradica-
ton OF consumption. y
"I hope and believe that Tuber-
culosis Day in the churches will be
productive of great good" says
President Taft in a letter to Homer
Folks, President of the National As
ISOLATION for the Study and Preven-
| ton of tuberculosis.
Former President Roosevelt, who
is an Honorary Vice-President of the
National Association, gives out this
statement:
" am very glad indeed that ar
rangements are being made to have
attention directed throughout the
United States on Tuberculosis Day.
October 27, to the immediate urgent
| duty resting upon us all to do all we
can do to prevent this preVentable
| disease. 1t is particularly fitting
that clergymen, churches, and church
| organizations should impress upon
! their members and attendants the
| duty of actively supporting in every
| practical way their local agencies,
hospitals, dispensaries and the like,
! engaged in the suppression OF tuDer-
| culosis. The amount of suffering,
misery, orphanage, bitter poverty,
and economic loss that would be OBJ
ent knowledge as to the causes and
| prevention of tuberculosis is simply
| incalculable."
Archbishop Prendergast of the
| Diocese of Philadelphia, in a letter
| to the Pennsylvania Society for the
Prevention OF tuberculosis, asid:
am pleased to know that you
are continuing the good work to-
wards the prevention of tuberculosis
and that you have set aside the 27th
OF October as tuberculosis Sunday.
| am sure that all our priests will be
interested in your efforts and will
comply with any request you will
make OF them in furthering this
worthy work in which you are en-
gagged.
Wishing you every success, l re-
main"
Mayor Blankenburg, of Philadel-
phia, endorsed the movement in the
following words:
am glad to learn that the Ma
tional Society for the Study and Pre-
yention of tuberculosis has set aside
October 27th as a day for the espec-
ial consideration of the means OF
eliminating consumption. Tubercu-
losis is social disease. Its greatest
aids are ignorance and poor living
conditions. 1t is to be fought through
the education Of the people. Tuber,
culosis Day, as | understand 1t, has
this end in view and / therefore urge
all the citizens of Philadelphia to
cooperate through their churches
and other organizations in making
the observance of this day as wide.
spread as possible"
Clergymen from every part oi
Pennsylvania are arranging to preach
on the subject of the White Plague
and will distribute literature among
their congregations. In this way
more than one hundred thousand
cards containing the principles fol
the prevention of tuberculosis, will
be distributed. In addition, Inter
national Typographical Union No.
has instructed all OF its locals to as
sist the branches of the National AS
sociation for the Study and Proven
] tion of tuberculosis in conducting
the campaign for the observance O
! tuberculosis Day. The various 10
, calls in Pennsylvania are in commun
ication with the Pennsylvania Societ!
for the Prevention OF Tuberculosi