Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
NEARS. END
Final Session of Health Con-
ference to Be Held Tonight.
CITES CHILD LABOR EVILS
DR.. McKelway Says Washington
Laws Are Dead Letters Bassett
Compares Men and Women.


hibit, in the Red Cross building at 18th
and B streets northwest, and a contin-
uous performance of lectures, motion pic
lures and lantern slides was given
| throughout the day. The exhibit closes it's
, doors at 10 o'clock tonight. series of
seven brief lectures having been ar
ranged for the evening.
The program for tonight has been ar
ranged as a symposium on the health
| needs of Washington. The speakers will
be limited to ten minutes, and the talks
will begin al O'clock Following is the
| program:
"A Clean City Campaign" by w. II.
Richardson, chairman of the clean city
committee.
ALLEY Conditions by Rev John Van
Schaick. jr.. president of the Monday
Evening Club.
How to Reduce Infant Mortality in
Washington" by DIR. Louise Tayler-
Jones.
"The Need of an Open-Air School for
tuberculosis Children by DIR. Selden Nj.
Ely. supervising principal. fifth division.
Better Provision for the Feeble-Mind-
ed" by George 8. Wilson, secretary of
the board of charities.
THE Need of a Psychopathic Clinic
by DR.. Percy Hickling.
Compulsory Segregation Of Careless
and Dangerous tuberculosis Patients,
by DR.. William c. Gwynn.
illustrated Lectures Today.
Today's program began at II o'clock
with motion pictures on various phases
of hygiene, the picture show continuing
until o'clock this afternoon, when DR..
J. E. Curtis Of the District of Columbia
filtration plant. spoke on 1.-THE Water
Supply of Washington. The 3 o'clock
lecture. by Dr. Arthur l.. Murray of the
District health department, was on
Files DR.. Murray describing the life
Of the fly from its cradle in a pile OF de-
caying filth to its campaign Of destruc-
ton within the unscreened home. and
gave an outline of the modern methods
for destroying the pests, referring, incl
dentally to The Stars anti-fy crusades
of the past summers. Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley's address on ''The Consumer s
League" is scheduled for 4 o'clock. and
at 4:3O O'Clock Dr. w. D. Bigelow. assist
ant chief of the bureau of chemistry,
will speak on pure food.
Child Labor in Capital.
Last nights lectures were by DR.. A. j.
McKelway, southern secretary of the ma
tional committee on child labor; DR..
w. p. Carr, DR.. Gardner c. Bassett of
Johns Hopkins University; DR.. Walter A.
Wells and DR.. Elnora c. Folkmar. DR.. Nc.
Kelway spoke of the evils of child labor,
his address dealing particularly with the
so-called street trades. and said that in
Washington the child labor laws are dead
letters. An excellent law, he said, was
passed by the lower house Of Congress,
but when the measure reached the Senate
it was changed to such an extent as t.
render 1t without value. He gave figures
showing the extent to which Washington
children are permitted to follow street
trades, and showed the frequency with
which such children are brought before
the Juvenile Court.
DR.. Carr gave a talk on "The Use and
Abuse of Suggestion in Medicine"
Strength of Men and Women.
DR.. 'Bassett, Speaking on Mental
Hygiene and the Hygiene of IHstruc-
tion." gave some Interesting comparisons
of the mental qualifications Of women
and men, saying the former have been
found superior in memory. and more
rapid in association of ideas, while men
have been shown to be more ingenious.
The strong prejudices Of men he cited
as evidence Of inferiority. while woman
chief point of inferiority is her. SEN
sitiveness Excessive sunlight, said Dr.
Bassett, may be one of the big con-
tributing causes Of the great American
strong nerve stimulant; but just what
it's action is on mental activity has not
been determined. However, the speaker
did not advise any one to keep out Of
the sunshine for fear of bad nerves.
DR.. Wells, speaking of Colds" showed
conclusively that these common winter
ailments are caused by air-borne germs
or bacilli, citing evidence to the effect
that arctic explorers, while in the germ
free polar latitude. never suffer from
colds. but invariably contract them
upon returning to civilization.
DR.. Folkmars lecture, the final one
on sex hygiene, was on 1.-The Dangers
of, instruction in Sex Hygiene" her con-
tention being that the utmost care must
be exercised in imparting Such instruc-
ton to young people. owing to the
danger of improper application of the
acquired knowledge if it is not properly
impaired. The lecture was illustrated
with kinemacolor films. motion pictures
and more than 100 colored slides il
Illustrating the development of new life
in flowers. fishes and the Matching Of
chicks.