Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-18
TUBERCULOSIS
EXHIBIT PLANS
Keyport Committees Named
and Announcement Issued.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Keyport, July 1S.-An executive
meeting Of the chairman of the diff
ferent committees On the ~tubercular
exhibit was held at the residence Of
DR.. d. E. Robert in First street
Tuesday evening. Through A. G..
Lober, chairman of the press COM
was endorsed and ordered sen forth.
The State Charities Aid and
Prisoners Reform Association will
have an extensive exhibition in Key
port of objects, charts, photographs
and specimens, models Of tenement
houses as they are and as they
should be, illustrating the cause, eff
feet and prevention of the most
dreaded Of all diseases, tuberculosis,
commonly called consumption, or the
White Plague"
The general committee In sending
out the announcement of this ex-
hibit, extends its invitation to ev-
eryone, especially those holding posi-
tons in the Department of SAM
t%ation, and to all who are interested
in the race hygiene and the means
and ways of battling with the dis
ease. The exhibit will be held July
81, August l and 2, at the Broadway
theatre and the admittance will be
free. 1t will be open Wednesday,
July S1st in the evening only from
1880 q. m. until 10 o'clock .. m.
will be open both afternoon and
evening. In the afternoon from
$3.50 o'clock to S p. NJ, and evenings
1880 o'clock to 10 p. NJ, and nc
young or old should miss the oppor-
tunity Of learning how to handle or
prevent this curse of mankind.
There will be talks every evening
by some of our local physicians and
lectures by members of the state
board, illustrated by moving pic
In our age of the survival of the
6ttest, human ~benefactors have pro-
posed numerous plans for eliminat-
ing the weak and the socially dan
gerous, and all classes of intelligent
men and women in every community
are awakeing to the Importance of
enlightening the public at large on
the absolute necessity of sanitation.
To enlinghten the people, to point
ouI INV "oD . gnu lCoJl " IIlIlllillL-
ing the spreading of tuberculosis is
the object of this exhibition which,
with this purpose in view, is trav-
cling with financial assistance from
state to state through every town
and city of Importance.
Besides the above announcement
the following committees were named
to cooperate with the work:
Press and Publications.. G.
Lober, chairman; H. r. Hopkins, F.
P. Armstrong, Lloyd Armstrong, H.
Wyckoff, j. H. Hendrickson.
Finance-Frank Van Brankle,
chairman; J. D. Bedle, R. R. Brown,
H. s.. Burrowes.
Reception-Dr. H. w. Hartman
and the members of the local Board
of Health.
Installation of the Exhibit
Phelps Cherry, chairman.
Demonstration-Mrs. Vadin Cur
tbs, chairman; Mrs. P. Sondergaard,
Miss Julia H. Bisgaard and Dr.. l.
Mccall and Miss j. Moore and Mrs.
L.. B. Walling.
Ushers-Frank Young, chairman:
Otto Aumuck, Pierre Holmes, Will
LII AuIHdCh, utoL DuludUu anu
Wilbur Walling.
Church-Rev. A. w. Hand, chair
man.; pastors Of the different
churches and Sunday school super
intendent.
School-Principal A. M. Dick,
Vice Principal Miss Eleanor Van
Brake, Mrs. T. P. Welch and Miss
Martha Moore.
The following program was
scheduled. On the opening evening
Wednesday, July 81, DR.. Clifford B.
Aumack, president of the borough
council, will preside. Addresses
will be made by Rev. M. e. Comp
ton and DIR. Willard Knowland.
Thursday evening, August /, Gus
tave Maurer, president of the local
Board OF Health, will preside and
addresses will be made by DR.. D. E.
Roberts, the Hon, Fl. E. Geran and
Miss G. l.. Button.
Friday A. M. Dick will preside and
addresses will be made by H. e.
A~ckerson, Jr., and DR.. M. Knowland.
No details are being spared by
the committees to allow the people
to abstract from the great benefit
all the good that can possibly be
distributed by 1t and a large at
tendance at all sessions are antici-
pated.