Evening star., 1912-09-15
FOR OPENING.
Exhibition on Health of the
Congress on Hygiene.
BEGINS TOMORROW NIGHT
Address of Welcome by Assistant
Secretary Wilson.
EXERCISES WILL BE BRIEF
Plans Adopted by Citizens Commit
tee for the Entertainment of
the Delegates.
BEGINS TOMORROW NIGHT

Arrangements have been completed for
the formal opening of the exhibition on
health of the Fifteenth International Con-
gress on Hygiene and Demography at s
! o clock tomorrow evening, at the exhibi-
| tion hall at 18th and B streets north
west. The opening address will be deliv-
cred by Huntington Wilson, assistant
secretary of state. who will receive the
Keys of the exhibition building from Dr.
| J. w. Schereschewsky, director of the
exhibit
The Marine Band will be present, and
the opening ceremonies will be conducted
from platform which has been erected
for that purpose at the 18th street en-
trance to the building, which was origi-
nally erected to house the exhibit of the
international Red Cross conference held
here last spring.
After brief formal address of well
come by Assistant Secretary Wilson the
audience will be admitted TO the exhibi-
ton building, where the ceremonies will
be concluded in the lecture hall The
Marine Band will play before and during
the exercises.
Speakers of the Evening.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue, head of
the united States public health service;
Assistant Secretary Sherman Allen of the
treasury and DR.. William H. Welch,
president of the Maryland state board of
heailh ana chairman of the executive
committee of the hygiene congress will
be among the speakers at the formal
opening exercises, and it is hoped that
surgeon General Torney of the United
states army, who is on his way to Wash
lngton from the Pacific coast, will reach
the city In time to participate in the cere-
monies. 1t is expected the exercises will
be over in about half an hour, and at the
close the public will be invited to inspect
the exhibit, which will be open until Oc-
tOber f.
Entertainment Plans Adopted.
d. Frank Z. Gibson, chairman of the
entertainment committee of the Joint
committee Of the Chamber of Com
merce and Board of Trade on arrange
ments for the congress and the con-
vent1on OF the American Public Health
association. yesterday announced the
program of entertainment agreed to
py the joint committee at a meeting
yesterday afternoon
All or the events of the program will
De limited to the delegates and visitors
to the two conventions, with the ex
cepuon OF a reception to be given by
the citizens Of Washington Thursday
evening. September 26, at:he new Ma
tlonai Museum The reception will be
held at o'clock in the evening, and
Will be open to every one.
"A reception OF the president and
members Of the American Public
Health Association will be the first
event on the program This will be
given in the ballroom of the New Will
lard Wednesday evening, September Is.
at 9 O'CLOCK.
A reception will be rendered to the
delegates and visitors to the fifteenth
International Congress on Hygiene and
Demography Monday, September 90, al
the Pan-American Union building at
pm
been arranged for the women of the
congress. Cars will leave the New
Willard Tuesday morning, September
"a, at 10 o'clock. The next afternoon
at / o'clock trip down the river
far as Indian Head on two revenue cut
ters will be given for the delegates.
The vessels have been put at the dis
posal of the members of the congress
by the Treasury Department. A trip
to Mount Vernon has been arranged
for Thursday morning at 10 O'CLOCK
The reception at the National Museum,
the only one open to the public will be
given at that institution that night:
An exhibition cavalry drill at fort
Myer will be given in honor of the dele
gates and members Friday afternoon;
September q, at 2:15 o'clock, which VIII
be followed by an aviation exhlbltlon py
the Signal Corps at o'clock Special
cars will leave the corner of 18th and ID
streets northwest for Fort Myer at 1:4o
o'clock. ~,
other features Of the entertainment VIII
he announced as soon as the joint COM
mittee completes it's canvas for FUNDS.
The committee still needs $700 to carry
I out it's plans. About $500 more in SUB
scriptions were announced at yesterdays
meeting.