Arizona republican., 1913-11-20
PUBLIC HEALTH
 DAY IS TO-DAY
Sanitary Experts Will Tell Phocnicians in Lectures at High School and the Woman's Club "HIoW to Keep Well'

Today is public health day all over Phoenix It is the day designated for the educating of the public in the sci ence of keeping well. It is day set apart, on which lecturers from this state and from other states will meet the people and tell them what years of hunting and searching has taught.
 Mayor Christy has set this day aside for the observance of the public as Public Welfare Day" Tn the evening the mayor himself will be on the plat form at the high school auditorium. and will not alone preside at the meet ing. but will tell his citizens his ideas on the subject Beside the mayor, oth- CT members of the city health force and several of the local men will de liver short addresses. But the chief feature of the evenings program is the entertainment afforded by the two representatives of the American Medi- cal association. who will take the plat form. Dr. J. F. Simons of the Uni versity of Texas will talk on Medical School InspeCtiOn-the Child Index to Health" and pr F. F. Hoag of Los Angeles will tell of Germs. Friendly and Unfriendly'
 Each of these speakers has already appeared on the state platform At Douglas and Bisbee on Monday and Tuesday evenings, they had their turn, and at Tucson they both appeared last evening. They have been well re- ceived and much appreciated on all
 these occasions and they promise as
 much for Phoenix as they have already i given the southern cities.
 1 For the benefit of the students of Ia ferI, cob. Il q .l,s C. E. Yount of Prescott will speak to 1 the assembly in the high auditorium. 1 His subject will be a talk about germs 1 and will be illustrated copiousIy with ! demonstrations and experiments. The
 object of the lecture is to forewarn the 1 children of the city of the germ dan
 gers and the germ helps
 | In the afternoon, at the Woman's
 club, there will be a lecture for the mothers of the children. to which all l the women of the city are invited At
 that time Dr. Charles Meserve. state 1 chemist at the University of Arizona, 1 will speak on Food Adulteration and 1 the LaW," q subject particularly per tlnent at the present time and one l which will be well illustrated and dem l onstrated in it's course of presentation i It will be specially interesting to the 1 housewife and the mother, in that it will deal only with the foods of common
 usage and consumption. and will show
 the relative importance of adulterat ton
 along with the detrimental side of the | question.
 These lectures, given under the joint
 auspices of the University of Arizona
 the Arizona Medical society and the | American Medical association, are a
 continuation of the university exten-
 sion course. They are the result of the 1 university to reach the public and let | the public know that they are alive and ready to lend to the general wei
 fare of the state all they have. They
 are a few of the free things in a good
 line which the university will offer the | citizens of the state in the future and 1 since they are good. instructing and free, a large crowd is expected at all the lectures. Be prompt and get Q
 seat. The times of the lectures are
 3:30 p. m in the Woman'S club and s D. m. in the high school auditorium