The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-30

the congress have already been man
ed to 10000 of their mem bers Tht
international electrical congress. tha
international electrotechnical COM
mission the American Electrotech-
nical socitey and the American Insti-
tute of Electrical Engineers will meet
during the same month. Thirty-f1ve
electrical engineering societies are
represented on the governing board
Of this congress, and twenty-one ma
tons will send delegates.
Accident prevention. health conser-
walton and fire prevention will be
some Of the main topics discussed at
the first worlds insurance congress
ever held For the first time In his
tory delegates representing accident
fire, marine. employers liability. IN
dustrial surety health and other lines
Of insurance from the whole world
Will fraternize over zoo insurance or
CARNATIONS being represented
Many Nurses Going
The international congress Of
nurses will send fully 5000 delegates
TO San Francisco, With them will
meet the organ nations representing
the instructors In nurses schools and
The national organization of public
health nurses, dealing with tuhercu-
iosTs, settlement work and soeial CEN
ters, The national Red Cross. the
American Academy of Medicine. tho
Panama-r Pacific dental congress. the
national commission on mental hygi-
enc and many related bodies viii
meet during the summer az the ex-
position
4 unique feature Will he the pres
ence Of great congresses having 70
do with the production distribution
and marketing or products. one Of
these. the worlds petroleum con-
gress embraces thtrty-feur national
Mutations and those from three
great European countries Another.
the International potato congress
including the national potato assoc-
alton, viii bring together from all
nations many thousands Of growers.
dealers and shippers Of the homelT
sspud The international alfalfa
congress IL = third.
Delegates from twenty-five nations
interested in grape culture Will a.
tend the international congress on
viticulture, TO be held in June Sew
enty AFFILIATED bodies will meet with
the national live stock association
throughout the season with them
win meet The International congress
on marketing and farm credits. the
international good roads congress,
the International efficiency congress
and other bodies
For Better Babies.
BY queer turn. human conxerva-
ton and the breeding og better ba-
bies will be considered by the United
States agricultural department along
with the problems of breeding pedi
greed pigs and poultry. Along the
sa me line will be the work Of the
American Breeders association and
the American Society of Animal M
triton. while eugenics and the prob
lens Of womanhoo1 and childhood
viii receive special consideration
on the theory that the proper study
of mankind is woman---by such or
CARNATIONS as the national congress
Of mothers, the congress on marriage
and divorce, the worlds purity fed
Grafton. the womans federation coun-
Gil, the Carnegie and Russell Sage
foundations and the international
genetic congress.
So large is the part taken by wc-
men in this exposition that no special
building is being devoted to their IN
terests-they have an equal share in
every building and in every activity
In many lines of convention and ex-
hihition work they take the lead.
This is true particularly in the de-
partments of social economy and ed
ucation.
Other learned scientific and collie.
giate bodies that will foregather for
discussion and social diversion at the
exposition are the American School
Peace league, the Harvard Clubs Of
America, the association OF colleg-
ate alumnae, the American Academy
of Political and Social Science. the
Astronomical and Astrophysical So
ciety Of America. the international
congress of authors and journalists,
which will he largely attended. and
the American Historical association.
Religion and ethics are largely rep
resented. Hundreds OF societies are
included in the woman's world con-
gress OF missions. More than 100000
me bers of the Salvation army from
all over the globe, led by General
BramweH Booth, will meet at thu
exposition in c. invention in August.
With them will come elaborate ex-
hihits, including model African and
East Indian farms, a model leper
colony from Java, and reproductions
of the homes for children and women
from various parts of the world