Evening star., 1915-01-03

able diseases will be proven. The enor-
nous and unnecessary loss of infantile
life will be the subject of an allegori-
cal pictorial illustration that should
drive home its lesson. showing by me-
chanical device the ravages of death
from intestinal diseases and the ordi-
| nary diseases of infancy and childhood.
Village of Thousand Souls.
THE Village of Thousand Souls is
to be an especially gruesome showing.
Electric lights showing through the
transparent roofs Of the 275 houses of
this country village will indicate the
vital toll for tuberculosis, pneumonia,
cancer.
A sanitary and an insanitary farm
house will be set up for display. A
model rural school will show side by
side with school that is what schools
usually are but should not. be.
How to keep sane is in the province
Of mental hygiene covered by the ex-
hibit. Charts show the prevalence Of
| insanity in the United States, cost of
care. proper treatment and environ
ment. What strange things menace to
health are contained In water are
flying water are the diverse of the
medal Sewage treatment to prevent
dissemination of disease makes, a
prominent consideration of the exhibit
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cubators. sterilizers,' electric centrifu-
ges, microtomes. microscopes and other
apparatus. a bacteriologist of the sery-
ice will be in charge and carry on labo-
ratory procedures. Visiting physicians
will be given opportunity to inspect
the demonstrating paraphernalia.
Motion Picture Displays.
Motion pictures showing the work of
the service at Ellis Island. New York
city, In inspecting immigrants; show
ing work of the hygienic laboratory
at Washington; showing the field work
against trachoma and in squirrel Grad
fcation in California; inspection of ves-
sells at quarantine stations, and other
features for the screen will not be the
least interesting and popular part of
the public health program.
The office of the supervising archi-
tect will devote its exhibit to photo
graphic exhibits of various types of
public buildings erected throughout
the nation. Types of architectural de-
signing used in government work viii
be included
The bureau of the mint will have a
melting furnace, a pouring pan,
mold bench, a. rolling mill, cooling
tank. Il strip shear. cutting press,
aQ upSetting machine, an annealing
furnace. washing machine. a coin
drying machine, a coming press, a coin
reviewing machine. ans, s,000-ounce deli
cate balance, an automatic weighing
machine. a counting board and a sec
tion. for electro1ytic refining press. A
screw press built in 1897 and used at
that time for stamping small coins will
be part of the display.
Will Show Money Making.
Twelve skilled workmen from the
San Francisco mint will go through all
the motions Of making real metal
money, coin of the nation. All the
processes will be gone through by
these experts. AS real money cannot
be made outside of the mint, the
workmen will produce exposition
medals
A collection of national medals in
bronze, will be shown as part of the
mint exhibit. These will occupy sew
eral mahogany cases, and represent
the highest type Of skilled workman
ship in coinage.
The wonderful new stamp printing
press of the bureau OF engraving and
printing, which embodied twenty and
more separate processes of manufac-
ture, will be its distinctive showing.
printed on this intricate machine at
high speed. How currency and Sc
curities are produced will be shown OH
olner machines, which will also print
and representations of public build
ings.
Engravings In Display.
The bureau of engraving and print
ing will also present a display of the
Incompatible engraved portraits of
public officials. of stamps and money.
and other engraved securities produced
by the plant in the course Of its ex-
istence. A washing machine will dem
onstrate that old paper money can be
made new by the process. There VIII
also be shown burnt and mutflated
money redeemed on Identification.
The life-saving station at Fort Point,
the Presidio, San Francisco. Is regarded
as model In every respect, and will not
be dressed up essentially to put 1t on
parade for exhibit purposes. All the
paraphernalia for life-saving Will bel
shown. a display of the most modern
appliances for the rescue OF life and
salvage of property from wreck at set.