Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-04
Hot Springs, Va.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
HOT SPRINGS. Va. June 3.-Through
the efforts of Miss Gladys ingalls,,
president of the Hot Springs Valley
Nursing Association. Cleanup day
was celebrated in Hot Springs this
week for the first time. There was a
parade of III school children bearing
brooms brushes. busters and other
cleaning implements, and led by
band and there were talks in the NOV
ing picture tent on sanitation ana
hygiene By Or. Roy Flanagan, chief
inspector of health of the state of Nlr-
ginia: DR.. Il. Z. SomerS, chief inspector
OF health of Richmond and DIR. Lewis
Cowardin. Miss ingalls, gave report
OIL sanitary conditions and presented a
banner to Thomastown. which was de-
cided by committee to be IN the most
hygenic condition OF any of the group
of adjacent villages which have been
interested in the movement. The day
at the end of Cleanup week,
during which the Villagers. especially
the children. have been working hard
to clean and beautify neglected yards.
streets and gardens and vacant lots.
Mrs. y. J. Thomas. seventy-elSht years
old, who has taken much interest Ill
the welfare of Thomastown, helping
the children to beautify the village,
was chosen custodian of the banner
and carried it and marched i'll the pa
rade with the children. who. to wind
up the afternoon, We're taken TO the
movies.
ISOLATION, which was started couple
of years ago by Miss Gladys ingalls,
and has been continued chiefly through
her efforts. is the first organization of
it's kind TO be started in Virginia. and
one of only forty-four in the United
States. 1t maintains a local Red Cross
Visiting district nurse, and next fall,
through Miss Ingalls, efforts. will be-
gin to build a community house. which
will be equipped for clinical work as
well as for social and settlement work.
y large number OF New Workers spent
decoration day at Hot Springs, many
arriving here by motor from the north.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Montgomery. Mrs.
w. e. Lee and Miss Lee of Buffalo ar
rived here by automobile. and another
party was made up of Earl c. Ham
mond OF Ogontz. Thomas Lippincott of
Bethayres. Pa: A. -. Bracket and 4.
S Jones of Alexandria Mr.. and Mrs.
+. W. Scott arrived by motor from
Richmond and J. p. Drouillard. w l..
Peppernan and NJ Fuhren of New York
motored over for the day from White
Sulphur Springs.
Miss Mary Johnston. the novelist has
leased her place. Three Hills. near here.
to Mrs. F. W. Wilkins of Washington
and she. with Misses Eloise and Eliza
petn johnston. Will Spend the summer
at Skylands. Va. Mr.. and Mrs. George
L. Nelson of New York have leased the
jackson bungalow for the summer
DR.. James H. Russell. attending sur
geon at the Roosevelt Hospital. and Dr.
Phillip Van Inger, who have been here
for fortnights golf and horseback
gave a tea and waffle party at Fasse-
fern Farm before their return to New
York this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt and
Miss Beatrice G. Pratt of New York
after some time at the Homestead re-
turned this week to their summer place
at Islip. Harold Swift OF Chica go
motored to White sulphur Springs for
the day this week. and others going
over by motor for short visits We're Mr.
and Mrs Felix Warburg of New York
John Hall Mccullough started for
New York this week after stay Of
some weeks at the Homestead.
j. :. Chelminski. Polish artist who
came to America recently from Paris.
Is at the Homestead with Mrs. Chelmi-
niski for the summer. Others who
have lately arrived include Mrs Louis
Ranger. Mrs Clark Miller E s. Twin
ing. Mrs. j. Il. Weir. L. l.. Young. r. ".
Martin. Miss Martin and Leonard Mar
Tin New York: Frank WorelI. Hewlett.
/ J.: Mr. and Mrs. ]. Hartley Mellick
PiaInheld: &. ". Robbins. Scranton:
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall W. Gleason
BROOKLYN. and Mr.. and Mrs Thomas
Love, Lansdowne. Pa.