The Washington herald., 1919-05-19
KIDS WELCOME.
AT Bic SHOW OF
U. S. BUREAUS
Interesting Educational Ex-
hibit to Open Today
For Public,
PUPILS WILL VISIT
All Lower Grade School
Will Attend According
to Schedule.
PUPILS WILL VISIT

When the educational exposition OF
me Department Of the Interior opens
sthis morning at 1 o'clock. 400 school
.chiIdrcn will be at the door as the first
; batch of more than 5000 who have
been scheduled to attend.
{ They will be followed an hour later
sby 100 more until all the children in
grades ;. 4. 5. and have attended.
81 perintendent Thurston will see that
these children are accompanied by
: their teachers.
: Arrangements for the upper grade
> and high school pupils are to be made
later. It is expected that all the boys
/. and girls will visit the exposition In
.the morning and afternoon. leaving
the evenings to the grown-ups.
Instruct Children.
The younger children are to be
amused as well as instructed in a
unique way by Cho-Cho. a clown who
has been creating furore in New York
with his novel way Of giving health
and hygiene talks.
The services OF the Great Health
Teacher" as the clown Is called have
heen obtained for the occasion through
the Bureau of Education. On Satur-
day night when Secretary Lane gave
a. private view of the exhibits. there
were fifty school children present and
so vociferous was their welcome of the
clown that Secretary Lane. saluting
the clown said to him:
s"Anyone who can attract a crowd
Ike you can ought to- be running for
office" The clown took this as the
=
IKE a cheer leader he laughed so loud
and vigorously that the entire crowd
Joined in. He promises to make a
wonderful hit with the children in the
two weeks of tHe exposition.
1t is urged by the department that
as many children as possible visit the
exposition in the morning and after
noon as there Is every Indication OF a
great crush of people in the evenings.
Novel Features.
One of the novel features of the
exhibits will be the making of more
than 100000 worth of genuine
checks eaCn day by the Patent
ONCE. One man will sign all of the
checks. using a machine with twelve
pens that write his name on
twelve checks at a time
In the afternoons from 80 to
; o'clock. and each evening from
$50 to . o'clock. the department will
display in the auditorium moving
pictures of it's work and that of
the great Industries it represents.
II will depict ty means of reels
prepared especially for the exposI-
tIon a number Of the progressive
movements in which it is engaged.
such as the Americanization AMI
arms-for-soldiers ideas.
The scenic beauties of the nation
al parks. tine growth of the school
garden idea, the geoloCist at work
with an exploratory party in the
wild and rugged parts of the coun-
try, life on an Indian reservation.
the work of the Carlisle Indian
school. the building of mighty dams
to reclaim waste deserts. the dig
EinE of coal. the mining of the
Western metals will all be shown
on the screen. More than fifty reels
illustrating phases of American life
and industry. entirely new to the
average Washingtonian. will be
placed before the vision Of those
who visit the exposition.
Secretary Lane.
lr the evening at Sis o'clock Secrc-
. tary of the Interior Franklin X
Lane, who conceived the idea of the
exposition, will welcome the visitors
and talk on phases OF the work of
the department as they have come to
his attention. His address will be
followed by a number of stirring mov-
ing pictures.