Evening star., 1920-01-12
MRS. SLATER GIVES
PROPERTY T0CH|LD
WELFARE SOCIETY
New Central Home for For
mer "Washington Diet
Kitchen" on G Street.

Washington is to have central
home for it's child welfare work soon.
thanks to the generous gift of Mrs.
E. H G. Slater to the Child Welfare
Society, which. for over ten produc-
tive years, has been known as the
Washington Diet Kitchen.
In the sonorous legal words of the
dead "a certain tract or parcel of
land with all buildings thereon, at
2100 G. street northwest, is hereby
given to the Child Welfare Society in
recognition and appreciation or the
work of Mary Gwynn as president Tor
twelve years of the Washington Diet
Kitchen Association, and in order that
said corporation may have an admin
istration house where it may carry on
it's, work more conveniently and ex-
tensively and better centrallze lts
Said premises with all privilegeSd
appurtenances thereunto to have
to hold forever
Plans for Changes Ready.
The house is a corner one with four
floors and generous sized rooms. The
architects plans have already been
drawn up for the many necessary
changes. New windows will pierce the
walls. Partitions will be thrown up
IL
and demonstration rooms, a Diet
kitchen. chemical and pathologlcai
laboratories and Photographic room.
Here in this diagnostic house the neu-
rologist and thropolog1st. psycnolo-
gist and orthopedic surgeons VIII De
enabled to add to the fund OF thoas anoMt
edge and formulate standard metnoos;
In the building will be incorporated
one of the welfare centers, Whlch, III
its very latest devices for the pro
lection and convenience OF the Visi.
ing mothers and children ana the al
as a model for the nation: Ihere Is
an extensive back yard. which inVItes
nlans for a inclosed pavliioh, a
day nursery and auditorium, all sur
rounding a flower-filled patio.
More Money Needed.
All of this means the need for more
money, it is pointed out In 1910 I'm
gress granted to the association ~
000 which permitted it to enlarge the
Scona of its-work to include the chill
dren from two years to the pre-school
ner;od of six wears. These four years
have been very generally neglected
and hence it is during this perlod that
many of the physical defects are az
lowed to develop which later retard
the mental growth of the school chlld
and add to the burden of school med.
;caI snneryision. The hope is that
Congress of 1920 will recognize the
need of the pre-school work and en-
large the present appropria.ion.
But besides money there must pe an
intanse and sustained interest in TINS
m a pnificent new institution in the ma
tion,s capital. This interest would
seem to be provided In great part by
the distinguished medical board when
has already been appointed and the
notable women of the city who form
the officers and board of managers OF
the society.
Medical Board Named.
The former are: DIR. S. S. Adams.
Washington, D. C.: professor OF tne i
ory and practice of medicine and dis
eases of children, Georgetown Uni
yersity of Medicine; DR.. S. M. Ham1ll.
Philadelphia, Pa, professor of diseases
of children, University of Pennsyl-
vania Medical School; Dr.. Henry
Helmholtz. Chicago. Ill; medical di-
rector of the Chicago Infant Weifare
Society; DR.. W. P. Lucas. san aaa,a Fram- ran
University of California Medical
School: DR.. II. l.. x. Shaw, Albany
n v. clinical, professor of pediatries
Albany Medical School; Or: R1chard
M Smith and DR.. Fritz Talbot. Bos-
ton, Mass. Harvasd 5ar Msdifa, st nuis scnToi %o
professor of pediatrics. Washington
University Medical School.
OGcers and Managers.
The officers of the Child Welfare
Association are: Miss Gwynn, presi-
dent. Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall, vice
nresident: Mrs David Houston, sec
ond vice president; Mrs. William A.
Hammond, secretary, and Mrs. Lewis
c. Ecker. treasurer.
The board Of managers is composed
of Miss Adds, Mrs. Frederick Ather-
ton. Mrs. Charles ]. Bell, Mrs. Gist
Blair. Nine. Boris Bakhmetef, Mrs.
Joseph Fl. Bradley, Mrs. Frederick
Brooke, Mrs Louis Brownlow, Mrs.
Allerton Crshman, Mrs. Charles d.
Easton. Mrs. Lewis c. Ecker, Col.
William E. Fowler. Mrs. Elliott Good
win. Mrs H. c. Graef, Miss Gwynn,
Mrs William A. Hammond, Mrs.
James S. Harlan, Mrs. Charles B.
Henderson. Mrs. Charles M. Hinkle,
Mrs David F. Houston, Mrs. Henry
r Leonard, Mrs. Ezra B. McCagg,
Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall. Mrs. James
F Mitchell. Mrs. Newbold Moves. Miss
Marion oliver. Mrs. H. Cleveland Per-
kins Mrs. William Phillips, Mrs.
AtIee Pomerene, Mrs. John n. Purdv,
Mrs. III. Fl. Rogers. Mrs. Charles Shell
don. Mrs A. L. Stavely, Mrs. Frank
West. Mrs. Max West. Mrs. Walter
Tuck erman and Mrs. John r. wilkins.