Evening star., 1920-02-01

nurse here. as in all the other cehtefs'
knows the home life OF her patients
and is almost as much interested in
telling a housewife just how ahe
siuminized her iron stove in the wei
fare kitchen to make it easier to Keep
bright and shiny as in showing
mother how to mix the milk for bot
tie baby And the babies themselves
as they grow older. come to rega'S
the center as another home.
Mrs James F. Mitchell is directress
of Center No. s; the conferring ply
sicians are Drs. Charles y. Crawford
and William j. French; Miss May g.
Lowry is the nurse in charge.
Center No. 6, 800 Maryland avenue
northeast. is the youngest OF the CEN
ters in point of residence. though it
was first established at the Casualty
Hospital in 1916. In October, 1919,
1t moved it's standard equipment over
10 what had been an airy corner store.
ana this particular center is more
successful than ever in it's new home.
Passersby on Maryland avenue halt
rnriously to read the lettering on
the light blue sign and to peer in
AT the rows of white chairs and the
white linen nurse sitting at the.
white desk. If it is a conference day.
and empty baby carriages cluster
around the entrance, 1t is most
unnatural mother who will not at
least peek in to see what has become
OF the babies themselves. Ana " she
peeks in she stays in.
Mrs. Elliott Goodwin is dtrectress
of Center No 6. The comforting phy-
slcians are Drs. w. C.. Culver. NJ. Sell
niger and William j. French. Miss
Edith X. Aldridge is nurse in charge,
with Miss Carrie White as assistant
nurse
Center No Z, 1880 X street south
east. established in 1913, besides car
ing for its immediate neighborhood,
is the only center which takes in the
Anacostia district. The reaching OF
this nearest life-savins station by
those who live across the river has
been facilitated by the donation OF
an automobile for bringing the moth
ers and children to the conferences
But the babies keep on increasing.
and one car can only hold just so
many, so motor cars and volunteer
workers to run them is this centers
greatest need
Indeed the call for more volunteer
workers in all the centers is very
urgent. 1t is not much to ask our
more leisured women to give an hour
or two. one day a week spent either
in helping the nurse fill out the charts
and weigh the babics i: he confer
ence or in calling for certain families
who would otherwise be kept away >,
by cold weather or by sheer inepti-
tude on the part of the mother to.trail
her entire family by foot to the near
est center.
No. is another center which has
been especially successful in stimu-
latins interest in the pre- school child
The doctors and nurse have made the
parents see that the human machine
is much like any other machine-it
has to be examined frequently for
missing screws and bolts and oiled
and creased TO do its best work. A
child with weak eyes is like II sew
ing machine with a rusty needle 1t
will sew for you for a while, but pret-
ty soon it will snap off in the cloth
which YOU are scanning. Your child
may he perfectly well. but make sure
by an occasional exaamina ton by the
doctors, who give their services to
these centers.
Mrs. Charles D. Easion is the di-
rectress of Center 80. I; the confer
ring physicians are Drs. Charles u.
Tyldesley Sands Is the nurse IN
charge.
Center No. s. the last to he estab-
lished tl9lS), is at S2 X street north
east. This center was formerly gro
Gerry shop. Shelves that used to har-
Dor spices and jams, cans of beans
and jars of pickles now hold racks OF
nursing bottles, graduates and spat- I
ulae. Deep bins for flour and sugar I
now conceal hospital supplies and do ,
cations Of sweaters and socks and lit !
tie dresses.
Mrs Henry r. Leonard is the di
rectress OF Center No. 8; the confer
ring physicians are Drs. John II. Eek
hardt, Howard +. Kane, l.. NJ. Mason /
nd Edward Jewia and Misc Hermiue