Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-19

''Oh. well. he may be having a little
trouble. but they're his first teeth. which
will soon come out. and 50 it doesn't
matter"
1t is to stop remarks like this on the
part of mothers and fathers. and to
stop ailments of the little first teeth
which so often. if neglected. can cause
untold harm, that the dental clinic for
children of pre-school age was estab-
lished a few weeks ago at the Child
Welfare House of the Child Welfare So
ciety Now the clinic is in full swing
and the results already justify the ex-
pectations on which the move was made.
The clinic fills a definite want. be-
cause most practitioners, pressed all the
time to attend to more serious ailments
in older patients. prefer not to work
on temporary teeth group of six
the George Washington Dental Study
Club. composed of members of the late
faculty of the dental school Of that i'm
stitution, have volunteered for the serv-
ice which they perform gratis
Clinic ut 2iO0 G street.
The clinic is in operation at 200
street each Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day from IL 80 until 2 pm. Only two
or three patients can be handled during
that period, because IL takes two or three
engagements to get the tiny lads" into
the frame of mind whereby they become
amenable to the operations of the kind
" experts.
Everything possible is done to create a
pleasant atmosphere. the walls OF the
sunny room being decorated with eye
compelling colored ANIMALS OF surprising
vigor and attraction. although the clinic
was established for children Of pre-
in the kindergarten department OF the
public schools. and as such are included
in a category of which It Is known that
Of all having physical defects 5S.s per
cent have, at the same time. bad teetn;
To take Just one example OF what
early care Of the teeth means. statis-
tics show that among the thousands
of.patients handled each year in Bel
vue Hospital, New York. from 1915
to 1909 there was a marked dimlnu-
pIications. Expert psychologists agree
that the principal factor in this fall
ing off is progress in dental hygiene.
First Of Kind In City.
This is the first clinic of the kind
ever in Washington. although the val
US Of such has been definitely proved
in Boston and in Rochester. where
r.
million dollars for the establishment
of a similar institution. The little
patients are given appointment cards.
following arrangements made at any
one of the nine welfare .centers main
tanned throughout the city by the So
ciety. According 10 DIR. Harry S. Bern
ton, director of the welfare house. the
volunteer dentists who fill the season
schedule SO far haven't succeeded in
getting one real good 'ery" out of a
youthful patient.
The names of these men who are
sacrificing some of their time and
utilizing all their skill in order tina,
the coming generation here may have
better teeth are Drs. Henry &. Young
Carl ]. Mess. r. l.. Morrison. w. w
wyman. n. J. Conley. J: r. Palkin
Allen Wolfe. Edward s. Smith
George n. Becker. George F. Goetz
man. Charles v. Stiefel. Elliott A
Hunt. Thomas J.. Rush, Charles G..
Shoemaker, Henry &. Young and
Robert r.. Layton.
Often in the weighing and measur-
ing program which is followed at the
main headquarters and the various
subcenters II is found that child
persistently refuses to gain when
there is every reason he or she should
The boy or girl is turned over to the