The New York herald., 1921-11-14
HEALTH WEEK aims
AT LIFE EXTENSION
Campaign Begins With Ser
mons From Many Pulpits
in New York.
EXPOSITION TO OPEN
Grand Central Palace Holds
Large Number of Educa-
tional Features.
FAT REDUCING PRIZES
Perfect Baby and Most Perfect
Foot Among Women Also
Part of Programme.
FAT REDUCING PRIZES

Health week opened yesterday with
sermons from many pulpits in the city
and to-day the drive TO extend the
span OF human life through education
will be marked by the opening ir
Grand Central Palace OF the largest
health exposition ever held.
The exposition Is part of large and
varied program OF the American Pub
lie Health Associations semi-centen-
nial convention. 1t is held under the
auspices OF this organization and OF
the local department OF health. The
money realized will be used by both
organizations to further national and
health" and founder OF the association
Behind the whole affair is the figure
of DR.. Stephen Smith. father Of public
loctal health propaganda.
who has so far followed his own
preachings that he will celebrate his
one hundredth anniversary in a little
more than a year. He Is stiA engaged
in health work and will be present and
give the delegates a word of welcome
in the grand ballroom of the Hotel
Astor tonight. DR.. Smiths investiga-
tions and labor prepared the way for
the creation Of the metropolitan board
of health.
Fat Reducing Prizes offered.
Among the features OF the week are
the presentation OF prizes to fat men
and women who have been reducing FOR
the last three weeks. a perfect baby con-
test. in which $4,000 already are en-
tered. and a search for a perfect foot
among women. Mayor Hylan will be
present this evening to make an address
of welcome.
While the health exposition. where
exhibits are arranged with view to In.
teresting rather than puzzling or boring
The general public, is going on scientific
sessions of the association Will be helt
morning and afternoon in the Hotel AS
tor
More radium than ever before wa.
exhibited in this city and valued at hall
a million dollars was brought here yes
terday from Pittsburgh for exhibition
and demonstration during the exposition
oy Hamilton Foley of the Radiun
manufactured the gram Of radium which
recently was presented to Nine. Curie
by the women of America. Guarded by
three uniformed policemen and two plain
clothes detectives assigned from Head
quarters, the precious metal was trans
ferrcd from the Waldorf Astoria TO the
Grand Central Palace last night for a
special demonstration before physicians
and reporters.
Specimens of radium unalloyed. and
mixed with various other metals. chem.
icals and forces were shown. Placed ir
vanadium steel container three quar-
ters of an inch thick, the radium show
I'd Illuminating powers through the con-
tainer. Gold. various stones, and a
mineral known as willernite were usec
~ NJ. Foley In his demonstration, which
Included the interesting sight OF an ex-
Dloding atom due TO the presence OF the
force of radium.
What is claimed to be the most i'm
portant phase of radium is the powers
Gf heat which the force contains. II was
% experiment with the hope of con-
trolling this force of heat In radiurr
that the gram OF radium was presented
20 Nine. Curie.
II was stated that twenty-five grams
OF radium are expected to be the output
Shis year. This Is larger amount thar
has ever before been manufactured al
any time since its discovery.