Evening journal., 1921-09-08

Then there is a dental unit. com
posed of DR.. F. ]. Curran and Miss
Mary A. Knight. Clerical aid is be-
ing given by Miss Margaret Cassidy
and Mrs. Katherine OToole, Daugh-
ters OF America. who have volun-
teered their services.
The Child Welfare Commission. of
which Mrs. Philip d. Laird. Of this
city is chairman, and Mrs. Charles
Warner, also Of wilmington. is vice.
chairman. has arranged a series OF
rooms in the Womans Building,
tastefully and effectively fitted up
with needed appliances, charts and
illustrations showing the great value
OF maintaining a child in health in
its growing period.
The system of examination Is sim
pie and efficient. Weight is taken
down TO the ounces. Height and
bodily proportions are carefully
measured. These figures give a gem
eraI line on the child's condition
Then DR.. French tests out the child's
lung capacity, and listens to its
heart beat. Long experience with
child cases enables him TO judge
pretty accurately from the cleamess
of the eyes, color and texture of the
skin and other outward signs jus
about the condition Of the little ones
digestive apparatus and to make a
diagnosis accordingly.
All Of this examination is entirely
free and apparently about the only
ones who protest against the exam
nations are the ones who will most
benefit from them-namely the chill
dren. But a lusty yell betokens a
healthy child, and the doctors and
attending nurses merely laugh and
go on with their work.
Most of the mothers express much
gratitude at the examinations which
often tend to relieve their minds as
to some disturbing factor in their
childrens condition. Mrs. Laird and
/ DR.. French said yesterday afternoon
that fifteen blue ribbon babies"
out Of one hundred examined was an
excellent average. Moreover, some
OF the children who did not quite
come up to the rigid marks fixed, are
so slightly below the standard that
they can readily get into the blue
ribbon class" with a little corrective
treatment.
Just across the way from the
Child Welfare Commissions section
is a booth fitted up by the Delaware
/ State tuberculosis Commission. An
attendant is in charge with a set Of
accurate scales and all persons who
desire may be weighed and find out
II they are up to standard. Numer-
Gus illustrated pamphlets telling how
to avoid the great white scourge or
how best to treat 1t are given out.
Live the open air as much as pos
4 sible." the slogan, and charts and
pictures illustrate the best method
OF doing the sleeping part in the
open.
But while women figure largely in
the Child Welfare and Tuberculosis
activities, they also shine brilliantly
!
its adjoining lecture and demonstra-
ton tent, near the granstand. Miss
Miriam +. Carson, who has had ex.
perience overseas. and is assistant
director OF the Bureau of Hygiene
OF the Red Cross. is in charge.
Ever since the fair opened the
doctors and nurses at the first ait
tent have been kept busy. There
have been several minor surgica
operations for cuts and bruises, bu
- the great majority of cases hav'
been due to Indigestion or some mild
sudden illness. The indigestive trou
bles are ascribed to the fact tina
children and grown-ups at the fai
have a tendency to over-partake o
]. the remarkable array of sandwiche
D OF all kinds, also ice cream and var
!, ious other delioacies. Nature pro
!, tests and the first aid tent provide
: the remedy.
g Motion pictures Of an instructiv
type and demonstrations are give
= all day in the demonstration ten
= Yesterday afternoon big group q
u children was deeply interested in
demonstration OF what some folk
regard as a simple operation-tha
OF makinng a bed. But in the beS
in this demonstration. was a sur
" posediy sick person, and the trio
was to make the bed with the lea,
y disturbance TO the patient"
- The equipment for the FIRST al
- tent this year has been loaned by th
Homeopathic Hospital OF this cit,
'" " All the hospitals are assisting in pro