Evening star., 1922-06-14
HOME IN COUNTRY
! OPEN TO CHILDREN
Institution on Grant Road,
Directed by Nurses, Ready
Tomorrow.

The Childrcns Country Home. on
Grant road. opens tomorrow. under
supervision of the Instructive Visit
ing Nurse society. with DIR. James
Moscr as medical inspector in charge
Ms Mary V Ford manager. and
Miss Incz GuIillcy. nursing super
visor. There will be an assistant
nursing supervisor.
Several improvements have been
added to the home this year. making
jhc place more attr:,rt> ana h"hc-
'iri;rl To- IN" children than ever be-
f"rc. There is Il new automobile I"
transfer the patients frnm thr street
ear To the home. ar I" tahc them
TO clinics when necessary.
bathroom for boys added.
y bgthroom has been added for
the boys and 4 second sleeping porch
has nrcu screened. making Il sleep
ing porch ard dormit"ry for tho
boys rs well as for the girls. The
home is equipped with piayroom.
.untdiE'nG a. piano. toys. etc: There
are p,"utE OF swings. SandFllt. ttt-
and the dining ronm has plenty Of
low tables and chairs Tor the ilttie
children.
The officers are: Mrs. James ".
Wad>w orth Ir.. president: Mrs. Muir
ray N cobb. vice president; y. NJ
Nevius. treasurer; Mrs. Fie"ing New
bold. assistant treasurer, AMI MIS-.
lark. WaGgamau. corr rSpondlng
secretary.
Last season se,vnjy->i> children
and four m"rb-r- enjoyed the com
fort aud nral;hful surroundings of
the SUuuIutr home. the average stay
II each patient being more than four
weeks.
special Nuurisament Provided.
Children are weighed on admission
and every week thereafter. to de-
termine if gain is normal. Special
nouriShment of milk az milk and eggs
is given between meals tor those par
ticlIlarIv under weight or who fail to
gain normally each week. Carefully Su-
pcrviSed diet. i'm order that the food
is property b"lanced - meet the
need Of ;SroWtr& children. is a fea-
turr. Of almost equal Importance IN
considering the problem of the under .
noun iShcd child is the question or
adequate rest. overar;irity is gen
eralIv recognized as contributing
factor in malnutrition OF children.
children having physical defeStS'
defective. teeth tonSilS and adenoids.
which should he removed. VIII be
followed up by ;he instructive visit
ing nurses These nurses make home
visits to the parents and explain I"
them the Impotence of carly cor
rccti"n Of defects. They also assist
in making necessary arrangements
with the family physician or with
hospital di~1enSIrics and clinics ior
corrective treatment of the childrea.
MI children admitted VIII he rtslS
tered at confidential exchange TINS
exchange. in reality Il clearing house
will prevent duplication Of vacations
and allow for all under par young
sters, a fair chance for the special
benefit of care at one of the summer
camps.
Types Of Cases Cited.
Types of cases cared for at the
Ch;liren's Country Home are given
as follows:
"A little girl of eleven. white ana
thin from bearing burdens Of a
household while her widowed mother
worked. gained ten pounds during
her stay of eight weeks at the Cnli-
dren's Country Home last season: The
mother, relieved of the care of her
flock of four. worked without worry
through the heat of the summer
John had pneumonia. followed by
rmpyrma. during the previous WIN
ter. The regular hours. sifnpl@' Whoie
some food. rest hours enCh day sent
him away rosy and happy. with a
better lighting chance for health be-
cause of the preventive care.
'Thre. little girls. whose aseu
grandmother did her best t" fill the
pIace Of the dead mother. came 10 us
with badly enlarged tonsils and ade-
noids The father did not believe IN
operations. The children. in spite OF
care did not gain. The father stead
fastly refused t" have the cause re-
n,oyed These children of course.
cannot be rcadmitted this season un-
til their father consents 10 do ms
part and have the operation recon :
inended by the physician in charSe OF
Tho home The children will then be
free to gain and will be gladly wei
coined once more to the home for
convaIescence and general care:
Applications are filed for admission
through the Instructive NlSltlns
Nurse Society. room go, Evening Star
building. lIth street and Pennsyl-
yania avenue. phone Franklin 63SI
Additional Summer Train to Stras-