Evening star., 1923-12-19

StdlS on their let
terS aud packages. Indeed. so gem
eral has become this practice that no
Christmas letter or parcel is complete
without the addition of the double
barred cross seal Of the Tuberculosis
Association.
Secondly, You can be abaoIutely
sure that just because of this city
wide use of these seals each repre-
Sentlng penny'S investment total
fund will be raised sufficient to carry
on for another year the vitally i'm
portaut work of this association in
hght1ng disease and educating the
public for health in variety of ways.
The quota of seals taken here last
year was nearly three million and the
sale now in its last week before
Christmas shows progress sufficient to
indicate that like amount will be
used this year or nearly that. pro-
Nidcd that you and your neieh hbor
take each your share of the stickers.
seal Sale Explained
Doubtless most of the people who
have bought the seals in former
years are fairly familiar with the
character of the protective and edu-
Cational work of the Washington
Tuberculosis Association. but always
there are certain newcomers or newly
awakened persons who ask again the
old question: What are the Christ
mas seals for?" For the benefit of
those folks. let US today again briefly
work
In close and friendly cooperation
with the city health authorities and
the public school authorities. the as
sociation carried into general use for
the schools what is now known as
the health crusade" in which the
children Were enlisted in definite
series Of protective and preventive
habits. or health Chores. day by
day. And since this crusade became
officially recognized the association
has been carrying ON number Of
'nutrition clinics" in various schools
throughout the city. BY means of
these both children and parents are
regularly Instructed in the best
available information as to diet and
health habits, the children being
weighed and examined from week to
week with record OF their condi-
tion kept for record and comparison
In connection with this work the
association has published and widely
distributed series of health rules
and. h rhymes in such form as
to be kent constantly before the eyes
of the children and also 20 he taken
into the homes.
Provide school Luncheon.
In at Feast two of the public
schoolse Of the city, one white and
one colored, the association has as
sisted in providing luncheonS in the
open air classes for underweight cnil-
dren.- and in two other schools. cN-
ira service has been provided for
The special classes compoEAi Of chill
dren segregated on account of tuber-
CulOuS condition.
Another important form of the asso-
ciation'S fight against tuberculosis is
the maintenance of special instruction
ir what is known as occupa tlonal !
therapy, or curative art and craft work, /
for the convalescing patients at the
tuberculosis Hospital. There also is
maintained what is known as the sum-
mer health day camp for tuberculous
children
But all this is only a part Of the
General educational and international
campaign which the association con-
ducts through newspaper articles and
bulletins and in various other forms of
propaganda looking toward safe dairy
PRODUCTS and for every kind of health
giving information. In fact, it is fight
ing for the extension of life for all the
people of the District of Columbia.
The sale of Christmas seals has now
passed the point Of 800. and reports
from the puh''c and private school
sales are mostly Yet to be heard from,
while the store booths and Self-service
roiu boxes are still keeping the seals
before the public in various parts of
the city.