Evening star., 1923-12-08

As showing the Importance of the
>work that is now going on with un-
dernourished children in the public
schools, the Washington Tuberculosis
Associa tion is in receipt of a letter
from Louis Lowe of 1913 Potomac
street northwest. Mr.. Lowe heads his
communication. ~ Plea for Inarticu-
late, Suffering. Undernourished Chill
dren." he writes:
"Ihe elimination of this condi ton
is problem the solution OF which
should be of vital Importance to par
seuts and those having care of these
inart!cuiate children. That they
should be physically, mentally, moral
ly and spiri tually fit must be the ear
nest sincere wish of every human
heart.
preventive and curative measures
are both Of imperative and vital i'm
portance. To delay the prompt func-
tiorinG of these measures is an inde-
itnsIble apathy akin TO cruel cynic-
ism Preventive measures can be
brought about readily through the
agency OF schools. the press, the COM
mGnltE CenterS and other civic groups.
fTrachers. writers and speakers can
bN-uE 20 the attention of parents and
others having charge OF children the
urgent ana imperative necessity for
proper u!st, exercise, play, rest and
cleanliness.
All the elements above mentioned
a" also NitallE essential to the cure
OF tn" affected ones. and q certain
1erc"ntaE" Of the cases can likewise
y" reached by adding to the measures
indicated above the already organized
services OF churches. hospitals and
<Children'S Institutions.
NO call TO benevolent men and
women can exceed in emphasis this
plea for the inarticulate suffering
unhaFpiness OF the child denied its
birthright of health, gladness and
happiness, and when charity extends
Its aims and vouchsafes the aid it
can readily afford then will be
brought to pass indeed a practical
dem"nStration of the divine philos-
ophy of the Carpenter of Nazareth"
Nutrition CIiaic Results.
What can be accomplished through
nutrition clinics for underweight
children as conducted during the last
three years under the auspices of the
Washington tuberculosis Association
lis shown in the results obtained at
ON" Of the health schools for children
declared to be too sick because Of
tuberculosis Infection to mingle with
other children in the public schools.
These children who We're actually i'll
are given regularly special school
lunches. Yet before the introduction
81 lLtt clinic, LOT Il period or twenty
weeks, they made 4 gain on the aver
age Of only two and one-half pounds.
Following the introduction of the
first clinic, which was conducted for
= period Of twenty weeks, this gain
eyaS more than double, amounting to
I've and three-quarterS pounds With
the continuation of the clinic for an
other twenty weeks the total gains
amounted to eight and one-half
pounds.
During the continuance of these
clinics the diet OF the children was
carefully studied and follow-up work
was done in the horac with such of
the parents as could not come to the
clinic. The parents were urged to
see that the children had abundance
OF sleep at home. An additional pre-
caution, however, was the effort to
correct physical defects as well as
the lung condition, in order that the
children might be free to gain. With
out such correction of physical de-
1ects as noted by many who have
criticized the insufficiency of simply
weighing and measuring children for
the determination of malnutrition the
nutrition clinic can be only partially
successful for this group of children.
Education of Parents.
If during the Christmas seal sale
the attention of parents can be again
called TO the Importance of a thor
ouSh medical examination of their
children as well as the weighing and
! measuring Of them to determine their
physical condition, the Washington
tuberculosis Association feels that
the educational side of the Christina S
seal sale will not have been in vain
over 100000 of the Christmas seals
for the support of the work of the
local tuberculosis Association had
been disposed of up to noon today
Electric lights flash above the nine
by-tWenty four-foot billboard poster
erected in front of the Social Sery-
ice House as part of the contribu-
tion of the Thomas Cusack Company.
and which from now until Christmas
will strike the eye of the heavy
Massachusetts avenue and 18th street
traffic converging at that corner The
\ seal sale has been further favored
by the agreement of several large
chain stores 70 cooperate by having
the seals placed on sale in their
various stores, including so far the
Peoples Drug Stores Company and
the Liggetts stores. These stations
are heing equipped with self-service
boxes in which the seals are con-
veniently placed in 10, 25 and so
cent allotments in sealed envelopes.
owners and drivers of motor cars are
being requested to display small
posters on their windshields urging
support of the seal sale. of which
Frank p. Reeside, 1922 11th street
act iS