Evening star., 1923-12-09
BOOTHS FOR SALE
OF SEALS PLANNED
Will Be Established at Big
Stores, Banks and Gov.
ernment Departments.

Tomorrow morning Christmas seals
viii be placed on sale at booths
which have been arranged for at, GER
tain of the department stores, banks,
hotels and government departments.
These sales will be under the imrle-
dtate direction of representatives of
various organizations who have vol
unteered for the purpose
The location Of these booths. with
the names of their captains and the
organizations represented, Is as fol-
lows: Woodward and Lothrop, captain,
Mrs. Sidney Thomas, Junior League;
kann's, members of the Senior Coun-
Gil of Jewish Women assisting. Mrs.
Edgar a. Behrend. Mrs. r. B. Behr-
end: Mrs Alan Kaufman, Mrs. Jo-
sepha Straus. Mrs Sidney West, Mrs.
Milton Hopfenmaier. Mrs. Eva Hex
ter. Mrs. Nachman, Mrs. Coheno. Mrs.
\. Kahn. Mrs. Harry Rosenberg, Miss
Edna Dreyfuss. Mrs. Milton Baum
Iansburgh and Brother. captain Mrs.
Ruth Shapiro, Junior Council of
Ieake. Mrs. NJ Gewitz. Mrs. ]. Saks,
49, NJ. Kafka, Mrs. MasIon, Miss
Lewis, Miss NJ Augenstein. Miss II.
hlns, Mrs: S. Shapiro; Washington
v.
liam =. Chamberlin. Women's city
Club: Union Trust Company, Mrs H
IL Flather. Christ Child Society:
American Security and Trust Com
pany, Mrs. William Grinnell. Tuber-
culoSis Association: National Savings
and Trust Company. Mrs. Kirk
Holmes. social service department,
Mnunt Pleasant Congregational
nhurch; Commercial National Bank,
Mrs. \. X. Kahn: Veterans Bureau,
Mrs. Olive Ross; Grace Dodge Hotel
Miss Mary A. Lindsey; national
headquarters American Red Cross.
MIR; Colin Herrle; Riggs Bank. 18th
ana Fennsylvania avenue. Dr. Ada
"ahien, Anthony League.
New Weight Cards.
One of the first things to be
honught from the proceeds Of the
Christmas seal sale by the Tubercu-
1osis Association in it's program for
me purchase of health for the chill
dren and adults of the District of
columbia will be "A new edition of
its nutrition folder Over 10000 of the
weight cards were distributed last
year Tor use in weighing public
school children by school nurses. nu-
trition workers. dietitians. teachers
ana representatives of parent-teach-
ers associations. The cards carry the
slogan Watch Me Grow" followed by
the Jingle:
Card of white-All right
Card of blue-Won't do
Card Of red-Look out. Ahead
The white cards indicate normal
weight for height, the blue cards
show to per cent underweight
and the red cards : or more per
cent underweight
Daily Health Program.
Each child weighed and measured
VIII he given q copy of the new nu-
TRITON folder to he taken home and
shown to the parents. This folder
suggests i'll brief form a daily health
program for the school child and
gives examples of the way In which
meal inadequate in food value may
be rendered sufficient by simple SUBJ
stitutes or the addition of milk and
butter fats with the elimination Of tea
and coffee.
The bulletin points out the neces-
slty of carly Discovery and correction
of physical defects. including disea Sed
tonsils. adenoids and teeth and eau
ttons against eye trouble. A standard
table of average weights for children
at various heights Is also given. The
bulletin will be issued by the nutri-
lion department of the Washington
tuberculosis Association. of which
Mrs. II. r. Grant is director. and car
ries the Endorsement of DIR. William
c. Fowler. health officer. and DIR.
Joseph A. Murphy. chief medical in
speetor and sanitary inspector of
schools. Two editions of this folder
copies circulated new edition of
$4,000 copies is now in press Copies
of both the weight card and the nu-
triton folder may be obtained upon
application to the headquarters of tho
tuberculosis association, 1922 11th
street northwest