Evening star., 1926-12-12
1O3 RECEIVE CARE
AT COUNTRY HOME
100 Children and 3 Mothers
Given Treatment During
Summer.

The Childrens Country Home,
which is operated for convalescent
children recommended to its care by
physicians and charitable organiZa
tions of Washington. cared for more
than 100 children and three mothers
last Summer, Miss Laura j. Scheibe,
the superintendent, announced in her
annual report. which was filed yes
terday with Mrs. Joseph Letter
president of the board of managers
The home was opened in 1858. The
mother is admitted when it is be-
lieyed the child will thrive better
under her care. OF the three mothers
at the home during the past sum
mer, one, only 16 years of age
brought a II months old baby. Both
were convelescent from pneumonia
and both returned home in Septem-
Der plump and rosy after four months
of country air. good food and proper
medical attention.
One Diphtheria Patient.
Ten children were admitted to the
home the first of June. Later in the
month one of the first arrivals de
veloped diphtheria and the nome In
consequence was quarantined Tor sew
eral weeks. The diphtheria patient
was sent to the Children's Hospital,
but no further cases developed. DR..
Davis was the physician in charge.
This is DIR. Davis first year of serv-
ice at the home. For several years
past the attending physician has
been DIR. Breckinbridge Bayne.
Children recommended to the home
are. as a rule, under weight when
they arrive. They invariably, the
report points out, return to the city
in the Fall the gamers by several
pounds. The board of managers OF
the home attempt to follow up such
cases during the Winter. and In ram
lilies where there is a need, milk Is
supplied to prevent the little patient
returning to his or her previous
under weight. The milk fund, under
the direction of Mrs. Ormsby Mccain
mon, is at present taking care of
half a dozen youngsters in families
where it would otherwise have been
impossible to have kept the little ward
Of the Children's Country Home In
proper physical condition.
The superintendent, Miss Scheibe,
noted this Summer that the little girls
gained more rapidly than the boys.
Ten pounds was the average for the
former and only four for the latter.
Treated to River Ride.
During the Summer. the youngsters
were treated to a ride down the
Potomac in Secretary of the Navy
Wilburs yacht. Other friends of the
home entertained them at picnics and
during the warm weather to daily
treats of ice cream. Mr.. Allen, whose
first name Miss Scheibe regrets she
does not know, visited the home one
evening and entertained the little
patients with tricks of magic.
"Hokus and pokus were the favorite
words of the children for weeks,
reports Miss Scheibe.
A flag, presented the home by the
children of the Eastman School, was
hoisted to its flagpole daily with
fitting exercises.
The Children's Country Home,
located in Rock Creek Park in six
acres of wooded grounds, is one of
the Capitals least known but Oldest
charities. It's purpose is to care for
children recovering from severe ill
nesses but unable financially to leave
the city during the heat of Summer.
They are recommended to its care
by Friendship House. Neighborhood
House, Board of Guardians, Instruc-
tive Visiting Nurses. social services
at Providence and the Children's
Hospital and private physicians.