Evening star., 1926-05-02
HEALTH. PAGEANT
FEATURES MAY DAY
Hundreds of Children Are
Examined at Special Cor
rective Clinics.

Under the auspices of the American
Child Health Association, hundreds
of Washington chilren yesteray
joined in the nationwide celebration
of May aV as a means of StreSsing
the necessity of preserving the health
Of the Nations future men and
women.
Starting the days festivities in the
morning with the presentation of
May Day basket to Mrs. Coolidge, the
children of the National Capital took
part in a number of activities In all
sections that concluded with one OF
the largest May Day demonstrations
ever held by the school children of
Washington at the Central High
School Stadium, in the afternoon.
Eighty-two children were examined
at the Child Welfare Society Center
in Children's Hospital and hundreds
of others at the various health CEN
ters ia the city. Doctors We're kept
busy during the day giving those
children who visited the centers
thorough medical examination and
prescribing corrective measures for
defects, thus serving to make these
young people grow TO healthy ma
turity.
Scores Attend Theaters.
program of health songs, plays and
films at the Lincoln and Tivoli
Theaters during the morning. They
were also entertained by ChO Cho,
the health clown
The Girl Scouts, the Camp Fire
Girls. the children of the public
schools, the playground and the
community center departments joined
with the girls of the Y. w. c. A. and
the boys of the Y. NJ. c. A. in stag
ing the health pageant at the Central
High School.
Several hundred persons watched
the crowning of the Queen OF the
May, Miss Frances Iglehart. who
standards as a perfect health speci-
men. She is 16 years old. weighs
III pounds and is 81 inches tall.
She is a student at Eastern High
school and lives at lis f street
southeast.
One of the features of the afternoon
at the stadium was the visit of Lady
Baden Powell, chief Girl Guide and
wife of Sir Robert BadenPowell, IA
nous British general and founder OF
the Boy Scout movement, who is In
Washington in connection with the
sixteenth annual convention OF the
Boy Scouts of America.
Reviews Girl Scouts.
Lady Baden-PoWell reviewed the
Girl Scouts, and was escorted by
special bodyguard and color guard OF
the Girl Scout organization. Follow
ing the review she watched the girls
drill.
The games were performed by
number of children from the second
l,1.,, q g
leaders. The Community Center chill
dren presented program of folk
dances. consisting of the mtnuet, the
quadrlle and the garland dance. All
the various groups were colorfully cos
TUNED and participated in the big pa
rade which concluded the pageant.
The Camp Fire Girls gave a demon
stration of their work and their first
aid activities. The Y. NJ. c. A. boys
gave a demonstration of life-saving.
One of the prettiest events of the
afternoon was the maypole dance per-
formed by the children of the various
community centers The boys of the
Park View School put on a health
circus" illustrating the enjoyment
that can be obtained in life through
proper care of health and choice Of
foods
DR.. Hugh J. Davis, director of child
welfare and child hygiene of the Dis
trict, was chairman in charge of the
general committee which formulated
the plans for the celebration.
Besides Lady Baden-Powell, Mrs.
Gerritt S. Miller. jr, deputy commits
sioner of the Girl Scouts; Mrs. Charles
Lindsay Of the national committee of
the Girl Scouts, Mrs. Frederick Brook
of the national committee of the Girl
Scouts and Miss Dorothy Green,
chairman of the Camp Fire commit
tee, were present at the pageant.