Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
PRESIDENT GOING
| TO CHARITY BALL
Eete Tonight Closes Chill
dren's Hospitals 57th An
| niversary Observance.

! The Children's Hospital today IS
Antering on its fifty-seventh year OF
service to the city of Washington. and
Tonight the annual charity ball Will
be given for its benefit at the Willard
aJotel by the board of lady visitors.
The charity ball is the only event
tef IT'S kind attended by President ana
Mrs, Coolidge, who have signiied
their intention of being present this
evening. Mrs. Mary Roberts Rlnehar.
As chairman of the ball committee ana
Speaker Longworth heads the men 5
committee. "a.
The hospital second Oldest of its
kind in the United States. last year
cared for 30 900 children of every race
end creed. Eighty-flve per cent OF
these were charity patients. Accord
sng to the annual report of Tholnas
BELL Sweeney, second vice presldent
of the board of trustees, for the II
months ending November 80 4,5oo
children have occupied beds IN the
hospital. there have been 1850 opera
tions performed. 20,940 laboratory
findings. 6,5S7 X-ray treatments,
1928 visits made to the outpatient
department, 1904 patients in the chlld
welfare clinics, 900 dental clinics ana
$3.50 social service visits. or the
s0,O0S patients who have passed
through the hospital there have been
but 1876 institutional deaths.
Cost Put at 100000.
Mr.. Sweeney estimates that the ex-
bense of maintaining the hospital IN
1927 will be approximately $ZO0,ooO.
AS an interesting comparison In the
difference in the times, the cost per
capita in 1877 was 81 cents per day.
In 1926 It was S4.46. This includes
everything, and compares most favor-
ably with other hospitals, the cost IN
some Of which, it is explained, Is run
ming as high as SIS per day.
An outstanding feature of the hos
pitfalls work for 1926 was the addition
of the child welfare department. pre-
scented by the Child Welfare Society.
Seven physicians are in attendance
in this department to examine the
children brought to them and to IN
Struct mothers in correct feeding ana
hygiene. This department employs
nurse who visits the home of every
little patient at least once a month TO
insure that the Doctors orders are
obeyed.
Almost the entire proceeds Of the
charity ball is profit, only a small
aAAlcOAl OVAAA5 ASA -
penses.
Last year Mrs. Rinehart reported
that out of each S. ticket sold $3.50
went to the care of a sick child. The
unusually large profit can be attrib-
uted to the many donations for pro-
ducing this annual event, 1t is ex-
planned.
Assistants at Ball.
Mrs. Rinehart is assisted this year
by Mrs. Walter Stilson Hutchins.
Mrs. James T. Curtis, Mrs. John F.
Dryden, Mrs. Richard Wilmer, Mrs.
Eldridge Jordan, Mrs. Arthur OBrien
and Mrs. Alan Kirk.
Assisting Mn. Longworth are Secre-
tary of War Dwight Davis, Joseph G.
Grew, Undersecretary OF State; Le-
land Harrison, Assistant Secretary of
state; Garrad B. Winston, Senator
Bingham, Senator Couzens, Senator
Edge, Senator Hale, Representative
r.. S. Aldrich, Representative Robert
L. Bacon, Representative ogden l..
Mills, Representative NJ. E. Crum-
packer, Admiral Andrew Long, Capt.
Emory Scott Land, Frederick H.
Brooke, Phillip Coffin, George Garrett.
O.. G. Glover and DR.. Stanley Rine
hart.
A.ckets to the ball are on sale at
the leading hotels or they may be
purchased at the ballroom door.