Evening star., 1931-05-01
WHITE HOUSE VISIT
AND FREE AID MARK
CHILD HEALTH DAY
Young Folk Give First e.dy
Basket of Flowers and
Each Receive Gift.
WELFARE AGENCIES
HOLD "0PEN HOUSE"
Wilbur Charges Parents With Care
of Next Observation-Disclosures
Treat Pupils Free.

The presentation of a large basket
OF flowers, to Mrs. Herbert Hoover at
the White House By group of small
children in commemoration of Nav
as Child Health day marked a feature
OF the observance of the day in the
National Capital
The occasion. officially designated by
Congress as Child Health day, is
marked locally by extensive physical
examinations of children being made
throughout the city, with a view to pro-
noting child health.
The children taking the flowers to
Mrs. Hoover were David Carl Whit
over, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Whitover; Katherine Dosey. daughter
Murphy, Jr., son of DR.. and Mrs. Joseph
A. Murphy, and Robert Kaemmer. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. A. Kaemmer.
Children Receive Gifts.
The little boys and girls were accom-
panied to the White House and intro
duced to Mrs. Hoover by Mrs. Ernest r.
Grant, leader in the Child Health day
movement for many years. After the
First Lady had greeted them and
thanked them for the flowers, she posed
with them for group photograph on a
portico of the White House.
Subsequently the party was shown
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House and basket of fruit and tulips
was presented to each. The little callers
carried away their gifts from Mrs.
Hoover with pride and dignity.
In line with observance of the day,
open house" was being held by various
governmental and private agencies in
terested in child welfare.
Dentists Give Free Care.
One hundred dentists, members of the
District of Columbia Dental Society,
who offered to give their services free.
are engaged in examining the teeth of
scores of children. ARRANGEMENTS for
the examinations were announced by
DR.. Joseph A. Murphy, chairman of the
Child Health Day and Early Diagnosis
Committee.
The motor corps Of the District of
Columbia Chapter of the American Red
Cross, under the direction of Mrs. e.
G. Montgomery, Is engaged in trans
porting the children to and from the
offices of the various dentists. Chill
dren whose parents are willing for
them to accept free dental care will be
referred by their school teachers to the
nearest dentist who has volunteered for
the work, for treatment he finds neces-
sary.
Hearing tests are being given chill
dren OF the fourth, fifth and sixth
grades in the practice school of the
Wilson Teachers College by Miss Ada
zation for the hard of hearing.
Bureau Holds Exkabit.
The agencies holding open house"
today include the ONCE of Education,
Department of the Interior, which Is
distributing information and publica-
tions on the health of the school child;
Bureau OF Home Economics, Depart
ment OF Agriculture, which Is distribute
ing Government literature from its Of
flee in the Earle Building; Public Health
Service and Childrens Bureau, all of
which are closed at 4:30; the Washing
ton Dairy Council of 100 I street.
which is distributing weight cards and
guides for balanced meals, and the
Washington Child Research Center.
1909 Highland place, which is receiving
visitors interested in child care I'D un-
til 4 o'clock.
The Bureau of Home Economics also
VIII exhibit clothes which have been
approved as proper for children and
will cook a dinner to illustrate the
adaptability of a family meal to the
needs of children, particularly the q
year-old child.
Wilbur Speaks on Radio.
Announcement was made today that
the Public Library has compiled a list
OF practical books on various phases of
child health, together with their library
reference numbers, the list to be sent
to the various Parent Teacher Asso-
Citations in the city. The books may
be obtained at the library at any time.
1t was suggested that the list be pub
lished in the Parent Maga-
zine
In a radio speech this morning DR..
Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the
Interior, placed the responsibility for
the future of American children directly
at the door of their parents.
Speaking as chairman of the White
House Conference on Child Health Pro-
lection, DR.. Wilbur said:
Children are, we find, what their
parents are, their churches, their
schools. And communities, homes and
schools are nothing more than the
sum total of what the parents are. No
amount of fixing up by institutions,
clinics, clubs or organizations, say the
experts, can patch this up if the parents
fail in their iObp