Evening star., 1933-04-30
Mrs. Roosevelt to Broadcast
From White House as Fea-
tTe Tomorrow.
CLINICS TO BE HELD
THROUGHOUT THE CITY
Plays, Athletic Games, Exhibits
and Demonstrations Among
Many Other Events.

DEDICATED to the promotion OF child
health, May day will be observed in
Washington and throughout the Nation
tomorrow.
Washington's participation in this
national May day, Endorsed by President
Roosevelt In an official proclamation and
by former President Hoover through
the American Child Health Association,
will embrace its various public and pri-
vate agencies and professional groups
for health, welfare and education.
Mrs Roosevelt will broadcast a May
day appeal to the public at / o'clock
tomorrow in a national radio hook-up
from the White House. A group of little
children will go to the White House at
10 o'clock to present the First Lady with
a basket of May flowers.
Program Announced.
The program of the days activities.
very extensive in scope, was announced
yesterday as co-ordinated through the
May Day-Child Health Committee, of
which E. j. Henryson is chairman He
is secretary Of the Health Committee Of
the Council of Social Agencies. 1t en-
braces clinics. Summer roundup
meetings, recreational activities, field
meets, health exhibits and demonstra-
tions, pageants, radio talks and sessions
Of various agencies and groups Co
operating.
May day clinics for pre-school chill
dren will be held from 10 am. to IL
noon at the following Medical and
Dental Child Hygiene Centers: George
own University Hospital Freedman's
Hospital, 304 Indiana avenue, 1927
Georgia avenue, 518 M street. 500
Maryland avenue northeast, 912 Rhode
Island avenue northeast. 480 E street
northeast, 1905 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast and 1901 Talbert avenue
southeast.
From am. to II am. Child We'll
fare Society. Childrens Hospital, Provi-
dence Hospital.
Other Clinics
Similar clinics for school children
will be held from 9 to IL noon at
Providence Hospital, 2 pm. at Freed
mans Hospital and at all public schools
of divisions 1913 from to pm. for
pre-school and school children.
The Fillmore School will conduct .
clinic for immunization for diphtheria
from l pm. to pm. for infants and
pre-shool children and cases referred
by the Health Department will be dag
nosed and treated by appointment at
the dental clinic of the Christ Child
Society, SOB Massachusetts, avenue. The
courtesy of this clinic will be extended
to other settlement houses on Tues
day.
The Association for the Prevention
of tuberculosis will cooperate through
its Early Diagnosis Committee and the
Childrens tuberculosis Clinic under
the supervision of the Health Depart
ment, 30l c street, from 9 to II am.
The Instructive Visiting Nurses So
ciety will assist in getting children to
the clinics and also carry the May
day messages to the homes visited.
Play Leaders.
The Girl Reserves of the Y. W. @. A.
will make health posters for the clln-
les and act as play leaders. The Wash
ington Dairy Council will distribute
$4,000 May baskets in the public
schools and also give health plays. The
Pediatry Society OF Washington Will
feet
Summer round-ups will be conducted
from am. to II noon by Parent
Teacher Associations for pre-school
children at ChId Hygiene Centers and
at the following schools: Adams, Seaton,
Brookland, Burroughs, Emery. Webb.
Jackson, Janney, Kingsman, Peabody.
Park View, Petworth, Stoddart, Takoma
Park, Wallace, West, Whittier, Wood
ridge, Wheatley, Thompson and Barn
ard.
Recreational activities under the su-
pervision of the Department Of Play
grounds will be held for small children
from 80 pm. to pm. at the munich
pal Fairgrounds. There will be dances.
health parades, songs, recitations and
kindergarten work symbolic of May day.
From $3.50 to S o'clock the older
children will participate in the organ
lied league games, base ball, schlag
ball being featured. Prizes will be
awarded for various events.
Athletic Events.
Dunbar Armstrong and Cardoza High
events at 2:30 o'clock at the Walker
Stadium. More than 1000 children
are scheduled to participate. There
will be similar events for the Garnet
Patterson, Terrell, Frances, Browne
and Shaw Junior High Schools.
On Wednesday at the same hour the
student bodies of Shaw, Garnet-Patter-
son and Terrell Junior High Schools
will hold similar demonstration in the
stadium. Randall. Francis and Browne
Junior High Schools will hold field days
at their own grounds during the week.
An interesting feature of May day
will be health exhibit in the hygiene.
arts and industrial building of the
Smithsonian Institution. This will be
open from 9 am to 4:30 pm
Special health demonstrations, con-
sisting of audiometer tests, will be given
In the public schools.
The children of the Wheatley School
will hold a festival and health pageant
and there will be pageants and other
festivities at the Y. w. c. A. and the
Neighborhood Settlement Houses during
the day.