Evening star., 1934-06-24
HARD OF HEARING
ARRIVING TODAY
500 Expected at Sessions
Which Will Include Lip
Reading Tourney.

More than 500 members and dele
gates to the fifteenth annual meeting
OF the American Federation OF Or
ganizations for the Hard OF Hearing
are expected to arrive in Washington
today for the series of meetings at
the Mayf1ower Hotel which will end
with a banquet Thursday evening.
Many special attractions have been
planned. including the usual sight
seeing tours of the city, a moonlight
excursion on the Potomac, picnics in
Rock Greek Park. and a series of
luncheons and dinners.
One of the most interesting features
will be the national lip-reading tour
nament to be on Tuesday night, under
direction of Mary V. Carney. director
OF the Nitchie School of Lip Read
ing. Part of this prgram will be
broadcast.
Delegates will begin registration this
afternoon at the Mayf1ower, under su-
perviSion of Miss Minnie Hill, and will
continue from l:30 to pm. The
Board of Managers of the federation
will hold its last preparatory meeting
at 3 o'clock and from to 10 o'clock
irgton League for the Hard of Hear
ing, lll6 Vermont avenue. Mrs. Eliza
beth Owen will be in charge.
Atlantic Zone Meeting.
Tonight at o'clock the South At
lantlc zone of the federation will have
an informal conference, under direc-
ton of DR.. Douglas Macfarlan, zone
vice president.
The convention proper will open to-
morrow morning at $50 o'clock, with
Mrs. James Flack Norris of Boston,
first woman president of the fedora
ton. in the chair. A spokesman for
the District Commissioners, Miss Ada
Morgan Hill, president OF the Wash
ington League, and Mrs. Katherine K.
Madden, chairman of the Arrange
mentS Committee. will deliver ad-
dresses of welcome.
From 10 am. to 1920 pm. the first
scientific session will be held. with Dr.
Wendell c. Phillips of New York,
founder and honorary president, pre-
siding Dr. EstelIa Ford Warner. rep
resenting the surgeon general of the
United States Public Health Service
will discuss Public Health Work for
the Hard of Hearing" Other speakers
and their subjects will be Dr. Stacy
r. Guild. Johns Hopkins University,
THE Pathology of High-tone Deaf
ness; DR. Douglas Macfarlan, Phila-
celphia. The Pre-school Deafened
Child Problem; Dr. Walter A Wells,
Washington. Hopeful Trends in Otol-
ogy"; DR.. Harvey Fletcher, New York,
Hopeful Trends in Testing Hearing
and in Prescribing Hearing Aids"
These subjects will be discussed in
formal papers by other physicians and
specialists.
Guests at Luncheon.
Physicians attending will be guests
at a luncheon at the Mayfower at
which DR.. E. ]. Cummings of Wash
ington will act as host.
In the afternoon session will be
devoted to publicity problems. Elwood
Street. director of public welfare. will
preside, and among those to speak
. will be w. w. Wheeler, Washington:
Arthur Guild, Richmond; j. B. Wykoff,
Curtis Hedges and others.
Miss Elizabeth Tatum has arranged
a supper for juniors at o'clock to be
followed by a special junior program
under direction Of Mrs. Douglas Nc
Gregor of Boston.
Tomorrow night at o'clock the
official reception to the delegates will
be held at the Mayflower.
Tuesday morning will be devoted to
the annual business meeting.
An interesting sidelight on the con-
vention will be a hobby show OF the
Everywhere League, group of more
than 400 hard of hearing banded to-
gether to spend their leisure moments
in letter writing and to develop the
special talents and interests of one
another
The present friendly lady" head