SEPTEMBER 27, 1918] 
In the middle of the enormous sea wall, of primi- 
tive structure, with the surf washing against the 
wall below it and protected from the winds of the 
north by the wall itself, in constant sunshine, pro- 
vision is made for 200 or 300 Genoese children of 
the more unfortunate classes. They arrive in the 
morning, get their midday meal and morning 
luncheon, and are sent to their homes in the even- 
ing. Play is supervised by special teachers, bath- 
ing facilities arranged for; the children take sing- 
ing lessons and a healthier, happier looking lot of 
children one could scarcely find. 
When we visited them in February they sang the 
Italian national anthem and ‘‘The Star Spangled 
Banner’’ with vigor and enthusiasm. There are 
also children’s hospitals in the mountains. In 
Rome the Giornale d’Italia raised money by popu- 
lar subscription and built a beautiful hospital on 
one of the hills for children with bone tuberculosis. 
The American Red Cross had the privilege of 
giving $25,000 to this hospital. These are just a 
few conspicuous instances of what the Italians have 
already done for the study and cure of tubercu- 
losis, 
But Italy’s great spirit for progression was ar- 
rested with the declaration of war, which com- 
pelled the mobilization of all her resources for the 
one big task in hand. It naturally followed that 
the civilian population had to wait until the mili- 
tary needs were cared for. 
Then, as in France, this emergency was created. 
Conditions were growing harder to grapple with 
each day. When Italy saw the help we were ex- 
tending to France she invited the United States to 
come to her shores with such assistance as we could 
offer. 
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS 
Tue United States Civil Service Commis- 
sion announces open competitive examina- 
tions as follows: 
List No. 1. Examinations of the nonas- 
sembled type; that is, those in which com- 
petitors are not assembled for scholastic tests, 
but are rated upon the subjects of education, 
training and experience, and corroborative evi- 
dence. Applications for these examinations 
are received at any time: Inspector of mechan- 
ical or electrical equipment, inspector of struc- 
tural steel, supervising or traveling account- 
ant, construction cost accounting supervisor, 
automotive engineer, automotive designer, au- 
tomotive draftsman, automotive tracer, me- 
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chanical draftsman, War Department; special 
field agent in entomology, Department of 
Agriculture; tabulating mechanician, Census 
Bureau; elevator conductor, departmental 
service. 
List No. 2. Examinations of the nonas- 
sembled type, for which applications must b« 
filed by the dates specified: Horticulturist, De- 
partment of Agriculture, September 17; archi- 
tectural designer, architectural draftsman, 
Panama Canal Service, September 17; photog- 
rapher, War Department, September 24; me- 
chanical draftsman, Patent Office, September 
24; assistant in dairy cattle breeding, assistant 
in fish investigations, assistant superintendent 
of seed warehouse, Department of Agriculture, 
September 24; sugar chemist and technologist, 
Bureau of Standards, September 24; assistant 
clinical psychiatrist and psychotherapist, St. 
Elizabeths Hospital, September 24; chemical 
laboratorian, chemist’s aid, various branches, 
September 24. 
List No. 3. Examinations in which com- 
petitors will be assembled for scholastic tests: 
Laboratory aid in agricultural technology, De- 
partment of Agriculture, October 2; business 
principal, Indian Service, October 2-3; in- 
spector of safety appliances. inspector of hours 
of service, Interstate Commerce Commission, 
October 2-3. 
Full information and application blanks 
may be obtained by addressing the United 
States Civil Service commission at Washing- 
ton, D. C., or the civil-service district secre- 
tary at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, At- 
lanta, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Paul, St. 
Louis, New Orleans, Seattle, or San Francisco. 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 
Magsor Genera Wituiam OC. Goraas, Sur- 
geon-General, U. S. A., accompanied Secre- 
tary Baker on his recent visit to France. 
CotoneL Joun M. T. Friyney, Baltimore, 
who returned to this country early in August 
on a special mission, has again sailed for 
France to assume his duties as chief consultant 
surgeon of the American Expeditionary 
Forces. 
