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Show FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGUE Educational Posters by the Thousand to Be Displayed All Over United States. During tho next three months, tho bill boards of tho United Stntes will display 20,000 educational posters on tuberculosis, according to an announcement an-nouncement mndo by tho National Association As-sociation for tho Study and Prevention Preven-tion of Tuberculosis. This will conclude tho campaign begun be-gun a year ago, when tho National mil Posters' association donated freo space to tho tuberculosis cause, tho Poster Printers' association olTored freo printing, and nino papor manufacturers manu-facturers gave tho paper for tho posters. post-ers. Tho combined valuo of these several sev-eral donations for this threo-month campaign Is nearly $100,000. Tho posters nro In six different designs de-signs and arc all printed In three colors. col-ors. They nro seven feet wldo and nlno foot high. Already nearly 2,500 of these posters havo boon hung on tho bill boards of 40 different cities, and It Is planned to distribute 20,000 I more boloro April 1 In over 400 towns and cities. Any anti-tuberculosis society so-ciety In tho United States may re-colvo re-colvo freo of charge, except for trnns-j trnns-j portatlon, as many of these posters as ' can bo hung on tho boards In Its tor- t rltory. Tho National association with ! tho tuberculosis commlttco of tho Na tional Ulllposters and Distributors are conducting tho campaign, v Tho posters show In graphic form SrV. how fresh air, good food, and rest M yj cure tuberculosis; how bad air, over-K over-K , work and closed windows lead to con- tf1 sumption; and how tho careless con- oumptivo menaces tho health of his family by spitting on tho floor., |