The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-08
ADIRONDACK HYGTRSICs.
Consumptiv~s In summer Camps and Warm
Winter Quarters Here Find Restoration
From Their Malndy-Tnrin on Visitors.

wtnter Quarters Here Find Restoration
From Their MRIndy-Tarir on Visitors.
Some hundreds Of invalids in various stages
| PHI health are now gathered into winter
| quarters ut one point or another in the Adiron-
dack region. Fifteen years OF persistent ure-
ing by doctors who know what they are talk
Ing about and by some other folks who do not.
has sent constantly increasing stream OF
consumrtves to the Adrondacks In search OF
health No conscientious physician recon
mends camp life or even the comparative lux
ury OF an Adirondack hotel to a really
dying man or woman: but consumptives
| do die even In the Adirondack. "One Lung
Alley" was the name sportivey given by the
consumptives at one hotel to a part OF the
building occupied by half a dozen young m en-
In specially bad condition. This grim piece
OF humor lasted we'll through the winter. but
by that time it had lost It's Significance. as
seven out OF the eight patients in that part Of
| the hotel had died.
| Many OF the Adirondack hotels are anxious
that they shall not be known as resorts for In
valids. 1t is quite as profitable to serve pleao-
ure-seekng we'll folks as pallid consum ptives.
and tho presence OF the latter tends to keep
away the former. One hotel closed for a win
| ter with the special object OF driving AWAY I'M
| welcome guests. When It opened next sum-
mer the proprietor caused the rumor to go
abroad that no invalid need apply.
| There are some scores of persons who are Mt
| their best only In the Adirondacks and who
are. so to speak. under physical sentence OF
Punishment to that region for life or for q
| term OF years. There are others who may be
| called ticket-of-leave men. After years in the
Adrondacks they cautiously venture out now
and then for a winter In southern Europe or a
short and perilous visit to the sea line. These
| and the flrst-named class constitute the per-
manent invalid population. linen and women
who look as robust as the strongest and some
| times perform marvellous feats Of endurance
may be called invalids These permanent
| residents have learned the art of Adirond ack
invalidism. After wintering and summering
in the mountains from five to fifteen years.
they know Just how to live. and il we'll Off
they live very we'll. They find camp life
the best thing. and with them camp life means
usually lodging in tents or open" camp from
July to Octobefand wntering in a hotel or
well-built rustic cottage. The science Of camp
Ing is at their fingers ends. The open cam D.
which Is recommended to invalids OF fair
strength on first going to the region. il a bark
built house or room open on one side and that
side facing southwest. This camp. and any
other intended for invalids is. If possible.
built on q sandy knoll some feet above tho
lake or stream that furnishes the mode OF ap-
proach IL possible a. knoll sheltered with
nines. but not too much shaded. is selected.
The invalid sleeps on a bed Of balsam pine
boughs. underlaid by q sheet Of rubber. Such
lodging becomes very damp during the long
rains that alllct the region at times. and It
out the blankets to air and dry The bouehs
OF the bed must be frequently renewed. The
%a1s TS s saa Sosn
OF the consumptive COACH. save perhaps for a
few minutes in the ,nQrning. preiers a tent to
over a framework of wood and provided with
;, brick chimney and ar ample fireplace.
81 July and the, middle Of october s Some ne,
the day camp. which is merely retreat from
the oppressive physical and social atmosphere
1t might be possible. but it would not be
al! winter In camp Some cam ps are provided
which are thoroushly detshtinl In sum ases
and autumn. but which are sometimes buried
AS the winter thermometer gets down to }Os
below re. zero . and the walls OF these houses
It is an expensive matter to Keep warm. even
; Wfn we WSSd h as low as Sia5 per cord Some
region arc more severe than those OF the st.
Lawrence. though permanent dwelers In the
Adirondacks say that they are not SO uncom-
zero in the mountains as they have been with
tMsmperature Of p, above at the seaside.
time, and earlier the villages and they the winter ter
hotels begin to I'LL up. The "permanents" are
Fear III has besn aH
and their health Is ordinarily rs good as that
OF any one else. Some Of the new arrivals are
not so cheerful. and to them the spectacle on
Sunday OF consumptive parson preaching
to consumptive congregation Is no doubt
mayhap. goes on for years doing tho same
thing ought to BIO encouraging. DR.. /. l..
invalidlsm. perhaps. as any man living. ought
also TO furnish encouragement to newcomers
He was sent to the region COED msny years
Trudea% left New York with lungs seriously
went back to the Adirondacks and again re-
more tried the sea level with a repetition Of
the former result He now lives summer and
with weak lungs. As he is OF great stature and
bulk. with q peculiarly robust appearance. his
n tfs sG Is
sive luxury Since all sorts Of people began
summering In the mountains no the natives have
You pay 30 cents loaf for bread i' at some
You pay from So to 81 week for Indifferent
can afford any luxury. permanent resident
oyertoGk some so natives picking raspberries
the berry pc *
less reply. Next day she received 100 quarts. |
The village Of Saranac is the winter home OF |
a cheerful little conservative colony Some live
In hotels, some rent or own cottages. and |
others find homes In the Saranac Santa rum. |
This last Is peculiar institution designed to !
bring within the reach OF people who are not |
rich the sanitary advantages OF the Adirondack |
region, The ground upon which the main |
house and its surrounding cottages are built |
was given by the saranac guides. Rich inva-
lids have built cottages, all sorts OF persons |
have made gifts and there is sanitarium fair |
held each year at one or more OF the large Adj |
tnt
may live at the san itarium for q nom nal price.
The cottages of the sanitarium and OF |
private persons are amply provided with |
sunlight and hearth fires. The winter colony
does not conduct itself as II its members had !
each one foot in the grave, Everybody goes |
sleigh riding twice day bundled in great flr
hacking coughs have furious snowfall lights
with other gentlemen OF defective lungs
Many Of the permanent residents look and act
like men in robust health, and the permanents
toll tho most reassuring stories
probably do not tell. A man with normal
lungs obtained 1t one day from a fat. rudy
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