San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-23

1t leads to the music room on one
side and the dining hall on the
other side. The music room, where
the guests are chiefly expected. to
gather is beautifully done in
robin egg blue. Beside the musi-
cal instruments there are i1.f it
divans and spacious leather COW
cred oaken chairs and every other
convenience for lounging. Turk
ish rugs are on the floor and eX-
pensive etchings hang from the
walls.
This room opens into the library,
which is even more luxurious. In
this room there is an immense bay
window, with cushioned seats, and
also a large New England fireplace,
also with seats. Besides the table
with reading matter, there are
cases with books, and lounges and
card tables. Paintings hang from
the walls. The two rooms are so
furnished that there is no excuse
left for the blues to remain with
any one. The dining hall is equal
ly deliberately furnished, and has
accommodation for more than one
hundred persons.
Up stairs are the sleeping rooms,
all large and magnificently fur
nished. Some Of the rooms are ar
ranged in suits, so the one accom-
panying a sick person can be &C
commodated. The matron's room
has an electric keyboard, which
can summon her to any room
where stress Of sickness may want
her. In the basement are rooms
fitted up with bowling alleys and
billiard tables for the amusement
of the men.
The house to the west is called
Emily House and built by Mrs.
Sloane. 1t accommodates thirty
women, to whose sole use it is re-
stricted. The furnishings are as
elaborate as those of Grace House.
There are some beautiful parlors
in the building, some of them be.
ing furnished as memorials to
some loved one departed in Colo
RADIO, where health was vainly
sought. The house to the east is
called st. Andrews House, and is
exclusively for men. The donors
name will not be made public. st.
Andrews is counterpart of Emil
ly House, and yields nothing to it
in any respect in the way of fur
nishing.
The home is lighted by electri-
city, and artesian water is used.
Everything suggests refinement,
and the ninety inmates which it
Will accommodate are expected to
comport themselves accordingly.
But the institution is not a hospit-
al, nor yet sanitarium. 1t is
simply what it's name suggests
a home. Those who are beyond
recovery will not be taken in.
There are no nurses or doctors.
Each inmate is expected to provide
these il he needs them. There are
absolutely no regulations save
those which insist on hygienic de-
pertinent.
The cost to the inmate is most
reasonable: only the actual eX-
penses are charged. These, with
his room and the table, which is
in its elaborateness the same to all,
need not exceed So per week.
Some day an endowment Of the
home will even diminish this.
While New York has given the
money, Denver Episcopalian
minister furnished the idea, the
Rev. F. s. Cakes. Mr.. Cakes, who
is graduate OF Yale, could not
endure to see the suffering Of the
homeless phthsis stricken beings,
and interested the persons named
to give relief. He is responsible
for the plan Of the institution, and
furnished nearly all the details.
The Episcopal church will have
nominal direction, but any one Of
any creed can find adm1ttance.
The home was opened before COM
pletion, and its success is. already
such that long waiting list exists.
The above is republished from
the New York Herald, and goes
to show San Antonians that the
Denverites "build before they
boast" and afford some haven for
consumptives where they can find
shelter should hotels turn them
away.
The popularity Of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and the high
esteem in which it is held leads us
to believe 1t to be an article of
great worth and merit. We have
the pleasure Of giving the expert
ence Of three prominent citizens of