Evening star., 1899-02-11

to a residence in which no one need look
forward with any horror or dismay.
The location of the institution was deter
mined by the act in which an appropriation
for it was made, and the remoteness Of TINS
location from public thorOughfareS and
lines of travel has effectively concealed
from the public the existence OF this 1nstl-
tuition, so that today many or the pest
informed citizens have little or no knowl-
edge of it. Entering the grounds attached
to the Washington Asylum by q broad
driveway. Just north of the United states
Jail. passing over a small knoll soon brings
to view a long brick wall, broken at one
corner by a neat two-story brick bu1idlng.
Surrounding It are the trees which make
I'D the nursery of the parking commission.
touch on an electric bell secures admit
tance to the administration building, and to
the right of the entrance is a comfortably
furnished room in which the records of the
hospital are kept. and where, in an lnStru-
ment cabinet, is found such collection OF
surgical instruments and apparatus as is
sufficient TO meet any emergency. such as
may occur about an institution-sufHcient,
in fact even to perform any ordinary sur
gical operation. should it become neces-
sary This is the Doctors office, but he is
only to be found therein when the hospital
is occupied.
Across the hall is q room filled with
shelves containing numerous bottles jars,
boxes and other things filled with such
medicines as patients suffering from TINS
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the treatment of ordinary maladies and
emergencies; for, in fitting out the small
pOx hospital, at no pace was the fact
lost sight of that patients suffering from
smallpox and their attendants are liable
10 the same other diseases and accidents
as those in the outside world. Along on
the same floor of this building is found the
dining room for the medical staff of the
hospital, and further back a commodious
kitchen. A glance at the kitchen would
impress the casual observer with the idea
that the appetites of smallpox patients and
their attendants are rather voracious, for
the large double range, the extensive dress
er and pantry and the refrigerator room
are all apparently sufficient to provide food
for a much larger number of persons than
could be accommodated in the hospital.
The liberal allowance of space and appara-
tus for cooking was intentional and will
never be thrown away, for should smallpox
or other similar trouble ever become so
prevalent as to neceSsitate the construction
of temporary building for the accom1Go-
dation of the patients or of those engaged
in the care of such patients and of the dis
infection of premises, the kitchen already
IN existence, it is believed, will provide
them with ample food supply, thus insur-
ing economy of administration and salts
factory cooking. Satisfactory cooking, it
may be observed, is an item of no small i'm
portance to persons engaged in a service
which cuts them off so thoroughly from
the world at large as does the smallpox
service.
In the Sleeping Apartments.
Ascending the stairway leading up just
behind the dining room the visitor finds
himself in the sleeping apartments for the
! staff. On this floor there are rooms con-
structed primarily for use as apartments
but so arranged as to be available for other
purposes If necessary. Two bath rooms
and a commodious linen closet occupy the
rest OF the floor space. The outlook to
the south is not unpleasant. The Eastern
branch winds its way at a short distance
from the walls of the inclosure, and on the
opposite shore rise hills which lie to the
east of the city. Toward the north the
boys reform school can be seen, presenting
just now a very pretty effect as the sun
is reflected from the countless windows
of that institution. Leaving the building
by side entrance the visitor steps into an
inclosure surrounding the smallpox hos