The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26

| bedrooms to insure degree of privacy.
and this can be taken down frequently and
| washed. For it must be remembered that
bacilii thrive in an environment of dust
Accordingly every precaution is taken to
prevent the dirt accommodating. There are
| no busting operations, because, says DIR.
| Thurman, II you move the dust OF ona
piece of furniture and flick the buster in
| the rooms. or even out of the window, IL
| finds its way back again. and SO you ara
simply displacing it without getting rid
| or IT. You are housing instead OF extsrmi-
| mating the mischief it may contain. And
| so this new medical science attacks the
| disease just where it thrives-in STIFFNESS
and dirt Consumption is weakened and
killed by sunlight. fresh air and general
| cleanliness.
On the day our representative visited the
| institution it had only opened its doors a
few hours, comparatively speaking The
weather outside was simply execrable II
was Just the day when the robust man
would have sat toasting his feet in front
of a roaring fire. with curtains drawn
across the door and the windows tightly
fastened. But here were half dozen pa
tients, traversing 4 long stone passage
the one with the beautiful draught al
ready referred to-every window and door
in which were open, on their way to ths
dining room The home is in its infancy
and its methods are new. so for the first
few days the patient is induiged- Ladies'
may wear their cloaks at dinner. gentle
men may button up their coats. By-and-
bye, unless experience of the German treat
ment is unreliable both sexes will be CON-
planning Of the STIFFNESS of the atmosphere
on day when the healthy human being
considers wooden wraps and overcoats in
dispenSable. \ word about the all-impor-
tant question OF food may be appropriate.
At the Mendin home there are three meals
a day, no snackS must be taken between
whites. Cold meat with plenty of milk
sterilized on the premises after ii has
come from choice herd of Jerseys, and
liberal quantity of butter. are the staple
food for breakfast. For dinner there would
be two kinds OF cooked meat. with pota-
toes and other vegetables. stewed fruits
and cream. and q little confectionery. The
breakfast is ser-ed at s, dinner at 1 and
tea and supper combined-also subStan-
tial meal-at 4 All the food is plain and
wholesome. and there is an insistence on
the plate being cleared
The two doctors exercise a watchfuI eye
from positions at the top and bottom of
the table. Plates upon which the patient
has left any portion of his meat. however
small. must not be removed by the waitress
until the doctor has signified permission.
At first the stomach of the weaker class
OIL patients Naturally feDelS against ICou,
but few kind. persuasive words stimu-
late the unhappy diner 70 4 supreme ef-
fort. and experience shows that it is amaz-
ing low much a person can eat when
forced to il. At first there is q little bar
gaining between the doctor and the patient
Under the German system it is said that
the gain in weight is enormous. and there
are instances in which patients were
eight pounds heavier in week. Each per-
son is weighed every Monday. and there
is a friendly rivalry as to who will gain
the most-a veritable race TO grow fat
The newcomer is impressed with the ne
cessity of eating three times the ordinary
amount Of food-one portion to replace nat
ural waste. a second to atone for the extra
waste OF disease. and third to put on
weight so that the system may be strength
ened and finally overcome the inroads Of
the ailment.