The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-12
WITH COLORADO "LUNGERS'
SOME EXPERIENCES OF CONSUIP-
TTVES
Who Seek the Healing Atmosphere of
The Rocky Mountain Stats.

Denver many wistful, pale-faced men
In Obedience to their physicians COM
mands. You may live in Colorado;
here the chances are against it, You
may becosae even robust there, but this
side of tisat Ell Dorado you will drag
out the useless existence of an invalid,
is the mess sage that is delivered to'many
q patient who insists that there is moth
ing the matter with him but cold, and
that he'll be fit enough in week or
two. But after resisting, strenuously
at first, and a little more weakly day by
day as he doesn't get better and his
friends and family back the doctor In
his verdict he resigns himself to the
inevitable and even gets up little en-
thusasm when some one tells him about
the opportunities for big game, and he
is particular about having his rifle and
revolver and other murderous weapons
properly packed
A young man who recently left New
York for Denver writes about the prac-
tical conditions that confront the new
ly-arrived pilgrim, in search of health
out for the means of supporting him
self wholly or in part until health is re-
stored.
Denver" he Says, "at first seems
crude to an eastern eye, in spite OF the
fine houses in the residential quarters.
There are no curbs, the streets are not
concerted, or even laid with stones in
fact, the streets are badly built and
badly cared for.
whenever there is wind from the
mountains it raises clouds of germ-lad-
en- dust and drives the invalids indoors,
However, the winter sun is delightful,
and one can generally spend four or five
days a week outdoors. Even when 1t is
windy or snowy one can usually manage
I TO spend several hours a day outside.
But one misses the foliage of Central
park, for instance. 1t is hard to raise
any kind of tree out there except the
cottonwood and that lives only few
years. The Denverites are rather proud
of their park, but it is a fiat, barren
looking place, nothing but cottonwoods
and few evergreens. There Is me-
nagerie consisting of few bears, deer,
foxes, ETC., dollhouse and pond. But
whenever the sun is shining at all one
can get sunny seat, and the air is pur-
err than in the city, SO the place is pref
ty well patronized.
"Then the little park around the cap
itol is always full of 1ungers,' as they
call them out there, as one can just
move from one bench to another and
keep in the sun all day. The capitol
building is fine granite structure, i'm
posing from the outside, but with small
halls and narrow stairways inside, They
have splendid collection of the mining
products of the state and other interest
ing things.
"Boarding In Denver at least on the
Hill, Is not cheap. Almost all the in
valids are told to get place on the hill,
and the patients necessity Is the board
ing-house keepers opportunity. I pay
s32 a month for board and room. The
room is nice enough. cheaply furnished
OF course and the gas Is miserable, But
the room is steam heated and has two
windows through which / get all the
afternoon sun. The board is only fairly
good, not so good as I could get in New
York for the money. The food is plen- |
tiful, but often spoiled by bad cookingT |
Nevertheless, from what | can learn,
there la no better place of the kind on
the hill. There Is one place near here |
where they give board alone for SIS a
week, and l would board there if l |
could get room as good as mine at a
reasonable figure, but l don't seem able
to find one. I consider that my two |
windows are worth great deal.
Down town one can get board and !
,e.t Inr II nh hut In
foundries and all the buildings use soft |
coal, and the air is not nearly so good.
Then, as + said, the streets are badly !
taken care OF, and in the lower places !
the streets stay damp for long time
after each fall of snow or rain.
"There is eonsumptives' home lit
tie bit out of town on the western side.
The situation is excellent, there are big
piazzas built all the way round, SO that
they always get the SUM- The board is
excellent and we'll chosen, and the price
only S8 week for board and room The
city is well provided with good hospitals
where the charge is reasonable The
county hospital, however is said to be
managed badly.
"There is no reason for the high price
Of board, as provisions are cheap
enough. One can buy steak at 10 cents
for round, Is for sirloin and Is for por-
terhouse. Potatoes are SIS cents hun
aredweight celery 10 oentsa bunch,
10 cents a quart. Every
thing raised here Is aided by irrigation,
but the Colorado vegetables are good.
There are some kinds of fruit and ber-
lies, ETC., they can't raise at ALL but I
am not farmer enough to go into this.
House rents are reasonable. On the
1ill here. one can get house of six or
seven rooms, with all modern improve
ments, for $40 to $50 month. II one
1as no occasion to go into town every
lay he may go out further along the
,ar lines and do better. Houses with
tut improvements can be rented for $12
/ month or so.
II hardly know what to say about
lmusements. I'm not sure that the ex-
les have any, as a class. Some, of
course use cameras, some ride wheels,
hose who can afford it ride horseback
md drive. From the livery stable one
an get horse and buggy for $3.50 or SO
n afternoon. A saddle horse costs Sl.50 /
IN afternoon. If one does much riding | :
lie will find it cheaper to buy horse
nd buggy, as horses are cheap and can
70 boarded for SIS a month.