Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28

been organized. A branch of this lux
Hilary will be established in every city
and town in the United States.
| 1t will be the duty of this society to
cooperate with the board of directors,
to secure money for the endowment Of
the cottages, to raise funds for a IL
brary, collect furnishings for the cot
Jages and to interest wealthy people in
the sanatorium. By utilizing the labor
| of patients it is expected that nearly
all of the work of the institution will
| be performed, the entire sanatorium
| supplied with provisions, and a great
variety of renumeraJive industries
carried on. The industrial nature Of
the institution will enable patients to
avail themselves of a change of eli.
mate while the disease is in it's in
cipieEcy and before they are inca
pacitated for light open air employ
ment.
The motto of the institution is:
Helping others to help themselves is
the best charity" The institution is
not for profit. No dividends can be
declared and the net earnings will be
used for the improvement and better
ment Of the enterprise.
The incorporators of the sanatoriun
are William n. Gabberg, associate
justice of thee Colorado supreme
court; Charles Hartzell, attorney. and
DR.. A. Mensfeld Holmes. The fore
most physicians and business men of
Denver are members of the directorate
and the boards of the different depart.
ments. On the general advisory boards
are physicians of national reputation
belonging to the large cities from Bos-
ton to San Francisco. The Denver
promoters declare that success can
come only by the people of each state
which has consumptive patients lend
ing helping hand in placing the in.
stitution upon a substantial working
basis. Unless such cooperative sup
port comes from citizens of other COM
munities, their invalids will, as hereto
fore, meet with hardships and disap.
pointments.
The institution has been in opera.
ton in an experimental way for sew
eral months and the results so far
have been most encouraging. Opera
lions on a large scale will be begun as
soon as the public becomes interested
and sufficient amount of co-opera-
ton is secured. The young woman's
auxiliary is organized and has already
taken steps to form branches in other
CT Int
pany is the depository for the sana-
forum and donations of funds are
safeguarded by the constitution,
which gives the directors supervision
of the expenditure of all moneys. The
benefits of the sanatorium are briefly
set forth in the prospectus as fol-
lows:
1t will remove a constant source of
danger from the private homes and
hotels of our cities. 1t will provide
home comforts and proper hygenic
and sanitary conditions for patients.
1t will provide treatment by special
lists abreast of the times. 1t willse
cure obedience of patients to the laws
of health. 1t will secure the ad-
vantages of climate long known to be
of great benefit in checking tubercu-
lar processes. It will furnish a home
for patients who are financially un-
able to avail themselves of favor
able climate at time when it will be
Of great benefit to them and at time
when they are yet able to perform
light work and to be in a degree self
supporting.
1t will furnish an opportunity to pa
tients who are financially able to pay
for the privileges of the institution,
to take up light outdoor employment
suited to their tastes and ability, If
they SO chose, thus uniting the entire
institution upon the broad plane of
usefulness.