Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-11

trance into a bay window. 1t will not be
necessary to make other structural changes
nor to even remove window.
The exterior will be of pebble dash, and
the four stories. viii be surmounted by
roof OF red Spanish tiles. As blue skies
abound in this latitude, and the park In
front OF the hospital Is shrubbery filled,
color has been utilized to a considerable
extent, carrying out with fidelity the Span
ish style. The entrance to the new build
Ing will be imposing. The approaches will
be from east and vest by curved roadways
and easy grade steps, and on either side
OF the doorway will be porticoes whose red
tiled roofs will be supported by massive
square pillars. Above the door will be fine
decorative effects and the motto of the
hospital, and rising 40 feet will be a
square tower, the summit Of the campanile
being crowned with cupola covered with
red tiles
The artistic effect of the front will be
further heightened by the introduction I'M
DER the caves of the roof of several log
gias, which will afford resting and breath
ing and sun bath opportunities for the pa
tents Usefulness, indeed. has been COM
bined with the picturesque in every direc-
ton.
Other Features.
Even the commanding tower will be util-
lied for hospital purposes. 1t will contain
a water tank. the supply of which will be
available in case Of necessity, and will
also be fitted with dark rooms for the
treatment of blind patients. 1t will also
nave other apartments for other purposes.
Inc apartment of the sister superior will
be in the tower Immediately above the en-
trance In the central part of the build
ing, In rear OF the tower will be apart
ments for fifty Sisters of Charity. The new
part OF the building will contain 100 rooms
for private patients. each with a bath, a
private operating room and complete
water cure establishment. Hydropathic and
electropathic departments will also be in
troduced and equipped with the latest Of
approved modern appliances. In the base
ment Will be large gymnasium. a swim
ming pool and shower, sitz and other baths.
A new kitchen will be built in the old
wing 1t will be ventilated by stack 100
feet high. thus preventing the escape other
wise of all odor from cooking From the
Kitchen will run trolley lines fixed to the
corridor ceiling. by which food will be car
ried to the dumb walters and thence taken
to the diet kitchens above. There will be
two such kitchens on each floor. equipped
with all conyeniences. The ice boxes will
be cooled by ammonia pipes running from
an ice plant 20 be Constructed underground
in the rear yard, where all ice used in the
institution VIII be manufactured.
Nurses Home and Power House.
In the same yard will be erected a power
house and nurses home, Of three stories
and basement and 43 by so feet in dimen-
sions. 1t viii cost $4,000. The basement
will be devoted to engine and dynamo
rooms and heating apparatus. There will
be storage room for $50 tons of coal and a
boiler of 300 horsepower capacity will be
installed. The first floor will contain a
large study room and a spacious parlor for
the nurses in front. and In the rear will be
laundry equipped, like the remainder OF
the institution, in the best obtainable man
ner On the second and third floors will be
apartments for the accommodation Of
seventy-fiye nurses, with baths and other
convenences. The same style Of arch1tec-
ture adopted for the hospital will be fol-
lowed in this structure.