The age-herald., 1901-03-25
DENVER'S OFFER
 ID CONSUMPT|V Rocky Mountain Industrial San
 itorium For the Afflicted. WILL BE FREE INSTITUTION Money Will Be Raised to Build Home That Unfortunate Victims
 of Tuberculosis May Breathe Free Mountain Ar
WILL BE FREE INSTITUTION

and women for the establishment ana maintenance of the Rocky Mountain h. dustrial Sanatorium, which has just been incorporated here.
 The organization aims to be Aetlonal In it's scope and has the indorseAnt ana support of many of the foremost physi~ clans of the United States. Its purpose is to aid the great majority of tuoercu- losis patients in poor or moderate clrcum- stances who come to Colorado and other mountain states in the hope that the climate and altitude will aid in effecting cure, and who, almost invariably, eith- CT from lack of means or proper dlrec- ton, are immediately surrounded by con ditions which preclude improvement or recovery.
 The story of the tortures and hard ships of the consumptive of moderate means, who leaves home and friends ana attempts to make his way in strange city while battling for health, would fill volumes. A large majority of those com ing to Denver are forced into office work or other clerical employment and to live
 in cheap boarding houses, where the food, ventilation and sanitation is poor, to say the least. Under such conditions improve ment is rare and recovery impossible.
 The attempt will be made through aux
 Hilary societies to reach these patients before they leave their homes in other states, so that they may be started on the search for health with as cheering an out look as may be afforded by proper medi- cal care, nourishing food, cheerful sur Co iv, climate.
 The problem of how best to care for the vast multitude afflicted with tuberculosis and at the same time remove great public danger, has long puzzled the brightest minds in the medical profes- sion. The subject has been discussed at every national and state meeting for years. Out of all the theories and schemes suggested Denver physicians, after much careful study, have organized
 in an attempt to evolve something prac- ticaL In this they have had the advice of prominent doctors in other cities, who hope that the ultimate result will be the removal of consumptives from large cities and thereby solve another hard problem. Their plan provides for the erection of | a sanatorium about twenty miles from | Denver, to be conducted as an industrial colony. A large amount of money will be required. This it is expected can be raised by the cottage endowment plan"
 To secure these endowments by individ- uals, fraternities, clubs, societies. churches college alumnae, labor unions, etc., the Young Womans Sanatorium Auxiliary has been organized A branch of this auxiliary will be established in | every city and town in the United States. | It 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 library, collect furnishings for the cottages and to interest wealthy people in the sanator- ium. 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 pro- | visions and a great variety of remunera- | tive industries carried on The industrial | nature of the institution will enable pa-
 tients to avail themselves of change of
 climate while the disease Is in its incl
 piency and before they are incapacitated
 for light open air employment. The motto of the institution is: Help
 ing 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 improve
 ment and betterment of the enterprise | The incorporators of the Rocky Moun-
 tain Sanatorium are: William H. Cab | har ct of ha h | preme Court; Charles Hartzell, attorney; | A. Mansfield Holmes, M. D. | The foremost physicians and business
 men of Denver are members of the direc- torate and the boards of the different de- | partments. On the general advisory boards are physicians of national repu-
 tation belonging to the large cities from
 Boston to San Francisco. The Denver
 promoters declare that success can come I only by the people of each state which
 has consumptive patients lending help
 ing hand in placing the institution upon
 substantial working basis. Unless such
 cooperative support comes from citizens of other communities, their invalids will,
 as heretofore, meet with hardships and | dlsappointments.
 The institution has been in operation in
 an experimental way for several months
 and the results so far have been most
 encouraging. Operations on large scale | will be begun as soon as the public be- | comes interested and sufficient amount | of cooperation Is secured. The Young | Woman's Auxiliary Is thoroughly organ
 ized and has already taken steps to form
 branches in other places.
 | The International Trust Company is the | depositary for the sanatorium and dona- tions of funds are safeguarded by the con- stitution, which gives the directors su- pervision of the expenditure of all moneys.
 The benefits of the sanatorium are lows:
 It will remove a constant source of dan ger from the private homes and hotels of our cities.
 It will provide home comforts and
 proper hygenic and sanitary conditions for patients.
 It will provide treatment by specialists abreast of the times.
 It will secure obedience of patients to the laws of health.
 long known to be of great benefit in checking tubercular processes.
 It will furnish home for patients who are financially unable to avail themselves of a favorable climate at a time when it