New-York tribune., 1901-01-11
TO TREAT TUBERCULOSIS.
SANATORIUM TO BE ESTABLISHED IN
THE ADIRONDACKS FOR POOR
MOTHERS AND WORKING
WOMEN.

The Stony Wolde Sanitarium Building Fund Com
mittee came into being yesterday. 1t regular
iy organized at the home of Mrs George Frederic
Shrady No. East Sixty-sixth-st, and Mrs.
Shrady being chairman OF the committee, presid-
ed. Mrs. James Edward Newcomb is the treasurer
and Mrs William Herbert Burr IS the secretary.
The meeting was addressed by DR.. Herman NJ.
BiGgs, Of the Board OF Health: Miss Lillian D.
Wald. Of the Nurses Settlement, and Mrs. New
comb.
pressing need Of the times. as recognized for a
long time by leading members of the medical pro-
fession is the establishment OF sanatoria for young
working women. young married women and chill
dren suffering from tuberculosis And this is what
the Stony Wolde Committee has combined to ac-
complish.
In spite of several organizations in this city and
State which are caring for tubercuar invalids.
the number is so great that many urgent cases are
suffering from lack OF proper climatic treatment.
DR.. Bggs. in his address yesterday, stated that
there has been a decrease Of about 35 per in
tuberculosis cases since 1887 He also spoke for
chilly OF the great necessity for the Stony Wolde
sanitariUm, saying that while the State institution
would provide about two hundred beds. ten thou
sand were really needed.
Miss Wald told OF the many pathetic cases which
continually confront her in her work among the
tenement houses, and said to the committee in con-
clusion: IF you have saved a household. even
of family, from this af1icton. your work
has rot been in vain. and you are to be cOngratu-
lated"
Mrs. Newcomb. the enthusiastic organizer OF the
committee said:
Prevention is what is needed. and this can
not have until men and women throughout the
country are stirred to their very souls ana mace 70
realize the danger that lies at their door The
gerrns Of this dread disease are spread broadcast
over the country through ignorance OF the people.
Working women cannot be cared for at home.
IN oyercrov5ded rooms that proper treatment is
practically impossibility- In dealing with this
stress upon the necessity Of sunshine and fresh
air, and regard medical treatment as distinctiveiy
rSar in f~nn n q
ishing food is also a necessity The pTonen1.
nd 70 hsry sgPPy eore them If possibie to
q state Of usefulness in the community.
5000 Of which viii be used to build and equip a
sanatorium. and the other $4,000 TO be invested as
dollars viii endow bed in perpetuity $4,000 VIII
oa twenty room cottage do anq mn S fgSnb zen
Only patients who are in reduced circHmstanEc1es
the progress Of the disease. those in incipient
stages only will be admitted ..,-so.,.u
on on the borders Of Lake K4shagqa, where hotel
g,h stsnone pSTy d STte sT enny PPbe
railroad station is within easy access and negotla-
properly. Our immediate need is funds With which
to secure this land and erect the necessary build
The law under which the proposed State insti-
tuition is being organized requires that the abso-
luely destitute shall be admitted first and then. If
there is any room for persons who are able TO pay
ceived However, the number Of the destitute is
80 large that the State VIII not be able to care for
large number of self-supporting women who are in
need of immediate care?
You have no idea" continued Mrs Newcomb.
of the prevalence OF tuberculosis among the women
ot the shops and factories. In one popular shop
OF this city alone know OF sixty cases all stages
q progress. What intend TO do is 20 take these
girls away when the disease Is in the incipient
stage; But at present there is no place for them. "
Letters OF regret for inability TO be present at
Yesterdays meeting, and fully ndorsng the scheme.
we're read from Robert w. de Forest. John H.
Pryor. Jacob A. Riis James B. Reynolds and How
ard Townsend.
n was decided TO organize small auxiliaries
throughout this city and State, and Mrs. John C.
Coleman announced that Oswego had already prom