The Washington times., 1901-10-13
A Mckinley MEMORIAL.
Seaside sanatorinm With n Pavilion for
Every State Scr the Treatment OF A1.ieri-
can Ctffdr.n

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to erect in Washington Mckinley hos
\ pital ir honor of our late beloved Presi-
| dent
Beautiful as this idea may be. I believe
that little memorial hospital located in
Washington. is not great enough tribute
to nations President such as was VIII
/ liam Mckinley. Firth rmore. while L
would not wish to say that there is no
! room for hospital for the treatment of
| general diseases in Washington. / know
| that there Is no urgent need for it. on
the other hand, ] know. and all ply
| sicfans and charity workers of our large
| Eastern and Western cities will bear me
out when 1 say that there is crying and
urgent need of a ssnatOrfum. or rather
several sanatoria. where the many little
scrofulous and tuberculous children Of
poor parents could receive treatment,
care, and the necessary education.
France. Germany, Holland. Italy, and the
scandinavian countries all have numerous
| seaside sanatoria where the little suffer-
ers afflicted with the above mentioned dis
eases are taken care of. The seacoast cli-
mate combined with proper sanatorium
treatment seems to produce really wonder
ful results In scrofulous and tuberculous
children. and in those predisposed to con-
sumption. The reports OF some of the
European seaside sanatoria state an aver
age of 70 per cent Of cures.
We in America have, with the exception
Of one or two small children's hospitals
and a few floating hospitals during the
summer months. no such Institutions. In
a little address delivered at the recent
Congress of tuberculosis in London, I
said that in our eagerness to take care OF
Tu1 1Af for
get the little sufferers afflicted with the
same or other tuberculous diseases. To
treat the scrofulous or tuberculous child
(scrofulosis being only a milder form Of
tuberculosis). or to prevent a child with a
hereditary tendency from developing con-
sumption or any other form of tubercu-
lous disease, means the saving of a life
and the preservation of perhaps very
useful future citizen.
To realize the urgent need of seaside
sanatoria for children one must have vis-
tied the crowded tenement districts of
our great cities and seen the large num-
Der of scrofulous and tuberculous chill
dren there and the many who bear on
their pale little faces the stamp If candi-
dates for consumption (pulmoTay tuber-
culosis).
There are already laws in some States
prohibiting the tuberculous child from at
tending public school; but as far as
know none of these States has provided
other places where children suffering, Ii is
true, from a chronic communicable, but
also durable disease, can receive the edu-
cation to which they are entitled, much
less where they could have a chance OF
being cured from their afiiction. Tho
results obtained in some OF our American
sanatoria for the treatment of tubercu-
lou5 adults are good az any of thoss
obtained In European institutions. The
preventive measures inaugurated by our
New York Board of Health have not only
served as models for other American
cities, but have been initiated by many
European municipalities and found to be
the most practical and eff1cacious. We
have already number OF sanatoria for ths
treatment Of the consunlptive poor adults,
though by no means enough However, In
nearly every State of the Union the Ques-
tion of providing institutions for adult
tuberculous patients with little or ro
means is now being agttated- Only for
the countless little ones suffering from
the same or other tuberculous diseasaa
there Is nothing done
Our good Mckinley had two children,
and these he lost. He dearly loved little
um for the treatment and prevention Of
a disease with which 30 many American
children are afflicted would surely be Q
n1s9 tttng IF cSSrsn to ssis ss an SnS
for the Treatment and Prevention Of ru-
berculous Diseases in Children" should
be the name OF such an institution
The meaning of the name William Nc
Kinley, written on the portals OF these
houses of hope for many a suffering
mothers heart, will be made clear to ths
little inmates ~ their teachers and
The word Mckinley will embody To
these little sufferers all that Is needed to
make them good patients, obedient schol-
ars, noble men and women, true Amerf-
can citizens. McKinley's fortitude during
the last days of his life must teach them
what all patients need: Trust in God.
confidence in their physician, patience.
His word Of forgiveness to the very man
who slew him must show these little
children the sublimity and nobleness of
his character. McKinley's life as a man,
citizen, patriot, and President embodies
all that is truly American. A better ex-
ample to teach our children the meaning
Of true manhood and true patriotism wa
can not find.
Let all American men and women who
can afford it, contribute through their
children and through their 4children
friends, toward the realization Of this Nc
Kinley sanatorium-
In letting the children of parents of
means who are happy and well bring
their mites toward a movement Of this
kind, a lesson of charity and patriotism
will be taught to them as we'll There
will be found in every community re-
sponsible and patriotic citizens to take
this matter in hand and bring it to a
successful issue Let each State contri-
butte enough to have its own pavilion to
which TO send It's children Let the At
lantic and Pacific coasts be lined with
such Institutions, one or two pavilionS
for each State, according to its needs
Let good schools be attached to each
sanatorium. so that the intellectual de-
velopment of the children may not suf-
fer.
There exists in the North Sea German
OCEAN,. on the island called Norderney.
a beautiful flourishing sanatorium for the
treatment of tubercuious children Its
name is Kaiser Friedrich HnSpiZ, and il
was erected in memory Of that unfOrtu-
nate Emperor, Frederick H. whom the
German people so fondly call Frederick
the Noble In the fortitude of this be-
loved sovereign. in his patience, in his
martyrdom. in his love for his people, in
his ideas and ideals of what should con-
stitute a free and just nation there is a
ley.
We, too, may call our martyred ruler
the Noble" and to his memory erect a
memorial of practical utility. Let US
build institution where the lives of
American children can be saved to be
sent forth in health and vigor to their
respective communities. and to help finish
the work for which Mckinley lived and
died: To make the American nation the
greatest. the nObleSt. the foremost of
the world. s. a. KNOPF, NJ. D.
New York October 9. 1901.
Reducing the Surplus.