New-York tribune., 1903-07-08

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years old. which is monument to the earnest
ness and insight OF Miss Mary E ReminEton tn.
founder She started the work BY purchasing a
i've story brick tenement house that sheltered
nearly one thousand persons crowded together IN
degra dation and dirt. The building she renovated
and reduced the number OF tenants 10 about forty
families This house-NIiss Remington lives IN fe
and personally manages both II and the work
sery and a Sunday school Of seven hundred msrn-
has paid or every cent OF the s10OoO which ira
the value OF so coo for the further extension Oc
the settlement which bears her name
What would the modern vasssr or wellesley sf-s
do f. IN order get her college education. she vers
obliged 10 hustle in the way Lucy stone did? II 10
told that when Lucy Stone said she wanted 70 60 n
college her father turned TO his wife with. Is ths
child crazy?" He would give her no financial help.
The young girl had to earn her own money. and shs
did it by the painfully slow method of picking ber
ries and chestnuts. She taught district schools.
studying and teaching alternately II took her until
she was twenty-five years old to earn the money TO
carry her 20 Oberln. then the only college IN tbs
country that admitted women. on the passage nom
Buffalo 10 Cleveland she could not afford a state
5@6nr 065 bor sPI a95 9 Teeb n & % esrnd n her
through the preparatory department OF Oberln by
rrree cents an hour. The college furnished its
5F b ol tv 1l ons %sTf cod not 6rd P s q %
small sum. and during most OF her course shs
less than % cents a week, She had only one new
dress during her college COurSe-a cheap prtnt-aud
she did not 90 home once during the four years.
Perfect hygienic conditions are among the things
upon which the physicians in one Of the tuber-
culosis sanatoriums rely for effectng cure. al
most much upon the fresh air and abundans
food that are a prominent feature Of the regimen
In this fact lies suggestion for the many peopls
afflicted with tuberculosis who cannot go 20
sanatorium TO Ne cured. but must remain al hons
and cure themselves as best they can Bathing is
an important item at the sanatorium in question
Believing that the immunity Of southern peoples
from tuberculosis largely due % the necessity for
frequent bathing the directors have made oatnlns
a pleasure. aid the patients eaIhe Two OF t1res
nafa5 doors are vi1ed over every Iay with moist
the round corners o. The hospital are 70 De found
evervvhere Bric-a-brac is forbidden, for dust
a knack of settling IT, and dust Is not sanitary.
That the apartments are thoroughly aired at all
times goes without saying
A remarkable case OF feminine heroism IS r.
ported from New-Orleans, where Miss Sophie
Wright has struggled long and unaided TO main
tain night schools for the boys and young men
who have been deprived OF the ordinary means OF
education. Miss Wright suffers from disease OF
the hip and spine, which might have been cured In
childhood. but for which nothing can be done nov
beyond fnsuring relief from worse conditions that
are threatening. She submitted to an examination
by DR. Adolf Lorenz when he was In NeW-Or-
fs7 Fsr u5r aa Is the hiEHt school that is killing
YOU he said. taking her hand N 6oth OF MS
Miss Wright But If / tell YOU that paralysis viii
ersue f. you do not have rest' exclaimed the sur
f68rer ansVered T Mss Wight and BY that tina
the municipality may take the WorA oyeT- %
not hesitate 70 the saCridca 1t IL syltci1e.
rapid suicide cried Dr- L9reuz. appalled, Not 80
quick the taking Of poison. oGt quite az sure. sure
Hiss Wright not 10 be moved, but as the story
Las become public ID is hardly conceivable that tbs
city of New-OrIeans viii consent to the sacrince-