Arizona republican., 1903-08-21

the sick gather in scores. self protec-
 ton alone prompts the answer, We l Lave no rooms for sick people," There | is hardly q private house of ample size | in the community where there are not | rooms Tor rent to healthy people. But were no distinction made they would ! all be filled with inValids and no resi- dent would be able to seclude himself | from the omnipresent cough of the | poor unfortunate whose presence is a | constant reminder of death if not an
 actual menace to the health of himself and family. There is no properly con-
 stituted person but who when duty
 calls will enter the presence of death. l but there are none who want to live everlastinSly in its shadow. If they could not avoid it any other way they would leave this country however pros porous they might be. But that is not all. Most sick people travel only as q last resort; the very time that travel will do them no good and after their purses too often. have been sorely de pleted; a time when they would be much better content to stay at home and die among their friends for q most all that climate can do for them is a very brief postponement of the inevit- able. Therefore by far the greater number of invalids who come have but limited resources. They cling to hope till money is gone and then they are T charge on the charitable people of the town, the fraternal societies. the churches and the county. And if these institutions Were to respond to every call and provide visitors with all they might desire. each invalid world be an .al fiS.aY #
 pitality till ultimately all the sick peo- pie in the world would flock here, and especially those who are more or less objects of charity al home.
 Those who are amply provided with this worlds goods are always welcomed and urged to come. Not because Phoe- nix wants to rob them but because in the first place being able, they are more likely to come while there is yet hope for their restoration to health and they are in position to pay for what they need. Further they are able to spend the money necessary to secure the most benefit which is to build a house and live at home, or to rent nice quarters where they can have what they need, or move to the country where they can
 build tent houses and surround them selves with comforts and employ pro- per attendants. If they need a nurse they have the money to hire one with out asking for those needful faVors from others who have all they can do to take care of their own business.
 It might be well to say in this con- nection something of what Phoenix really offers to the sick. The climate is free for all and not under discus sion. There is the Sisters hospital, where entertainment and kindly atten- tion can always be secured from two dollars per day up. A physicians ser vices must be paid for extra, as well as special nurses in the event one is so sick as to require constant attention.
 There are one of two semi-private san itariums where arrangements can be made by people with the money to pay for accommoda tions. There are several
 lodging houses where sick people are received. but they are not hospitals and when the guest is too i'll to care for himself he has to hire his attend ants or perhaps be asked to move. There are other lodging houses where sick people, if they are known to be