Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-05

ence. The walls of the old building are now
pelng scraped for smoothing and white
washing.
When the old brick floors, which have
been In use since the workhouse was es-
tablished in the late sixties were taken up
by the workmen the bricks were so worn
that the majority of them were only an
inch thick. Individual cells will be estab-
lished in the old structure, far Is
practicable.
Another reform instituted by Mr.. link
han concerns the dietary arrangement OF
the workhouse, almshouse and hospital
He carefully scans all the acquisitions for
food supplies every day, and has constantly
before him on his desk the several menus
he has arranged for the institution.
These diet lists embrace: For the hos
pital, breakfast, a cereal, hash, bread but
ter and coffee; dinner soup, meat, hominy
or rice and bread; supper, stewed fruit,
hospital are prepared in separate kitchen.
Almshouse and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
salt fish twice week, oatmeal three times
a week, hash twice a week, bread and cot
fee; dinner, soup, meat, vegetables, corn or
wheat bread; supper, bread, butter stewed
fruit and tea. Cheese and ginger cakes are
furnished in the almshouse for supper two
or three days each week A regular bakery
with two bakers is maintained and Mr..
Znkhan has had the quality of the bread
greatly improved.
Vegetables Grown on Farm.
The vegetables consumed are nearly all
raised on the adjoining farm Of fifty acres,
about fifteen to twenty acres Of which are
cultivated by prison labor. The vegetables
produced include beets. carrots, tomatoes,
beans, corn and. onions The superintendent
requires daily reports to be made to him Of
the quantities of vegetables taken from the
farm for the almshouse, hospital and work.
houses.
The laundry work for the several institu-
tons is all done by the female prisoners.
who wear distinctive suit consisting or
a dark blue frock. The lower floors OF the
workhouse resembles a large laundry with
all modern appliances. Sewing for the in
stitution is performed by female prisoners
on the upper floors.
Religious services on Sundays are encour-
aged In the morning several Cathollc
workers visit the place, while the Protest
ant denominations and missions hoIa Iortn
in the afternoon. Superintendent Zinkhan
is revising the old rules, and making num-
Der of important changes therein. In
short while he hopes the evolution OF the
WorkhouSe from the former ancient prison
to q modern reformatory will be complete.
An innovation in the hospital branch Is
the establishment of an out-of-door pavilion
for consumptives. The one now In use was
patterned after those In use on BlackwellS
island, N. Y. and is occupied by white male
patients. 1t has a double canvas roof, with
an air space of about eight inches between
the roofs; large canvas windows and mod
ern ventilating apparatus for admitting
full and free current OF air.
pavilion for colored women consump-
tive patients has been completed and Is
nearly ready for occupancy. 1t has wire
screened windows which permit the free
passage of air and yet exclude flies and
other Insects, and a large air-space below
the roof.
The operating room in the main building
has first-class antiseptic arrangements; IL
has a glass-laid operating table, ana is
modern in every respect This hospital mas
taken its place among the best In the DIS
trict
Small combination washstands and bu-
reaus are being supplied the sleeping rooms
I'm the almshouse. The unfortunate inmates
may hereafter keep their effects in these
receptacles, and avoid scattering them
about their apartments, as heretofore. A
dairy is maintained, and fresh milk from
the Jersey cows Is furnished the hospital
patients
Buildings to Be Connected.
It is proposed to connect the several hos |
pital buildings with the main hospital con-
tanning the dispensary and operating room |
by means OF covered porches, on which pa
TENTS can be given sun baths and outdoor |
treatment.
In the busy hurry burly of their work-a-