The Columbus journal., 1905-02-08

I0ItlC SICChs
name cOnjures up-memOrIes OF otner
days-even the pioneer days. wnen the
redmen of the northern lake region
bent the bow and smeared their races
with keal-braided their flowing LOCKS
with feathers Of the pOrcupine anu
wild eagle. that they might appear
more wild. if possible. than before.
And as they painted the cheeks anu
braided the hair. the squaw-women
sharpened the flint arrow heads anu
shaped new bows. that their iOrds
might do battle to the death Win
other redmen.
And here at Battle Creek. way up
in Michigan, a great battle one das
did occur, and when it was over. ana
the sun kissed the range to the iai
west, the tOm-tOms were muff1ed an"
the squaw-women wrapped their heads
in %vari-colored blankets and wept. for
with the going down of the sun, many
braves passed 10 the prOverbial happy
hunting grounds.
But that was many. many moons
ago. as the Indians measure time, n
a new era has long since dawned.
True, it is Battle Creek to-day. just
as it was decades ago. but. instead OF
the cry of the savage. is heard the
hum of industry; the thrOb of life;
the greeting Of men and women OF
the Anglo Saxon race-the shouts OF
happy boys and girls. who know of
D~. C.ools, for~nr history only
by tradition. And here on the site
OF the famous battle between the red
men stands now one of the falreSt
cities of the great Northwest: a city
sought out among thousands. for in 1T
dwell month after month. as the
years come and so. men and women
who find within the charmed circle
that which they have long sought else
where-health.
When one speaks of health. the
mind naturally wings itself to Battle
Creek. for up there health Is 10 be
found as at few other places on eartn.
Forty years ago there began in a
tie Creek a return TO nature move
ment. with purposes and ~pricinples IN
many respects similar TO those which
led to the famous Brook Farm EXper-
iment' twenty years before and to The
Grahamite movement of that period
This movement. while religious. a
ayOwedly nOn-secJarian, and was III a
broad sense philanthrOpic. aitruistic
and reformaJOry. The immediate re-
suits were The establishment of a
monthly Journal nOw known as Coed
Health and shortly afterwards ;he
erection OF 4 health institution called
The Health Reform Institute" The
chief features Of the institute at this
early period we're diet reform. dress
reform and the use of water as a cuTa-
tive agent.
IN 1876 The present management
took charge OF the institution and with
TIE consent and cooperation Of he
Board of Directors 1.-THE institution
having been incorporated ten years
befOreD. a thorough reorganization was
effected. Broader plans were intro
duced, the methods of treatment were
placed upon 4 substantial and thor
Oughly scientific foundation. and the
name was changed To the Battle Creek
Sanitarium. Since this time the
growth OF the institution has been cor
stant and rapid.
From year 10 year aCcOmmOda-
tiOns for patients and facilities for
treatments were enlarged to meet
the increasing patronage until Feb
ruary. 1902. when a great fire swept
away the two principal build
ings of the establishment. The cree
ton of a new building vas speedily
begun. and the following ear May 81,
1903. the present fireprOOf main build
ing. erected at a cOSt of mOr tina
$500. 900. was dedicated. The cost OF
the entire establishment. including
equipment. twenty dOrmitOries. cot
tages and other buildings has amount
ed 10 more than 81 200, 600.
The Battle Greek Sanitarium as it
stands to-day Is recognized the world
over as the most complete and thor
Oughly equipped establishment of its
sort and the headquarters for physiO-
logic therapeutics or natural methods.
Connected with the Sanitarium is a
from two to three hundred nurses are
constantly under training.
These principles and methods have
penetrated to the remOtest parts of
the civilized world. and scores of men
and women who have been trained in
these methods are devOting their lives
10 medical missionary work in heather
lands.
The Battle Creek Sanitarium may be
regarded as an epitOme of the return
tO-nature" idea in practical operation.
Its success i'll the restoration of sick
people I health brings to it annually
many thousands OF men and women.
many of whom have been pronounced
incurable, but who. nevertheless, with
rare exceptions. return a lew months
later to their homes prepared To- enter
again upon TIE battle of life.
There are many sanitariums in the
world. but few. if any. hat are con
Quoted on the same plane as that NJ
Battle Creek. This haven of rest and
health is in no sense a mOney-mak-
ing scheme. and every rent that is
made from patients who are able to
pay for their accommodations is used
TO help those who have nothing but
broken health. All Over this country
m wen beyond the seas branch in
situations are s%pringinS up-crccpcrs
from the mother plant at Battle
Creek. One point in view is down on
State street, In the center of the me
trOpolis of the Middle West. Chicago.
where hundreds of the city's poor are
cared for as tendcrly as if i'm the par
ent institution at Battle Greek.
In a f.w hriaf par,orapbc