Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-19

such a climate. AS the houses on Saranac
are usually kept at So or s. degrees Fan,
warm undcrclothing Is essential. wool
next tn the skin is very essential practice
ally all the year round. The feet AZ u
rule are the hardest part of the body 10
Keep warm, but this can always he ac-
cOmplishcd with pontiacs and boochsins
or pontiacs and arctics Pontiacs of worn
ut all should be worn all the time. To
one who has never made the attempt IT
may seem increditablc that a person can
write or do farcy work out Of doors in
zero weather, but 1t is possible without
the least disc onifort. Wooden gloves with
portions of certain fingers removed will
keep the hands quite warm and yet allow
sufficient freedom for any kind of work.
The writer has often written when Ink
would freeze in a fountain pen while in
use. Tho question is frequently asked
what ono can do while sitting still so
long. Can u more ideal opportunity Tor
reading he imagined? The womci sew
ar knit and even the mon do the latter.
At first. the sight of a healthy luohli'g
man with a fur cont on in IL reclining
chair on a piazza crocheting Il three
cornercd white shawl may strike one AS
amusing. Yet the writer knew ~ one
poor fellow who was able by this SOFT
of work to- be of very material ASSISTANCE
to his wife while she was keeping MN
there and supporting three children IN
a distant city. Indian bead and basket
work arc lone extensively by both men
and wcmer and nearly everyone docs
their letter writing out Of doors. Riding
in Il carriage or sleigh is encouraged by
tho doctors. especially tho latter a. there
is no dust. 1t affords u change and the
lest Of arr. Some OF the doctors cl,ini
that an hour Of riding is equal to two
hours of sitting on a porch. Nothing is
desirable that is really :atisuing and
som" ara more quickly tired by one thing
than others. 1t is always better to rest
for half an hour or so ,ust before and
after meals. One should avoid anything
that tires them so that they do not get
thoroughly rested by sitting stu III Il
reclining chair for an horr at most.
Every %prcoaution is taken against i'll
| lection. No cXpectoroting Is allowed in
the streets or IT. public places of any
sort. All patients carry cusridors or
| small squares o. cheese cloth which can
be- readily burned. The most improved
form of pocket cnspidcres is one at
light, thin pastehoard with absorbent
Gotten. There are nunbefless forms SUIT
able for use about the house. but here
again some sort of paper or thin paste
hoard lining for 4 metal o. earthen hol-
der Is preferable as burning is much
safer and easier than any amount Of
iinsinc ever with disiniectants Japan
csc paper napkins ard paper bags are
quito IS good and loss expensive. Cheese
cloth should be used in place of hand
kcrchiefs, but if the latter are carried
at all they should y" soaked "a hours il
diluted carbolic acid before washing
The mouth should always bc covered
VIXEN coughing or sneczins. All disho!
should b" scalded after ,,sc and all rooms
thoroughly fun,igatod when vacated.
A word should be said of tho Saritori'
and even of the boarding places. TIT
State of New York has recently com
rleted a sanitoriun some two mile. cas-
of the town which is orcn to resident
of New York State only and to them |
free. The present buildings arc mercl
a nucleus for n large institution. So ia
there are accommodations for only slight
~ over a hundred. The Adirondack cot
tagc sanitorium. which is a private In
stitution. founded and built by DR.. Tru
desu and supported mainly through hi
efforts. Is most attractively situate
about A mile to the north in a sheltere
spot on the hillside. Here the patient
are housed in separate cottages holdinj
from four to six each. There Is Il larg
main building where all eat and wlier
tho laboratories offices and genera
rooms are. Besides there il an open re
creation building. a chapel. library, post
office and intirmary for the sickle
p~ntients. Here about one hundrcd ar
accommodated for a stay of six month
which in certain cases is extended u
year. The cost to each patient is fly
dollars per week, the deficit amountin
to about the same sum. The rcceptio
hospital Is designed chiefly for thos
PATIENTS who because uf acute or ao
vanccd illness need careful nursing fc
II short period at IL low cost. Although
usually Includes among its number Il f.
who are very i'll. it is by no means
homo for incuratlcs. 1t has "A capa,it
OF 20 NJ the nominal rate Of $50 p'
week and the stay is limited 10 Nv
months. Tho deficit. which here agai
amount to nearly five dollars pes wee
on each patient, IS most Penerousl
horne by a philanthropic New t.nglln
wAnan. Miss Mary r. Prescott. VII
was once a patient. The boarding place
in Sararac are almost without humble
but this is not by any means true {
the good ones. The rates are rather hicl
ANYTHING like suitable table board +,
patients cannot he obtained under 81
rer week and really proper board wit
a fair sized room costs NJ least S.o0 an
=. practically speaking 5000. The piict
: run from that amount upward.