The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17


familiar to everyone and considerable
experi m enting
Outdoor Treatment with it in lin.
tied, way has gone
s% No Longer on in Minnea polls.
..- s.s. Chicago has the.
al Experiment first nip 0 r Mt
outdoor sanato-
rum for consumption in the Mississippi
valley, and the completion and dedica-
ton of the administration building for
the Ottawa tent colony this week marks
the passing from the experimental to
+ the permanent stage. -
The tent colony was founded year
and half ago at Ottawa, village near
the junction of the Illinois and Fox
rivers, for the treatment of tuberculosis.
The colony was the result of action by
the Illinois State Medical society. An
appropriation for the purpose was asked
Of the last legislature, but so small an
amount was voted that it was useless
and was vetoed by Governor Deneen
and the institution has been launched
as a private enterprise by the physi-
clans of the state.
The colony has had to date $50 pa
tients, of whom only 100 can be cared
for at time; 40 per cent were dis.
charged as cured during the first year
and 80 per cent so far this year. Every
ineipient case has showed decided i'm
provement. In the speeches made at
the dedication plea was made for the
early and thoro diagnosis of possible
cases of consumption and for prompt
action in securing the the patient the
proper treatment.
The great interest in this vital prob
lem was shown by the attendance of a
party Of 500 visitors at the exercises
on Tuesday. The presiding officer was
DR.. Frank Billings Of Chicago, and the
principal address was made by DR.. Har-
old n. Meyer, also Of this city.
The colony, which is in charge of DR..
E. H. Butterield, is located on a high
bluff above the Illinois river on tract
of beautiful naturally wooded land of
thirty-seven acres extent. This has only
been cleared so far as is necessary for
convenience. There are but two build
ings of material more substantial than
canvas; these are the new administra-
tion building, known as the clubhouse,
and the lighthouses. Each patient occu-
pies small tent alone and fire is only
permitted while dressing and undress-
ing. At night the flap Of the tent is
fastened open and each tent has a large
yertilntor in it's roof. Even the dining
room is never heated above 60 degrees
and is practically a sun parlor.
The factor next in Importance to
pure outdoor air is the right kind of
food at the right times. The carefully
balanced ration for each meal is pre-
pared by Miss Adella Salter, a graduate
Of Lewis institute. Nearly all kinds of
rourishing food is used, but eggs and
milk are used as freely as the patient
can be induced to stand, from tive to
six quarts Of the richest milk obtain
able being drunk and from six to twelve
raw eggs are consumed daily by each
patient. There is no pastry, the des
serts being mostly concoctions of milE
and eggs. Ice cream is strongly ap
proved and freely served. Fresh fruits
ard enormous quantities of nuts are
used .....
Miss Maude Lambert, the Mime
apolis singer, is to succeed Miss Cheri
dab Simpson in the cast Of "Babes in
the Woods ',o3soon. ,.''' 49,.
Hull house is to have two new build
ings this year that will greatly increase
its facilities for helpful work. The
boys club is tt
Hull House to have building Of
it's own, the gift
Have 49, Of Mrs. JOSEPH
~ &. Bowen and Mis-
= New Buildings Helen Culv er
Miss Culver wht
As a niece of the man for whom HUI
House is named, will give the grount
and endow the club, and Mrs. Bower
will put up the building. Mrs. Bower
Is a sister of Reginald De Koven ant
Is an active worker in the settlement
affairs, being chairman Of the juvenile
court committee. Last March she CAV
the institution a $4,000 building TO
the Woman g club, of which she i
'vicepresident., '~-
The boys club will be five-stor,
brick building, l06 by 147 feet. Or
the first floor will be accommodation
for bowling and billiards and shop
where manual training will be taught
On the second floor will be an assembl,
hall with a seating capacity of 500. o.
the third floor will be clubrooms an
the two upper floors will be dormi
tories. ..~"
In the home it is planned to plac
many Of the boys who are paroled an
in charge of probation officers, an
probably some Of the boys who com
from the john Worthy school. Josep
Riddle, resident Of Hull House an
a. probation officer, will be at the hea
of the new club.
The other new buildings is nursery
the gift of Richard T. Crane, and ha
been made necessary by the increas1n
number Of children to be taken care Of
The three-story building will be rs b
20 feet and will include laundry
where women who bring their childre
can be taught modern laundry metl
DDS, and sewing-room. There will ais
be playground. These buildings wi
complete the third side of the HUI
i House quadrangle. -.~,......
\ Chicago is in the throes of Christina
shopping and the delightful weather
bright, clear and crisp, has had mai
So - . ~ ), vellously stimulat
Xmas Shopping a ing effect on trade
E& t=a'@ It is task of tn
Strenuous utmost difficult
j. to make one
Task in Chicago. way thru tn
!. crowds in tn