The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-10

worth.
This institution at Battle Creeh T1as'
| not built up in day-it took year,
of toll to reach the perfected state
and the work has but begun-the great
work is to come from rising genera
tions who are imbIbng ideas from the
Battle Creek home, and what it STANDS
for.
For Three Decades.
For more than three decades the
present institution has been the
/ center of wonderful educa-
| tional. philanthropic and reform
movement which has finally cumin-
ated in success undreamed of a few
years ago. and in this connection a
| brief history is most OppOrtune, In
February, 1902. the two main buildings
| of the Sanitarium were destroyed by
| fire. For a short time the days were
dark for those who had worked SO
hard to build it up. But strong hearts
are not TO be awcd by misfortune.
and new building sprung from the
ashes upon the old site.
The dedication took place May 81
and June !, 1903 An elaborate pro
gram was carried out and many men
of national reputation made speeches
and highly complimcntcd the managers
| and their co-workers on their good
! work. Invitations were sent To al!
patients, rich and poor, who had ever
been at the Sanitarium. Many re-
| spunded in person. and hundreds sent
| letters of regret.
one of the prettiest sights in con
| nection with the whole event was Ia
| procession of nurses and matrOns
| which formed on the college grounds,
opposite the new Sanitarum building,
and marched through the audience t"
reserved seats at the right and leit
! of the speakers stand. The matrOnF
in their usual cream white uniform.
! the nurses in blue and white. and The
gentlemen nurses clad in new white
duck suits presented a sight which
moved the audience 10 one simultan-
eous burst Of applause.
Sanitary Ideas.
As before stated there are many
sanitariums in the world, but none
just like that at Battle Creek. it being
the first of the kind, SO far as known,
where an attempt has been made, and
crowned with success to bring to-
scther in one place and under one
management all rational healing
agencies. giving special prominence
to those physiological or natural asaI-
ing agents the scientific knowledge or
which has been chiefly developed
viii III. l.. pCnaplIllN
hyprolherapy. electrotherapy, mas
sage, exercise, diet, sunlight. menta!
and moral influences, rest. and gen
eral health culture.
OF course the first thing to be taken
into consideration was the constfuc-
tinh Of the building to be occupied.
for much depended upon that. But
after it had been discussed pro ana
con plan entirely satisfactory was
adopted and the structure to-day plays
no small part in the healing process
that goes on from day to day AT
Battle Creek
A Return to Nature Movement
The philosophy Of the Battle Creek
Santarium may be defined as the re-
turn.to-naturc idea. The doctors teach
the use of natural foods, natural life.
the use of natural agents in the treat
mcnt of disease. A great amount of
attention is given to dictetics. Fruits.
nuts and nut preparations. cereal foods
and easily digcstible vegetables ere
the basis for the delicious mensis
which are daily served in the great
Saritarium dining room, at which sit
down hundreds of intelligent men and
women from all parts of the United
States and even from foreign coun-
tries. Milk, eggs and other dairy PROD
ucts are also freely used. Great care
is taken to pIovid" the very best ana
choicest of everything edible. CT WHICH
the physicians approve.
During the year which has just
closed a vast amount of these Thugs
were required to provide for the AMY
of patients who visited the sanitariHui,
for several Thousand sufferers housed
there during the twelve months Of
1904. As to the expense for the past
year IL was considerable, amounting 10
total of 1927 1899. divided as toI-
lows: Nut foods, 80 tons, $26,7GS.SO:
cereal foods. 1O1 1914 pounds $9.52l.1g;
bread, G5.O2G pounds. s2.65743; canned
goods 3.G99 cases. Sl0,5O6G5: fruit
juices etc. made on the place. l,i2O
gallons, $1,000 80: fresh fruit. 5.7S3
bushels lO2O3.iG vegetables, 5.l@7
bushels $500 30, sundry grocery
items, 4l,55S pounds, s339G.3S; eggs,
25.20l dozen, s67S9.G5; butter made
on the place. % 96l pounds, s5.95l.59;
cream GS.G7S quarts, $l0,3237O; Rlilk-
1896 quarts, 81 ,G9o45; coal 5,7iS
tons. S2O.OOO0O; labor. 3213
total. 1927, 80.
The amount of charity dispensed
| during the past ten years at ms.
| .,,,,puiai IN ShSl