New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07
CONSERVATIVES "CHASING THE CUBE"
TASK TO WHICH THEY PERFORCE DhP Oih 1hH'A
Observation-Disclosures IN COLORADO
BY GRACE NJ. CRAWFORD.

and to listen sympathetically TO MS tale VI VIZ
from the first hemorrhage up TO date. mere
! are a few who withdraw from the mann pooy a'
these conferences. not because OF exclusNehess,
! but on account Of an affection OF the Noeai
chords that makes it necessary Tor thelh ~
sneak in whispers They draw their chairs
d close together and exchange Commences -
. merrily as the rest
7 feor 7 have given the impression that the
"1xnocler,, Is unknown among Alas. there
! is always one in every boarding house and I'M
thanpv is the victim who has to sit next TO MIN
at the table de regularly secures the only
| morning paper reads it leisurely While Slpplhs
his coffee. loudly protesting all the time that
there is nothing in it; it is not fit TO reao'
etc When his letters from home fail 10 ar
rive at the expected moment he rams against
the mail system and while the cold winter is
still with US he daily worries over how ne can
endure the excessive heat of tent life in the sum-
mer In spite of the fact that he is getting bet
ter every day he grumbles about the weather
and finds fault with his doctor.
We who dwell in tents could give Charles
Wagner points on the Simple life that would
put him to shame. Truly simple is our life In
everything but diet. Here we surPass the day
laborer or the omnivorous schoolboy. Since
to grow fat is the chief aim of lives, beef Is
taken three times a day, with milk and beef
Juice between times and upon retiring. Eggs
without number consumed until as one
chaser" said he was ashamed to look hen
in the face. Doubtless he feared that he was
helping to bring about race suicide among
fowls. Buttering bread on threesides has be-
come a habit with us. Without doctors we
could stand but without cows and chickens
should fall.
Always amusing is the common case OF the
man who comes out here for his health, at the
instigation Of Eastern physician, and ex-
poets TO be completely cured in six weeks. He
has not much of anything the r2etter with him.
so he insists. He has been troubled with slight
cough for year so, just little hacking. but
that does not amount to anything. "Oh, no."
remarks my facetious friend who has been here
for several years, and has heard that same story
many times before doubtless your doctor sent
you out for a foot!"
Another common story that the newcomer
tells is that he has nothing at all the matter
with his lungs, but has a slight throat trouble
Many Eastern physicians refrain from telling
one that he has tuberculosis or consumption
because they know 1t will scare him half TO
death It is much easier to ged rid of him by
sending him two thousand miles away and
letting the doctor here tell him the sad news.
We have some who allow the poor victim TO
keep up the delusion Of throat trouble" be-
lieving that he is as weak mentally as physi-
cally and cannot bear the truth but most OF
our medical brethren state the facts bravey
and trust that the patient win soon adjust him
self to the conditions This most of them
do, and are soon ready to laugh at the next man
who comes with the same old story
standing joke with us is the tale of the man
who, after a short residence here, sat on the
| lawn with flushed face and short breath and
told the people about him in that peculiar husky
voice that indicates the last stage of the dis
| ease. TT horseback riding that cured rne!'
| We have coined a word that I think is
| not to be found in any dictionary as yet
| Hunger" am sure need not explain its
| meaning or derivation. At first some people
| object 10 the term, as did the newcomer who
soon after his arrival went to a well known liv-
cry stable to hire horse. When he asked the
proprietor whether It was safe beast the repiv
was, sure 1t is, This horse has been carving
Iungers for ten years" The man was so in
censed that he left the stable in high dudgeon.
we nave also a zone lung brigade" to be-
come member of which was felt to be no
hardship by one person at least. He had been
coughing for six long weary years when he said
TO a friend cheerfully that as soon as he got rid
OF that troublesome lung he would be well
There seems to be at present a widespread
fear Of contagion that is not justified by the
facts. AS pulmonary tuberculosis is commune
cable only by the sputum the careful con-
sumptfve is far from being a public peril
cannot go as far as some authorities" and
assure every Hunger" that he will get we'll even
II he lives the kind Of life that have been de-
scribing But If to that he adds absolute rest
or BODY and mind then he may feel sure he has
done all for himself that lies within the range
OF human possibility as it is known by the best
medical authorities of to-day
Tn 70 oP 4I,a
that has been alluded TO I believe that most Of
US, deep down in our hearts, pray with Steven
son for Medea. When she comes let her either
rejuvenate or STAY