Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01
~ HE opening of the tuberculosis sanf-
tarium near this city will mark a
new development in the fight against
- the great white plague In this part

~ HE opening or the tuDercuioSiS Sanl-
tarium near this city will mark a
new development in the fight against
u the great white plague in this part
of the country.
The new open-air home is to act as an
object lesson to the community. 1t is-hoped
that It will materially reduce the ravages
of consumption In the District II 1t has
half the support it merits II will do this
But the wider and more important phase Of
the work is that it will spread the gospel
of clean living. 1t will show to the resi-
dents Of Washington that consumption is
not only a durable disease, but that the cure
is not limited to the rich, who can go to
Colorado or Arizona. 1t will be a cure at
the very doors of the city and the sufferers
from the disease will not have to isolate
themselves from home and friends by go
Ing to the far west. They will be within
easy reach Of their family physician and of
their friends. and those of them who can
endure the trip will be free to visit their
friends and relatives in Washington while
the cure Is progressing.
SO much for the general proposition. The
home Is not charity in the generally
cepted sense OF the term. 1t win require
help and support, but the object of the
home Is to care for those who are able to
help themselves to some extent. It Is the
modern sort of charity, philanthropy Or
gained on q business OASIS, thdt Will De
seif-supporting In time and may even pay
a. dividend. The money the Home makes
when it reaches the money making stage
will be used simply in extending and Inn
proving the plant. The people who have so
far subscribed do not want a money return
on their investment. It Is hoped that as
soon as the home Is started 1t will meet
with the aid and support of many who
have not yet subscribed. Until the question
of funds is more fully settled the il stitu-
tion will not be Incorporated, but will con-
tinue to run under its present provisional
management
Gen. Sternberg, one of the foremost
psychologists of the country and late sur
seon general of the army, is the presi-
dent of the temporary executive committee
and has put in great deal Of hard work
recently in getting the home into shape
Associated with him on the committee are
DIR. George N. Kober, vice president of the
committee and professor of medicine at
Georgetown University; DR.. Jesse Rams
burg, secretary and treasurer; DR.. Percy
Hickling and DIR. Robert Reyburn. These
gentlemen are the sponsors of the organiZa-
ton. They have so far appealed for funds
to few outside the circle of their immedi-
ate friends. Some of the other subscribers
have been certain business houses Of Wash
ington. Among them are Moses & Sons,
Barber & Ross. Dulin & Martin and Thos
who can be counted on to support such
movement are still out Of town for the sum-
mer, but they will probably become SUBJ
scr.bers to the company when they return.
The company will then be regularly incor-
porated under the laws of the District.
1t Is intended to charge $40 week for
patients, and at first there will be room
for dozen or more. But the accommodate
tions are such that they be rapidly ex-
tended The maximum capacity of the
ground will be about 200.
The home is situated in Montgomery
county, about three-QuarterS of q mile
from the Washington Grove station on the
opposite side of the railroad track from
the camp grounds, and comprises plot OF
six acres. The location Is about 600 feet
above sea level clay and gravel SOIL well
drained, and the water Is the purest that
can be found The center Of the plot is a
knoll in the shape of little plateau fifty
feet higher than the rest of the ground. In
the center of the knoll DIS a modern frame
house that will be used for living quarters
by the resident physician and the matron.
On the ground floor of the house is the
common assembly room and the dining
room. Office and kitchen.
But the patients will not live In the house.
That is the wfiele theory of the cure"
They will be quartered In tents grouped
around the main building, and they will
1--we out of doors. resting and taking nour-
ishing food. No medicine enters into the
scheme of the cure. and the patients will !.
be dosed by their own or the resident physi-
clan only to meet individual symptoms and
keep them In proper condition for building
up their strength with good food.
The main house Is a comfortable place.
1t is surrounded on two sides by veranda
fifteen feet wide, forty-ive feet long on the
east and about forty on the south. On the
Forth end there is wind break curtain
and the patients will be expected to spend
the most of the time on the veranda or in
their tents. The tents are attractive enough
to make almost any one want to become
an inmate of the home. Some of them are
of khaki and others white. Each Is built
on raised floor that is covered with
heavy rug. There is a reat iron single bed
an enameled iron waststand and an easy
chair. That comprises the whole furniture
Each tent also has a wire fly screen one
foot by three let into the side of the can
vas nearest the bed, SO that the patient
while sleeping warmly covered up will be
breathing pure. fresh air all the time
Back of the first line of sleeping tents
there is big dressing tent divided into
ila- tent Is for the men, The patients af-
ter sleeping in the cold air all night will
put on a heavy dressing wrap of some sort |
and step over to the dressing tent, where |
they will dress In the cold and probably |
win have breakfast in their tent Break |
of the patients will take there only the |
main meal of the day In the evening they |
will rest and read In their tents or on the |
broad veranda. If they wish they can meet
In the assembly hall of the main building |
But they viii be encouraged to spend as
air
The diet during the cure will consist |
mainly of milk and eggs. and 1t is wonder |
fnt the quantities of raw eggs that pa |