The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-07-16
A certain enterprising New Yorker

A certain enterpr1Slng New Yorker
is having a house built on Long Island
which will revolve. He says he can see
no reason why the sunny part of
house should be in the sun all Summer,
and in the shade all Winter, and he
proposes to have one built which will
avoid this. He has had plans drawn.
therefore, for revolving house. the
windows of which will follow the sun
or turn from it at his wish. He does
not claim originality for his idea, but
says. such a house has already been
built in Switzerland. 1t certainly would
be great thing to have the sun in
your house when you wanted it and
probably would be things about the
construction of such n house that would
be less desirable than the present con-
ditions of too much and too little sun.
A floating sanitarium is the newest
idea. A ship is being constructed in
England for some company in Europe.
which is to cost 100000 and which
will be entirely devoted to those In
valids for whom a sea voyage has been
prescribed. Unlike the ordinary steam
ers, which are obliged to follow a GER
tain course, and to keep on their way
whether the weather is good or bad,
this floating sanitarium will sail only
in good weather, when wind and wave
are propitious, and the welfare of the
invalid passengers will be always a
first consideration. The ship will be
equipped with hall for gymnastics and
other athletic exercises, swimming
bath, and. in shore, with everything
modern science and ingenuity can sug-
gest that will add to the comfort and
contribute to the rapid recovery of the
sick people on board. A corps of ex-
perienced doctors and trained nurses
so with the ship, of course.
In these hot Summer days when
prostrations from the heat are fire.
quent the experience of the owner of a
big factory is worth thinking about.
1t has a mad sound, certainly, but he
says it works like q charm. Believing
that heat proStrationS are caused more
from the humidity of the atmosphere
than from the actual soaring of the
mercury, this man has all the windows
of his factory closed and the steam heat
turned on as soon as the men begin
work. By shutting down the windows
the moist air is kept out and by turn
ing on the steam that which has gotten
inside is dried. OF course the tempera-
ture is driven from five to 10 degrees
higher by this method, but the diminu-
ton of the humidity counteracts this.
Then men work stript to the waist. and
are in consequence of the closed win
dows exposed to no danger from drafts,
While it sounds like terribly heroic
treatment he says it works well and he
has had no prostrations from the heat
since he put the plan in practice. Be-
fore he did so employees were prostrat-
ed nearly every day, and on very hot
days he had to shut down altogether.
The men protested terribly at first, but
very soon began to see the wisdom and
good effects of the plan. All the same,
it is one of those ideas the efficacy of
which we do not desire to prove by
personal experience.
We are apt to think that no one works
as hard as we do in this country. and
certain 1t is that most of our business
men work entirely too hard, seemingly
forgetting thai "all work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy" We are told,
however, by those who have seen with
their own eyes that no business house,
factory, etc. in the United States shows
more activity than does the Vatican at
Rome. This palace, the largest in the
world, is a perfect beehive, with con-
tinual stream OF people pouring in and
out, and the evidence of worship and
work everywhere. Even while the Pope
is receiving visitors he is constantly at
tending to business, answering questions,
reading reports, etc, and his faculty for
disposing of matters in few concise
words amounts to positive genius. In
the Vatican the tongues of all Nations
are Hedru from morning 10 HISnt, ana
foreign ambassadors are being con-
stantly given audiences along with all
the others. Indeed, the poor Pope has
hard time in getting away from all
this long enough to eat his meals. He
takes the time, however, no matter how
busy his day, to read the newspapers,
for he says he feels an increased neces-
sity for doing this all the time, In order
to keep up with the rapid stride of
events. He is in excellent health this.
Summer. tho report was circulated
awhile ago that he was not. 80