Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-29
NEW BUILDING At
SANITARIUM IS
BADLY NEEDED
Several thousand Dollars AL
ready Pledged for Admins
tfation Hall at Presbyterian
Institution,

According TO the management al
the Southwestern Presbyterian san
itarium of this city. the need for a
new administration buildins is be-
coming more pressing an the time, ais
the demand for accommodations at
the Institution increases 1t is esti-
mated that the cost viii be 5000.
plans having been elready drawn. and
of this sum some $4,000 has been
pledged. In the current number of
the interesting paper published in the
interest of tAc sanitarium. Il
Aurora. Rev. John r.. Gass of this
city says.
The Southwestern Presbyterian
Sanitarium. Albuqaerque. is the crea-
tion of the synod OF New Mexico. II
is planned To become an institution
which viii reach cut it's benevolent
hand te many thousands afflicted
with the white mans plague. The
sanitarium began IN "a very humble
way two years ago with five patients
in five tents. II has steadily row
to twenty-seVen tents. with twenty
six patients. and would have five
times as many patients If there were
room. The cost Of a cottage tent Is
about $3.50.
Last autumn Rev. Duncan Mathew
son, assistant pastor in First church.
Tacoma. Wash, was aiken i'll with
tuberculosis. and came to the sani-
tarium, his church supplying the
.reeded amount for the erection of his
tent which he named Tacoma" He
remained during the winter, and in
May was dismissed, pronounced elm
ically cured.
Mr.. Mathewson came in time to
receive the greatest benefit from this
climate of almost perpetual sunshine.
This is the lesson that all people af-
licted with the disease should learn.
II they find q cure they should come
At once. and remain until il is more
effective. The policy of the institu-
ton is rest. good food. fresh air, and
the best Of medical expert service. En-
rense has been reduced to "a mini
mum-only $40 per week. This in
cluaeS board. room rent n medical
service. Fifty dollars per month Is
a liberal estimate. including all nee
esSarY living expenses.
The sanitarium WAS % established
Tor tle berefit of the people 81 New
Mexico n Arizona. Tor IL is "A most
exceptional case for one to contract
tine disease while living ia this land
Of almost perpetual sunshine. The
synod lad in mind the people lV-
ing in less advantageous Surroundings
II was a spectacle to move the great
FLE va NFHA N%8A 80 '- ""E E"1
number coming, unable to meet tho
necessary living ana medical expenses
in thc private institutions.
The writer has ia mind the case
OF q Young minister. who came Sew
eral years ago. He was almost ont of
means whom he was taken go the
states sanitarium for cNami-
The doctor told him that he
had n good chance for life II he would
follow Overwhelmingly. absolute
rest. the best of diet. good becfsteak.
all the milk and eggs he could use
But, the poor man exclaimed. y
afford IT, I have not the
money and don't know where it is 10
come from. And this was the doc
tors reluctant bat positive reply: In
case I would advise sou to go
home to YOUR wife and die comfort
ably. There is no other way out Of
what a subject for a most elo-
lucnt appeal 1t was male that night.
some Of the pastors OF the leading Z
churches of his great denomination
were approached They were told that
-he words of the doctor We're spoken
90 TINS minister Of Jesus in the office
Tee United Stttes Sanitarium
Nherc sClG.crs of the republic. ar
'icted With THE same disease as the
young Minister. had every comfort
possible o. assist u recovery. The
Question Was asked. VIII the church
1 5esus tc less providcnt and nierci-
'uI % htr aff,irted soldiers The re-
sp"nse Vas prompt ana the young