Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-07-24


ing equal, climate is very important
factor in the welfare OF any victim
OF tuberculosis, but under some con-
aitions a consumptatiye is far better
on at home In an unfayorable climate
than he would be away from home In
the best climate under the blue skies
OF heaven. ConsumpIves who go
away from home in the hope OF being
erred or benefited by climatic con-
ditions should be able TO pay their
way. as a rule. without having to earn
the pay. There are hundreds OF men 4
and women In Colorado, New Mexico
and Arizona, working day after day
for living while being almost con-
sunred by a burning fever who wonid
be better OF at their homes in the
East, under the care OF relatives ana Il
friends, where many of them would De
relieved of the necessity OF toll under
such conditions. Climate alone VIII
never affect a cure, but given a fair
chance Il will sometimes work won
ders and in many cases is an almost |
indispensable factor.
Frsterna! Institutions.
The National Printers Home, locat'
ed in Colorado Springs, while not re-
strIcted to this particular line OF ef-
fort. has for many years been doing
splendid work In caring for the
tubercular members OF the lnterna-
tional Typographical Union, the dis
ease having made terrible inroads IN i
the printers craft. The Modern
NVoodmen OF America, the picnee"
among fraternal organizations to deal
with the problem on an extensive
scale, has a few miles from this city
g. well regulated and well equipped
Moratorium, to which additions and
improvements are being made at fire.
cuent intervals. The Pythians are
preparing to build big sanatorium
ct Las Vegas, New Mexico. At Ala
mogordo sanatorium has been con-
Quoted for come time under the SUI
pervision OF the Odd Fellows OF New
Mexico and this probably will be
taken over by the supreme body at
the grand lodge meeting this year.
The Forester recently purchased
large tract OF land in the Adirondacks
for the same purpose.
Necessity for Institutions.
The frequent calls for assistance
| made by members of fraternal organi-
cations upon lodges in the West have
demonstrated the necessity for the
establishment of sanatoria to be op-
Grated and controlled by the grand
| bodies, not only TO relieve the Local
lodges rom a burden that is too
| heavy for them to bear, but for the
benefit OF the membership in all Sec
tons OF the country.
| It has beer thoroughly dem >nstrat-
ed, also, in the opinion OF these who
lave studied the subject, that the
hest location for such institutions il
somewhere within the great heath
belt of the Rockies. This health
belt" takes in q large part of Colora-
do. all Of New Mexico, the southwest
PORTION OF Texas and most OF Arizo-
ma. II described In a circle, the d.
ameter would be about 1,o00 miles,
with Albuquerque, n. NJ, almost in
the center, and with Denver, Colo,
and ElPaso, Texas, near the northern
and southern boundaries, respectively.
or course. these are arbitrary lines,
but thy represent more or less accu-
rately what is known as the health
belt" OF the arid region" of the
Rockies. Points outside Of these boun.
diaries may be just as favorable, but
their claims have not been so well
established as those within the circle.
The Heath Belt,-
Il should not be understood from
1.-THE foregoing, however, that the
~heaith belt" of the Rockies Is Area
cia itself--a "lunger's" paradise and
that consumptiyes cannot be cured
anywhere else. The saiubrious noun
Isins of Virginia form a fine substi-
tue for the arid region Of the West,
and nine yirginians out OF ten who
have tuberculosis would do better to
20 to the Caiawba Sanatorium, in
Roanoke County. IL they can gain ad-
mission, than TO come out here. I'm
fortunately, the facilities Of the home
institution are so limited that prob
ably not one-tenth Of the victims OF
tuberculosis in the state could be ad-
mitted. The line must be drawn some
where, and however literally II NAV
ne extended and however pliabie the
Regulations may be, under the disc.e- !