The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-29
HAVE A SPECIAL DIET.
Each Must Drink Two Quarts of
Milk a Day.
Cleanliness Is the WatchWord at
All Times.

proximity to Soldier creek, where
floods never touch is the fresh air
camp which has been in operation
since a year ago last April. AS Tag
daytime S-approacheS, this insti-
tuition, which was established by the
Topeka Provident association and was
taken over by the Topeka Anti-Tuber-
,cuiosis association soon afterwards.
will receive more and more publicity,
for the proceeds of that annual event
viii be turned over to the support of
the camp, and the donating public is
naturally interested in knowing of the
value of the work for the support of
which their money goes.
The very atmosphere OF the camp is
almost sufficient to make one well.
The sixteen tents with wooden frame
work and sides of canvas, which are
models of cleanliness, are shaded by
huge elm trees of rare beauty.
There are occasional flower gar
dens and camp vegetable garden,
where the patients enjoy working
when their condition permits. Then
there is one colored man, who, when
he was admitted to the camp, more
than a year ago, was so weak that he
was not able to walk to his bed with
out aid, but now is allowed to cultivate
a whole acre of ground to aid in the
support of his wife and children. 1t
should be mentioned that he wears
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Eleven Patients There.
There are eleven patients in the
camp at the present time and they
are carefully safeguarded by Miss
Maude Bot the nurse in charge, who
sees to it that they do not do more
work than their strength will permit.
In speaking of work, the impression
must not be formed that the patients
are driven to do this work. In fact,
they thoroughly enjoy their daily ex-
Iercise-thoses of them who are able to
take it. It must be mentioned that
some of the patients are confined to
their beds at least part of the time
/ Aside from getting exercise through
gardening, the patients have regular
breathing drills each day, which prove
exceedingly beneficial.
The question is often asked, What
do they eat?"
1 Following out the instructions of the
doctors, each patient must eat six eggs
land drink two quarts of milk day
but the milk and the eggs may be
Iseryed in various ways. Six meals 8
day are served. That is, there are
three regular meals and three hghl
j lunches. - - 80.
lfast and probably. egg in some form
Then, as nuts are considered extreme
ly nutritious, they are served often II
the afternoons. The monday meal i
a hearty one, soups and meat and veg
etables being served, and there is usu
ally some desert made out of eggs OF
milk and eggs The patients eat rath
4 er lightly at the supper hour.
The patients that are able to do 81
eat together in the camp dining room
which is a canvas room, but in thu
warm weather they often eat thei
: meals in a cooler place
Cleanliness the Watchword.
The kitchen which adjoins the dining
room is small but we'll equipped ane
the one thing that is particular!
noticeable about the whole camp is thu
| cleanliness, and this kitchen is an ex
ample in this respect which it might b'
well if some of the good housewives O.
Topeka would copy after.
There are IL patien1 in camp at tn
present time, and the tents in Which
they sleep and live-in some cases-ar'
provided only with the necessities, TO
with lot of knicknacks here and Their
| it would be impossible to maintain tn
necessary sanitary conditions. All win
ter the patients enjoyed flowers which
were sent to the camp by those inter
ested in the work The tents are 14xl
These living rooms are provided witt
stoves and Notwithstanding the fac
/: that they are Of canvas they wer
kept comfortably warm in the winte
months.
There is an office tent with the neces
] sary facilities for conducting the offic