Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

or the Vanderbilt clinic confines its class
10 children openly tubercular and SO
promising are its re suits that reports
show an average gain in weight OF the
cni-uren or one pound week. For twenty
of its anemic and dehabilitated children
New York provides a classroom with
piyoted windows and a roof p atform.
In January. 1903, Pittsburgh established
! It's open-air class of from twelve to iif
teen on the balcony of the Tuberculosis
League Hospital. Cambridge. Mass. re-
nodded an old dwelling house n April
of the same year and placed twenty-four
anemic and dehabildtated children where
they could receive fresh air and nour sh-
ing food. Rochester. y. Y, placed
thirty-seven cases of incipient and pre-
disposed tuberculosis under proper care
at first in tent and then in an unused
and remodeled room of a schoolhouse.
Hartford. Conn.,. erected a tent for
twenty Eight of the children inclined to-
ward tuberculosis in January, 1910 In
nearly all Of the open-air schools OF these
cities the food and additional clothing
necessary are provided by associations or
societies having their object the pre-
vention of tuberculosis
For 3vo OF her ordinary school children
Chicago has successfully tested the ad-
vantages of fresh air. An open window
schoolroom at the Graham School ac-
commodities them and though no food is
provided the five hours study IN cold,
bracing air has proven a wonderful bene-
fit. Those children OF Chicago who are
tubercularly inclined have during the last
three or four years found care and a
large measure of health i'm the Chicago
tuberculosis Institute and schools. and
the Elizabeth Mccormick Open-air
School
&
This last institution presents when in
session one Of the most picturesque sights
of the city. Four stories high. on the
roof of the Mary Crane Nursery, these
youngsters. clad in their Eskimo suits
and rubber boots, brave any winter
weather that might come out of the
northwest or across the lake. The enroll
ment increased from twenty-five to
thirty-five, and more were turned away
In spite Of the fact that dismal prophecies
as to the success OF the scheme had been
made. Preventives against the cold We're
provided In the picturesque Eskimo suits,
made Of heavy blankets. which they slip
ped on over their ordinary clothing.
Peaked caps sewed to the jackets afford
ed all the head protection necessary.
Both boys and girls wore, tucked into
lumberman's boots. loose fitting blanket
trousers which combined warmth with
the utmost freedom OF movement. For
extremely cold days thick gloves and ex-
ira blankets were brought into use
The roof Is Enclosed by a high frame
work covered by wire netting. and during
the winter pine trees placed against this
give a perpetual air OF festivity as well
as serving the purpose OF windbreaks A
tent having swinging windows that may
be closed against a storm stands among
the trees and here the actual study work
and writ q carried on. A large shelter
tent cor ~ simply of a canvas ton
provides sting place for the children
tied up their sleeping bags and
stretched full length on canvas cots
Though the provisions made for the com
fort of these children seem all toward
the furtherance of physical health the
record of their mental advancement
shows equally as successful results.