The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-05-10

into fine bath and dressing room for
infants. This is fitted with two sta
tfonarY juvenile tubs on high standard,
Juvenile toilet, a slop sink, and a
roomy dressing table with drawers for
clothing. This room opens into the
main nursery, and also into the clothes
closet Running to the basement from
the latter is a clothes shute which
fills great need.
The main nursery and sun parlor
extend across the entire south end of
the building. The nursery is 19kx
291a feet and is a beautiful and well
ventilated room, filled with sunshine
and fresh, air. At one side is a fine
diet kitchen for preparing the milk. It
Is equipped with hot and cold water,
as we'll as a gas stove. The sun parlor,
l2X13 feet, has glass around the east
and south sides, and has already prov
ed it's value in handling pneumonia
cases. North of this is the new oper-
atlng room, equipped with a sterilizer
Of fine pattern. foot tread lavatory,
instrument cabinet, operating table,
glass stand, revolving stand with ba-
sins, a fine opthalmic lamp and other
necessary articles for a hospital for
minor operations 1t is lighted over
head with skylight, besides north
and east windows, and has good venti-
lation. The walls are heavy white
enamel and all walls in the addition
are painted. The equipment of the
operating room, and a portion of the
segregation rooms was the gift of KEN
temple, Grand Forks Mystic Shriners.
DIR. K. H. Mallarian furnished the op-
Grating table and Matron Carey the
instrument cabinet. Already a number
OF small operations have been perform
ed in the new room.
A set Of wooden lockers for the bet
ter care of the children's clothes has
been installed in what was a north
bedroom. but which will now be used
for a sewing room. This is greatly
appreciated by the matron.
You probably noticed a fine new flag,
6Xl3 feet, floating over you as you en-
tered. 1t was presented the home by
Grand Commander Geo. M. Stowe on
behalf of the grand commandery of
knights Templar for Minnesota, as a
lesson in patriotism to our children.
The grand commandery of knights
Templar for North Dakota has estab-
lished a small fund for supplying new
flags when this wears out The flag
staff is the gift of your superintendent.
One of the gifts most appreciated
by all of us is the large institutional
washer installed at cost of about
$500 by the Shriners of El Zagal
temple. Fargo. They know how to do
practical things. Three years ago
they installed our drying machine at
an expense of $3.50. I feel that a
hearty vote of thanks is due both Ell
Zagal and KEN temples for their gen.
erous Christmas gifts.
Needed Changes and Improvements.
There are changes still to be made
about the building. A door must be
made in the south side of the base
ment, to remove ashes from the fur
nace;> a storage room for clothing
should be made in the basement; in
fact it is already started; a cold stor-
age room is needed for vegetables, but
it is difficult to put it where the fumes
will not arise from them in the spring
months; it should be so constructed
that it would have outside ventilation;
the north terrace should be lowered
somewhat to permit Of better light in
the laundry, and the whole yard needs
grading up. This will be done at once
You will notice that the cottage for
disabled children has been moved from
it's old location to the northeast cor
ner Of the home property. 1t has been
entirely re-plastered a bathroom add
ed, and steam heat installed. This is
supplied by the new plant in the main
building. 1t was found that the old
hot-Water plant could not carry sufTi-
clent heat across the long building,
while with steam the cottage could
also be supplied. The main building is
now much better heated than former
lY, but the cottage does not heat eaSi-
ly when the fire is running low. The
problem Of heating water in the sea-
son when the furnace is not needed for
warmth is yet to be settled. AS a tenn
porafy make shift we are heating
water with gas; but it is too expensive
for the quantity of water needed all
over the two buildings. / have had
MessrS. Champlin & Manson make an
estimate on the cost of installing
sixty three gallon tank to be heated
with coil from the stove that heats
the clothes dryer, and think this may
help solve the problem, as We have to
run this stove every day anyway, and
can heat the water with very little
extra expense after installing the
tank.
Messrs. Champlin & Manson propose
to install a sixty three gallon tank,
connected by coil with the laundry
dryer stove and with water supply
pipes for $35, but recommend as a bet
ter, though more expensive PROPOSE
ton to install an Ideal water heater
of IT'S gallon capacity, connected with
a storage tank of 100 gallon capacity,
and with steam connections and gate
valves, so that it can be heated direct
from the furnace boiler without a
separate fire in the winter season
This tank to be suspended from the
ceiling. They will install this for
$1S5; the present tank and gas heater
to be taken in exchange. Mr.. Champ
lin assures me this leaves them but a,
very small profit for the job, and that
it will do a more satisfactory work
than the dryer-coil and storage tank.
After a. visit to the new extension,
you no doubt appreciate the fact that
to be in keeping with it, the walls and
interior woodwork of the entire older
portion must be painted, so that they
can be washed. 1t will be mistake
to ever again kalsomine the walls, as
the least drop of water or pencil mark
shows and cannot be removed. | had
hoped this work might be done before
this meeting, but funds seemed needed
more in other directions. 1t certainly
ought to be done before any public re-
ception is given to show the new
rooms.