Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-20
As ONE WOMAN SEES IT
saranac Village. Where Chrlsty
Mathewson Is Winning Hls Way
Back to Health. 10 a curlous
Place-Full Of Good Works
and Somewhat Oepresslru
by SARAH ID. LOWRIE
MAN whose journalistic opin


Adirondncks l look up Christy Mnthewson,
ana give him greetings from his Philadelphia
friends and bring some sort Of a message
or other from him to them.
was in Saranac Village the other day.
and failing to see him, TO NV regret, |
nevertheless looked the place over. from the
street on which his house stands to the
places HI" is likely to see on his everyday
short walks.
:, ANY small boy will show you where he
ives, ives, w Park avenue. After | returned
ot him and little description of his present
lifc in the August 80 Outlook. by Fred.
crick Davenport.
=. Mathcwson told him, among other things.
mat on those brief walks Of his--twenty-
ret,ns Gmts ,heE have been of ate for he is
the place where he was sitting we're mrs
OF his finds in the woods and fields and along
the roadsides.
SAKANAC VILLAGE is n curious place.
look M mas ,ho,r,t ,or thc most part temporary
10 stop long there or hnd built what was
no more thnn mere place TO be sick in and
prrhaps ronvalescent in. or course nearly
mh h. me slrk people who nre there for a long
while have well people with them. bur even
the well people have nm appearance Of being
In'rc only with their dress suit cases by way
VI luggage: Yet. as II matter Of fact there
oo,a, ~ very large stable population. who have
uotu wb"so in,0r TO make the place their home and
iu1mre ,r nre bound up in the town.
ne country on one side IL II burnt off viii.
u'rneSs ana on the other q farming country,
XIII XIII o distant mountains and nearby little
',,s n .,, mmn small valleys. with here and there
stream or small lake ending in what the
n,nI nat,vcs cay "slcw.' which is really the
french Indian pronunciation of slough,
ne bi2 lake for which the place is named
one does not see
Th' ri'lag" straggles ont into the nearby
h'IIs ana mp some Of the little hills. II
"uEht To be pretty. but it is really ugly and
depressing and Mt loose ends: MS though
most OF the inhabitants were too sick to nick
m up ane rubbish or finish the carpentry jobs,
steps. or indeed do much more Than lie on
we bed d-"hnirs on the upstairs and the down.
sthrrs rorches until some one comes out 10
TAKE their temperature.
I'liE street on which Christy Mathcwson
iveS' h"w"v"r. is pretty and we'll kept
mhu INC houses are we'll cared for-wcll
pih'ed with little front lawns and shade
'r'es aIonC, tho tidy sidewalks.
across the river there ~ another rather
'p'-hn cottage colony and on the hill.
side where th" Trudo Sanatorium is there is
"rn.t " n,tee. or actually beautiful houses and
i'Srlf is one of the most lovely hillside hosni.
,als imaginable. 1t is n series of intirnarv
n"uHeS OH tcrraccd garden spaces overlook.
ing wooded valley and a mountain range,
Win III nothing OF the town in sight
,ht"r or summer II is beautiful thcre
ana kept mp with care in things that would
ald I" rs charm. Patients on beds nre lined
n'"nS an thn porches. but they are almos,
.n,,lrrF g"tting-well patients. &" and one only
,nl,'ks ,, or 'he mercy and kindness Of the place
ana ~ tn" great man whose own illness nnd
"rnkn"ss sr, ana great heart mad" it possible.
Ther" Is seated figure of DR.. TruIo in
SION" IN IN" garden overlooking the mountain
Vi"W' ~" figure rests easily on the long
thor ,hn, WIZ M rug over it. half thrown back ns
.houHh the warm sun were doing the rro.
arrli'", h'aing work. The fnce-an III
man face. but eager with hope and hnruy
',Monsh'S,is turned mcditHtivrly toward the
ulS,hht ,nt mus. 1t Is wonderful rpitonr
fo' 'tt H. v. il ,nat that one sick man has done
inr his fellow -mortals-that sarntorium and
'hat LOOK OF serene. eager hope.
E"k hHn"r"dS and hundreds OF natients
= besides fhristy MathpwSon arc getting wcII
III Shrhilar because of what TrudO s,lfTerod
ana then discovered, through his own suffer.
ihe' HS u way out for victims of tuberculosis
" was through his patient investigation anI
'r"himent or others that the whole wny Of
dealing with consumption was chanycd nj.
most III year. and a disease that wns yirtu.
ally hopeless ono was made durable in
tl 'iScS out OF Twelve.
! think that the inrurable co.es ,re ,bovo
that are taken too late and those thai nrc
f"np"rnlnentnlly intrartablc There nrc some
persons VINO cannot rest. relax and subsidc
from som" inhibition of the will power or the
n"rv" reactions over the will power.
!" get we'll on" must turn into n kind nf
vegetable and absorb sun and food and mir
without stirring mind or body
once VOL, on" is not. by that toker
alwayS; able for life on tn" old terms. some
thins is gone III many cases that is nnhcul
able. unrcturnablc. and there is alwnys tho
danger that imprudence or oven misrhaur.
will bring back the old dangerous dsintc
grafton In the storey and shops and offices
Of Sarnnnr there are hundreds of perfectly
healthy looking men and women who dare not
mt anything heavy or push anything hard
or hurry. or allow themselves to become
fatignCd:: They are well, but we'll with
NF COZ RSE whore the disease ha. not
" progressed fnr, and has been takcu II,
time and tn" euro perfected. there is no,I,inc
I" fear from life NJ it's most strenuous pace
Just NJ thcr" is every kind Of tuherrular
stat" OF Illness or convalescence there, so
th"r" Is "v"ry variety of human condition
in aud nhout Snrana"--rich. poor. well to. do
barely scraping along. living on capital. Iiy.
ing on others. living on borrowed money and
living on nothing.
In the great Sanatorlum which New York
STATE MAINTAINS near the town, the pn'iontS
are tnkcn free uf charge and havc nil ihn
care that the skill Of the doctors can devise
In the Trudn Sanntorium the patients pay
very small fee. but they must also bo
persons "f small means. and they must have
n good chance OF recovery For houclos.
eases. thor" is still another sanatorlum
and then npart from these institutions there
is every kind of small boarding place and
limited private hospital, and lastly there are
IN" private houses whore pat lent lives
with his family. TIL" expensive homes nrr
generally owned by those who use them: tho
less expensive ones can b" rented. generally
speaking For here at least is one plncc
where no one is undesirable because he has
a cough. Tn" sanitary rules Of the town
ar" very strict and are very carefully OBJ
served. Probably nowhere is one less in
danger of contracting tuberculosis thnn in
that town. But except for tho purpose Of
getting we'll or for helping others to get well,
il IL not place one would choose to be
ordinarily. or even to drive through by way
of Measure or for sight scpinP