THE GLOCKNER SANATORIUM is situated within the limits of Colorado Springs, a city world renowned for its incomparable climate and famous as a health resort. The Sanatorium occupies one and a half city blocks, an area of 1200x900 feet, on Cascade avenue, the principal residence street of the city.

The buildings are of brick, surrounded by beautiful lawns, shade trees and flower gardens. The main structure is in the form of a crescent, facing south, thus being protected from north, east and west winds. All the buildings are heated by steam and lighted by electricity. A telephone exchange connects all offices and departments of the institution, and electric call bells are in every room.

On each floor Sun Parlors, enclosed with glass and well furnished with cots and lounging chairs, receive the direct rays of the sun throughout the day. Wide verandas and the roof gardens offer an unobstructed view of Pike's Peak and the whole front range of the Rocky Mountains.

The Library, numbering a thousand volumes, and a well equipped Billiard Room, are located in sunny, cheerful apartments, furnished in Mission style.

Besides convenient stairways in all parts of the building, an electric elevator connects the three floors and Roof Gardens.

All private rooms are comfortably and some luxuriously furnished.
Many are "en suite" with private bath, open fire place and all possible
home comfort.

In the sleeping porches adjoining many rooms the objectionable
flapping canvas has been supplanted by an ingenious construction of
the windows. A minute's time suffices to change these sleeping porches,
open on three sides, into tightly closed rooms. Consequently the amount
of air can be regulated according to the desire of the patient. For those
who prefer out-door life there are on the grounds a number of large, well
ventilated and comfortably furnished tents.

The public Dining Hall is old English in style; growing plants,
artistic windows, handsome furniture and daintily set tables, combine
to give it a most attractive appearance.

The private Dining Room, also artistically furnished and complete
in elegant appointments, is used by guests who desire to entertain.

Since nourishing, appetizing food is an important factor in the
treatment of tuberculosis, the Glockner gives the greatest attention to
its cuisine. Each day's menu is carefully selected and prepared; and,
as the kitchen is well supplied with every device and convenience known
to a skillful chef, the service is as prompt and satisfactory as is that
of the best hotels. In addition, diet kitchens are located on every

floor, from which lunches and specially prepared foods are served at all times.

The surgical annex, a three story brick structure situated directly north of the main building, is used exclusively for surgical cases. There are no wards; every patient occupies a private room. The operating room is the most complete in the country. Its large size and abundant light, its sterilizing, anesthetic and preparation rooms are pronounced faultless by the many famous surgeons who have visited the institution, among whom may be mentioned Prof. Tilmans of Leipsic, Germany, John B. Murphy of Chicago, and Prof. Keene of Philadelphia.

The Glockner Sanatorium and Hospital represent an investment of between two and three hundred thousand dollars. It is owned and conducted by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio, and each department is under the immediate supervision of a Sister.

The management has adhered to the original plan of its founder, that it should, in so far as possible, be a home for the invalid. That the idea has been successfully carried out is cheerfully conceded by all who are familiar with the institution. There is not the slightest suggestion of a hospital atmosphere about the place. Patients are as free as they would be in the environments of their own homes. Few realize what this means to the health-seeking stranger.

A training school for nurses is maintained and fully competent nurses are provided for all invalids who need special attention. Each patient, however, is under the watchful care of a skillful superintendent by whom every symptom of the invalid is observed and reported to his attending physician.

Colorado Springs, a city with a population of 32,000, has long held the international reputation of being one of the greatest health and pleasure resorts in the world. The atmosphere is absolutely aseptic and free from germ life. There have been more permanent recoveries from pulmonary complaints than in any other climate in the world. Selected cases of pulmonary tuberculosis sent to Colorado Springs and its vicinity, have been cured, and many such patients are living and engaged in business in every city and village of the State, while others have returned to their eastern homes absolutely well, with no sign of any return of the trouble. It is not a question of temporary amelioration or a soothing of symptoms, but one of permanent and positive cure.

There are five elements contributing to a desirable climate in any country. They are: Comparatively equable temperature; minimum precipitation; low humidity; minimum wind movement; maximum sunshine. These five characteristics belong to the Rocky Mountain climate all the year round, in winter as truly as in summer. You spend

your summers in Colorado because it is cool there; that is because the
summer temperature does not vary very much from the winter.

Colorado Springs' fine weather is very nearly a continuous blessing. The year round, the sun shines for nearly 70 of every 100 hours it is above the horizon.

While almost any Colorado Springs year may be taken as a sample
to illustrate the proportion of sunshine and of clear days, weather
records for 23 years offer conclusive evidence that Colorado Springs is
rightfully named "The City of Sunshine." These records show an
average of 180 absolutely clear days and of 308 clear and partly cloudy
days. Aside from this, however, the proof that this city enjoys almost
perpetual sunshine lies in the fact that there are, on the average, only
12 days a year on which the sun fails to shine—making literally 353
days of sunshine in every 365.

Sunshine observations have been made at the Colorado College Observatory only since 1904. They show that the sun shines in Colorado Springs the year round, during 67.8 hours in every 100 that it is above the horizon.

Clear days are those on which 0, 0.1, 0.2, or 0.3 of the sky is covered with clouds, observations being taken at 6 A. M., 12 M. and 6 P. M.; partly cloudy days are those with 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 or 0.7 of clouds; and cloudy those with 0.8, 0.9 or 1.0. A day may often be recorded as "partly