| Show IN A consumptive CAMP CHARITY established ON GREAT AMERICAN DESERT st lauli philanthropist founds found a set clement cleme M t at indio cal where consumptives ives may find relief in what would almost seam like ilka death valley a bt louie louis N 0 nelson has founded a re treat for persons from put pul mortar Ilse asee not only was lie tho the idea of 0 hiim ehms establishing such a camp out on the he ercal american desert bold boldly y original inaI but the plans also was to ille make the desert charity orting by lilting fitting it ath rachea lacre alfalfa and barley and canta jouper and the like could be raised find and while the lie patients in the he camp paid a Tivi nominal ninal dollar a week tor for teota tents or 3 cherf wald ati included the one of tho the tents tenta farm wai wah alletti to lo make mahe up tho the ot of thi h ex pensa ol of maln main the die loav on 7 ahe fie site of 0 the he mae is indio cil cal C il A mete limul timul i n ov 1 I i elmort ex ly t to 0 o alawan and fu u ft fon m I 1 tie hie ILI ai billit plague on what was wae thi th bed ot or it a primitive the he sand still roade made up ot of nill mil liona ol of marine lain shells and other tiny spiral i and supporting no cacti but only it 11 low loft brush the inel iel son bon purchased act ocie es of land nt at an average of the acie the outdoor cump camp for tion ion was then opened and put in barge of a gheral foreman in who w was wag to the lunches fo for r raising tf cf the ciopa indicated indicate at first thinas went well but it voon eoon became lin caine th thit it sick bick men cull aunt t work wol and that it would be ba ex Ceo difficult to hup up tip the farming As AH a result that side or of tho the venture taa has bateh dropped and the place is supported almost entirely by the st louis man at tho the same time it la ja riot not mado made absolutely tree free but whore peri persona sons can not pay the nom ina i 1 or fa 3 means are found to let them work off their board obviously the dest demitt it camp does not ima cure it does however cause wonder ful rallying men have been brought hero here on stretchers and under influx enee ence of sleeping Ble powders and they have been brought to almost perfect health the th camp itself consists of about JO tents set in a hollow square about a held of very long ions dry lolass pi ass pach lach of these tents rubt on a wooden flooring and facing tho the center where there Is an open summer house with books and magazines and a flaga flagstaff taff at one ind of the flaa the adobe cottage of the superintendent superintend ont to la to lo tilted catch inside the area the inmates drag away time as they can the women quilting the men in lounging or tiling fixing their guns now and then they go hunting out in the desert tor for hare or quail or ducks at each tent there bums a gasoline lamp tit at night inside there is a shelf for the little cup used by the sick a double iron bedstead whitened over a sma small 11 iron cot and a table resting on a rug these tables have their oilcloth covais a lamp strip and books and soap boxes beneath serve for stowing away otha collur r objects acts the tents are practically all the same size fet to them the chailey fur furnishes bed and bedding chairs stove and washing utensils ilia charity Is open to anyone the day a work at the camp is most sim tie ie patients break breakfast filst at 7 30 ou on munh and milk ggs arid and coffee at noon there hero is soup a little meat and po tatos a hut but tie no in the even gnp at ai fiat kuppr to is served sun dav ar it III 0 ame III I 1 li re lit it now some soma 25 persons nt at the amp 1 inasi I hos who do not do their own cochin ui it at fit at tho the ginneral mess mesa tent board themselves la in tho the hotel tho the idea ot of the cure however out in the blistering for or health Is li unique something thing like 1877 miles from now oilcans indio ile liea 26 25 feet below the sea level its Is the tha wonder of the medical world complete saturation of the air by water Is marked by per cent vapor luss air la Is set act at zero I 1 en per cent la IS rare even in arl I 1 arabia in fact the berago humidity of the north atlantic Is 80 per cent flere in indbjo they hey have registered J por per ent the average Is 15 As aa a result la Is not much witter water for the tha benefit of the thirsty pulmonary tubercle and without moisture mot 1 I aivre he be can not incubate hence the value of the site elte for the charlt clarit |
