Show CURED OF DISEASE IN r THE TREE TOP h Il Tuberculosis Victim m Camps t Among the Bra Branches aches and andIs andis is Is Freed from Plague 1 k i UNIQUE HOME ON HIGH 6 iJ I 4 Artist t I Defies c es Ua I t. t of Consumption and In Queer Home Horne Leads Lends Simple IT 0 O. April D. 26 26 D. D Or- Or Ori i nn an artist has demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- I that the open air alt Is a n cure cUle for tuberculosis and further that it is possible for fOI one oue accustomed to good good F- F v ventilation Indoors to change abruptly T- T in the heart of or winter to not only the open air but even to a tree-top tree with safety and comfort Several Se years I ago aso while engaged cd as an artist on the staff of oC the Youths Youth's Companion Mr 1 cl u was as preparing illustrations illustrations for a stor story of ot adventure In the Red lied River RI country The bursting of ofa ofa a Winchester rifle he was using in inflicted inflicted In- In such injuries that It was necessary necessary sar sary to to seek eek a physician and while under the doctors doctor's care an nn examination examination examina examina- tion o of his lun lungs s was made and truces traces of the tubercular bacilli were found This depressed the lie young artist but buthe buthe he was not disheartened and he then be began an a fight light against the disease He lIt says MYS he hI has succeeded and the novel means ho employed he hopes may others Camps In n a Tree About twenty miles south of or Bellefontaine Belle Belle- fontaine in the Mad Iad river valley Is the Steinberger el estate and In one of or orthe the tallest of or the thc virgin white oak trees seventy se feet reet above e the eartH carte Mr rr Steinberger e. e has established or In this tills f strange place the artist has hl his bed of ot boughs bough docs does much of or his work receives his friends and drinks In the pure air nh which he thinks has made him whole In ill bod body After Arter physicians had warned him of oC the danger of or consumption he gave sa up his position as instructor In the theart theart art department at Wittenberg colle college e at Springfield 0 O. and tried life lire in Ar Ar- Arkan Arkansas kansas kan and the thc Catskills but without benefit bel and finally returning to the farm of or his parents he be began an the open-air open life later deciding upon the tree-top tree for his habitation Seventy feet above o the ground ho loo constructed a platform large enough and sufficiently strong to accommodate fitly fifty persons He loves the time trees and In Inthe Inthe the time construction of or his abode he hc did not pierce the bark bard with a single le nail nailor nailor nailor or bind a a. limb with wire tI tight ht enough to destroy the life There is no cover er covert t over o his except for storm stormy weather when he uses a cana can can- a vas Picnics 70 Feet c Abo Ground I L.- L. Many friends call on Mr 11 Steinberg- Steinberg anti mho tho curl were so 50 fail autt-fail CaU that chIU urged C Cu u w fee feo to those desiring to visit vigIL Camp aloft He has cook cooker cooked ell his own mc meals ls there and many little picnic parties have hn enjoyed the novelty no of spreading their luncheon on the platform platform plat plat- form In iii the pure air all seventy feet above o the sward Visitors Visitor's are not numerous In iii winter inter Mr l Steinberger believes he hc has been cured and says fays that by his has discipline discipline discipline pline he Is a better man physically than he was twenty years cars ago o. when he was at his majority Though It Is said he now has the tho best pair of oC lungs around hero ho gives them a precautionary pre pre- precautionary cautionary test occasionally After running a a. mile with perfect case ease and with a reserve resel force torce good for fm live th miles more he made a New ew Years Year's call at Major Hunts Hunt's and them r turned to his home at farmand farm farmand and slept In the top of the tho tree on the crest of the most commanding commanding com eom- manding hill hili of or the exposed divide between between be be- tween Buck creek and Mad river A stiff breeze was blowing t over tho mho woods and the following morning It was 15 degrees below freezing Strenuous l 12 eld c. c In addition to the other exercise c which would be a bit too strenuous for Cor the time n ern average c man he carried a 1 pound forty outfit a half mile up UI a a. asleep atit tit sleep ep rou rough h grade and anel hauled It with witha u a rope to the open with with- outa roof or a wall of or any kind He sal said I found m myself elf about twenty- twenty live five pounds too warm warns I had set fire re reto to a brush pile for the picture am and anda a reply to the merry midnight bells across across' the river at Tn Tremont mont not that I needed the tire or could feel fecI Its warmth In the thc to top of the old oak I like a bracing dash and the time heaviest t farm work worl but adopted this open air life chiefly chicH to encourage e those pent- pent un up unfortunates will who think because thc they have when unprepared found the hand of oC nature rough that thal she INan Is IN Isan ismet an met enemy instead of or the very vely best friend There are two means of or ascent to the tree top home of or Steinberger Theone The Thc Theone one he uses is a scaling or 01 spur pUt ladder lad lad- ladder der that runs up a neighboring tree and then by a u horizontal ladder carries carries car car- ries him across to his tree house-tree on which the ascent Is IN completed by the thc scaling ladder This was too hazardous hazard hazard- ous for fOI his guests Suel so he contrived a hunters cliff swum swing in which the time visItor visitor vis vis- visitor sits and b by means of oC a pulley pulle rope rOII or of block arid and tackle pulls himself him self clr to the dizzy height This door to its Is opened with a rille rifle ball and nd aa at no one save Mr er knows where to put the ball that lib lib- orates the ropes he Is assured of quiet end and repose when he wishes to sleep or labor undisturbed I-Ha I Flag on time the l t The Time tree Is perhaps feet foet in to height On Its topmost branch barger has hung a Hug Ilag operated by ropes rope so o that It Il ma may be pulled down at al will This Is a unique problem The Tho flag nag has ha u Ii red led ground Sewed on onIt Its It sides Hides are a white whIle eagle cagle which the theartist theartist artist attIl defines us as emblematic of or purity and ana strength a u golden star stal and awl a u de Mir Thin last h Is added to his flag as a a. compliment to lo France for rOl fortne tnt aid she gave to this country during during dur dur- ing tho the American rp Another feature of ot his Iris which Steinberg has found especially Is the exercise In climbing trees He has become expert In this and I ta says t It Is IJ th the finest exercise and training train tala- ing a man maim can have ha far Car better than the modern gymnasium Man Many people people peo peo- pc have hac followed plan pan ol of top tree dwelling and he says ys he c h has s reco-c reco records o of several l to tn n the th- last act t ages of who have been benefited He Is 15 s not a n crank or a n faddist but buta a cultured man of rural training and metropolitan experience who b by prompt abandonment o of an au lIf life Has 1118 successfully full combated tuber tuber- l i |