Show 1 J z Suns 1 U ti S nine C 3 fl 4 How Once Crippled Helen Helenj c j Made Able fly to dunce Walk and J p hours Every Day 1 f pj j f n the J Giving Sunk ht N e n eff ff Mias Mi Bishop returning smilingly well strong and unassisted from the transatlantic trip she started two years ago on a stretcher WO years ago Mi Miss Helen Two T SWO Bishop a New York girl went i ito to Switzerland in one last despairing search for health For ten years ears she the had been an invalid suffering from a disease that had baffled all the best American medical tuber science science tuber tuberculosis of ol the bones A few months before her departure for lor Europe she had become unable to stand or walk and she had to be car car- carried carried ried tied on shipboard on a stretcher She was so helpless that her mother and a nurse were obliged to be constantly at ather ather ather her side to minister to her wants That voyage across the Atlantic was wasa wasa wasa a sad ordeal for the suffering girl She was too weak to enjoy any of the gayeties with which the other passengers passengers passengers gers amused themselves Wan and list list- listless listless list listless less she lay in her chair watching other luckier girls and men promenade the decks Sometimes she had her chair placed where she could watch them 4 t dancing Helen had always been fond ol of dancing but for years It had seemed that her dancing days were over for forever ever Go to Switzerland and the try sun sun- sunshine sunshine sunshine shine c cure cure re the doctors in New York had said It It may arrest the disease Helen had laid eager hold of the bit bitof bitof bitof of hope held out by this advice She was wasso wasso wasso so tired of lying still and seeing other girls have A st could have all aU the fun If she could only get better A t V-lenough V 2 enough to be fit able to walkabout walk walkabout about 1 N i about for at t tr r I least a few f I I 1 minutes every i dayl iI day hE That was two years ago age M The other day Helen Bishop L returned from Switzerland alone Switzerland alone with no mother or nurse to look after her and walk walk- walking walking ing with only a slender cane to help her now and then She had stopped in Paris to do the shopping without which no American girls girl's trip abroad is complete Among her purchases purchase were several irresistible dancing gowns for the doctors In Switzerland had assured her that in a afew afew afew few months she would be able to dance Yes to dance and swim and play tennis and do all the other things she sho had loved to dot do dotOn On On shipboard her abounding good gooda a health was the admiration of her fellow passengers They would have found it hard to believe that two years ago this vivacious vigorous young oung woman whose extraordinarily deep coat of tan was wasso wasso wasso so becoming to her had been a pale thin helpless cripple who had to b bo carried on shipboard on a stretcher Why Helen her welcoming friends friendson friendson on the New York pier cried in delighted amazement at health and vigor what have you been doing doingT Just lying in the sun without any an Y clothes on she gayly replied And this thi was the truth During he her r two years absence from America she sh a had been a patient at Dr sani sane sanitarium in the Alps which relies relics on sun sun- light sunlight rather than medicines to re- re re lieve relieve and cure such crippling ailments to u that from which Helen Bishop suf suf- suf feted ered f I Helen Bishop was cured by sunshine she and her friends firmly believe believe- believe cured by her body's long continued exI ex ex- ex I i RI t r I r t h i J f J fJ e lc wf m F 13 4 t a Children at an American sunshine cure giving their growing bodies the ful full benefit of the suns suna sun food rays ray to the violet ultra rays raTS of the th e sun Bun These are the rays which produce sun sun bum burn bum and which possess such health abd ab I Ilife life giving qualities that they are almost almos t as essential to our well being as food They are arc particularly important to the th e growing body Children who live in dark houses or o r crowded tenement districts where the th e sun seldom penetrates arp the most moo t liable to suffer from rickets and other othe t bone diseases Their rich little brothers brother s and sisters who who are kept too much in- in inside in inside i iside n side their well lighted homes are not n of much better off for the suns sun's precious preciou violet s violet ultra rays cannot pass through the th e kinds of glass now in general use These violet ultra rays raga as u science e long ago found out are of value n not of only in promoting the body's growth growl h but in curing some of its most serious u s diseases More than twenty years ago Dr Di August established high up in inthe inthe i n the Alps a clinic elinie for the treatment of sufferers from diseases of the bones boos S The treatment there thero consists of making makin g the patients lie exposed as muchas much as po pos possible S sible Bible to the healing lays r rays ys of the su sun n In suIn this high altitude many scientists la L a i j r f Child patients patient in one of the open-air open wards of the 2 a sanitarium expos expos- expos expos- ing exposing their bodies to the sun sun- sunlight sunlight sunlight light just as Miss Mias Bishop did for months l Ry Ryd d I p h M 1 L LL I believe the the- suns sun's foods food rays are moro more efficacious than at lower levels It was wen to this sun cure that pale rippled crippled Helen listen Bishop went There she lay ley for weeks and months with her body exposed to the the sunlight And when at last tut she was able to walk a little she went with her flesh bared to receive as many as possible of the suns sun's food lood 4 rays k For obvious reasons curious sights sightseers ers 1 are not allowed to to roam about the the t Roller sanitarium But if they were they would see nee row after alter row ol of patients lying on open balconies clad only in the scantiest of swimming trunks or perhaps wearing also a sun nun sunhat hat anda and a pair of goggles These are the patients who are not yet able to ThC Th C leave their beds They wear next to no lows to toh clothing summer pr winter so that the theof of sun may reach every part of their bodies in The Alpine sunshine is very strong tee teet t t teven even in winter when the lakes taken are arc frozen sun au v and the mountains covered with snow snow- bev ever Its rays raps are so fervent that runt the patients bodie bo n ern endure it only for lor short intervals at esty eat V first They with five begin minutes ex exposure acqui ac q to the suns sun's laS la'S rays This is gradually Pal ally y increased until they are able auto to lie ad adopt it of i iY Y 1 J 4 y 4 1 3 f If i ft to l lH hl I I f f f j 1 I r t u t H t f fr N P c 0 n y 4 gR l vJ pc maximum of clothing al d winter or summer at one the Alpine sunshine cures sun nun for hours hour The goggles pro e eyes es fro from the glare and the keep their faces from too sunburn The rest of their except the portion which mod mod- with the swimming trunks a deep coa coat of tan who are able to walk around the same informal attire Th The e r k c inhabitants of Leysin are arc not surprised to see almost naked men and women skating in winter or playing tennis and baseball in summer A stay at the Leysin clinic may be as full of diversion for lor the convalescent patients as at any resort in the Alps for all the sports for lor which the moun moun- mountains mountains are famous are engaged in daily An extraordinary spirit of mirth and revelry pervades the whole place The patients who would probably be sad and depressed at home are gay are gay and full ol of fun This is ascribed to the tonic air ot of the high altitudes which raises their spirits Those who are never suffer from want of ol diversion Four beds are wheeled chummily together and lo 10 a bridge or mah jong game is in progress 1 Dinner parties at which the guests recline after alter the Roman Ronlan fashion each on a high hospital bed are favorite forms lorms of diversion The food served is not invalid diet of soups and gruels but courses of meats fish vegetables and sweets such as are enjoyed by those in good health Proper feeding is an important part ol of the cure As soon as liS patients are received at the hospital they are arc given as much food as liS they can safely digest The theory is that building up the bodily tissues ia is necessary before the sunshine can accomplish accomplish its work The sharp mountain air aids in the cure by giving the patients hearty appetites A day at the clinic begins early in the morning just after alter break break- breakfast breakfast fast when the patients are placed on ona ona ona a balcony open on all sides for their morning sun bath We would lie there three hours Miss Bishop says Just basking in the sun like lizards We must have looked awfully funny with nothing on but our sun hats and goggles but goggles but we got quite used to that At the end of the three hours hours we would put on our night clothes only they were our day clothes and spend the rest of the day in the sun SUD Our balconies were all open so it was just like lice being out of of doors We even had our meals served there and we slept outdoors winter and aad summer At first Mst the sun burned a little It Itis Itis Itis is so much hotter than any tiny sunshine we ever get here but you grow grow accustomed to that There is something about lying in the sun that exhilarates you ou You dont don't get depressed as you would it il you were lying in a bed in a room At first firstI I thought Id I'd never be able to stand it I but I got so I liked lilted it I think I shall 7 fi y 1 V y I ty j sr Miss Mias Helen Bishop the the sun cured New York girl girl- girl from a photography I posed especially for i this page after her ber reo re- recent cent re cent return from Switzerland miss miss my isS my sun here baths baths here 0 Of f course people would think you were crazy if you tried that in New York Nobody ever gets lonely at this sun sun- sunshine sunshine sun sunshine shine cure Miss Bishop ishop says When I first 1 went there there were no Americans and as I didn't know any foreign language I didn't know anybody 1 to talk to I picked up a little French and German though after awhile and enjoyed things more after that It was just like being off at school school- school everybody was so gay and friendly Ono One Onetime 1 time I had tea a II party There were people of fifteen nationalities present We had a wonderful time A lot of my guests were able to walk alk but some of them had to be wheeled in on their beds I sat up in my bed and poured the tea Many Many children are patients at the hosPital Being sick does not interfere with their education or their play Every day they may be seen sitting gravely at their desks in the open air open school while the sunshine beats down on their almost naked bodies After school they run and play in the fields or take long walks over the hills People driving on the mountain roads around Leysin are likely at any time to come on the somewhat surprising sight r ol of a II group of naked children dancing in the fi fields or woods Even in winter they wear the same airy costume Good circulation and the warm sunshine keep them from feeling the cold and they skate on the lakes or build snow forts fortsas fortsas fortsas ledin as comfortably as if they were muffled led in woolens Leysin where the clinic is located is isa isa a little town in the heart of the Alps Scattered about the village are cottages where the friends and families of the patients live while waiting for sunshine and open air to accomplish a cure The institution Is made made- up of ofa ofa ofa a number of clinics Each clinic is like a little city Often Miss Bishop says a clinic will contain alt all people of or one national national- ity nationality There are a great many people from India at Leysin Some of them come suffering terribly from diseases caused by malnutrition It is wonderful to see them grow healthy again One of the most moat fascinating patients an Indian maharajah who had of oft the bones Ho would at us but nobody could talk to Almost every nationality is represented at the clinic but there are very Americans They say uy sa that most are arc too impatient to take the They arent aren't willing just to lie in the sun all even day day even to get n B IJ 1 r I |