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Siate; was purchased with their money and paid for by them. Tlicj 

 were entitled, 1 felt, to every benefit they could receive from it, 

 which was not in opposition to the purpose for which it was pur- 

 chased, namely, forestry, and it occurred to me to see whether or 

 not we could not open this Pennsylvania wilderness for those who 

 could not go to California, or to the Adirondacks or to North Caro- 

 lina. We have had in that camp ninety-four patients and we have 

 sent away from there sixty-seven per cent, cured. There has not 

 been a gallon of cod liver oil used, there has been almost no medical 

 treatment. When I say sixty-seven per cent, cured, I mean actually 

 cured or so far restored that their recovery is a question of time. 



Now I have not a word to say against While Haven. I shall con- 

 fine my remarks, however, to the work at Mont Alto. I recognize 

 to the fullest extent the magnificent work and splendid achieve 

 ment at White Haven. The results which have been accomplished 

 there are such as any country may well be proud of. I say then, that 

 pure air is the one active agent in the restoration of consumptives 

 to health. 



Now in our little mountain home, we had at first a few cabins made 

 out of second-hand lumber. I hadu't a dollar to build with when we 

 commenced this work. We tore down some old houses and carted 

 them to the top of the mountain; a man who was willing to live in a 

 building of that kind would not be a desirable resident on State 

 land. I tore down these old houses and carted tbem to the top of 

 the mountain, and begged the money to put up these cabins, ten feet 

 square with a tarred paper roof, with two windows and a door, with- 

 out a speck of carpet, with whitewashed walls, and then a coat of 

 brown building paper over it. A stove and a lantern and a chair 

 completed the outfit. Now I could tell you of cases from this county; 

 one pale faced boy with death written all over his countenance, 

 whose own mother said to me, "My son will not be alive in two 

 months," but that same boy was sent home a short time ago, a ruddy, 

 healthy boy, cured. We of course have had our disappointments, 

 but the good results have enormously outweighed the bad ones. 



I want to give you just a few cases, that I have in my mind now. 

 One man came to us weighing 140 pounds, his normal Weight being 

 180 pounds. He gained on the average seven pounds a week. He 

 came to us saturated with malaria wdiieh had to be gotten rid of by 

 treatment. After that, he had no medicine. He ate eggs and drank 

 milk, and he consumed quantities of beef, which stagger belief — 

 seven pounds a week. Another man came to us from over here in 

 Montgomery county. He had been living out doors, living in a tent, 

 but was steadily going down. After he came to us, in thirty-eight 

 days he gained thirty-eight pounds and a half, and is now home at 

 his business, well. Another case comes to my mind. A case which 



