susceptible of improvement, and a resident of Los Angeles county for one year, is eligible to make application for admittance to the Barlow Sanatorium.

Agnes Memorial Doctors Resign.

Because they did not approve of the present policy of the institution, the entire medical board of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium, Denver, Col., resigned. The board consisted of Drs. Arnold Stedman, William H. Bergtold, Carroll E. Edson, John A. Wilder and Lorenzo B. Lockard.

Money for Hebrew Children's Sanatorium.

Contributions for building a sanatorium for Hebrew children, at Rockaway Park, L. I., include the following: Jacob H. Schiff, $10,000; Mortimer L. Schiff, $2.500; Adolph Lewishon, $2,500; Felix M. Warburg, $1,000; Otto H. Kahn, $1,000; Paul M. Warburg, $500; Emanuel Lehman, $500; Daniel Guggenheim, $500; William Schole, $500, and Isaac Stern, $500. Mrs. J. B. Greenhut will provide the furniture for the new building.

Suspends Publication.

The American Journal of Tuberculosis, which first appeared last May, has suspended publication. The reason assigned by the Sutton Publishing Co., of Detroit, Mich., is that not enough advertising of a desirable kind could be obtained to make it pay.

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The majority of the inhabitants of the great cities of the north, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, etc., have very little outdoor life during the winter months.

City life is essentially an indoor one, largely from necessity, partly from habit. Man likes comfort, and once becoming accustomed to the agreeable warmth of his artificially heated house he becomes less and less inclined to spend any great amount of time out-of-doors, even when his occupation permits it. He deliberately turns his back upon the light of the sun, hides himself away in boxes with breathing holes (which he calls houses) ** * and only coming forth perhaps once a day to blink at the bright god, or to run back again at the first breath of the free wind for fear of catching cold." (Carpenter.) Probably the average city dweller does not spend an hour a day in the free air.

The inevitable results of this self-imprisonment indoors, in an impure, superheated and arid atmosphere, manifest themselves sooner or later in various ways: lassitude, loss of appetite, impaired digestion, insomnia, deterioration in physical and mental activity, irritability and nervousness are some of the results. One finding himself a sufferer from any of these conditions longs for the summer days when the outdoor air came to him at every hour, through open door, window, open street car; and when he spent his evening hours on his doorstep or balcony, experiencing the wellbeing which one feels in the " open," even when the temperature is high and the air hot.

City conditions of living and working are

so fixed that any great change from this indoor existence seems quite impossible in the ordinary course of one's life, and so the only thing to do, when something seems necessary to be done, is to break away for a while and take a change. This the writer did the last winter, when finding himself in somewhat the condition mentioned above, and took a cruise to Bermuda and the West Indies. Starting from Boston in February in a northeast gale, he made a very unhappy voyage to Bermuda and underwent with the majority of his fellowpassengers the tortures of seasickness, alternating with fears of imminent shipwreck. Once, however, reaching the lovely islands of the Bermudas, the evil voyage was forgotten and the open-air life begun. Snow, biting cold, harsh winds, barrenness and indoor life were left behind and a life out-ofdoors in a mild climate with green vegetation and flowers was revelled in. One could wheel all day over fine coral roads, through charming and picturesque scenery, or sail in the harbor and inlets. Everything tempted and kept one out-of-doors in the pure air from the ocean.

One could spend an indefinite time in Bermuda and find a new and charming excursion every day, walking, sailing, riding and driving. It is related of a certain American that after a two weeks' visit he remarked that he had seen the whole island. "If you will remain a month longer," said a bishop, who overheard the remark. "I will show you a new excursion every day."

Sailing directly south from Bermuda for about eight hundred miles, Puerto Rico was

reached, and here purely tropical life begun. One does not suffer from the heat or even feel much discomfort from it in these latitudes if he is properly clad and does as the natives do keep out of the midday sun and take his exercise in the early and late part of the day. The evening air is delicious and nothing can be more seductive than a comfortable seat on deck, where one can watch the rising of the Southern Cross.

There is one thing above all others to be done in Puerto Rico: the ride over the famous military road from San Juan on one side of the island to Ponce on the other. This is essentially a mountain road, equal in construction to the Swiss passes, and affording most varied and grand scenery. Indeed, it is quite comparable and in some respects excels some of the Swiss mountain roads. Swiftfooted ponies carry you, who appeared to be endowed with perpetual motion and tireless activity. In these tropical islands everybody drinks the wholesome and refreshing fluid of the green cocoanut and all worry about impure drinking water can be banished. One of the prominent and striking characteristics of the scenery about San Juan are the groves and avenues of cocoanut palms, the fruit of which can be had for the asking.

From Ponce, the next flight was to Jamaica, the loveliest of tropical islands, affording a variety of climates from that of the sea level to that of the mountains of 6,000 or 7,000 feet in height. Tropical plants of every description abound here, and the numerous macadamized roads offer perfect conditions for riding or bicycling. The apparently limitless banana plantations, the sugar-cane fields, the botanical gardens, the strange and infinite variety of tree and plant, with the novel and picturesque life, delight one at every turn. The old world of winter dreariness is forgotten, and one rejoices in this new and strange realm of tropical luxuriousness: a new excursion every day, and a quiet evening under bright stars and in a cool atmosphere.

One of the most delightful portions of such a trip is the cruising from island to island under these sunny skies. The trade winds cool the air, and dressed in linen or flannels one can sit for hours on deck watching the flying fish, sleeping and enjoying all the little details and incidents of ship life; the sky so sunny or starlit above, and the water so blue beneath.

Of all the islands we visited Jamaica was the most attractive, the most tropical and the

most varied in scenery. One can hardly imagine any kind of outdoor life more fascinating than bicycling over the fine roads in Jamaica, clad in a linen suit and a light native straw hat, all of which can be obtained for a few dollars.

Next came Santiago and Havana, in Cuba. The charm of the former is its harbor with its stately entrance guarded by the ancient Morro. Here one sees the sorry relics of Cervera's proud fleet, and visits San Juan Hill.

One of the great charms of Havana is sailing to and fro from your ship to the dock in the picturesque boats of the natives. There always seems to be a breeze and no one rows when he can sail, or walks when he can ride. Among other things a tuberculosis dispensary was discovered in the city, for in this climate. as in every other, tuberculosis is one of the most prevalent diseases. In Puerto Rico it was learned that next to the parasitic anaemia. tuberculosis, pneumonia and bronchitis were the most common causes of mortality.

The open-air concerts in the various parks in Havana afforded delightful opportunities of spending the evening out-of-doors, and by day the trolley took one into the country or along the sea wall. One, however, need not be making excursions to enjoy this southern life and climate. To sit in a park or garden under the shade of a palm tree, or sail about the harbor in this balmy atmosphere, is quite pleasure enough when one remembers that it is March and recalls the characteristic weather of this season at home.

Our last southern port was Nassau, that land of brilliant sunshine and outdoor life, of oranges and roses. "It is a winter resort pure and simple, and the season is the three months of January, February and March." The climate is essentially an ocean one, with a pure air devoid of dust and smoke and an equable temperature, the minimum about that of indoors at home and the maximum not uncomfortable in the shade. The humidity is high, which, together with the warmth, renders one disinclined to take a great deal of active exercise. It is enough, however, to sit on the piazza and watch the ever-changing colors of the sea, and the varied shipping life, fanned by the trade winds, sail up the lagoon to the sea gardens or lazily wander through the attractive streets and about the interesting sponge markets. "I would not think of sending one here," says Dr. Fisk (Some Notes on Nassau. Transactions of the American Climatological Association, 1903. Vol. 19), where a moist climate is contraindicated, as in early phthisis; nor where the tonic influence of cold is advisable. But where an out-of-door life at sea-level, a moist skin, an equable temperature, a pure air, sunshine, freedom from cold and snow, a dry soil, are sought as in certain forms of heart trouble, or of Bright's disease, or in diabetes, or neurasthenia, or insomnia, or in case of persons who need to get away and take a rest, or even those who want to avoid the