ANOTHER SANITARIUM DEDICATED.
By William S. Sadler
Two years ago, Mr. C. B. Kimbell, a retired business man living in Hinsdale, Illinois, purchased a piece of property near his home, for the erection of a sanitarium. He had been to the Battle Creek Sanitarium and there became attached to the principles for which it stands. The beautiful area he purchased was deeded by him to a corporation which was formed, called the Hinsdale Sanitarium and Benevolent Association. The tract of land was deeded on terms of payment of twenty annual instalments free of interest. Situated on a charming elevation, clad with a virgin forest of oak, elm, maple, and other trees, it is but seventeen miles from Chicago, and thus very easy of access from the city. By June 1, this year, a building had been erected to accommodate about fifty patients. On September 20 it was ready for dedication, a good number of patients having been received by that time, and many more desiring to come. Some seven hundred visitors and guests attended the dedication, which was a successful and interesting occasion. Prominent speakers representing the law, the church, medicine, and commercial interests, were present, and gave addresses full of kind interest in the work for which the sanitarium is established. Judge Orrin Carter, of Chicago; Hon. R. A. Childs, ex-congressman from the locality; Dr. Thomas, of Chicago; Representative Wilson, of Wheaton, Ill.; Hastings H. Hart, superintendent of the Chicago Children's Home and Aid Society, gave appreciative addresses, in addition to Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Dr. Paulson, and the writer. Dr. Pearson, the philanthropist, prevented from attending the exercises, sent a sympathetic statement of interest and good-will for the sanitarium. Elder Wm. Covert, president of the Illinois Conference, offered the dedicatory prayer. Citizens of Hinsdale attended in large numbers, and took great interest in the event. Connected with the Hinsdale Sanitarium is a Missionary Nurses Training School, offering a three-years' course, prominent in which is the Bible study, covering the entire three years, and embracing a very thorough study of the doctrines known as the Third Angel's Message. The management desire and intend that every graduate of the school shall not only be a well-trained nurse, but also an efficient and firmly-grounded Bible-worker. The outdoor life and fresh-air cure is a strong item of the sanitarium regime, and ample provision will be made for patients to recuperate by engaging in the health-promoting work of tilling the soil. Already there is such a demand for rooms that it is evident an enlargement of the facilities will be necessary; and plans are under way for the erection of an addition, with twenty rooms, at an early date.