THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, 'SUNDAY -MORNING, NOVEMBER .22, 1908.
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Director of : Leprosy Investigation Announces Cure Has Been MadeOnly in Late Years , Has Science Held Out Any Hope -to tne Afflicted Metnods of Solving tke Protlem
By Edward P. Irwin-
A LEPER baa: been cured! The
' enemy ' that ' for thousand of
years has baffled medical skill
and mocked ; the tireless efforts .
.of scientific men been van-
quished, , The jnost horrible and spec
taoular of diseases is no longer incur
able. y-A man h "been, brought ; back .
from the Living1 Death! ,
This announcement that has startled '
the .medical and scientific world and In
fused hope into the hearts of thousands'
of hopeless 'scattered throughout the
.world . was made a. few weeks ago by.
two physicians who for years have been
working to find a solution of the prob
lem that heretofore has confounded the
disciples of Aescalaplus, the problem
that battled the men of medicine for
thousands of years even before the time,
of the great physician of Greece. ...
Dr. Walter K. Brlnckerhoff, director
of the leprosy Investigation station In
Hawaii, and Dr. James T. Wayson, mem
ber of the board of health of the terri
tory of Hawaii, are the two men who
announce that they have cured a case of
leprosy. Each of them has been fight- '
lng this enemy of mankind of years,
confident that, although for centuries
the disease had been pronounced Incur-
able, there must be some cure for it
and that indefatigable effort and perse
verance would in time discover the
remedy.
Before this there have been many
cures of leprosy announced, but they all
proved to be fraudulent merely the ad
vertising of fakers seeking to exploit
some patent medicine warranted to curs .
all the ills that mankind is heir to.
from chilblains to a broken heart Sci
entific men knew that there wan no cure
for leprosy, and warned the victims of
the terrible disease against the quack
medicines of unscrupulous frauds.
No Hope Held Out.
It is only of comparatively late years
that science has held out any hope to
the leper.( The first gleam of light
came with the' acceptance of the bacte
riological theory of disease, and later,
when the bacillus leprae was discovered
and isolated, medical men became cer
tain that In time a cure would be found
for even this most terrible and baffling
of diseases Since that time bacteri-
ologista all' over the world have been
workinr on the Droblem endeavorin- to
find aremed? 7or the White Death
In every civilised coufctry in the world
the work has been carried on, for lep-
, f -.,. V
iIJwtZ ZiSfrSl i, tl T k
x"3T ep VtuaSy
every nation in the world.
t. l 5. i n"oa Htftte8' however.
u nuwevBi.
Vrv?t'?.?rne
a . . ytematlcally.
terlologlsts have de-
to It, and hope of
matt, o t;ti iniTiiiLO j i cs, v urcu vai i iru
on most vigorously and syRtei
Several eminent bacteHologiata
VAloH nil thflh tlma j". it ann hnns r r
ultimate success became steadily
brighter.
Sensation Created
sensation created.
. Some years ago a sensation was ere-
. . . , -.7 . .
ated in New York society when an-
nouncement was made of the engage-
ment of one of the reigning belles of the
season to Dr. Walter R. Brlnckerhoff,
coupled with the startling statement
mat aner tneir marriage mey woum go
to Hawaii to live fin the leper settle-
would devote his life to the work of
trying to find a cure for leprosy. The
yellow Journals all over the country ex
patiated In column after startling col
umn on the heroism of the rich young
bride wno was giving up all tne com
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m""in'UBO"s Ul ueauis an tor w.e saae
This made excellent rendlng-of a
sort hut thnse who shein tenrs nver the.
story wasted their sympathies. The
storv merely illustrates how little
s
r8
la
commonly known about leprosy. T)r.
Brlnckerhoff did go to Hawaii to tackl
....... v . ...... ...,.. ...v,.v.
the puzzling problem of trying" to find
young and beautiful bride with him.
But thev did not go to the leper colony
to reside. They live now in the city
of Honolulu, the most healthful and
the most beautiful place in the world,
and It Is doubtful if Mrs. Brinckerhoff
has - ver seen a leper.
II I1 II I I" I 1 1 f I I . I 1 1 V I, Till no I 1 1 1 1 K I11H
Invades Settlement.
It was known that leprosy was a germ
disease, caused by a vegetable organ-
Ism known as the bacillus leprae, n
lm Known n lll imcn'un lupine, ll
microscopic bacterium dlfftring not
greatly in general characteristics from
the Bacillus tuberculosis, the germ of
nw K' i in ui
tuberculosis. It -was also known that
the bacillus lives not In the blood but
in the f'.esh of the victim. Beyond this,
little was definitely known or Is vet
definitely known, although many for-
mer beliefs and superstitions had heon
i .4 v. ..I.ntlfl. n .... V.
The problem that confronted the ex-
perimenters was to find some means of
rendering the bacillus Innocuous and of
driving it from the system. .
About two years Rgo a physician of
The prooiem tnat conironteo me ex-
FASHIONABLE
By Reginald Carver.
LOWON,, Nov. 14. English people
and especially Londoners have a
peculiar fondness for all animals,
particularly dogs and cats. "Love
ma love my dog" or cat is a
m'otto that might well be placed over
most London households. Last year a
London society dame had a 110,000 neck
lace made for fier pet dog, while in
Park Lane two upper floors of a splen
did mansion are given up jentlrely to
dogs that are waited on by their own
grooms and cooked for by special chefs.
Even after their death the pets of the
elite find' their way Into an exclusive
cemetery which occupies a portion of
Hyde Park, London's most aristocratic
open space. Tho cemetery is situated
just back of tho keeper's lodge at the
Lancaster gate entrance of the park.
Hidden away in a shrubbery, the gen
eral public knows llttl or nothing of
its existence. Ever and anon "there
mav be- seen" as the dime novels say,
a little cortege stopping at this spot
from which some well-dressed rnonrner
will bear a tiny coffin containing the
last mortal remains of "Fido" or "Tab
by," as the case may be. The grave,
as the saying goes, levels all distinc
tions and truly the adage works In this
case, for dogs and cats are buried In
the same cemetery. Monuments de
signed by the best artists and elabor
ately wrought in marble from the best
quarries tell tales i of the passing of
pets of the plutocrats. -'
As you walk about HhliPllttle eeme
tery you meet pathetic. -or ludicrous, In-.
: . .i.tt . ...lifn t vnii. Individual
. nrnnt nf vleor. i One reimarkabie head
stone, containing letters donA In ancient '
Chaldean, excites -oonsideraoie ,unosity
on the part of the few favored ones who
1 are allowed to'tread' the dust of these sa
cred precincts;- Strangely enough, this
tTiaklean Inscription is a terrible curse'
launched by an Irate rat lover against
en "unhuman monster," . etc, etc.v who
. : placed a piece of poloned meat in the
rorts or ner palatial jNew York home evltably done any man who Is accused i..t vU.,.u......ca w r,,,,
nrt rosinlnir ber nnitinn in .npi.tv I . . ' . t or thre years as to how the beautiful place of
7 an wlili l7r bfirlt hnshanrt in llvi OI lnK a leper, was piacea unaer ine disease Is transmitted. Once there wns Danger there certain
IL ,i.J iIvTI-J .,.. new treatment, known as the Nastin no question about it. The leper was extent, but It Is nowh
AV ,' .1" .i jLm .;r . . . i. r. shunned as If he were death Itself, as Is commonly sunn
It was not at all necesarv for the u, u..tln anA hn hin such announce that some hero or heroine has have taken up their work there, they refused to
setentlct to pn to the 1 ener cetHetnenr Imnrovement In Vila general condition resolved to renounce life and go to are never allowed to leave the settle- other state offered to pay for the main- .'.,, -nrt' hashed Intr. white nnsric- f nawau wf. . ...y .l Vk' ,.
scientist to go to the leper settlement Prmm J1 LiSns "at It seems Molokai,-there to labor for the Snfor- ment is utterly without foundation, tenance of the afflicted person. line fnim lnsned lnto wnlte- 8Park- of mallpox which carried off thou-
ln order to. do his work. At Honolulu nd In hi s spec Iflc e slonsnat It seems tumUeg of tnat pla t amj , th l heTe , no ,aw or rule to pr.v.nt And Sl'wav, the wind blows the 8ands, ' ,th .natlle"Vi Th.-.23
there Is an Institution known as the Litton . "to his rTep'rosy.'"'1 l end Inevitably to dfe lo.thesomely. The any well person from leaving Molokai Much Exploited. fPh tVade 'hat purifil, nS X 'vacclnf w.sn ne
Kal.h. Receiving SUtion. where lepe, "We brln this cas to your attention O;, of hee -r, t'r o rSr-l,0, 'r Mo.oka, h ,s been much exp.olted by nttt 'iS1
suspects are taken for examlnatlbn, anj annxt,ls,ntt0 fre 0hehtaon If he" can nothing in them There is no doubt but Marianne, or any other of the brothers many sensational writlrs. most nf whom tor ??lw.T imagines 1 e c8' detect In !,r7S tuTt f anoPtner Xnd
whence. If t in discovered that they E allowed to do so While we are not that occasionally some brave man or or sisters who have far years been ,,,,.,,,,,, ,h,r' ,,,,-, -H hn this Dlace of llvlna -death transferred to that of another. And
have the dl-ease thev are taken -o cSnvinca bevond poss hll ity a ooubt. woman does make this resolve but It working with and for the lepers, can knew little about their subject, and hun- thh, pla-e of IH ing death m.tt some of those from whom It was taken
Molokai Jt was 'at' thTs recelvCsta- ?hat the "."7fTh i" TJl the Island and no dreds of columns have been printed Jt r JP aA tor 'S'"' dCw which M
tlon that Dr. Brinckerhoff set Up his leprosy, we do feel that he has made JJl" nf e tJf'y ' M0,h J J" f;",'lction w,'tevPr " P"t "PO" which dealt generally In Inaccuracies. It what pity Is extended to rW the un watr t '"Teleloned far Srh to .how
laboratory and conducted his expert- such marked Improvement while under J"" c?la?intfncJn?thi appears to be the common belief that fortunate wretches know tllartnly death . hlmval Uttorrt thtou."
".?.. trjjUnt-tt areauest for his re- Sird 'V ril"&Sr? r,:-..- sEPps give the Island. a wide berth, lest will release them. They, are shut of-" teXiSSr.
l tip tnenrv or wotk whs h mn exammauun i hhouiu. ' : . " . iaaKci ui wuvaot. trio wini iiinn.'inor nrr Th ,ind PArrv w in lorever rrnra ineir iru'iiiiM t
has been brought
r
THE VIULAGB OF KA.LXVAO A PART OPTttE LBPKJ
Austrla-Hunga'ry aiscovered and de-
scribed a treatment for leprosy. This
was rather in the nature of an expert-
" ? an aJ,n.ounc.l1 ctu.al ,.ur'5
for tn disease. But as the greatest 'ep-
l!"""" ".rfr
S'il'i'lJriSnT.."! Ett?J-
Enm ".in-ri-ni witi5
ernment for nrm to experiment with;
That was a little more than a year
waa nreparln to erect on the Islander
Molokai. at Kalawao, one of. the two
Molokai. at Kalawao, one of. the two
vUla" th ?rm th Per settlement,
a great hospital, and experdmi-nt wta-
tlon for the treatment of leprosy, where
It was proposed that the foremost men
I -4
of science In the world, along this par-
tlcular line, should work and study in an
effort to find a cure for the disease that
tor thousands of vears had been reck-
oneJ ncurable The Un8 for thls
stitutlon had been prepared and tho
rrnnmi mna hinir clrararl nrenaiatorv
fj0"" eW0n "? the bullfln But
nothing further had been done.
Meantime Dr Brlnokerhoff had set up
a J.ii VioS whV In conlunc-
tlon with Dr. James T. Wayson. he de-
'clu l" iB i, M.W 7 Vv,
i,;rnr AV.WT T
n.mlAt.r. h a
TLf.r. rf,rm.A
jvian was vurea.
On December 26 1907 a Hawaiian
un uecemcer . a Hawaiian
leper, whose name the doctors withhold
on account of the injury that is in-
t,r5,1"
P " k" ;u"7r .'ViV.'
of Hawaii that the man treated was
Cured. .
They made this report with reserva
tlons. being too conservative to wish to
make a statement which might possibly
be refuted by time. Therefore they re-
n, awnmniinhsH n
. j,,ve accomollahed a
P0",Jna' ),eythJl av. TSP i8 ,
T '
11 Dractlcai nui dosps' is not to be re-
arded us a menace' to the community,
The renort of the two Dhvsiclans con-
eludes as follows-
h. heon iinHer nnr rare since
December 28. 1907, nt the Kalihl Ra-
CeivlllfC Station He had received treat-
"For us to take the responsibility of
certifying that, from a scientific point
of view, he is cured, would require an
l view. n- in i.mru. .u
investigation for which the facilities
are not atyhand. On the other hand, if
it can be shown that the leper- bacilli
il nn u- niiwrn ........... ,
are not demonstrate ry sucn methods
as are used In examination for commit-
ment, he might be regarded as a 'social
cure that Is. one who scientifically
considered, might or might not be suf-
ferlng from leprosy, but; who. for prac-
ttnal nnr ri i on, la Tint to be I'P iTJl Til P ft AS
a menace 10 me c.,iiiniuiii..v, i "u , ,t,aj
a menace to the community, and so may
be safely allowed his liberty.
"We recommend that the patient be
submitted to a reexamination to deter-
mine If he Is 'suffering from leprosy
CAT AND DOG CEMETERY
way of a prving tabby-rat which refused
to stay In her own garden. The heart-
broken mistress of the murdered tabby
first put up her curse In plain English,
but as the wording was all too plain, the
park authorities compelled her to re-
move It. She then had the inscription
done In Sanskrit and the student wno
oomnosed it for . her even made it
.stronger in the ancient language than
in the modern one, but If you are not
an adept in this language your morals
are safe until your curiosity leads you
to investigate.
There is a. law against the burial or
human beings within the London llm-
4ta hut nnnn n.hin nun the nhMrmlea
of cats and dogs. Therefore, the Hyde
Park cemetery sees every year a few
additions to Its numerous monuments.
It is not everybody, mind you, who Is
allowed to bury his pet In this aristo
cratic west end animal valhalla, but
only those who have especial influence
with the- guardians of the district. No
matter how distinguished, or noble, or
self-sacrificing your dog or cat, or bow
ever sweety and faithful their Uvea may
low that thev will be entitled to Inter-
ment In this onen-air Enailsh Westmss-
Ste? Abbev fo? dels kd , its
ster Aooey ror uogs and cats :
Some of the Inscriptions pn the head -
stones of these graves might have been
written by ancient Egyptians who be-
lieved in the transmigration of the spuls
of animals. For instance, "Erected to
the memory of Zulelka. Until we meet
agtln," tells the transcendental tale of
a cat heaven, while "Darling Pogey, in
everlasting memory of a faithful and
devote little companion," speaks of the
Immortality of the pet doglet; or the
dog petlet as the case may be unless,
of course. It happens to be a cat, , ir
J It- m- he recalled that T.ord nVrni
. Im w, t nn .r.iiSt. t5
l&To "Bosun" so th. rrrlho
ratronl the Hvrie Park reti?v Vr2
Ent wlthAiii ? a ftln-?rhd mtnTt.
not without a distinguished example.
lVt Paris, the la an even more
orate animaicemetery titan tne Hyde retrieving or recovering your focmer them -safely through serious scrapes, and still were, a imtll people, ttm aver-Park-one
In London. It Is situated on elasticity and buoyancy. Consult your and rf they re iH in body he striven age, height of the men being about
the He des Chlena or Img Island father, confide In him, -and ask for his to have them doctered Into good shape; feefi S iilches at every period of their
where one may eee truly handsome help la this hour of your .trailty. tatj-er knows .what la ths beat treat-. blBtV. . . c
f-. ' , ., . . ; , y t , .-.. , -.' . f y
. :
IW' sea
and capable of transmitting the dt
ease.' Respectfully,
"WILLIAM R. BRINCKERHOPF.
"DlrecJ.,r; 5.y 4nY vBitlon tat,on-
' JAMES T. WAYSON,
"ember ritor!al "card of health."
n u
Conservative Enough.
Conservative enough, surely.. For
wher. leprosy does not manifest itself
outwardly, by crookedV fingers, scales,
spots, sores, a sloughing off of the
spots, sores, a sloughing off of the
fingers and toes, etc., the only way to
H, . ,, ' ' . . .
de, 5Imi Pe " a ?I! tf6 'StmI a fi'
'?i.KVlal ;amlj?a"on- -Thl" e1"1"1111?-
lon 's.made of v"ry euspect who Is
"VfJ1 S'l.0'. u"1. t"
."A, ,nd ' "J0?,',",. reful.l Af
n,a"onr?"ta,h,"'ae- ,lf the bacilli
are found in his flesh, he is condemned
f.' ht0 ntL p'r, '"f "Jf.fTDJi
''ecauso ne is a criminal but because
he 18 "offering from a disease which
Li?oapabe ifT-.tranlim,Ut,,nSwto..otneI
Aee,;t(,D)- t,non afor
leprosy, are not able to detect the pres-
,tncma? e taken for rantdhat th
may be taken for srranted that the
lIHim 1 1 IK L)liyBH;Hn ' " lilt OOH-ia UI
Health w... not be ali. detect any
trace of the dlnease.
yet. the two
inyicins content iiicitit . witn call-
nK the man, for the present, only a
"cnu cure, that Is, one who is- not
capable of transmitting the disease.
leprosy is illustrated by the question
,lvy . v i iTT in i in ii v niiiinn huiiul
His very touch was suonosed to convey
pollution, and amonr the laity it was
:VL" w..
"Unclean, unclean!'; Is the cry that
has echoed down the ages a wail of
2?" eir 5? ? i
TTc,ean uncPean"
nc ""J .f,;.
wretch (IB his hide
ness, or warning,
nd the doomed
,WI niueous lace ana crept
back to his den among- the rocks or
ll,t0 tne desert to wait until merciful
death should release him from hjs suf-
lour" was aeatn ltseir.
An1 now science questions even If
leprosy la contagious. Infectious It is
known not to be.
u umr in bu uurn vnw newspaper"
ylJfVh th, e k"?m nl .h .tit?,?,
'",?.RaK TJ '?.e "i'i"
"Re,r"ow L1" vi"' irP'll";,.8!
. wnmer, whn
men and women who
v to the e ' t
js far as Honolulu.
... -.
tne lepers may get
hut thev ret no
. i m . . , : . iL .
i"; J;"" . 1 "V", . . in, ,
settlement, and are not allowed to go.
.
Uevote Lives.
. . ,. . .
inere are people at tne ieper set-
tlntnent fit MolnlcAl whn r A .1 nt In.
their lives to the lepers, but thv are
their lives to the lepers, but thy are
,.,. .v,.-
not tne nu-and-miss volunteers wnosa
announced self-immolation on the altar
of charity is so widely heralded.
specimens of the monumental art. One
beautiful memorial column Is sur-
mounted by the figure of a great St.
Bernard which saved no less than 40
lives. The pillar Is SO feet high. An-
other monument Is Inscribed "To Jappy,"
and beneath his effigy are the words of
fa seal, "Tne more I see or men, the
better I like my dog."
He Would Return.
Marlow was three years old. One day
his mother sflld tr him "Nnw Mnrlnw
you may go outdoors to play for a
while, but If I see you crossing the
.
".o'vstiWK
BOYS, MAKE CONFIDANTS of YOUR FATHERS
By Clara Reese.
PEAK out and tell your father,
S
bov The possible punishment
7: . : p pun snmeni
which he may mete shall be as
nothing compared with your pres.
ent mental torture Make arlean
ent mental torture. Maice a clean
K-e.-f . v, w ... .T. ,
. . " """" -
ble lB- Tou neea tn a,lvlc
-.perlanced head
- .P'riencea neaa.
ou are facing the law, perhaps, for
hot-tempered or thoughtless mtsde-
meanol.. ou h t k th iu-v-
mm-mii-. jou naie taaen mer umucjcy
atep, or spoken the unlucky word; you
are i In bonds and fetters. Or. you are
m ji,kii.... . -i,.,. ,
disobedience, C chill from
th forbidden river swim, or injured
through a fall from heights you wero
commanded not to x4lmb. or suffering
from a wound from a weapon you should
1 inra ur umiivn-u. mu i
transgressed, been indiscreet and are
rlsls A apme kind. . .
Speak .? wd take you fatherUnto
yo.ur eonfldenc before you are worn
out, weighted down, reduced to an ex-
e'sb--tremlty of depression beyondApower of -
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HQUtfB Of PR.G00DN0E fcEcJIPENT AT LEPER c3ETTLElIEMT.011110LOK.AL
Jack McVeigh Is the superintendent
or tne settlement, and ne lives there
.with his family and certain assistants,
There Is also Dr. Goodhue, the resident
physician. And besides these there are
iiih v . n. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 uruLiif m hiiii Lilt niHLria
of Mercy, who care for the unfortunates
tneir nays in mis
death.
ily is. to a certain
ere near so Krat
osed. In all the
flftv odd ,vears of tne settlement onlv
two or three those in care of the
.- - ... -
Demlen and It Is known that he got
the leprosy by his carelessnot to say
dirty naoits. KODert Louis Stevenson s
famous letter in defense of Father
namien gave tne priest a notoriety
which he would not otherwise have at-
talned and wrapped around hlhi the robe
of the martyr which would never have
and women wno nave given their lives
to the cause of the lepers. Nothing too
good can be said concerning them. But
the general belief that, once they have
v,k in
Nothing too
BfL ium mi me i5xsr Briiiemni unu
Of course, there Is always the danger
h,lt disease may at any lime develop
i . ,h, .,!,. ,u
"' "l -j
stantlv exDosed to contaelon. But .o
' j
'"nK tn"y ordinarily careful,
lhM Q Kreat danger.
"I never think of danger in ronnee-
tion with my work.'' said Sister Ma-
rlanne. in charge of the Bishop home
for-girls at the settlement, to the writer
nn the fccalnn nf hlfl vlnlt tn the Ian.,
"nieiiim. ui ckuiih-, wn-n i siup 10
settlement. "Of course, when I stop to
think. I realize that I am liable to con-
traot tn disease. But I am not afraid,
One who always washes In antiseptics
after dressing the lepers' sores Is not
street to play with that naughty little
boy. Willie Burr, again. I'll give you a
hard, hard spanking."
Half an hour later the mother looked
out after her boy and saw him plavlng
with Willie Burr. She raised the win
dow and called, with forced gentleness:
"Marlow, come here to me."
Mario w came, but as he did so, he
turned to his comoanlon and said:
"You stay wight here, Willie. I'm
doln' In to det spanked. I'll be wight
back." The Delineator.
Undesirables?
From the New Tork American.
IT President Roosevelt does write
play, what a lot of villains there will be
In It!
You have made a mistake somehow,
or yu are Involved In a grievous
wronB' yu r rrigntened. bewildered,
an(j ar keeping your trouble to your-
self until you start at the sound of
your name or bide apart from the gen-
ST.; run friends and acquaintances,
T,u your father rlght a-vay. He will
AI" T""r. .V""'. "gni aw -ay. e wui
f"uw """'y wn?1 " very Desi o
do.ne u?der the circumstances. Ho
may thrash you soundly, or speak his
mlai , no nceI.iajn tonegi or even
say, "Be gone.
y" wll! feel relieved, somehow;
f0" know that in the end he will uaf
taln you and counsel you wisely, and
be the best friend you have In the
wtrrle wide world.
So, don't you make a mistake and
g0 on carrying a burden whfch wou can-
not possibly slip from under unaided;
and uon't you go on the outside In
search of wisdom and help when you
have your father right at hand: and
won i you tnuiK lor an instant mat ne
docs not rare, or does not take an inter-
est In your welfare: father Is tne best
friend that had, boys have, for even
when he chastise ho is planning how to
save them from the Conseohenres of
thelf various misleads. how to" pull
from
a
4r
?
v.
- w-
very liable to get leprosy. The great
danger lies in carelessness, jtiut ir i an
get it. it is as God wills. I am not
afraid."
While st the settlement that writer
wmk liiiii :i Riurv i nil i 1 1 c in hi uw 1 1 ,
what a Comparatively slight extent the
areaaeii disease is transmission a Ha-
wallan was found to have the leprosy
and was sent to Molokai. His wife at-
companled him. as was at thst time
nermltted. as a "kokoa" or helDer. In
the course of time the man died. But
the woman liked the place and remained.
hI'Z ."hiH h-'hiT
And now she Is the wife of a fourth
leper and she herself Is free from thtf
disease:
Frequently accounts appear in the
newspapers or lepers irom oiner siaies
and territories who are to be sent to
Molokai. - These s
without foundatior
torles are Invariabl
on. The leper settle
ny the
Hawaii.
tion.
fed-
erai government, ana no ouier state or
terrltnrv m the nliBhtet rlihf to shir.
territory lias trie slightest rignt to snip
territory lias tne siigm
ls lepers to Molokai.
stances attempts hav
been made to
inirt. nun t-t-i i
l ,1 ii t
receive them, even when tho
It contagion.
... rr.:r,- , .
comprises but a very small portion of
the urn la nnrl nf Mn nk It Is Hllnat.
v;-.i. V. '
A0" J" "'"I ?.n ""'J,s .on. ,hr. 'nd-
wsro sine or ine isiana. smii ntr rrom
the main bodv of land bv en immense
cliff "pall" Is the Hawaiian word
some 4.000 feet high. It Is about three
miles from the base of the pali to the
end of the peninsula, which Is about
the same distance across. On one side
I- I .-ill.. . I . , An . V.
oincr tnat 01 Kalawao, (scattered ne-
other that of Kalawao. Scattered be-
tween the two are manv pretty little
farm houses, where some of the lepers
live. To all appearances these villneea
are just like anv other villages. Thev
SALOME AND
By Mrs. John A. Logan.
r
T Is astonishing that In these days of
advanced civilization anything so
vulgar as the Salome dance should
be received with favor, or that re
fined people should tolerate such an
exhibition.
Those who have witnessed the per
formance admit It Is shocking In every
sense of the Word. And the fact that
the designing Herodias used the agility
of her daughter Salome to beguile
Herod 'the ifina of JudTh Into a Irom-
--eiua, in King or j uusn. into a prom-
ment always for all the stone bruises.
lumps, bumps 'and cuts, the aches and.
shakes, ,sore heads, sore throats, mis-
erable feeling,
Don't carrv vonr nresent hnrden until
you are tt
father will
slfletrack tr
too rar gone tor treatment;
111 not tell on you, but he will
slfletrack the misery somehow, and then
not only tell your troubles to father.
but also tell your joys and note the
light and sparkle in his eyes. Make a
confidant DJ fatnar when happiness is
your portion when success comes to the
fullness of peace and satisfaction. Joy
Is doubled and misery is but half, when
shared Make ft confidant of your
father; spek out
. . .i i,i,.
cn 1 meeting of scientists In
Dublin Professor G. Klllott Smith, the
Egyptologist, said that the earliest
known human remains found In the Nile
valley, when compared with those of
later times, demonstrated tne ract mat
at a very remote period Egypt and
kubia were Inhabited by th. Jme race.
-which had existed In Egypt with little
or no? change In' physical characteristics
n,rnmit the Inturvenlnir s oon v.r
3 - 4 ; Vv-I -
ft I -
I! v''
X - v '
until the present dav. ' Thf v. had been.
living
9
X
s
?!
I?
si vu. -.v. ..v.v.v w.v.--j v. iii
ft ij W
have their own municipal government
a supervisoi, justice of the peace and
police force. And t'e members of tlwse
various bodies are pers with the ex-
ceptlon of the supervisor who has to
Hirpnn m,pi nirB niiiNino inn kii pmftnT
and Is therefore a well man.
Everything possible has been done for
the comfort and well belnir of those
condemned lo end their lives In this
nlace. In fnct thev are as a rule much
iii-ttor sltnntoH ihnn thlr mnrp fnrtu-
Sate brethren In th world .Vntsid;
eauutul Spot.
No more beautiful place than the lep-
,Momen, imrii,en n.,v f
' "
't Is the huire. forbidding mountain,
tower ng to the skv. Its summit con-
.,..... U . .
tinually Houd-capned, its sides so steep
; land precipitous that no man can scale
them exoept at one point where a nar-
ept at one point where a nar-
row trail winds up the face of the
cliff. And this trail Is constantly
guarded, so that none may escape that
wav.
: .. . 1 iM 1 .
l" . niui. in in- nuraiucr wm,
.,,VHV reflecting bark the sun nr h
,'tn', by ia" a Klonming, quivering
llltlKn VI HINIUL imjIllllllB CUIUI WlilUII
'""".KU-TnJThT'l.li-fEl'
I in i rcia-
lives. Thev have left the world of
n. v. v. , i j ,i, .u.h.
they will be burled In the rocky soil of
this little SandSDll tnat JUtS out into
the rifie
tnr..I.a? Ill- . .
uim-ic m " " " ' ' u inniiurnm-
tions is loo l.ideous for description. The
dropping off of fingers and toes, even
of legs and crms: the swelling of ears
to elephantine proportions: the wiping
out from the face of evesy semblance of
humanity, are only a few of the phases
nr lnr.vr.av'
out mere is one miiiKnunx i-wiir
But there is on
Leprosy Is nearly
disappears someti
without pain.
Leprosy Is a "fr
V I'flllll. n- l l.l'll J
lmes piecemeal, but
freakv" d sease. Some-
HER DANCE
Ise to grant the danseuse whatever she
might ask of him, craitily causing the
girl to demand the ' head of St. John
the Baptist on a charger," that she
(Herodias) might be avenged upon the
saint, who had upbraided Herodias. for
her unfaithfulness as the wife of Philip,
her husband's brother, and of the Bin
she had committed in becoming the wife
of Herod while Philip lived, should
make It all. the more revolting.
The spirit of revenge possessed her.
All other means for accomplishment of
her designs on his life failing, she con
ceived the wicked scheme to Insure his
being beheaded. It would seem that
ghastly spectacle of the head on the
platter, which Is held aloft as the terp
slchorean executed the figure of the
danoe, would so vividly recall the
bloody fulfillment of the rash promise
of Herod that it would Incite revulsion
of feeling and disgust.
The dancer, with bare feet and jew
eled ankles, keeps time to the wonder
ful music said to have been revived
from antiquity, and fascinates people by
the exqpisite poses assumed.
From the description, the scant rai
ment is sufficient to taboo the appear
ance of any girl or woman before the
footlights. "In a pair of flesh-colored
silk trunks, reaching from the waist
half way to the knee, one skirt of black
aauxe. arold-enabroidered at the bottom
and reaching to the ankle, a girdle of
pearls and Drltnants, oreastpiate ana
decolletogu of pearls and emerald with
ropes of pearls looped to the girdle and
necklace, and armlets of brilliants and
Jade, a red wig and a diadem complete
the costume. Neither tights nor sandals
are worn, the arms, limbs and torso
being entirely bare." v. .--;;
Admitting that It Is a perfect repro
duction of the reel of the past and
that Maud Allan, i Gertrude Hoffman,
Lill Marberg. Emma Calon. Gefatdine
Farrar or any other danceri excel the
original "Salome In the manic perform
ance, what has been. achleyrd? Should
representations of modern .Iclvilisatlon
be ambitious to emulate vividly' the
dress or the barbaric orgies of antiquitv?
Js It possible that we are drifting Into
.tha abandon which fharacterliea most
lit
I III
death
times its' course la extremal? rapid and
death results In a few years. At otiirr
times. It advances slowly, often belli
-quiescent for . many years. gome of
the Inmates of the Molokai Leper
settlement have shown no Increase In
the outward manifestations of the di
sease f6r 20 years or more. And yet
at any tlme.' the bacilli may become sud
denly active' again and the IhxIv disinter
grate in a relatively short llioe. -
Nine Hundred Lepers.
There are now about 90 fepera en
Molokai, the . majority of them Ha
waiian. There are a few white men, '
and a good many Japanese and Chln.
The Caucasian Is much lees susceptible
to the disease than the people of
darker skin. In China it la roughly Es
timated, that there are in the neighbor
hood ofMOO.000 lepers. Japan ha prnl-,
ably 100.000. India has an Inrivdihln
number, ku have nearly all other parts
of Asia.
And there are many in Europe, par
ticularly in Sweden and Norway. . Out
side of Hi wall and the Philippines, th
I'nlted states and its dependencies have ,
comparatively few. There Is a lept-r
station on BlaekweH's tland - in - Nw -York,
another in Massachusetts, .and
there are a few lepers in other parts of :
the country hated and abhorred by the
people about them. Canada has' more
than we have, but like those of the 1
United States, the lepers of the Domin
ion are ' mostly Chinese and Japanese
who brought the disease from their na
tive homes. . -
It is probable that the loathing and
dread with which the people of this
country and other Caucasian countries
regard a leper is due both to ignorance
and to the ideas conveyed by the scrip
tures, which teach that a leper must .
not be allowed to live among or near ;
those who are well, and which con
demn him to worse than death. It has
happened in a number of Instances that
some poor devil of a Chinaman has
been found to have the disease, and he
has been locked in a box car and hur
ried across the country, while the inhab
itants of the towns and villages through
which ho passed assembled armed with,
shotguns to kill him if he as much as
dared 10 peep through a hole in the'
door. And yet, a Jiiindred thousand men.: '
could shake hands with the leper with-! '
out more than the slightest possible
danger of one of them contracting tint
disease. . .
There Is one feature of the territory
of Hawaii's management of its leper
settlement which cannot be too strongly
condemned. That is the permitting of
the leper men and women to marry and
bring children into the world. For
many years this has gone on, adding
greatly to the number of unfortunates1
in the settlement and postponing In
definitely that hoped-for time when the
disease shall be stamped out entirely.'
Cases of Birth.
Fortunately a woman who has lep
rosy" Is In the majority of Instances'
sterile, but too often the opposite Is
the case. A child born of leper parents
is rarely, if ever, a leper at birth, but 1
the disease Is sucked in with the moth-,'
er's milk, and It is only of late years
that any child born In the leper settle
ment had the slightest chance of .es-,
caping contagion. Some years ago,,
nowever. an Institution was established
In Honolulu, through private generosity,
which is known as the Kapiolanl Girls' :
Home. To this charitable Institution
are removed the girl babies as anon as
they are born into the world. And'th ,
value of the Institution Is demonstrated
by the fact that of the children thus
removed from their parents, less than
one In 20 ever develops the disease j
But the bov babies! There has bevh
i r,rm n ih tirir mmh
ai VZ3 li,?... -T.nmW. ih-ll ?iw
no home for them and they have been -
.... - .... . . . . . .
Iw! IntS" Biitlv how
T lVilalature of Hawaii annro-
flfJl-i"- ? w? -
Jl.-iiJ, 5 Ji,J
"""ne. l ne erection or tne noma was
retaraeaTor more man two years oy
Py politics, but now a Site has been
selected and tnere Is nope lor tne un-
fortunate male children.
Will Take Over Settlement,
vu- .
" ' imiuawc, m"""ei, umi. m uvn
the federal envernment wilt take over
ii,. s'tlemnt whlrh will then tu msdn
the seaiement, which will then be maaa
a Beno.al i,,per settlement wherein
. ....
be placed all lepers found In the Ln
111
De P'a-ea an lepers iouna in ine uninu
States. And when this Is done. there
Is little rcison to doubt that Uncle Sam
will put an end to the barbarous prac-
tlce of allowing the mating of the
i . . . i . m i , j i
leper a ana Hie ut-ariug- ui lllliaren uy
ih.
It is a horrible fact that leprosy was
HPH ITTM mmi ffnOUT tne MIWH1 HD IS-
lands by yacclnation About 60 years
x , . . - . i jj
iV"""' l. .Vll"
no wonaer insi ui nawaniwi m uuw
0lUf"?fc?E?tl! k-IS. fhl h.n1...
-- --.
viotims'or tnis area a oigease. rne an-
nouncement made bv Doctors Brtncker-
. . - . . . . .. . .
" v ay-""
ment has proved successful and that
they have cured one leper by us use in
considerably less than A year Is ine
longest step that has been taiten try
medical science slrtee the remarkable
dlSCOVerleS Of PSSteUr STVl niS alSC.lDleS.
"'Y'
........ u.u. vu v . - -
querea ana pui io ingni, umi ueimn
long the dreaded disease leprosy wiu
be only a horrible memory.
OF ABANDON
of the amusements in Paris and that
our large cities are to encourage this
kind of questionable diversions? Moat
people Imagine that we had survived
the "Black Crook" and the disgusting
dances introduced on the - Midway at
the World's Fair In Chicago in 18ii. ,
Optimistic persons claim the world is
growing better, but if demoralising spec
tacles such as the Salome dance are
to be patronlxed. by leaders in society,
and young girls and boys' are to be
educated to regard the Salome dance,
with its werith of rhythm. Its pulsing
passion, and the weird wildnesa which,
characterises It, and that it la to be
considered the key and the open seaaniu ;
of all the books of ancient poetry, all '
the volumes of mythology, all the mys
tic legends of the past, pessimists will
naturally predict degeneracy . of tasle
and morals.
It is Incomprehensible how the pro
moters of this sort of reeq-iie perform
ances manage to secure licenses to pre
sent any conception which they wish to
put on the stage. At the first perform- ,
ance the people are shocked, and officers
for the protection ef public morals muku
noisy threats of suppression and deter
mination to drive the particular thln
which has invited criticism from th
country. In a brief time the storm blow
over and the condemned show return-,
with probably more dartng exhibition
than were iven at first. Americans ai
bretrnrhtg-qulte aa-3olatlls jiajhal'r-n,
and unless -the sober-minded, rin
thinking and right-acting people
mand an elimination of the vtidvli
and a restoration of . the leiiint ii
drama,-we will surely witness Impel,--degeneracy
Ion the American tie.
Salome, With all of Its lromor.il .
geat ions and indecent lack of test.,
should be suppressed In the Inten -! i
decency and morality, . v ;
' iv; - 1 Looking Ahfad.
From the J.oiilsvHle fi.-.r
"Otmme a few riivm, j
"York, crk. fork.''
'"None of 'em i
hoping 1 ro:l. I.
poetry, 1 . s
tine.1'
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