New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-23
FASTING FOR FAME.
DIR. TANNERS wRETCHED CONDITION.

DIR. TANNERS WRETCHED CONDITION.
COMPLAINING OF NAUsEA-A FAILING PULSE AND
GENERAL wEAKNEss--END OF TUE TWENTY
FOURTH DAY OF TIE FAST.
81 don't feel well at ALL am sick at my stomach i
and suffering from cramps" said Dr. Tanner ABOUT
drive. The watchers looked at him with surprise
and DISNEY az rs fs n of e snce about ten
davs ago. before he began drinking water, when lie
said that the Thermometer placed IN his mouth mG 10
tor looked pale and worn. He had the appearance
of a man who suffering great pain The pre-
vious night had not been comfortable one;
From p. H. Wednesday until about a. m
Yesterday he slept heavily, without undress-
ing. But after 1 o'clock his slnmbers were
restless and seemed disturbed by PAIN or
bad dreams. This is an, unusual occurrence
ms his sleep has generally been very sonhG'
When he announced in the early gray OF the morn
ing that he was sick tho same thought occurred 10
all " Has the crisis arrivedV But the Doctor
wonderful will power once more came lnto play,
He finished dressing and insisted on taking ms
Nit. St Vincent by the East Side Drive and after
the Doctor had taken a morning eye opener !ol
water) and filled his demiiohn at the sprlnP, ne
drove back in Eighth and Ffth-ayes Stopping at
barber's shop near the Clarendon Hall the carriage
was dismissed and the Doctor, STOPPING little as
usual and With general Ta tho o. sbSa and
resigned himself to the razor. After his shave he
walked back to the hall. where he arrived about
n
threc-ouarters of an hour refreshed him before he
proceeded TO the arduous task or reading Ine
morning mail. At $3.50 m. his pulse was found 10
he 70 weak and rather more compreSsiDle Ills
temperature 9S35o, and his respiration 10 Sew
oral visitors were admitted to the gallery, ana otter
their curiosity was satisfied the Doctors cot was
resrranged. and he asked OF his watchers to
answer few letters for him. After reading the
papers lie lay down on his cot, and about lO3O was
presented with two bouquets by two young women,
who with sweet simplicity, particularly desired
not TO have their names mentioned" 1t seemed to
be day of presents, for a few moments later SET
of checkers and dice was given to the Doctor, and
then his soul delighted ny the gift OF beauti-
full chair of flowers =, Il,
Another nap prepared him for the perusal of tho
noon mail Then climbing over the tables he sat
down near his cot and wrote II few letters. 1t was
amusing TO notice the elaborate care with WHICH tue
DocfOr mOisenedhis postage stamps with sponge IN
stead of touching them with his tongue. One or his
correspondence had written him abont Diet OF gum
Arabic, but the Doctor firmly resisted the tempta1
ton of mucage as food little before he seemed
weary and lay down on the cot, physician ap-
peared and ut 205 D. m. found the tasting mans
mise TO he 20 weak and slightly irregular as shown
hv the snhygrnooraphic tracings. These tracngs in
dcated diminuion OF force III the heart beat. Inc
| temperature was 09O and the respiration 10. III Is
| necessary carefully to select favorable times for
taking these observations as the Doctors pulse ana
temperature vary with cifcumstaDces-such clrcum-
stances for example as the VISIT OF woman VINO VINO
| insisted upon reading aloud to the Doctor n traeI
| entitled Have You a Soul TO be Saved ~
the affectionate interest of another. who wished
| In cook something for the starving man. ana
| thonpht cruel wouldn't hurt him ; or the attack OF
"medica1 representative of tine gentler sex. who
commanded the Doctor to submit to her eXamlna-
ton. Then stout woman appeared, ana iXlng
the Doctor with her glitterlng eve asked, Are
YOU spiritualist {" The Doctor fecbly denied the
imputation, though there was much more OF tne
sprItual in his appearance than IN hat OF MS inter
| locutor Then lie was asked If he belonged to the
Liberal Club, which he also denied, though he sand
| he had attended Its meetings. The Doctor seemed
exhausted by the repeated assaults, and about p.
M he fell asleep and slept for two hours, remark
| ably long nap for him in the DAY time. Az o:3o he
| Z I. tbo ollarx
| inc for n good. uninterrupted stare. Inc Doctor
raised himself rs il seemed making strong effort,
and sitting on the edge of the cot read bis afternoon
mail Then ne wrote one or two letters himself, ana
slowly walked down through the hall into the ante
room One Of the watchers, new conner, ana fresh III
the business, apparently thought the faster needed
No further attention. for he stood by the cot strik
ing a highly statuesque attitude, while the faster
marched off by himself. Another watcher, VINO was
very fat and somewhat shOrt-w MINDED, found himself
divided between two duties He ought TO have fol-
lowed the faster yet he wished to secure ms cane
ot the other end of the gallery. lie made wlld
dive for the cane upsettng several chairs and then,
with series of clephantine leaps, Numbered down
stairs after the Doctor. while the visitors wall ed IN
breathess suspense to ascertain the cause OF the
tumult.
ofjceable that his step v AS somewhat feeber than
II has been. though there can be no doubt that he
PUTS forth a tremendous eifott to appear vigorous
when he undertakes any exertion In publlc. On
| reaching the ante-rOOm he threw himself heavily
| ON his cot and was unwilling TO be moved or dis
turbed The ram outside was falling 80 heavily
that the evening drive was abandoned, ana the DOC
| tor was vrapped in blankets and allowed to lie near
| the omen window. He much troubled with
| fIatuiency and showed himself rather irritable
whenever he spoke, which was only at long inter
walls The Doctor lay upon the cot IN the ante
| room for three-quarters OF an hour lnei ne rose
| mechancaily staggering little on bis feet. lie
walked slowly aud heavily out into the main hall,
win hent shoulders looking more than ever like
| n broken-down old man. Going TO the scales
in the hall, his weight was aseertaned TO be III 2
pounds "a loss of one pound since 800 p. M on
| Wednesday. Then the Doctor assembled 10 the gal-
| lcrv unwilling, apparently, to wait while hlsipuse
| and Temperature TAKEN and threw himself
| down on his cot He said nothing, and seemed a.
| If ne were almost exhausted. Then he was covered
with blankets aud went to sleep Al III y. H. nc
| was still sleeping heavily.
! Dr. Miller said last night 1t has been my opln
ion for two or three days that crisis was approach
| ing and think 80 still more now. HIS restless
| sleep last night his sickness this morning, weak
| pulse drowsness and evident feebleness ar,
| all bad signs, aud am inclined to thinb
| fine Doctor has about reached tho limit
Of his endurance Still he has n way every once il
| "A while of rousing up and seeming an right That up
, sets all a mans theories and predictions. lie Il
| very ant however, think. to brace up for the oc
| casion Ga the whole consider him rather worse
, today -,
: II was found last night by consulting the record
book that the daily quantity Of water drunk Dy IN
Doctor has been decreasing for the last week. N
, | entries arc not ALWAYS full or accurate, but tn
quantity of water taken each day for the last weel
is approximately as follows:
Friday July .30ia Tuesday, July 20. 30 OF
Sunday sunday july IS IA O. Thur.dly, July ~, up
Monday, July 1913 oz. 10 lOp m..........l5 OF
This decrease ia probably due partially, II not er
tirely, to the change in the weather since sunday