The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-03
C1eIPPLES WITH IMPROVED EEEI:
More Mnimlag Done by Railway Cars and
Machsaery Than by Wars.

Machsaery Than by Wars.
Gen. Hoke Of North Carolina is credited
with remarkng on the rapid disappearance. in
late years. Of the manned Veterans Of the civil
war. and saying that in a few years men who
have lost arms or legs will be rare. news
paper paragraph to that effect was shown to
maker OF artificial limbs who furnishes more
substitute arms and legs than anybody elsc in
the United States. and he said: 1T is true
that there are not so many cripples observable
in the streets as there were few years ago.
but it is also true that there almost
many in the com unity. and probably always
will be as long rs we have railroads SO far
the old soldiers are concerned. / don't imagine
that they are dying OF any faster than any
other men who were In their prime when the
war ended. seventeen years ago. AS for Grip
pies becoming rare. tnat is true as far as their
ceasing to BIO conspicuous objects. but they'll
be here among all the same. The difference
will be that the perfection to which the making
Of artificial limbs has been carried especially
in legs: prevents the mutation Of their wear
s with % legs o6ady Mdsd
suspect OF being MANNED"
In a practical demonstration OF what lie said
woman. boy. and a middle aged mnn@and set
TSene "s in the
IN the of the ee and mo- mo-
hating in the Alternating steps. yet the young
Sn9 a the
Tnere" h he sGn;in%ed With =, an air Of Fri,
thiI pdrecion Nobody woni i imai ns: seeing
in A ni e saa an' sa nav" win srn
nih5 with that snbsttGis leg without her
SKATE. and the boy can an ra, !, race; This is ali
q BY & % b S sSd 99t that ,Ss
toes u IKE naimr'. foot could point ont TO
victims 4 railway and other accidents. and
woua and not ass3s%zs sasy
MEMBERS And hat is the reas why
cripi,les are disa pp.arng. II is very com
Of eInai daratom il, the history OF The Country
made by the railroads in each year now as were
by from n IN ID sh Of THAT
GOD0 cases Acccr r., to the war records there
sides Sor sSS Of Pe
the enact number has not been, and cannot be:
renoir,"d bpt in not 2. few Injuries
have been included in tile official records or
In Rns Of Ghinch lila, Lack wanna County, Pa.
for instanSe who had leg am pntated ia 1871.
when he was me mber Of the Eleventh Penn
" | lay Have made thousands Of legs and arm. for
soldiers who are supplic,II with them free Of
s for Ss. and . $50 9fsi
wnw S ws sd rubber s f SS, S @
n lifetime. The elasticity OF the rubber foot in
IT, o. shf ff IS e1s, an sS
made to order in France with, gold Plated
costing a" sev ssS sa'y ao has
5 ssySisx sf Of tie s' tind d a%d up9
%aq the so Mt ssst o r4scr han ny
gold plated and jewelled one without T.. am
sna to s% 500 81 the S GOO
every year and you may say. on my authority
present conducted and the mschinsry nacd in i,
80 many branches OF manufacture may be
one Would be to be mIs BY ns
war. OF course. there are numbers o. men in
dealer in surgical! appliances said. II do
H that the have A 70 are m 'e
a1a a 10 snSGGh to set r mnns heal ThiTing
know al about it. and often have to repair
Who wear such things. and give yoI my word
5 haye 6sen sIprsed I 1han by
srysd a. # thd Firth II hef Sa o
and sboSy OF f h her Ssry
day. not even tie Other girls who Sleep in the
sh with her at ngh ps the fact
tina. the secret OF her tconceniins the fact SO
well is that when, she com need wearing it
nnh to- h ne Of the the
maimei ono; instead Of reversing that process
the Invention Of an old and ex peril nced Ameri-
can maker. and IS acknowedged in Europe as
Of the ago in this direction, .' 1'',
Henri , Lanrens B sG the actor who bad
being frozen. has had, them replaced BY rubber
ones Sbd he noM wsiss about s%os, az well
enable him to teach elocuuon and acting.