The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-27

BARTHOLDI'S BIG GIRL,
The Prejudices Net by a Canyasser for tho
Pedestal Fund.

The Prejudces Net by "a Canyasser for tho
Pedestal Fund.
The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived and
soon New York harbor will be graced BY
the most magnificent colossal statue the
world has ever seen.
Liberty Enlightening the World
What priceless blessing personal liberty
is. Ii is the shrine at which people,
ground under the heel of tyranny in the
older worlds, worship with ferveacy
that Americans can scarcely realize; 1t is
principle for which Nihilists willingly
die the death of dogs; and fit and proper
1t IS that at the very entrance of the Bay
Of New York this emblematic statue
should fash welcome to the world.
The press is entitled to the credit of
this achievement. Mr.. Piilip Beers, who
has been making circuit Of the country
on behalf of the Pedestal fund, SAYS that
| the fund will certainly be raised, as the
| World does not know the word tuA.
Mr.. Beers says chat he has found the
most pronounced generosity among those
of foreign birth. They seem more ap-
precative Of liberty than do our native
| born. Moreover, among some strange
pnJndice seems t. exist.
'Prejudice? In what Particular"
Il have ever found that however mer-
itorious thing may be, thousands of
people will inevitably be preindiced
against It. | have spent most OF my life
on the road and | know the American
people like :, book Ir 1879 personal
misfortune illustrated this prevailing
prejudice. was very i'll, had suffered
for several years with headache, tickle
| appetite, dreadful backache, cramps, hot
head, cold hands and feet and a general
break down of the system. | dragged
myself back to New York, seeking the
best professional treatment. 1t SO hap
pens that among my relatives is dis
tnguished physician who upbraided me
roundly for preaching SO much about my
own ease. Finally, with some spirit, |
remarked to him
"'Sir, you know that much of your
professional wisdom is pretense. You
are controlled by prejudice. You cannot
reach a case like mine and You know it,
can you?'"
81 had him; and he finally conceded
the point, for it was brisht's disease of
the kidneys which had prostrated me,
and the scEoolmen admit they cannot
cure it. Having cured myself, however,
in 1919, and not having seen a sick day
since, my relative finally admitted that
: Warmers safe cure, which accomplished
this result, was really a wonderful prepa-
ration. Had President Rutter, of the
Central Hudson used it, | am certain he
would be alive today, for he could not
have been in worse condition tllan |
was"
Il have found similar prejulices among
all classes concerning even so laudabe
scheme as this pedestal fund"
Mr.. Beefs's experience aud the recent
death of President Rutter, OF the Gen.
tral Hudson railroad, OF an extreme kid
ney disorder, proves that the physicians
have no real power over such diseases,
and Indicates the only course one should
pursue if, as the late Dir. Willard Parker
says, headache, sickness of the stomach,
dropsical swellings, back ache, dark and
offensive fluids, prematarely impaired
eyesight, loss of strength and energy
occur, for they unmistakably indicate
fatal result, if not promptly arrested.
''1es, sir ee, every cent needed for the
pedestal will be raised. OF course it
will be great triumph for the World,
but would it not have been an eternal
disgrace had our people failed to provide
for this pcdestal?'