Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
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ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCn.1
PHILADELPHIA, March 20.-Miss Mary
Anderson was somewhat better to-day. She
is not by any means we'll as vet however,
though she has been given the cheering in
telligence Dy her physician, that it is alto
gether reasonable to hope that she will be
about again within ten days or fortnight
Even in that event, however, it is settled that
she will not attempt to resume her profess
sional duties until next autumn. Where
she will go when she shall have grown we'll
enough to travel has not been determined
upon as yet though it is altogether likely
that she will go abroad in the summer.
She talks of spending some time at Atlantic
City.
Despite her illness she has within a few
days performed some business that required
mature thought and involved a great deal
of money. Except for the slight tax upon
her physical condition she was none the
worse for the effort. She showed the pos
session of her usual acumen in handling the
business, and discussed it in her clear
minded way with those who had to be con-
suited.
THE DANGER PAST.
Her mother, Mrs. Griffin, who came here
at the beginning of her illness, found her so
we'll that she has returned home. Her
brother, Joseph Anderson, and his bride,
who have been with hei, felt so much ease
respecting her condition, that they were to
have gone to New York Yesterday, but
changed their minds by reason of the rain
and will leave to-day. Miss Anderson will
remain, accompanied only by her maid. to
receive medical treatment. Her relatives
were assured by her physician that there
was no danger at all, and no requirement
for their remaining here.
The private fiat at the Stratford, which
the party have had, will be retained, so that
Miss Anderson may be undisturbed by
noise. The fiat is on the third floor, is ex-
tremely bright and pleasant, and Miss An
derson is quite confident that her enforced
sojourn there will not be without its own
quiet pleasures.
She has always taken the freedom of the
rooms. She rises about and breakfasts
at 10. She eats we'll of beefsteak, eggs and
other substantial and good things. Rules
respecting Lenten fasting that have occu-
pied picturesque place in some of the
stories concerning Miss Anderson do not
apply to her at all-frst, because she is i'll,
and second, because when well, she works
very hard.
HOW SHE PUTS IN HER TIME.
Her meals are brought, up to her BY her
maid, so that there is very little need Of the
hotel service. She chats brightly of things
that are occurring, and reads little. She
has couch in her boudoir upon which she
reclines when fatigued. She has been
suffering quite severely at times with head
ache, which usually accompanies severe
nervous prostration. She has suffered
good deal, too, with rheumatic pain, and
is receiving treatment by massage, but her
mind, it is said, has always been absolutely
out of peril.
She has read the newspapers little but
not much. She learned, however, of some
of the rumors concerning her mind, and she
was cheerful enough to smile as if thew
amused her. Yet it was only natural that
under her apparent amusement there should
be feeling not so pleasant. She talks
good deal of the attention that some of the
papers have given to her personality, and
was deeply offended by st. Louis paper
which she saw that had one of its writers
follow her to church early in the morning,
and illustrated the article about her with q
picture of herself and her maid at the altar.
She would prefer to be considered now as
WHOLLY IN RETIREMENT,
though there is no objection to the giving
out of information concerning her progress
toward recovery. Her friends, in Europe,
as well as in this country, were naturally
enough alarmed by some of the reports con- |
cerning her health, and rain of dispatches |
and cablegrams has been poured down upon |
her relatives. The sum of the answers to |
all of them is:
'Miss Anderson's nervous system has |
broken down, but she is slowly recovering"
There has been a good deal of shifting of |
the blame for the common differences re- |
specting the state of her physical and |
mental condition. Her physician, though |
aware of the common reports, has a rule |
never to talk about the affairs of his pa
tients, exceDt upon their request. Miss An
derson has not thought of speaking to him
upon that subject, though it is not improba-
BILE that for the sake of setting rumor at |
rest, she may do so in day or two. She |
had fairly cheerful day to-day, and it is
as an assuring sign, that the pc
riods of depression that mark an illness of |
this kind seem to be gradually growing
fewer and shorter.