Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-26
A PATIENTS BANQUET.
Peculiar Custom Celebrated by a
Southside Female Doctor.
HER BIRTHDAY ONE OF FEASTING
For the Hundreds Whom She Has Benefited
in Her Practice.
SHE ONCE TREATED FATHER MOLLINGER

The Southside, always prolific in strange
and wonderful developments, has come to
the front by degrees with a woman physi-
clan whose miraculous cures will turn some
manufactured athletes green with envy.
The female Good Samaritan who enjoys this
distinction is Mrs. Earstine Schwartz, who
resides on South Sixteenth street,
near Sarah. Yesterday was the
fifty-fifth anniversary of her birthday, and
also the anniversary of the birthday OF her
two sons, one of whom il 35 years of age
and the other SO. Annually this event has
been celebrated by the family with music,
dancing and feast, and the observance OF
the joyous occasion yesterday was unusually
gay and luxurious.
The two sons, who were born on the same
day of the month as their distinguished
mother first saw the light of day, are the
managers of the Schwartz orchestra, musical
organization of considerable merit, which is
especially we'll known on the Southside.
They assisted their mother in the birthday
celebration, contributing in no small degree
to its success.
A
Mrs. Dr. Schwartz has been practicing
medicine in Pittsburg for the past 16 years,
but the phenomenal growth of her practice
is the development of few months. Mrs.
Schwartz is slightly eccentric, but her
peculiarities are pleasing, and her army OF
patients comes from among the most aris-
tocratic people in the two cities. Many
of them visit her clandestinely, and the
boarding houses within two blocks of her
home are crowded with invalids from other
cities. She speaks in charming German
accent, and many of her wards understand
her orders with difficulty. A DISPATCH
reporter called at her cozy home yesterday
afternoon and found the place besieged
with people, many of whom we're
among the best known in Pitts
burg and vicinity. She was preparing
for the anniversary celebration on mag
nifcent scale, and cordially invited
everybody who came to be present. The
event was to be celebrated in Saengerbund
Halle, and menu was prepared that would
do honor to Delmonico. Upon the table IN
her front parlor the presents were dis
played, amid an extravagant profusion OF
palms, vines and flowers, and among the
gifts were beautiful pieces of silverware,
bric-a-brat, cut glass and fancy pieces of
needlework
AT 7:3O o'clock row of carriages drew
up in front of her house. They were quickly
filled with elegantly dressed ladies. The
procession was headed by band, and the
entire party soon arrived at the hall. There
were about 200 guests, and Mrs. Schwartz
was delightfully."- happy. She had provided
a most elaborate spread. including wines
and lager, and she expressly stated to The
DISPATCH reporter that she did not care
who knew it.
DANCING AND DINING FOR ALL.
Everybody danced, and the generous
hostess, though 55 years of age, whirled in
the waltz with the merry nimkeness of
girl of Is. The supper was served in the
basement, where she sat at the head of
table surrounded by her most distinguished
patients, proud and clipper.
"Is there anything wonderful in her
treatment" was the question of the skeptic.
She made no pretence in the direction Of
the supernatural. and yet, like the patients
of Father Mollinger, it was evident that
many of them believed she was
possessed with some peculiar power not
enjoyed by good physicians generally. She
a graduate of the University of Berlin,
Germany, receiving also diploma in the
department of medicine and surgery She
speaks six languages fluently. She said she
practiced in Germany for Is years before
coming to this country. She said also that |
she was a member of five lodges to which |
ladies are elegible, and that she |
belongs to the PRESBYTERIAN church. While |
the reporter was at the house two Sisters of |
the Catholic church called and obtained |
medicine. This incident recalled the fact |
that Mrs. Schwartz five years ago treated |
Father Mollinger for white swelling in the
limbs, and it was stated that the priest |
physician was much benefited by her pre-
scriptions.
SOME OF THE CURES EFFECTED.
Among the guests present last evening
were Mr.. and Mrs. John Rowan, of the |
Central Hotel Mr.. Rowan said that he |
had no objection to stating the wonderful |
cure effected for Mrs. Rowan by Mrs. |
and for the benefit of others |
afflicted he consented to Its pub |
lication. He said that Mrs. Rowan had |
been an invalid for five years, and that |
recently five eminent physicians held a
on her case and gave it as their |
opinion that Mrs Rowan could not recover. |
They thought she would not live longer |
than a week "In despair said Mr.. |
Rowan, 1--WE went to Mrs. Schwartz and my /
wife's health is now better than it has been |
for 10 yeaIs. 1 have no interest in this
woman, and only make this statement for
The benefit of those similarly afflicted" i
Mrs. Ross Smith, of Mex eesport, and her
were at the reception. She has
been patient of Mrs. Schwartz, and re-
ports miraculous change in her condition.
Many other well-known people who would
not permit the use of their names also testi-
fed to the magic of this peculiar German
ady.
Mrs Schwartz told the reporter that she
nad ''bags of money" describing their pro-
portions by wide spread of her hands, and
about her house indicated that
The was extremely nrosnerous