Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-17
MRS. MASON'S PLIGHT.
It Is Feared That She May Have
 Hydrophobia.
SHE WAS BITTEN BY AN ANGRY DOG
She Was TryIng to Save Her Daughter From the Animal-She Has an Aversion For Water and Shows Other Signs of RabIes-Tlse Wound CauterIzed.

NEW ROCHELLE N. Y. Aug. 17.-Marion Manola Mason, who recently appeared at Herrmann's theater with her husband, Jack Mason, in Friend Fritz" while res cuing her daughter Adelaide from a vicious dog on July 24 was bitten by the animal and has since displayed symptoms resem- bling those of hydrophobia Dr. s. J. O'Neil of 249 East Eighty-sixth street, who is attending her. has not decided whether the symptoms are those of the dread dis ease or are due to nervousness resulting from shock.
 The Masons are living at 63 Bay View avenue, New Rochelle, at the end of n row of summer cottages.
 Jack Mason was kept in New York until late on July 24, and his wife and her daughter Adelaide who is l3 years old, were waiting for him at the gate when he returned.
 When l was near home" said Mir Ma son at his home. T heard a furious barking. l thought at first the noise was made by the combined efforts of the four dogs I keep about the house. But when 1 heard my stepdaughter scream I jumped up the steps leading to the gate. and there l saw Duke, an Irish setter, wrestling with a strange dog that looked like bull ter rier. The next moment Adelaide stepped forward to separate the animals. Before l could call out to her to let them alone she had grabbed the strange dog by the ears. Attacked Mrs. Mason. "The dog shook off Dukes hold and with a snarl sprang toward Adelaide. My wife threw herself between Adelaide and the dog, while l aimed n kick at the brute as da for fa ,,;, n1 caught her by the right arm and tore away the sleeve of her dress.
 "When 1 saw the brute draw back, snap ping and snarling with foam on his jaws, l became badly frightened and looked at Mrs. Mason's arm to see if she had been bitten. That was unfortunately the case | but didn't tell her so.
 | T quietly walked into the house, got the | steel knife sharpener, knocked the glass off one of the lamps and heated the steel
 as quickly as could. had attended med. | ical lectures in the Massachusetts hospital
 in Boston years ago, and knew that eau
 terizing the wound caused by the dogs | bite might save Mrs. Mason from hydro phobia.
 Mrs. Mason had not noticed that she | was bitten, as she was still solicitous about
 her child. Accordingly I walked up to my wife and quickly drew the heated steel | over the wounds. UT course she screamed l and tainted, but Dr. O'Neil, who is attend
 ing her, said it was the very best thing l could have done"
 l Mir. Mason added that when his wife re-
 vived he offered glass of water to her, but l she threw it to the floor.
 | ''She has since displayed a marked aver
 sion to water" continued MT Mason, and
 not night has passed since then that she has not raved.
 Jack Mason and his wife called on Dr. lO'Ncil the day after the woman had been
 bitten. He found that her pupils were di- Hated and that she was suffering from a high fever She showed the same aversion
 to water as on the night before, and Dr. IO'Ncil ordered her to bed at once. He called at her New Rochelle house for five nights and administered Sedatives. | On his advice three of the dogs were sent Iaway from the house as their barking had | a bad effect on Mrs Mason. Il HydroPhObia symptoms
 She was soon well enough to take g