Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-11

New York, December 10-For GER
tain well-dehned, yet embarrassing rea-
sons, Miss Florence Wilson, formerly Of
255 Fourth avenue-present address,
Ward 10, Bellevue HOspital-will re-
frain from sitting down for few days.
This will probably be for a week or
more, for the hospital authorities say
that though their patient is getting
along fairly we'll aud has suffered 20
internal Injuries she can not 60 till the
wounds heal.
To be more explicit, Il may be stated,
With hushed breath, that Miss Florence
has become known 10 fame by sitting
down on a hot stove. IL may also be
stated that she didn't sit down on 10 in
tentiOnally, and that she didn't get up
from IL as quick as was absolutely
necessary.
IL was early this week that Miss Will
SOD, who is a single lady, % years old
ADD rather pretty, engaged a room on
the second floor OF the Fourth avenue
house. In the room was'a little sheet
iron, cylindrical stove, with q fiat TOD,
that threw out an immense amount OF
heat. Miss Wilson used IL to prepare
light breakfasts and SuDpers.
History does not record exactly how
and why Miss Wilson chose her Hat
topped stove as a seat, an event which
took place very early yesterday morn
ing, but the commonly accepted story
Is interesting. IL was 10 o'clock Sat
urday evening when Florence, after
dining with a friend up town, was left
at her door by the said friend. Would
be come up No, be didn't care TO. So
Miss Wilson went up alone. II took her
some time, as she had partaken freely
OF both food and drink, and occasionally
Que OF her limbs held back for fear Of
striking the other.
When her room was.reached at last,
the young lady saw with some satiSiac-
tion that a bright fire was burning In
the stove. She sat down on the bed aud
thought.
Il wonder who put that stove there?'
she said droWsily. Then she laughed
aud stood up. Her right foot caught IN
the corner OF the washstand and she
sat on the floor
That's funny" she said, and this
slime she laughed so loudly that Ellen
Hart, another bOarder in the house,
called TO ask her what was the joke.
Florence told her 10 was nothing much,
aud the two girls babe each other good
night. By this time the hat OF the
room was having a strange effect on the
furniture. Miss Wilson stood up aud
lr;.d Intellectually 10 catch the chairs,
The bed, the bureau and even the stove
as they Whirled past her in a maddeniEg
waltz. Once she did catch the bed, aud
sat down on it long enough 20 get of
majority OF her clothes. Then IL threw
her OF and instead OF trying 20 catch il
again with her hands she smiled as
new idea struck her. When 10 came
IouUd again she would sit down on il
before 10 rot away.
Bot the bed evidently OWNED the
YOung wOmau's purpose, for 10 changed
places with the stove, and when the
sitting down process took place, the
yells OF the young woman awOke the
house. BY the time policeman reached
the place some one had released Miss
Wilson from her awful position, but her
screams stiIl keptup.
DR.. Alfred C.. Carpenter, OF 10 East
Nineteenth street, was the first physi-
clan 20 reach the house, but the woman's
pain was TOO great 20 be easily relieved
and an ambulance was summoned. At
the hospital sedativeS were az once ad-
ministered.
Miss Wilson has received a few lady
friends since her trouble, bur the doc
tors insist On her being Kept perfectly
quiet.