The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-30
WONDERS OF WOERISHOFEN.
EXTRA ORDINARF PROGRESS OF
KNhIPP's HOSPITALS.
The CARDINAL Archbishop OF Praeus, the
Nlenrt Rothschiid, nnd the Daughters OF
Don Carlos, go RnreTooted TO - Coueert

| W6rishofen the now famous Bavarian viii
lage. was almost unknown ten years ago. but
| the TRANSACTIONS OF the works OF Its cur6. DR..
kneipp. andhs wonderful cures have brought
| its name into prominence. Thousands OF In =
vallds now flock to Worshofen TO be curod by
the doctor priest This year. according to the
| official figures Of the knoipp Nereln, fifteen
thousand sick persons visited the place for
| treatment They came from almost all coun
tries. representing all classes. from the Arch
bishop Of Prague and the great banker Roth
achid OF Vienna to the humble priest and the
common workman. aud from Processes
daughters OF Don Carlos. down to peasant
girls. And they all go barefootedi Even tho
Asiatic. in his national costume. can be seen
In this village.
But 1t is in front OF the Kurhaus that the
spectacle Is most extraordinary. This Kur-
haus Is sort OF hospital built by the cure
kneipH Here we find all sorts OF nvalids
crowdlng the entrance and filling the waiting
room and the corridors Some are brought in
carriages others nre carried like babies The
poor creatures present pitinbe appearance.
remember seeing on the day Of my first ar
rival little cripple OF seven years carried
about In a basket Now she skips the rope and
is almost completely cured. As fact such
cases are frequent in WGrishofen.
But let us 90 into the consultation room. II
Is rather small whitewashed apartment
without furniture other than long table at
which doctors and scientific men are seated.
In the centro sits tho Abb6 knefpp. At first
sight his rustic appearance is somewhat sur
prising He still looks like ali old weaver in
the garb OF a priest His features are strongly
accumulated. Enormous bushy black eve
brows add 10 the austerity OF their expression.
But his eve. singulary soft becomes at times
wonderfully penetrating. He smokes an enor.
nous cigar and nibbles fruit while his patients
one by one denle before him. The consulta-
ton Is never long. The patient in IL few words
tells his trouble kneirp looks NJ him rarely
questions him. and still more rarely examines
him. In his cayernous voice lie dictates tho
eide. and that il all. The whole thing Insts
scarcely two, minutes. In silence the doctors
listen and take notes. 1t is in reality u clinic,
and thoy ar" simply students ot the doctor
OF his diagnoses. They admire the bower OF
his punsi.diyination and admit his profound
knowledge Of the human body.
TN coming out Of the cOnSulta alton room wa
see number OF peope Onretooted and bare
legged wadlnE about in IL stream men with
priests with their sOutancs shortened and
women contending with the difficulties pre-
fancy til 1t they were a lot o: big children try
ing 20 amuse themselves. IL ii were not for
obeyng their orders. taking their walk ia
the water
The spectacle presented in the exercising
room - stu more conica. n one large and
well-hghtcd apartment crowd OF patients 90
through the widest manu'uvres and rontor-
lions. accompanied by the strangcst gestures
some JUMP: others work their arms: others
dance. They look like group Of deryishes or
some extraordinary rehearsal In utter mmase,
ment you press your forehead and ask your
sell oil hese people are crazy or II you your
self have lost your senses. hut keep cool you
at exercise. At the, close OF It they become
thnt they are always bareiooteL
Ion must not 10 astonished H. on going
greater portion OF the people at table with
bare legs and hare feet. During the first few
tied by all the bare feet There were big |
feet. fat feet. short feet. long feet, anil thin |
feet and. moreover. they were of ali colors.
FOR at he end OF certain time the sun and |
the water get In their rainbow line work. 1t is |
enough to give one tho nightmare. Each pair !
oi feet has its particular characteristic. / |
never Imagined that feet could tell so many |
things. remember seeing at a concert one |
evening u yiolinist in faultless fnll dress with |
the exception Of shoes and stockings but there
was no room for establishment. because in the
iroIt r1w OF seats ! notleei the Cardinal
DAUGHTERS OF Don Carlos all bnreio1tcd.
A., But u subject OF perpetual amaHoment at
W orlsRoIcn IL tho number OF strange Co.'S
tunes that are to lie seen there. For exam
pie ga2ed alta Yonng ecclesiastir with a
and II light oyercont over his soutane. lie
WAS calmly smokipg cigarette. also saw a
lNNit lht uidll, WEARING an elofll GUS som DFHrD
that seemed to cover him mpleteIy and
made MIN look at distance ike n gigantic
Walking m1 ,r On drawing nearsr |
'essed enormous naked calves. which the tails
~ his coat slapped as he walked On inquiry
found TINT he was nm Americnn and a most
worthy gentleman, too Near him were a de- |
3Tmed child and totterlng paraIytic,
orts. to bo found in W"rishofen is something
,xtraordinarY. We have hoard Of Lourdes
here tut W"rlshoien has this pcculmrity
asks nolhlHE 81 the supernatural. II | may
~ rard"nrd the expression, 1t Is the place ii
ay miracles, aud has nothing to do With di-
line intervention. After DR.. kneiEp himself
old water and bare leet are tie agents.
r"wd surrounds tho doctor ana follows him
Women kneel down TO kiss his hands. lie
ld nrl"si, clothed IN his weli-wurn sOutane
ndifferentto all these demonstrations Of graft
aspect for him. lie seems to care for nothing
Xcept the rclisI no can give to the suffering.
But Let ~ follow him He - now going to
ustic chair IL placed Here is where Dr |
.neipp develops his system in his conferences,
hitch are haIf scientific and half popular
wen after the Conference his laLors are hy
o means ended The peopie grab nt his
now some detail In the treatment another
eGT nm g VS., some sIIE IriGn,L II"rrplies
linking only 81 relieving his patients
with the money that be received lie built a {
ia the Kinder Asy. among the poor children J
lat he gathers in and cares Tor in tho large 4
uilIlng that he has had eTecte. fur them IN | T.
Ills asylum found many French children In.
eed there are children there of all rationale '
es. The charity Of kneipp knows 70 frontiers D
As Tor hOnUr-. the good ruri cafes little for | /
rem IL proof 81 this one example is SUM :
ent, When no was recently appointed ham !
rrlain OF he Pope, he did not even open the Q
lyeoPe that contained the document rnn'sr- q
nE The dignity upon him until the day after =
. had received n. aud not even then until ! II
'yerAl clerical friends who we're away. OF the /
ct came Ia congratulate him. In his own ! a
unit manner lao asked the meaning ~ the
They callel his attention 10 Z
10 letter. lie took II out uG his pool sI opened q
read ~ aud tears illled his Eyes, lie did not q
ink that he was worthy II the honor. | c
knoipp. as he Is now called still | \
mains The humtl cure. the former weaver n
Intelligence and learning have simply en- ii
rge,l his great heart, and Of all the impre~- L
ons that one brings hack from Nurishnfeu q
at is the most Nivil and the most striking q
Can On The d 'rIIc 4. =. rar a Settlement.
To THE EDITOR or The SUI ST.: ! would -
20 10 see the officers of the Gaelic Athletic y
H.. III ~.