The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-12
STARVED TO SAVE WIFE.


Ing Himself Food thai Ills WIN Might
Not be Iiangry-A sad Caso OF Mlsfor.
tune.
Rather than deprive hts wife OF food
when there was not enough IN the
housc for both OF them to cut, says the
New York World, Thcophilc 10 DlnnS,
mn architect out Of work, starved hlm~
self into n state OF temporary insanity,
Day atter day he pleaded depression
OF spirits and lack Of appetite us an
excuse FOR not cutting his share OF the
mcagfc monls lie was able to furnish.
At last human endurance could stand
no more, Ills mind gave way and he l.
now IN tho insane pavilion ut Belle.
vue Hospital dcviSing plans In his VAN
dcrlng mind for Il torty-st0ry bulla-
Ing.
II had no Idea OF the truth" said
the h~curt-brokGn wife yesterday, ua
abe wept aver the poor mans bed. II
saw, OF course, that he was sacrifice
Ing everything that | might have
enough to eat, But then I could not gct
him to cat; and We had too little food
10 AFFORD 90 waste any OF II. Oh, poor
Thco! Ir / had only guessed,
"Ila!" snid the architect, his face
y. lEllluE VII WIN EGllulilN ll'NHhlN NiANl
he saw his wife. More TO cut here,
dear, hey? Warmer. too, Oh. | AM
very busy on those plans now. Getting
along %splendidly, AL our hurd times
arc I'VE | hope
The doctors would not permit Mrs.
Lc Blanc to remain very long with her
husband, because her presence excited
him. They would not give very much
Information about his condition, either,
except to say thnt It WINS IL case Of
Rcuie mania. brought about by Insult.
iicicnt nourishment They are giving
him food and rrstoratlvcs to bald up
his system before a thorough cNamt-
nation Is made into his mental condi-
ton. None OF the phys'cians would ven
turc an opinion yesterday rs 10 wheth-
or the demcn;ia was likely to prove
permanent or not.
It Is a tale or biting poverty more
rltilul than usually come from the
hospital cot. Lc Blanc IL n Canadian,
He learned to be IN architect in Mon
treal, and after hts marriage decided
TO try his fortune In New York. Thnt
was six years ago. lie has never been
really prosperous, but always manaS-
ed 10 live comfortably until II rcar or
SO ago. His wife is 4 thrifty httle wo-
man. and like all French housewives,
managed to sci n little aside for Il
rainy dav. no matter how small the
income. So when the husband stopped
breadwinning altogether, she told him
not to worry FOR Il few weeks, at any
rate. but 20 cheer up and hope Tor bet
ter times.
William z. WOrthem. OF No 81
Blocker street. fo- whom lie Blame
has worked as designer and draughts.
man Tor more than Two years, OF II
on, ulves him an excellent reputation.
So do others who employed HIM occa-
slorally. He was steady. industrious
and accurate. But heinever seemed 10
have any luck In making a hit or In
rising above the level OF hundreds OF
others in the same line Of business.
So matters went from bad 10 worse
Mrs. lie Blanc got q place as q servant
for = time. but when her employers
wanted her TO sleep In the house she
refused 10 leave her husband, and
gave up the situation. She was always
willing, she said. to work out By the
day. II she could see him comfortable
frs. LIE Blanc Is fairly sRlltul with n
paint brush. and sold occasional pot
boilers that brought In enough 10 pay
the rent. Both he and his wife were
too reserved to please the ncighbors
OF the tenement-housr IN which they
lived, although all speak we'll OF their
quiet and unubtrustve ways
IT'S plenty meseIi and me husband
has 70 spare" said IA ~good-natured
woman yesterday. an the poo: nnn
should never have wanted n meal II
knew It. He saved me sisters boy
from beln' run over by n coal cart last
summer and ! went upstairs 10 tell his
wife abou, It and thank her. But she
never asked the IN"
MY, husband was n very sensitive
man." said Mrs. lie Blanc, and was
always c%autioning me not TO let the
neIShbors know about our distress.
Now suppose everybody viii know.
Oh, dear"