The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04
HER ME0APHONIC EAR.
The Plight of a Young Woman Who Un-
derwent Auricular Repairs in Chicago.
(From the ST. Louis Republic. }

(From the ST. Louis Republio.)
Miss Zury Knox, the daughter of a
prominent citizen of Yoakum county,
Tex, WAS in ST. Louis yesterday on her
way to Chicago, where she will consult
q surgeon who treated her last summer,
and endeayor to have him remedy an
unfortunate mistake he made in an oper
alton at that time that has resulted in
much pain and discomfort Of mental
and physical character to the girl.
Miss Knox is most beautiful young
lady,. Her figure, as it is suggested by
her neat blue gown, Is almost pc rfeot.
Her complexion is dream of white and
pink, and her hair is as tangled knot
of silken golden thread. She is a brilliant
oonversationalist, a proficient musician
and an artist OF no mean ability. But
an injury she sustained when seven
years of age by being thrown from the
back of pony she was riding cast a
black spell on her life that only her
sunny nature has enabled her to with
stand. &
When she was thrown from the pony
she alighted on the ground in such way
as to pull half Of the upper portion Of
her right ear entirely oil, and SO lacerated
the remainder that most of 1t was later
cut away by surgeon in Dallas.
When the operation was completed and
the wound had healed, she had only a
easily disguised the Disagreement by the
way she dressed her hair. UP to year
ago she paid on particular attention to il,
as the hearing was not affected to any
extent.
Last April, while on visit to Calves
ton with her mother, she met young
lady from Chicago with whom she be-
came quite intimate. The Chicagoan
became aware Of Miss Knox's unfortu-
nate condition, and at once enthusiastic
oally advised that the Texas girl go to
Chicago and consult surgeon, who, she
alleged, could replace the missing ear
by grating process. Up to this time
about accommodating a new ear. but the
constant talk of her Chicago friend made
her long for auricular apparatus like
other people wear. The upshot of it was
that she went to Chicago in August,
the operation was performed, and she
returned to her Texas home with an ear
which, while it was not nearly SO dainty
and pinky as its mate, did we'll enough
for a bluff.
Shortly after she got home the new
ear began to grow, and it has been grow
ing ever since. About once week the
young lady is attacked with most acute
pains in the recently acquired member,
which she describes, as closely as she
can diagnose the matter, as similar to
the Growing pains" that affect boys
and girls when they begin to lengthen
out. The ear is growing every which
way, and does not seem to have any life
in it.
To Republic reporter who was al
| lowed to view it last night 1t looked like
slice Of dried apple about as large as
John l.. Sulliyan's hands. Recently
Miss Knox has been forced fo adont n
new style of dressing her hair, which
requires her to comb the greater part Of
it down over the ear, giving her head q
sort OF lop-sided appearance. She does
not know where the surgeon got the ear
or to whom 1t belonged before he grated
it on to her. All she knows about it is
that 1t cost her a lot of money. She is
e. going to Chicago to find out more about
Another peculiar feature about this ear
is that she can hear sounds with it that
are totally neutrality-suspicious. to other
people. Seated at one end of the grand
hall on the second floor of the station
last night, she could plainly hear a
whisper uttered at the other end, despite
the roar of traffic on the street and the
noise ascending from the midway below.
at seems as though every sound that
comes to this unfortunate right ear"
she said last night, sis magnifled a
thousand times. I continually hear a
roar like that made by thousand steam
boat whistles At home my room is care
fully padded and all openings are fixed
with view to exclude sound and still
have to sleep with my right ear full OF
cotton, for the swish of pony's tail In
the corral or change in the cadence OF
my fathers snore in the next room will
awaken me. I have not slept since left
Texas, and hardly think I will SLEEP