The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-05
CORSETS DON'T GO
BARTHOLOMEW CoRWIN DECLARES
He WILL NOT CURE THEM

hE WILL NUI UUhh 1d1MA
He Declares that he is Willing to Comoa'
Diseases, but that he will Have Moth
ing TO do with Persons who are Insane
Enough to Squeeze Themselves up Like
Sc" String to a Fiddle-He Dismissed
Two Ladies Yesterday From bis Once
Because They Came to Him Laced SO
Tight that They Could Hardly Breathe
bartholomew Corwin, the Wichita
healer. whom the Eagle introduced 10
the public about ten days since, has
risen from a kind hearted old gentle
man known TO but few persons until to-
dav his name is known in every state
in the Union, and his fame as healer
spreads with the rising and setting OF
each sun.
On Saturday last he had sixty-two
patients and all claim that they have
received great benefit from his powers.
In some cases the results of their visits
have proven TO be almost a miracle as
was the case of Mrs. Stewart who had
been unable 10 leave her bed for five
years and was hauled TO the residence
in a carriage and borne into the house,
which is 81 South Topeka avenue. In
less than an hour she was ablt to walk
about the house and afterwards went 10
the carriage.
Letters. are received by the score, but
most Of them are based on the idea
that the healer is able 20 bless hand
kerchiefs, but this is not the case as he
only treats 10Y person application. The
letters are from every state of the
Union, but most of them remain I'M
answered as TO do so would require the
entire time of Mr. Joseph Corwin, the
son. as his father has his hands fun
with the patients and Mrs. COrwin
finds her time occupied in answering
the door bell and entertaining the per-
sons in waiting
Monday a fine office was prepared
and those who had been benefited by
the healer's power sent out the word
that hereafter a charge Of 81 would be
made for a cure. but the healer put his
foot down upon this proposition and as
q consequence compromise was effect
ed whereby d charge Of - cents would
be made to keep up the extra expenses
the family had been put to. and that
hereafter a full list OF names would be
kept.
When the reporter called yesterday
afternoon he found the healer engaged
with a man whose right arm was para
lyzed, while two ladies were in waiting
in the parlOr. In a short time he was
done with the gentleman and turning
TO the ladies asked them what he could !
DO for them.
nj :,
were surprised with the answer they |
received.
Ladies, I will not treat you or any |
other woman who comes here Ceared |
up like fiddle string with cursed cor !
sets on. There is no use in me trying |
my powers to heal a person while they !
continue 10 drive nails in their coffin |
by pressing their ribs together with
these death traps. Go home. take of
the steel ribbed apparatus. and then
come back and I Will try and do my
best for you free Of charge. I am
willing TO combat diseases. but l will
te plagued if / am going to combat sui
eide in any FORM"
The ladies left, but promised 70 re-
turn today minus the corsets.
Then for the first time he noticed tha
reporter and grabbing him by the hand
said:
We'll, well; little did I think that
day when | was talking to you that
the talk would go throughout the civil
lied world, but it did. Why. we d. |
not emily get letters from every state
in the Union. but from Canada and
Mexico as well. You see I am getting
tat over the exercise. 1t does me good.
but Oh, now II bothered my son and his
VIE but we have arranged so that
the expense viii be kept up. Now
please state in the Eagle that do not
bless han1kerchiefs, stocking. shirts
or anything. but | VIII treat them per
sonally, provided they don't have on
but I draw the line on these
deaih-dealiTS fixing. l want them
dressed loose 50 that my treatment will
have a chance"
The hack drove up with the wife of
the register Of the land office al AIva
who had come for treatment. having
been recommended by her friend. Mrs
q W. Sumption, who received great
benefit