The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

plece before, or even an innovation. but
dozen OF more difereniiy afdaictsd peoSpilc. and
likely, " he % ssd %s6a l Saa ) sSs afsE !. sSsis ss. to dis.
cover tho drawback than to remedy 1t. but
tackled. on from time to limo IL gets In shape.
Now, that chair with ono arm that you sec there.
shss G Is 3 p soS' fIisIa> T sSsansoss a S%rsn %s that With bd sSc
mind and hoert of a woman and q welishaped
head head and ,ho body. but her lO SS limb. we're sT mo
into NY chair she said. ny think i
be- better. 1 told her that Pc both arm arms we're need.
ed In n rolling chair for protection and as n rost
with arms TO iiit back out Of the way. She then
suggested That II the baSk wheels were lower
put both these idcas into execution MS promptly
as possible; IL was a mar who PROMPTED my
with his legs extended. a feature new in chairs
for outside use"
And are there enough and variously afflicted
people In New York to give you hints OF this
Perhaps II / knew them all" he said, but I
south America TO see an invalid peculiarly al.
fiicted for whose benefit no appliance has been
chair for a woman who is in such straits tbathor
only mode of ~locumotion is on al. fours. She is
drawn ~ over in the most extraordinary position:
to. be propelled BY herself before / hit on any.
slze.. the amount OF strength, the tempera!
ment. everything, In order to do success
sSt @ert the. in Better Ss.'' I can nnG iii %RlSs H wants.
The other day planned q chair for 2 man
could move, himself and. that would accom-.
modate him In an all.round sense. Immediately
after ives working on a chair for little 5-year-
oughiy absorbed in it .fbelieve at bottom j am
-~haN R.A hA "a, lad n Nt,nfA RARonn
lever do. or have ever done has been accom-:
pllshed by u~ntagqinE work. i am not quick at
f had th IN ' Rnaet O se i ha1% ion oo 'WSsn ! / n was
~ y9 q SaS S1d b IL Ma: NJ Nv p moshef would to I0S So
not like standing BY tho cradle, 50 l riGrcd up
from wherever was, III went to play in tho
do was to jerk the, string and the cradle would
start rocking. r. went out into tho yard
s-soine. That was the beginning Of my Inventive
faculty. but 1T was years after. when l was de-
Timed az home from business viii a boil on on
OF fnshioning a table for. the convenience of PEG;
pile who had to have things come to them and
and adjuncts to that table made me think OF an
adjustable chair. and 40 matters won't until
study for a business. l don't think that II l
had q baby to attend to now, I would leave Il so
mlc0 atone as i Qtu Thai ono years ago. SOu-
tinued contact with delicate and crippled people
has made me very tender with helpless things.
and in proporti9n a. J feel, feel for The tnv"liaS is my
Among all the attractions that New York holds
out to tourists from all over the country tho sup,
ply OF invalid furniture brings the queerest and
the place on. behalf Of friends, having promised
on the market that might answer, for their ex-
press use. Others stop over in tho city. pur-
p ISsiays on Mil ths Wsy TO TO h nnd isU alts salaiesn' m sS1,,
In appliances of their own, or On On inspection
tour to see what other ~invalids are having.
takers and SGT down in the private office OF the
inventor TO have a private consultation about
ins very sp SSiet. "f the p n@s ms't Of the big chairs.
sprawled out at length IN tho main room, and Of
Vices seems to forbid noise or confusion. Even
the ,workmen and porters who bring IN the
n IsonSh m tho s cheers I We're 'A si9oa enFsii ns.sslile %s
Pillows. cushions. stre1chers. and carryin
chairs, for taking cripples in and out Of car.
no depressing influence; the afflicted ones who
are able to get about at all are generally chirpy
the most Of tho physical force left them.
II came in to thank you for my lovely chair"
sid sSs o E wa5 sa%' R RennIg W won aon aG f Know ,HI S 3
enjoy myself in it, and Caleb; my man. you
know: has Learned to manage nan It G nsvur WaYi to
TT is a peculiar business this, Of mine" said
tHo thNUhlOf u Y NV hfAhhS - oe'1N'
patron had been borne away. II am constantly
made to feel that I am looked upon as q bene-
factor. when maybe IL yoa examined my motive
for doing such efficient work the necessity for
money making lies at the bottom. When / am
thanked In heartfelt words for making n piece
OF furniture that was paid for it goes, against
me to insist that it was merely q business
There is that girl cut of absolutely from
a new Invention. Her home Is in a West
ern city and her parents spare neither
they are not rich. Any little thing that comes
out that think would be useful to her make
send on. Ny patrons are my friends. and yet
they are my business clients also. have pho;
children. who insist that ] am their best friend.
yet who have certainly paid me for every. favor
that / ever did for them. l sometimes think
that my services are even more personal than a
physicians. because of q more lasting charac-
ter. As the invalid grows weaker or stronger.
changes must be made in the nppurtenance no
uses and the rolling or reclining chair that he
lives in, then he appeals to me-