The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-02
KIPLING is BETTER.
Physicians Now Think He Will
Recover--His Two Daugh-
terS Ill.

NEW YORK, March 2, 1S99.-There were
indications about the, Grenoble Hotel
early today that the physicians and
friends of Rudyard Kipling were feeling
a degree of confidence not hitherto ex-
perienced that the sick man is progress
ing oward recovery DIR. Janeway left
the hotel about midnight and had not re-
turned up to 8 o'clock A. M.
Drs Dunham and Conland remained in
the hotel, but did not visit the patients
apartments during the night. The nurse
night.
F. N. Doubleday, who had been a
close watcher by the bedside of the poet,
retired to his own room shortly after
midnight to rest, remaining away from
his self-appointed post up to the time
of the present writing. No bulletins
have been issued since midnight.
Mr.. Doubleday this morn q g positively
announced the rather serious illness of
two of Mr.. Kipling's children. They are
the two girls Josephine, six years old, and
Elsie, three years. Josephine was taken
sick the day after her father
and she has now now been III for nine ane
has been in somewhat serious condition.
She is in about the same condition as sne
has been for several days. Almost inn
mediately after she became sick she was
taken from the hotel to the house of
friend. There DIR. Janeway has been Wis
iting her and treating her. Though she
serious.
Elsie had bronchial affection the day
before yesterday which was pronounced
bronchitis. Now it is pneumonia. She
was isolated from her fathers apart
ment and taken to a room in another
part of the hotel. Her mother wal al
lowed to visit her. The child's condition
is not at all good but DR.. Conland has
been treating her since the beginning of
the illess ad she is not dangerously
youngest of the family, has not been al
lowed to visit either of his sisters or to
enter his fathers room. He is very well
and shows no signs of any illness
Mr.. Doubleday said that Elsie has a
nurse attending her and that DR.. Con-
land after a consultation with DR.. Jane
way, whom he called in, decided that tie
child would better, be taken to separata
room in the hotel. Her condition, Mr.
Doubleday said, was as well as couldu be
expected of a child with pneumonia. Mr..
Doubleday also said this morning that at
o'clock Mr.. Kipling was resting easily
and that the night had not been bad
one.
At $40 A. NJ. the following bulletin was
aAs no rapid change is expected in
Mr.. Kipling's condition a bulletin will
not be issued until after 2.30 Z. M. to-
day, after DR.. Janeway has been in con-
sultation."
This was OF signed and was timed at
9:10 A. NJ. o'clock and went down into the
dining room where they still were some
time after $40 o'clock.
Mr.. Doubleday came down soon after
the bulletin was issued He said Mr.
Kipling was resting quietly.
The author is enjoying natural sleep.
The signs of recovery he exhibits are
very encouraging. All was fairly quiet
in the room last night, the patients
wants being few and the nurse not nav
ing much TO do.
Mrs. Kipling is said to be doing as
remarkably well as usual under the
great strain. Her boy it is rumored is
not allowed to see her because she has
been SO much with the sick man and the
sick children.
Mr. Doubleday appeared again at half
past ten. He said that Mr.. Kipling showed
advanced signs of Improvement and that
he had rested a good deal during the
morning. The night was a comfortable
ably. He had not been delirious and is
rational
There were many callers this morning.
The majority left cards. All read the
posted bulletins and those who called to-
day smiled and appeared to be well sat
isfied with the condition of the author
The feeling is very general that there is
now no further danger and that Mr..
Kipling will ultimately recover.
There has been no change in Elsie
Kipling's condition during the morning,
and it was said that nothing has been
heard as to Josephine's since last night.