The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-27
HERFRIENDS HOPEFUL
MentaI Disorder of Miss Marie
Mathis Not InCurabIe.
BEING TREATED AT ASYLUM
Gifted and Richly Stored Mind
SucCumbS to Pneumonia.

ers in this city of Miss Marie Mathis
were greatly shocked and previously
panied to learn a few days ago that, ow-
ing to sudden paroxysms Of violence.
bearing all the unmistakable symptoms
Of aggravated lunacy, it was found nee
essary to remove her from her pleasant
home and family at Newkirk, Kildare
township, o. T, to the territorial insane
asylum at Norman.
It viii be received with emotions of
great relief and joy among all these de-
voted friends Of this talented and Gull
tured lady. that recent letters from her
brother, Mr.. Albert Mathis, announce. it
as authoritative assurance from the Of
ticials Of the asylum as well as her i'm
mediate attendants and medical advisors
that in all probability the unfortunate
malady which has so sorely afflicted
Miss Mathis is only a temporary mental
alteration and with quiet and expert
treatment viii in all likelihood as easily
pass away as it so suddenly appeared. 1t
seems that about two months ago while
at a tea party with friends at Newkirk.
Miss Mathis was taken with all the Sc
verest symptoms Of Ia grippe in its most
malignant form, and from then on suff-
cred repeated reIapses after seemingly
cOnvalescing. To friends in this city she
often wrote during the disafection, that
she suffered acutely with most poignant
pains in her head, often so severe as to
make It difficult for her to think or CO.
herently grasp any line Of thought She
would get better then sink back again
Her relatives knew of this and it was
with the utmost anxiety that they daily
watched her. The best medical author
flies long ago, recognized the tendency
Of this dread malady, grippe, to affect
the mental organs and the countless
numbers Of suicides among people who
were in the best of circumstances of
every kind have attested to this. 1t is
not at all matter Of especial amaze
ment that one Of the delicately balanced
tempe rament Of Miss Mathis would sue
cumb TO the ruthless ravages of the mer-
CHESS grippe. Possessed of a very highly
strung nervous temperament, mentally
alert anu strenuous, with a high pressure
OF neurotic fibre, she was one who re- /
sponded quickly to Impressions of every /
kind. Like the colorless transparency
of a limpid pool she was easily swayed I
and made TO color her reflections by her /
environment. 1t is true that she was Of (
ten subject to fits of profound melan- I
chola and spells of depression, but /
countless thousands of her exquisitely /
finished mind have suffered likewise and /
this had nothing whatever to do with her /
recent mental downfall.
Miss Mathis was born in a beautiful /
and romantic neighborhood in historic !
Alsacce-L Lorraine between the pictures /
que Rhine and the Nosges mountains, |
and was Of German-F French parentage.
With her parents she came to America !
when about 10 years Of age and ct once /
commenced her education which was the /
most finished and cultivated. She com
menced a thorough course at Oberlin
but after three years of hard study was
obliged to give it up owing to continued /
81 health. She came to Wichita in 1885 /
and was valued tacher in the public
schools for three years later going to
Fairm0unt college where she taught
French. also at same time having large
clientele Of private classes. In 1883 she
went to Paris for the the purpose of per
fecting her pronunciation and making
elaborate investigations in art history
archaeology ard phlology She felt
that her native tongue had lost some
thing of it's own early musical rhythm
because in her family life in America,
French German and English were all
auenty spoken, and She was cultured in
ell three She spent nine months in
Paris aud while there studied in one of
the most famous Of the many schools of
languages. and in new system adapted
especially for those intending to teach
languages and phuology. OF q deeply
religious nature she there also made a