Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-03-29
THE Child MADE TOWALk
Charles La Fewe's Twisted Feet
Are Set Straight.
PITY MADE A KINDLY HEART
The Life Of boy Made Worth Living by the
Great Hearted Act Of a Philadelphia
Philarthropist and the Skill
Eminent Surgeons.


Last October The MartInshurg Her
aid told of little deformed toy, Chas
LaFevre, whose unfortunate physical
condition had excited so much pity in
the mind of stranger that he resolv
ed to endeavor to make him ENJOY life
as other children do. That stranger
was a Philadelphia who came here
looking up facts in tbe famous Won
Rosen case.
The, stranger. Joseph r Wilson.
while here weat on drive 20 the
SULPHUR Lot at Bedingtnn ~ company
with Attorney # Vernon Aler and rs
result of That drive that moor little
Berkeley county boy is one OF the
hanpiest hoys IN all the world. With
prospects Of being hopeless sufferer
ana unable to walk for life. he II W
has feef on which be can stand anu
walk
All this is the result of the philan
thronic spirit of rich PhlladelDhIan.
who through Mr.. Wilson and Mr.
A er, was interested in the HELPLESS
lad Moreover besides spending
large sum of monev in having the lad
treated by skilled specialists, he has
provided for his future.
The lad arrived ONE on train NOT
over the Cumberland Valley railroad
Saturday night in com Tany with his
father and over the pads and floors
on which he once hopped and yrawled
he is now able to walk. There is to-
day no happier home in Berkeley
county.
Mr. Aler received from the Philadel.
hian check fer Handsome
sum, with instructions to deposit it in
one OF the banks and let the lad draw
the interest until he is 81, when he is
to have the principal. The whole
story is one of the most charitable
on record. Ii is viyidly told by the
PHILADELPHIA Evening Bulletin. sat
urday, as follows:
A bright little boy Of Walked
down the platform Of the Broad
Street station this morning elaspiug
his fathers hnua.and the wo boarded
the i 40 train for the South.
Tears rolled down the OH mans
cheek. but thev were tears of Gladneas,
and the boys face wore the haDDv
smile Of youth-and that smile was
the cause of the fathers tears, for II
was the first fime he had ever seen
that .lttle face when it was not dis
torted by pain IL was also the first
time be had seen his child walk.
There was st ry Their - even the
passengers hurrvng to catch their
trains could see that. And il was a
tale worthy the pen of a dickens or
Victor Hugo story that rebounds
at one and the same time 10 the cred
it of PHILADELPHIA surgical skill and
Philadelphia philanthropy sort
that does not proclaim its good deeds
from the housetops
Six months ago that little boy had
no more hope OF ever being able TO
VAIN ilihh Alt LiA " ltNl h4nH IOM W
hv To-day he walked out of the
chlIdren's orthopaedic ward of the
University Hospital cured of a fright
tul deformitv, happily so rare that
even the doctors looked upon the case
with interest.
In September last n Phlladelphian
was visiting the sulphur Springs at
the village OF ~Bedington, W. Va.
One dav in driving with West Vir-
einia friend. LAWYER f. Vernon Aler.
of Martinsburg. a little cripple child
hopped across the dusty road in front
OF them, just as crow would do.
The horse was pulled up and the gen.
tlen en- got out to have chat with
the chilu. 1t was found that the poor
cripple was Obliged to stand ON his
little ankles, and the instep on each
foot was where the sole ought TO be.
The little deformed toes pointed back
wards, and altogether it was pitiful
sight for a RUNNERS day
Inquiry develored the fact that the
child had been born that way, anC
had never been able to walk The
father had five other children to pro
vide for, and his moAthlv wage wal
$50. The future looked dark for tina
little boy then. He had already los
all the pleasures that even the poores
of children enjoy in the rough games
their foot races, and the countless
other sports of childhood. And thi
is not all. BY some curious dispense
zion of Providence children who ar
born deformed are moIbidiy sensativ
To ridicule. On the other hand chill
dren who are BON without blemIsl
are only too frequently without Nero
for the 1efor med A md so these mis-