New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-06

germs of the disease carried down TO the
city. No claim Is made. however. that the water
company had knowledge of such a state OF affairs.
The company has completed fine new dam
on Thorn Run. filter beds have been put in. and
at the pumping station On Compromising Creek.
about half mile out from the centre OF the town,
an expert bacteriologst is in constant attendance
II Is now asserted that whatever Thorn Run water
may have been in the past. it IS now chemically
pure
But the average resident Of Butler takes no
chances Distilled water has been brought into
town in great quantities. 1t IS unusual sight TO
see business men going home az night with couple
or bottles of distilled water. each arm
The average housewife heeds we'll TIE injunction OF
the Board OF Health to boil al water used. and 1t
must be a fever germ indeed that can live to
work evil in Butler now.
Many persons who conceived the idea OF drinking
no water while tie epidemic is on received bad
fright the other day. when. at a conference OF
members or the medical corps and leaders of the
feneI workers the question OF closing all saloons
anu 0srS was seriously considered on the ground
that promiscuous drinking and insufficient washing
OF the glasses and bottles used only helped to
spread typhoid. one prominent doctor said:
we viii not object to the sale OF whiskey or
beer in bottles. but think ali bars should be closed
down until the epidemic passes The proposed
action has not yet been taken. however
Give US domestcs," is the cry OF Butler lust
now rather than for medicines or money. Among
'He poorer classes who attend TO their own house
'N-A> ZIG attending the exodus OF
want girls have not been felt. but among those peo-
PIE who have always depended upon their servants
thefe Is now real distress No sooner did Bridget
near from her friend Mary that the whole town
was coming down with typhoid fever than she
PACKED her belongings and fed. Trains could not
run last enough to get big eyed Bridget and NOR
tally terrified Mary away from Butler and across
TIE Allegheny into Pitts5urg 1t mattered not 10
'heta whether there typhoid in the family they
worked for. or II il were not on the same street
1t DAVIS OF Lancaster. president OF the Stare
DOafu Oh Health. cane 10 Butler and said typhoid
Is not contagious But the doctor could not con-
vince Bridget and Mary. He didn't know what ha
was talking, about" they said.
Didn't Marys father die with II and 5td,,t
bLloser nave an aunt who nearly caught it once?f
No', eshtaslousF' Well they would like 20 know
how long since it was not coutagiorlsr.
But Mary! But. Bridget expostuIated their
ms 'eSSsS, won't YOU please stay? I an paying
you no" $ week, but TE make it %: yes. IN
I"I@e II 70 ~ Won't YOU stay?' In some cases a.
high as SO was offered but TO no purpose. Mary
could take them N-N
Butter practically deserted by do-nestics. fell
oack upon the volunteer army os nurses.
ana they have done nobly." declared one OF the
p.U-- 1 women OF the city tbs other day
Ihose women who came here 10 nurse us have
laAsh nold' and Done work which was not expected
OF them They have performed the duties Of two
women and some day they viii get their reward
am sorry to say, Miss Blank" explained one
That ee the TeS5 G9nttse officials the other day
without a domestic It Is through no fault OF
theirs. but it will mean extra labor for you"
On that will be all right, guess replied the
young nurse from Philadelphia We expect such
things at Z time ike this"
striking contrast TO the courage Of tbAse
nurses is afforded by commercial travellers and
business men from other places. who have busi-
ness interests IN Butler.
Those fellows are a chicken hearted lot" said
one Butler business man. speaking OF the com
nercial travellers. Before this endemic broke
out. you couldn't keep them away from Butler
with shotsuns- They hung around US like bees
around hive. Now. have hard work placing
what few orders We have Wait until they show
their heads when this thing IS over. Wen show
them trick or two, then. I reckon"
The women OF Butler have shown themselves
possessed OF plenty Of courage No sooner was the
relief work organized than many OF the most prom
inent women in the place came forward with an
ofrer 10 do all In their power TO aid IN any way
They have done noble work. said Chairman
Moore OF the relief committee mot only by OBJ
taining information concerning the spread OF the
disease and wants OF the sick. but also in the dis
tribution OF supplies. The women are Of great
help 10 the committee because they can go into
sickrooms man could enter. and get inforrna-
ton concerning the real needs OF the sufferers 10
could obtain"
One of the most striking Illustrations OF the sac
rifces made by the women of Butler is afforded by
the Misses Wagner, who. when the Butler Gen
eral Hospital and the Emergency Hospital be-
came filed to overlooking with fever patients
at the outset of the epidemic. threw their
fine house open a hospital The gift was a
godsend 10 the relief committee. and was an act
which inspired others follow suit until now
there is little doubt that all the patients can be
properly housed The Misses Wagner daughters
of wealthy parents. now dead. have been prominent
in charitable work in Butler for some time. Their
house. which contains sixteen rooms. is of the
best residences in Butler. That the courage OF the
sisters not than their generosity is shown by
the fact that, although number Of fever patients
have already been located there BY the relief
rnittee, they still continue live the house and
are doing all in their power TO aid the nurses
the work
Chairman Moore who is the head and front OF
the RELIEF committee. is leading attorney in But
Ter H G.. Rattigan. Editor Of The Butler Her
AID" has laid aside the editorial pen. 70 perform
the work of secretary of the committee
I'VE insist upon complete and accurate informa-
ton" said Chairman Moore. and if the helpers
come IN without it they are sent out 10 investi-
gate again.
Many persons apply for relief direct to the Of
hce'- While the chairman was speaking a man
past middle age addressed him
Are you in trouble too, Mr. Jones?'
noticeable CULVER in his voice. my wife is down.
You want a nurse?'
Yes"
Anything else? Medicine. Of course" suggested
the chairman.
Yes. sir. and''- The man hesitated.
Chairman Moores ready tact spared the appIi-
cant the pain OF the statement he had prepared TO
make
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