The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-16

Dorothy Violet PfIueaer Has
Travelled Nearly 10000
Miles in 13 Months.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, May 15.-Doro-
thy Violet Pfueger, three-year-old
daughter of Wellington Pfieuger. who
is now spending few weeks with her
grandmother at Siegfried's, has seen
more of the world and its wondrous
sights in her short career than hun
dfeds OF persons who live beyond three,
score and ten.
Born in Bombay, India, Baby Doro-
thy in thirteen and one-half months
Travelled nearly 10000 miles. When
she was twelve months old her mother
died of cholera in Badaig, Sumatra,
Mrs. Pheuger had risen in the morning
healthy and happy. Two hours later
she was seized with the deadly throes
of cholera; by sundown she was dead.
and by midnight in her grave Since
then little Miss Dorothy has been pet
ted, cried over, laughed over and cared
for by every class and condition of
women, savage and elite.
Was in Manila During Battle.
Mr.. Pfueger seven or eight years ago
went to Boston as piano player in
music hall. After that he joined
horse show as press agent from Boston
to san francisco. The vicisSitudes of
fortune afterWard found him business
manager Of a circus bound from Homo
lulu to the Philippines. They were
In Manila when Dewey woke up the
town."
The circus finally reached Pekin on
the last train that entered that city
before it was cut off from the world.
The train was derailed, a party of Co.'S
sacks, whose cars had been attached,
seized the outfit of horses and tents,
and that was the last of Warrens cir
Gus until after the siege.
Mr.. Pfueger had improved his time
in Pekin by getting married to one of
the Warren girls.
Dorothy was ehristened March 21,
1901, at Colombo, Ceylon, by Rev Mr..
Dusen, of the First Presbyterian
church. AT Handy she had the honor
of being chucked under the chin by
the Duke of York, now Prince of Wales.
From Handy the circus sailed for
Sourabaya, Java and arrived there
May 19, 1901, and Baby Phueger had
then covered 6 6,260 miles in less than
five months. Two and one-half months
were spent in Java, and at Samarang
the baby contracted Indian fever, and
her physicians gave up hope of saving
the little life. At the suggestion of an
old Dutch woman the baby, in the de-
lirium of fever, was plunged into tub
of ice cold water, and thus her life was
saved.
Witnessed Volcanic Eruption.
AT Sourabaya, Java, the baby's eye
gazed with wonder at a volcanic erup-
ton, which nearly destroyed the party.
Then came the death of the mother In
Sumatra, and Mr.. Pfueger, broken
hearted, started alone with his mother.
less child for his far-off home in the
peaceful village of Siegfried's. From
Sumatraf to Singapore from Singapore
to Yokohama, Pfiueger and his thiF-
teen-months -old baby encountered
nothing but kindness. On one ocean
voyage five French nuns (nurses) took
charge Of the baby
At Yokohama Dorothy had the meas
les. Recovering from that affliction,
Mr.. and Miss Phneger, on Feb. 81. 1902,
embarked on the steamer Empress of
India. On the trip to Vancouver three
women missionaries of the Baptist
church, returning home, took charge
Of Dorothy Fourteen days later they
were on board a transcontinental ex-
press, homeward bound, and today this
child of the Orient, whose mother is
sleeping in far off Sumatra, Is the joy
of old Grandmother Phueger at Sieg-
fried's.