The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-02

amined the spots closely and vas
about 10 pass her 81 a ispcf. Whnn
the expression af her fare aroused
hls suspicious. Dipping a sponge Ia
an acid solution he touched ons Of
the little brown spots gently. and q
disappeared Mary Mshisi had care
fully painted the spots on her neck
with lodine.
once more she wAa sent away
weeping. but only a few weeks later
sha rsappsnrcd. and this time she
had the legitimate right 10 go g
Maiakal. Ter she had become lsper
Her icy on the day she was con-
femned was a. great ~ her grief
had been on the day they had re-
fused 20 lot her 60 with her has
band. 10 was afterNari learned
that the devoted woman had sought
out a lepcr Who Nas hiding aud had
first cut a vein IN her wrist and
then bound the wound 20 the ulcer
Gus wrist % the fugitive icper.
such incidents demonstrate thu
fact that nothing can arouse In the
Hawaiian the
FEAR or LF-PROSr
No more than can the ssverest tee,
lessen his affections so unafraid
are the Hnwaiianm q the dread dis
ease that they will live IN the same
hat With a ispeF. smoke the sans
pipe. eat from the same caiabAah.
wear the same clothes and sleep IN
the same hed They are neither dia-
xuHfsf Kor afraid and are perfectly
indifferent 90 the eontagion. Tbs
conventional family ties % the IA.
Wailan are weak. but his social In.
stincfs arc strong and his affections
ara freely given to all Of his race
tie sees IN a stricken isper onir AZ
unfartunats brother and IL ready e
embraces and comfort him without
fear u contracting the most revolt
ing and deadly Of all diseases.
This slefneut makes the task Of
Honolulu'n health officers most ar
ficuif. The Kanakas continually
hide their lepef frienda. and II Is
often necessary 20 trail a iSgsr down
IN the same way the law hunts ava.
perafe criminals.
II IL a strange fact that ~hg4e th'
Hawaiian shows no fear o< the dts
ease Itself. he Il afraid ~ the ierSi
prison. The natives s.cfrts taeii
ieper friends IN the caves ami for.
csts. guarding them from the prison
The hunted creatures iremhle at ths
very name % Molokai. They know
that no isper II exempt. for Queer
| Frnrna'n own cousin had 60 60. exef
1 a -. 49,. fa..4ssss 80 ttw.Fs fAs
/ throne az the time.
While there IL no doubt but that
LEPROsY DOES EXIST
In the island cities. every possibls
vigilance ~ exercised 20 appreheuf
leparH. over one-tenth 81 the aunua
revenue OF the government having
| for years been devoted 10 the health
department. and a two-thirds portion
Of this IL spent in aeRreRatlng leperi
and supplying their needs. II IL sat
that Ia no country IN any part Of tn
/ world where ieproay r. known. II !
40 well guarded against. yet u !
equally true that the spread Of tn
disease has no where been NOR
rapid. This IL explained b.
the well known medical fact tina
I when a disease has virgin soil q
l work upon Its ravagea are mos
swift and most fatal. When iepfual
was introduced into Hawaii by tw'
/ Chinese sailors Il was given idea
material 60 work upon. the Hawaii
ans being a fine. muscular race
\ with brown skins and vigorous
healthy bodies. hitherto free fron
Infection.
For many years only sailors an
merchantmen visited the islands
\ and the sailors taught the kannkn
vice aud drunkenness. exercising
n perniciou inflenee and bringing then
diseases Their constitutions Wer
thus weakened and enfecbled. an
when ieproay was brought % tn
islands Il spread with unprecedente
speed just NJ did the pestilenee o
. smallpox, which was introduced b
white sailors. Tho caves OF all IN