Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
MRS. PAGET IDOL
OF NOTED HOST
REMAINS CHEERFUL AFTER
EIGHT OPERATIONS
Inspired by Fortitude and 5uoyed by
Assurance of Friends, She Con-
tinues to Fight for Recovery.
Eight Months in Hospital
lnncia1 cnhla 10 rhe herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON June 9.-Mrs. Arthur
Paget, one of the most remarkable of
patients and sufferers. still is maintain
ing that wonderful cheerfulness and
clearness of mind which never have
failed her in the midst of her numerous
troubles. Mrs. Paget has undergone
her eighth operation. She is in the
hands of Sir Alfred Trip, the eminent
surgeon Of King Edward.
Mrs. Paget in the first instance did
not appear to have been successfully
treated after the terrible fall in her
house at Belgrave square. SO one day,
hearing of the fame of the Hoffa tnsti-
tute. Berlin, she had herself strapped
down to a mattress and with grand
courage was conveyed to the German
capital. There she remained eight
months, undergoing much suffering,
but buoyed up with the hope that she
would be cured. But, alas! those op-
tinfstic anticipations were not realized,
so she returned here and placed herself
in the hands of Sir Alfred Tripp.
Reloices in Many Friends
Mrs. Arthur Paget rejoices in prob
ably a larger number of friends than
most people, and they ever are want
ing to know how she is getting along.
Her left leg is becoming sounder and
stronger as the treatment goes on, but
the right is giving much more trou-
BILE. On this limb the wound proves
refractory and does not heal naturally.
Treatment of the wound is painful and
has to be attended to daily.
The right leg itself, owing to long
disuse, is naturally in feeble condi-
ton, and during the process OF set
ting which has been attempted is in
cased in a steel sheath. That it is set
ting is certain, but 1t is problematlcal
as to what consistency of strength that
are centered. Should the setting even
tually prove satisfactory, then Will
commence the task of fortifying the
muscles and restoring them to their
proper uses as nature intended.
In the meantime Mrs. Paget is prac-
ticing daily with crutches, and finds the
attempt difficult enough, for the right
limb is helpless, but, in spite of all,
her courage is never failing and such
n constitution as she has is wondrous
Her bedside constantly is surrounded
by friends and flowers. Royalties, dip
1omats politicians and society people
all rally around the most remarka BILE
patient modern times have known.
Keen interest in Affairs
SO Mrs Paget, whose mental capaci-
ties are more than acute, takes the
keenest interest in all questions of the
moment. Only a few days ago the
United States ambassador was making
a speech, telling his audience at the
Charing Cross hospital of how Mrs.
Paget in the midst of all her suffer-
ings, had found time to interest her
self vividly in a ward in that same hos
pftal which she has endowed, and so
it is all along with her.
Although for the time being disabled,
she is living in closest touch with the
world and all that is interesting in it.
She looks wonderfully well. is interest
ed in everything Injured to pain and in
spired by fortitude seldom seen in any
human being.
Such is Mrs. Arthur Paget today as
she reclines back among pretty cush-
ions, surrounded by flowers and sus-
tained by the good wishes and presence
of endless friends.