The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-22

weeks, | feel tired in the muscles Of
my face. To be socially agreeable for
fOrty-two nights consecutiveIy must
be fatiguing, no matter how much you
love your fellow man. You want a
night or two between whites for re-
laxation--"Mary Manners" In Feb
ruary Broadway.
An American Slave Market.
Wong followed, a tremor of fear
in his heart, as it began to dawn upon
him that his adventure was a peculiar
one, but he was pushed on and sud
denly a dark green door swCng open
and he found himself in the palace
the name given to the slave mart Of
San Francisco at the time. In the
center of the room was a group of
men, about five or six women, and 1t
did not take long for Wong 20 see
in one of them the woman of the pic
ture, the one who had made SO strong
an impression upon him.
They were richly and beautifully
dressed in black and purple satin, EN-
broidered with gold bullion. Their
jet black hair, shining, fiat and pune
tured with splendid ornaments of vel
low gold They stood in a group
mOdestly, with dOwncast eyes, occa-
sionally casting furtive glances at the
men. When the time for the sale ar
rived a gong sounded, and the auc-
tioneer, man Wong recognized as a
leading member of the zee Hing Oay
and Hop Shing Tong societies, calIei
them over to one corner and said:
You understand that these women
ting huuhondc onH thnir
ents will consent to the arrangements
with any rich man Of good standing.
who will pay the largest sum or dow
ry-"
All of the prospective buyers
laughed at this little by-play. which
was given out lest spy or a Chris
tian Chinese should be in the party.
From The Wong Lee Foreclosure"
by Charles Frederick Holder, in the
February Metropolitan Magazine.
Cancer not Hopeless.
The American Magazine for Feb
ruary contains an article on Cancer,
the Unconquered Plague" by Dr.
Leonard Keene Hirshberg, of Johns
Hopkins University.
Each year nearly 10000 men and
women die of cancer in this country
The disease is a dark and gloomy
mystery. The facts about it are eX-
Iraordinarily interesting, as DR..
Hirshberg presents them. There is
no absolute cure for it yet But
there is always hope. On this pol;t
the author says:
Nature, indeed, is the only doctor
whose skill is capable OF combating
cancer Enrlish and others have OBJ
served that, of given number Of
mice displaying symptoms OF cance",
a certain portion recover. The same
thing is true of human beings Every
community has a saved sufferer, and
as a rule this same sufferer is a per-
ambulating and very yOciferOuS bell
man for some sort of mental treat
ment or quack medicine II is the
same with cancer as with other dis
eases. When nature, by her mystic
rious processes, effects an eleventh
hour cure, the credit goes 20 the doc
tor in attendance.
Luckily, there is no disease. no
matter how virulent, that Nature her
self cannot cure; and so even in the
worst cases of cancer it is well not
to abandon hope. | have myself seen
several cases of such spontaneous
cures. One patient was a wealthy
Baltimorean, whose malady was dag
nosed by an operation as cancer OF
the stomach three years or more ago
Three prominent American surgeons
saw the cancer, which was inoperaDle
because of its location. He subuEIt-
ted TO a serum treatment. and last
summer second OOerafiOu FeVe VI q
the fact that his cancer had entirely
disappeared, leaving a scar Here
was an undoubted case of cure. but
did the serum do the work? Its ad-
vocates maintain that it did, but d
great many very learned and scien-
tific physicians hold that il Jill not
OI.e cure, il is obvious, by no means
establishes a specifics efficacy.