The evening world., 1907-06-26
AGAIN THE HUMAN
PNCUSH|ON EATS
MEAL Of NEEDLES
Mollie DreSSler Tells Bellevue
Doctors She's Full of Small
Ones This Time.
PUZZLES THE YBDlcos.
She Doesn't Know Why She
Swallows the Sharp-Point-
ed Slivers of Steel.
PUZZLES THE NBDICOS.

Miss Mollie Dressler. the human pin
cushion. has broken out again. and in
Fordham Hospital. where she lies in a
cot to-day occasionally plolcinx a needle
from her elbow or her knee the doc
tors and nurses stand round her. cycling
her like tho folks from Hohokus gaze
on the ostrich man IN the museum. For
Mollie Is the original and only needle
woman. ard this In her third so3ourn
IN a hospital.
Thls little twanty three e-year-old WON
an seems 10 SO 70 needles as a steady
article OF diet and, the needles after a
week or so get huGoit OF poppsnE out
at unexpected moments and places. and
causing Mollie muoh nnFuiSh. mental
sfad otherwise. 80 when she Is getting
over w9lat tho hospital folks have
grown to call one OF her needle jays
she remains In the seclusion OF the hos
pitai I'll she has worked all the little
Steel implements out OF her system.
Mollis had been working for the las,
tWo weeks for Mrs. John Mount. of No.
SsS7 Third avenue. Bronx. and MS.
Mount has been wondering why all her
needles were disappearing. She didn't
know Mollis was the needle WON In
until yesterday Mss Dressler compl IN
ed OF pains in her stomach and hear;
and stitch in her side The latter
gugEested needles. and Moine owned
up she Nus the magnet for the miss4as
needles. DT. Bickelhaupi hustled her
TO the Fordham Hospital In an aznou-
lance.
IT'S tAH old trouble. Doctor" said
Mollie. with just q unGe OF apology
and then rubbing red spot on her
cheek. Il DO declare thera's one coming
cut now"
"one WHAT auer4ed tho doctor, who
did not recognize his visitor.
why. a needle. OF course ! ate
some three weeks aEo and they oushtn't I
70 have worked out for a week yet. but
! guess the warm weather has brought
them out ahead OF time"
The news quickly spread through the
hospital and they hustled Mollis TO her
old cot In Ward ~ Eshe declared II
seemed quite like home.
8 Smaller Ones This Time.
How many this time. AiolnsT'' asked
the white-eoated doctor.
Not many. doctor." responded the
patient: maybe my appeute's fallen
on. l think it's patket OF number
lis. and then there may be few Ia
half a packet or %. Ten have come
cut Already
mo SKIES this time. ehG' asked the
surgeon. recollecting the huge sewing
needles they RAD extracted to the num-
Der OF forty from Mollie the last tim
she was in Bellevue.
The patient shook her head. mo.
these are the small kind" rhe said
turning over &c take a nap She
stopped short for moment. however.
as one Of the Identical number LIS she
bad referred 10 stols silently out OF her
left forearm.
The girls sister. Mrs. Max Dressler
OF No 5sso Third avenue. explains Mol.
Lies keenneas for swallowing needles
by saying uaas when she Eas a girl OF
twelve years she had the scarlo; fever
and In her torment would stick herself
with needles. Later she was discovere Q /
swallowing needles with tho sharp end :
lmbedded In pieces OF apple or pear
Finally she learned ihs knack Of send
ing them down the allmentArY canal
without the aid Of buffers.