The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-01-25
Death Of Mrs. Louis q. Allison.

MIS-. Louis Is. Allison uleu dJ ner
home, on East Williams street, Satnr- |
day evening at half past eight o'clock |
after an illness of but a few days of |
pneumonia. AS it was not generally |
known that she was i'll, and not known |
at all that her condition had become |
serious, the news of her death came as a |
sudden and almost unaccountable shock |
to her hosts of friends, and still greater |
number of acquaintance, Saturday |
night and on Sunday morning.
h A week ago Monday evening Mrs |
Allison accompanied the party of Owes
so people who went to Lansing to wit |
ness the performance in the opera that |
evening Of Miss Gertrude Smith, who |
was the star of the company. While |
there she had chill, evidently the re-
suit of cold which she contracted dur
ing the evening For the next few |
days she continued to suffer from the |
cold, but having for number of years
been a staunch believer in Christian |
Science she would neither acknowledge |
the seriousness of her condition nor
permit the thought even of calling in
medical assistance. Her condition,
however, grew steadily worse until a
most serious case Of pneumonia had de
veloped. On Saturday morning Mr.
Allison, who lad mp to this time re.
spected the oft repeated and well known
wishes of his wife that under no cir
cumstauces should medical aid be |
called for her, went to the home of her
mother, Mrs Chas. G. Duff, who had |
been sick herself during the week and
although Lying the next door from her
daughter knew nothing of her condi
tion as a consequence, and told her that
he could stand the condition of affairs
no longer, that Helen was very sick
Woman and ,he felt that something more
must be done. Mrs. Duff went at once
to her daughters home where she found
her already unconscious. DIR. J. d.
Crum was at once summoned and a
trained nurse was sent for, it being
perfectly evident that however much
Christian Science may be able to do and
has done in many cases, this case had
already gone far beyond the possibility
of the Christian Science readers, who
were in attendance, and who had
been in attendance since her condition
had become serious, doing anything to
save her life. On the arrival of the
physician everything in the power of
medical science was done to revive the
patient but the case had already gone
too far for anything to be done to save
her She did not regain consciousness
at any time but continued to sink fast
until about half past eight when she
passed away.
Mrs. Helen Duff Allison asaspa young
woman who had made her presence felt
in Owosso, in religious, social and musi-
cal circles alike, She was woman of
more than ordinary ability, and espec-
tally was this manifested in her masieSxI
work where she had been for years al
leader. Both as vocalist of unusual
ability, end perhaRs more ESPECIALLY as
a pianist and an organist, she had de-
| lighted her hosts of friends on many an
occasion, while her work as an instruct
or ofLpiano and organ playing will have
its effecBfor many years to come I'd the
lives Of many Owosso people who have
at different times worked under her IN
struction. In her social life she was
also prominent frhile for a number of
years her religious work had been en-
! tireiy in theline of Christian Science,
her belief in the correctness of the
principles ofs which was most firmly
Isfixea! For long time she had been the
first reader Of the society in this city
and was in reality the foremost worker
here. As wonid Of course be expected.
there are people who are ready at this
time to make complaint against Christ.
ian Science in general and against the
members Of the local society, and even
against the memory' of the deeeased
herself, butitshopld be remembered at
this time that IN many cases much
good has been donetby the principles of
this societysas expounded and lived up
to by them. And even in the present
case, these who have known her for
years, whether members of the Christ
ian Science faith or others, can testify
to the good effect which the belief had