The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
WRIGHT APPRECIATES
SYMPATHY Of PUBLIC
Aviator, Recovering From
Effects of Accident, Gets
Many Messages.
HOPES TO GET WELL
AND FLY AGAIN SOON
Broken Bones Knit-Injured Man
May Resolve the Newspaper
Correspondents This Week.

It is seldom. indeed. that the heart Of
the great American public has respond
ed more quickly or IN more decided
manner than ii has 10 the almost uni
versal feeling of loss over the wreck
OF the Wright aeroplane and the ser
ious injury OF its inventor, OrviHe
Wright
From all over the country. Mr..
Wright. lying in the little bed in the
Fort AIyer Hospital. has received these
daily messages which, coming from peO-
pie who wished hiTa well. die him great
good. There have uecu Iette s and ex-
pressions of sympathy from foreigners;
from women from men There have
been, too, the more modest but ac-
ceptable offerings Of w0men-delicacles
liz for the sick room.
And OrvilIe Wright, the quiet. modest
citizeu.sthe inventor, who a few months
ago thought probably that the people
were merely curious as 20 his machine
and enjoyed only the noveIty Of seeing
or hearing of the fight Of man through
the air. is now convinced that the in
terest q the people lies deeper and lasts
longer nan curiosity
Expresses Gratitude
SO yesterday the Injured inventor.
speaking 10 one Of the very few men
whom he is permitted now 10 see.
Octave ChanUte, kfs old friend and ia
structor in ''glia'ng," let his thoughts
now forth and fCrgot his reserve for a
few minutes. in expressing his apprecia-
ton OF the public -espouse 10 its own
impulse To- show sympathy
To 8Ir. Chanute ne expressed his deep
feeling for the many gifts. kilograms.
letters. and n 3nesHD~ances of all sorts
He was deeply touched. the old in
ventor said. and wished that his thanks
be extended TO every one possible. lie
Is too weak, he told MI Chanu-e. TO
write thanks FOR himself. but just as
soon as he Is able 90 do so. he intends
TO answer every person who remem-
bered him by a personal note.
These letters and notes and Other
things, IL is believed, have done much
10 make Mr.. WrighJs mental attitude
toward the accident and toward him
SeIr more certain and more tolerant
He has been awakened 10y the expres-
sious of sympathy into the firm cor
viction that he must set well quickly
and justify the IaiI, Of the people who
have written 10 him BY flying once
more.
Suffers Great Pain.
During the whole Of last week Mr..
Wight has suffered considerably from
the pain In his leg The knowledge Cf|
the Heath Of Lieutenant Seifridse, too.
was somewhat Of a shCck 10 the in
jured man, although has friends are
practically sure that he felt that some
thing was seriously wrong with the
officer. long before he was told
But the pain in his leg was but a
sign that the bones were knitting ard
the knowledge Of the army OIlCCT
death had 10 be given him some day SD
that with this sad news and with his
Eoyish companion laid I'm his last rest
ing place. the worst features Of The
accident and injury. the doctors think,
lie behind Nj Wright
Captain Bailey. the army surgeon In
charge Of Nj Wright. said last night
that his condition IS excellent, and that
he rested very comfortably all day
Captain Bailey is OF the opinion that Ar
Wright is now far on the road 10 re-
covery and that the broken bones are
healing as rapidly as any physician
could expect.
Throughout all the past week the ply
tors other than Mr.. Clanute and the
aviatOr's sister. Miss Catherine Wright,
TO enter his room
Chanute There Daily.
Mr.. Chanute has seen him almost
daily. while Miss Wright, Of course. has
been at her brothers side two or three
times each day.
To both of these familiar persons OF
his home life he has talked as much
as they would permit, and he has talk
ed. It IS understood, about aeropIanes
and about the accident. But, it is said,
he f. now getting away from the first
reaction 10 be expected after such
terrible experience and his confidence is
growing each day
While he did not instruct his me
,hanics, Taylor and Funess. before
they departed for the Dayton work
shop early last week. Il is understood
that as soon as he is able TO write
or 10 dictate TO his sister, he win for
ward Instructions to them as 10 what
shall be done.
Even DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, the
scientist and inventor. and other aero
Curdy, 7. W Baldwin. and Glenn H
Curtiss. have been kept away from the
sick man, but Il Is possible that this
week he will be able not only 70 see
any Of these men who call, but he may
have an opportunity OF greeting others
who reported his flights.
II is the expressed intention Of the
Fort AIyer authorities. the physician
In charge Of the case. that Is. 70 admit
some Of the cores ondents as soon as
Mr.. Wright Is able 10 bear the strain
Of talking about the accident
HOUNDED BY BECGARS.
Miss Anna Morgan, heiress to 500
COO 600 says a Vienna paper. was driven
out Of Berlin. where she hoped 20 study
r,,1fff~o-ur.FaT no