The Washington times., 1908-08-20
Rodney Rose Recovering
Rapidly From Bite of
the Rather.
VIEWS MISFORTUNE
PHILOSOPHICALLY
Planning to Return and Take Care
of His Venomous Charges
at the Zoo.

In a few days III be up and about,
the doctors say, and viii go back and
take care Of the snakes again. It's
all in a days work, so what's the Use
Of kicking"
Rodney Rose the keeper at the Zoo,
who was bitten by a diamond rattle
snake Monday morning, takes a philo-
sCphical view of his misfortune, as he
lies on his cot in one of the big wards
at the Emergency Hospital All this
morning his wife sat by his side and
they chatted cheeTfully- Rodney Rose
bears no Ill will toward the long rep
tile that so nearly caused his death,
but his wife declares that it should be
killed
The physicians at the hospital are
1ubilaut over MS recovery and the sue
cess Of their efforts to save him from
the deadly virus of the rattlesnake. The
discoIoration is going from his arm and
shoulder, but places on his chest are
sUiu hard and slightly disCOlOred. The
arm is now swathed in bandages. Rose
is cut Of pain, but the effects of the
poison on his system cannot be re-
paired for a long time. As he lays in
his bed his face is almost as white as
the pillows.
What's the use of killing the rat
tler2" asked Rose. They'll only have
to buy another one, and he'd bite you,
too, If he could Only 1 hope they don't
get any more that can spring like that
one did. He threw himself five feet
through the air, and although I know
something about snakes and their ways,
never saw such a performance before"
"Wil YOU exercise more care when
you go to work again. d Times report
er asked Rose.
Il can't exercise much more care than
have been doing for years. Those
snakes are bad animals. but who'd a
thought OF one of EN- taking such
spring as that. ] wasn't careless at all.
It was lust tuat the cTltIer was a Won
deTful athlete. Yes, sir. 1 have more
respect Tor snakes jumping abilities
now"
DO you want him TO go back tend
ing the snake case2' Mrs. Rose was
We'll. 1 couldn't be the support Of
the house very well" she said. and
laughed. Rodney had a narrow escape
but. as he said To me this ~'oTning,
Every one takes chances every day
they live
You bet they do" broke in Rose
again, 70 give expression TO more of
his philosophy. Il went 10 sea- for
p
narrow escapes, some of them narTC Wer
by a long sight than this one, ard
made mp my mind that if a fellows
time has come, that's all there is TO
It.
We always have a lot to learn, and
] have just learned that a rattlesnaLe
can throw himself five feet through
the air, and that's going some. ] can
tell YOU That snake has been a bad
one ever since he arrived. I'VE OF six
weeks ago. He was all the time "a
swapping at people through the glass
and shooting out them fangs of his.
These doctors here have certainly
saved my life. 1t was a pretty tough
proposition To throw them up against,
10 take hold of Tattlesnake bite, and
there was never one in the hospital De-
fore.
They are a fine set of feIers, too,
those doctors Of mine, yes, stree. They
SAYS TO me, Rose, you are nervy.'
What's the use Of being a gutter
says I. 7 tried to bear all the pain
without making any more trouble for
them than was necessary, but they
hurt me once, and / never thought
there was so much pain. 1t was when
they put that rubber thing around my
arm To keep the poison away from
the shoulder
Many physicians called at the hospital
today to see the case" and the hOspi-
the patient. Heretofore they have kept
everyone. with the exception of his wife
away from him because of fear of un-
due excitement but. today, with his
vastly improved condition, the restriC-
zion was taken Off