The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-07
LITTLE SMALLPOX.
onIyaa Few Mild Cases in Topeka
Now

A scare was reported from Wash
burn college Wednesday that smallpox
was about to sweep the campus and
the college was on the verge of COM
piete siege from the dreaded disease
The report stated how the girls in Hol-
brook hall, dormitory for women,
had fallen on each, others neckS the
first of the week and how they have
been crouching in the cornersTof their
rooms with fear since the truth was
told to them-'the smallpox is in our
midst.'
Miss Ethel LIE Van, who lives just
outside of Topeka west of the college,
took the smallpox not long ago. she
took down with it while away from the
college on a vacation and no one IN
Washburn has been exposed the
other young lady, Miss Kathleen
Hayes, was sick at her home during
vacation and the doctors suspected
that she had smallpox. But later they
pronounced her out of all danger and
she was sent back to college, Where
she rooms at the girls dormitory- MISS
Hayes did not break out With smali-
pox at Washburn or al the dormltory
She was still i'll from the effects of her
sickness al home and for fear that
something would happen and the
smallpox would make its appearance,
she was sent out to the home of her
cousin, Miss Ethel LIE Van, where she
is at the present time. Holbrook hall
was fumigated last evening by the
city health department and all hints
of danger are past. None of the girls
in the college or in the dormitory have
any fear whatever of the supposed
scare and everything is peaceful at the
hall today. 1t was reported that Mrs
Mason, the dean of Holbrook, gave
out the information that the college
should be closed for the time being in
order that all traces of the dreaded
disease might be removed. This is
very untrue. None of the college Off
ciais have ever thought of such
thing and there is no plan for the
closing of the college to stamp out
smallpox.
There are few other very mild
cases at the college. John Nipps and
Fred Weed. who live at Kirwin ~and
Atho1, respectively, are at their homes
with slight attacks. They have been
living at the Young Mems Christian
association house on the campus and
probably caught the smallpox germs
on their rounds in soliciting advertis-
ing for the tWashburn Review. They
are the managers of the college paper
and are together continually-if one
happened to contract the disease the
other would be sure to take it up.
Frank Lydig, a college freshman, who
had his ankle broken in a class fight
not long ago and who has been in
the hospital most of the time, is an
other student to fall heir to the small
other victim, Arthur Meyers. who lives
at 1903 Bolles avenue. Their cases
are not serious at all and they have
not been in college since the long
Christmas vacation while the main
student body was out of the city.
Sanitary Sergeant T. d. Pattison
said this morning that there was more
smallpox in the city than anything
else but it was at its worst period at
this time and there would be no fur
ther danger. The city health depart
ment has tried to issue warnings for
the protection of the people of the
needed these warnings. Contrary to
the advice of their doctors and the city
the people affected with the disease
have gone on the streets, in the pub
lie places and in the street cars. A
few more of these actions and a num-
ber of the Topeka people who skate on
the city's "crust will find themselves
in the detention hospital with every
one else who has no other place to go.
Tt has all been the fault of the care
less families and neighbors who love
to run across the alley and enter the
back door for a few minutes of the
latest and most richly favored "gos-
sip
There are no new cases in the city
today an dthere was but one yester-
day. This man, w. H Warren. who
runs a second hand hardware store at
404 East Fourth street, lives in the
back of the store and he has managed
to hide his case for some time. He is
now in the city hospital His condition
Is 'Hgnt ike the rest OF the cases IN
the city.
There is no need for a scare in To-
peka on account OF the newly de-
veloped cases of smallpox as they were
all caused by a little carelessness and
some of them are not really smallpox
they are just indigestive eruptions
The supposed scare at WaShburn is
the least dangerous of all and unless
the angel of the lower regions insti-
tutes some superhuman power there
will be nothing to make Washburn
students undesirable company.