The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-23
BOTH LEGS CUT OFF
YET BABY GIRL LIVES
Plucky Little Yetta Weiner
Survives a Double
Amputation.

The policeman took my two legs away
with him. He is going 10 bring them
back"
Little Yetta Weiner. lying in her go
cart at the Emergency Hospital, raised
her wonderful appealing eyes with
look OF confidence which seemed TO say:
You understand about my legs. Of
course II is very remarkable that 1
shOuldnt have them any more, but
Then she prattled in her baby Yiddish
the amazing explanation about the
policeman. which. unless her father had
interpreted her W rds 10 her nurse at
the hospital, would never have been
understood beyond Ietta WeineTs own
block In Four-and-a-half street, where
maEy boy and girl Chatters in the
same YiddiSh accents.
And so, apparently unconscious Of the
fast that she Is the Quickest child who
ever entered the Emergency Hospital.
Netta plays with her doll and teddy
bear-the first toys she has ever owned
and waits for the obliging policeman,
vino is the creation Of her fancy, 10 re-
turn pair OF sturdy, rosy little legs.
Crushed By a Car.
Il is now nearly three weeks since
the childs play in the street one morn
ing ended in a scream OF pain and ter
rOr, as she was caught beneath
passing street car in front Of the small
house in FOur-and-a-half street. which
serves as residence and place Of busi-
ness for the Weiner family.
Her mother reached her only in time
10 receive in her arms the crushed and
manglcd form OF the little one. VINO was
hurried 10 the Emergency Hospital.
There doctors and nurses shook their
heads gravely when II was decided TO
amputate both legs OF the child, and
Samuel Wiener and his wife sObbed
their hearts out for grief over the trag-
edy which had come 10 their humble
home.
But Yetta Weiner was a plucky child,
the Quickest, they say, that has ever
become the idol of any corps of doctors.
nurses, and servants who manage the
affairs Of a great hospital Where many
q strong man would have turned his
face to the wall. and died then and
there. Yetta Weiner Just said a few
things TO herself in Yiddish about the
policeman who she believed had taken
her legs away, and began 10 get well.
Idolized At Hospital.
She stole a march on doctors who
have harsh theories about double am
putations; she surprised experienced
nurses; she smiled in her wonderful
dazzling way on az those VINO stood
by her bed and pltled her. and now
she sits in her small gO-Cart and re-
ceives the adulatiOn Of any man, WOm-
an, or child who cares TO pay tribute to
her. She IS ldollzed by the entire hospi-
tai stan She Is taken daily on sort
Of triumphal tour through both private
and public wards. for She has become
a quite intimate friend Of nearly every
patient at the hospital
Today she wears a fine new frock
made fer hac by one of the hospitals
neighbors, and the dolls, blocks, and
fuzzy animal toys, which I'LL her go
cart, are the gifts OF the nurse, the
doctor. the elevator boy. the milk
man, and the janitor- For Yetta Wei
ner has not only an adorable smile.
She possesses the great gift of beauty.
Meantime, the household goods of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Welner are to
he removed from 626 Four and-a- half
street southwest. It is true that their
fruit stand, and their soda water
fountain. where ice cream sOdas may
he bought for the sum of cents, as
advertised I'm big yellow letters on
the door of the home and shop. have
established d patronage in the neigh
bOrhOOd The peanuts sold by sam
Tel Weiner, as well as the cheap to-
bacco, also bring him many custo-