Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

TF any of the recently decrers of fairy tales
I desires thoroughly healthy well developed argu-
ment he is herewith cordially referred to DR..
Charles H. Jaeger 1t also hazarded that the subse
quent crippled of his convictions be conded
to that eminent surgeons care asbut why anticipated
OF course, when physician and surgeon OF Dr.
Taegers standing vouches sanchly for the probty
of the delightful literature of childhood, and
his firm belief in its fidelity to fact, there must be well
grounded reason back of it.
Peradventure it may be explained by the fact that
once upon tme-doesnt that phrase conf ure up the
shade of well beloved Hans Andersen?-once upon
time there young medical student. He lived IN
the great city of New York, where thousands OF men,
women, and children injured and crippled every
year. The young student knew this: before he was
twentyone he had served the house staff of the Hos
pital for the Crippled and Ruptured. Here he saw
daily the slow, sad procession of crippled boys and men
leaving the hospital walls their skill and strength mutt
lated unkind Fate had MANNED their strong, eff
ficien bodies No longer able work at their trades
with ambition deadened by the calamity that had
taken them the procession wound slowly but surely to
the gutter, the prison, or the anshouse.
These things the young surgeon noted and pondered
One night he went to his room and taking down
little book he filled many of the blank pages with PLAN
plan by which he hoped some day, with the aid Of
fairy godmother, bring help and hope and renewed
ambition these crippled disheartened fellow OF
his After awhile, when the outline of the plan
pleted he closed the book AID laid it aside Steadily
he advanced in his professn n, and after few years
went abroad, there to observe and study under the
greatest orthopedic surgeons of 1roFe
Fifteen years passed. The young surgeon returned
to New York. where his knowledge and ability
ranked him among the leaders in the branch of surgery
he had adopted Many times during these busy years
the little book opened to receive thoughts but
its contents divulged
Eventually the young surgeon became chief of his
speciality in famous clinic, instructor in orthopedic
surgery at Columbia University, and recognized
authority in his work Now, he concluded, was the
time take his little book and seek fairy god
mother-or, this being twentieth century fairy tale
group of skeptca practical men who had to be shown
knew who able to aid his enterprise, and began
visiting them. From the first seemed dubious.
Some regretfully sympathetic; others condition
allv willing; still Internationally unwilling. On
the list the of very busy, successful man,
whose time valuable The surgeon visited him,
asked him to become a member of the board of the
proposed Trade School of the Hospital of Hope
The business man listened awhile, courteouSy and at
tentively. Then he declined firmly. II not well,
and cannot take any demands my time,
he informed his visitor. Its interesting scheme,
though. Tell me about it
Perfunctory. for he felt he taking the business
mans time and wasting his own the surgeon went
the practical details of his plan how it meant
chance for crippled and boys for whom otherwise
there little future and of whose plight genuine
helpful recognition had ever been taken.