Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-07

wife and little one before died." said
Mr. souslln yesterday in speaking Of
his misfortune. "I could hardly real
lie that my neck was broken, 1t didn't
seem that could possibly be alive If
such were the case; but the doctors
said so and then and there 1 deter
mined to make a game fight for life.
My boy was a baby then, and some
now, all l could see as / lay on my
hospital cot was that wife and bright
raced boy back in the other part of
the city, and I knew If l ever went
pack to them. again it would be moth
ing short of a miracle.
Finally a plaster cast was placed
about me and for weeks l lay, silently
waiting for the time to come when 1
could, return to my loved ones. At
last the cast was taken off and a brace
substituted In short time l went
home Many night I have lain
awake wondering how / was to pro-
vide for my wife and child Finally
l thought of plan whereby 1 could
have different views taken of myself
and family ard perhaps sell them. /
took up this plan, and with the help of
my fellowmen I have been able to pro-
vide for my own"
Mr.. Souslin wears q jourymast and
headgear, which fits about his body
and extends to the top of his head A
large cup-shaped piece of leather en-
closes the chin and helps to hold the
mead In position. He has no free
movement of his head whatever. The
only time the headgear is removed is
when he is shaved. Then he takes his
headgear off, steadies his head with
his hands while the barber places
cloths at the back of his head and
turns the chair fiat down. The bar
Der shaves him, raises the chair, re-
moves the padding and places the
headgear back in position
Il cannot chew hard food" he said
and all the time there Is q continual
dull ache at the back of my head.
sometimes 1t gets unbearable, but
seven years of that ache have sort of
| hardened me to 1t. When l lie down
in bed l am the most comfortable of
all. The rod which runs up and. down
my back will not permit me Ito lie
down flat in bed, so l have to sleep
on my right side.
clined to go backward, but l have no
desire to turn my head. My left arm
and leg sometimes have a feeling
which l cannot describe. They be-
come numb and stinging and at those
times the back of my head aches un-
bearably."
Mr.. Souslin is member of the Day.
ton Y. M. c. A. and usually stops at
these institutions. He carries high
recommendations with such signatures
as Governor James M. Cox and off,
cials of Dayton. One of his booklets,
containing his own story, also contains
a story written by Howard L. Burba,
a reporter on the Dayton News, who
covered" the accident in which Sous
| lin sustained his fractured neck.
Burbas article points out the features
of Souslin's treatment at the Dayton
hospital and the incidents of his re-
covery.
Souslin claims to be of exceptional
habits. He is we'll dressed, clean and
tries to meet the best people of the
city in which he stops.
The dedication of his little booklet,
"My Own Story" is significant of. the
sentiment and purpose which underly
his motives in travelling about the
country. "It says, ITO my wife and
boy-the ones that 1 believed God
meant me to live for-and to my many
| friends who are enabling me to make
living for them, this little booklet
is sincerely dedicated"
Mr.. Souslin says he was dismissed
| from service by the Panhandle Rail-
road because he refused to go to Chi
cago and take part in breaking up the
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