The Washington times., 1915-11-20
|Defective At Her Birth,
Ron1ps At Three Years.
Story of Washington ChiId's Progress to Health
After Black Future Was Predicted Told in Pa
rents Letter to Senator Works.

Romping and playing about its
home. as happy and as active as her
playnates. Is a three year-old Wash
ington child. whose abnormalities at
birth were 10 pronounced that sur
geons said II never could walk and
would be an idiot.
This child is the three e-year-o girl
Third street northeast. The case pre-
sents a striking contrast to that of the
Bollinger child. In Chicago, whose
death. following the refusal Of Or.
Harry J. Haiselden to save its life by
an operation because Of physical and
mental infirmitics. has caused nation
wide discussion.
W. and Mrs. Wine are loath 20 talk
about their child's afrliction at birth.
Hut both today vouched for informa- =
tion contained in a letter sent by them
to Senator Works and road by him into
tho Congressional Record OF January 6,
1915. which told Of the physical con
dition of the child at birth and OF It's
subsequent recovery.
Believes In Saving Lives.
II do not wish to mako any state.
ment about the Chicago case" said Mrs
Wine today. Il have not read much
about It. ! do not tif,nk It ever righ,
to let a human lite go out II ii can be
saved. That Is all / can say. All the
tor Works are vouched for by me and
by my husband, and they can be proved
oday our child Is well and happy. and
Is doing the things we thought sh'
never could do.
The letter to Senator Works, which
was used by him In a speech In tho Sen
ate defending the work OF Christian
Science practitioners. describes the
child's condition. after birth. as fol
lows
our youngest daughter. horn July Is
1912. was misshapen at birth. having
curvature OF the spine. and both arm:
and legs constantly remained IN % an m un
convulsions from the day of her birth
sometimes as many AZ eighteen In
day and night"
The parents describe how they tooI
the child TO Johns Hopkins Hospita
where. they said, The surgeons toldIul
that the child had been injured at birth
and had clot OF blood on the brain
| that she was an idiot and could no
| live: that II II were possible for her e
| live she never would be abl. To walk
because her legs were drawn out o
| shape"
| Folliwing Christian Science treatment
| the convulsons stopped. the limbs as
| state. and. thev concluded. "she is nov
able to stand on her feet. her legs ar
straight. and she IL learning how 4
walk and talk. and is not an idiot.
Senator Works today said he ha'
verification OF the case before he ha,
used II in his address. He declined 4
discuss tn. case of the Chicago child
or the principle involved. stating. Il be
lievc II Is a great pity that the poo
mother should he subjected TO thi
newspaper discussion OF the d~forr;itc
, OF her child &"
Senator Works Speech.
| Senator Works in a speech in tn
Senate in citing the case OF the VIM
child said:
zone OF the most wonderful cases o
healing that has come to my notic
occurred here In Washington. It 's tn
case OF child born crippled and dc
formed and declared by the doctors I,
be idiotic, 1t was practically made owe
by the Christian Science treatment. An
yet people IN their Ignorance say tina
| this remedy cannot heal organic dis