The Washington times., 1921-05-12
Madame CURE.
HEALS CANCER.
Discoverer Of Radium Says She
Has Effected Cures-Io
Continue Work.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE
greatest woman scientist the
world has produced, and one Of
the greatest scientists Of the aga,
Nine. Marie Curie, co-disccverer
Of radium, arrived here yesterday
from France on the Olympic OF
the White Star Line.
ACCOMPANIED ny DAUGHTERS.
The savant comes here to receive
gram Of radium purchased with
100000 subscribed by Americans
through . fund raised by women OF
this country who admired her work
in supplying a remedy for cancer.
Nine. Curie brought her two daugh-
| tiers, Irene. twenty three, and Eve.
whom all France knows as "Petite."
sixteen. The mother and her dAugh-
tiers were escorted here BY Mrs. Will
lam Brown Mslensy. chairman Of the
Marie cusis Radium Fund. which
raised the money to purchase the
Gram Of rsdtum that the President
will present to Nine. Curie 1T the
White House on May 20.
Those who looked upon the little,
aim6st white -haired woman. a. she
came of the pier. amid the tvmultu-
Gus greeting OF 800 Polish men and
women representing Pittsburgh, Chi
cago and this city. could hardly be-
lieve that she was the woman to
whom the world OF science and medi-
cal research owes the Invaluable ra-
dunn.
DOES NOT SEEK WEALTH.
Nine. Curie 10 nfty-three years old,
but she appears much older. Her
aged and worn appearance, her
friends say, Is due to her incessant
laboratory work. and her stesdfast
refusal to try to make money out of
her great discovery.
She wore = black suit. of a cheap
material. that verified the stories of
the almost impoverished condition in
which she lives in Paris, because she
has little money.
When the Olympic reached quar-
antine yesterday morning. Nine.
Curie was III In her cabin. She quick
ly responded when Mrs. Meloney an
nounced that intervievers were eager
to see her.
with the assistance OF Mrs Meloney
| slowly walked into an adjoining cabin,
and smiling. in spite Of her evident
illness, said:
II have for years wished to visit
America. but my laboratory work
and my children have made this i'm
possible until now. I am happy to
bring my daughters to see your
great country with me. They share
my gratitude to the American women
for their interest in science and in
my work. viii you please thank the
American people for me-"
WILL CURE CANCER.
She did not want to talk of her
work in France, but after pressure
said:
"Radium. though 1t appears not to
be generally known. is {. positive cure
for cancer. II has cured any number
OF surface cancers and . great num-
Der of deep-rooted cancers.
ut IL very dangerous to handle,
and should only be used by those
who know how to use II. / realize
that II Is very often used by per-
sons who do not know how to use 1t.
At such times radium 10 dangerous.
Nine. Curie would not go into = dis
cussion OF her own financial condition,
but Mrs. Meioney who knows her af-
fairs better than any one In this
country, said:
Nine. Curie is almost penniless.
The only money she has Is the $50
q month she receives as a teacher.
with this small income she Ia striv-
ing her best to raise and educate her
two daughters.
But she is happy: when I spoke
to her about her failure to have
money. she replied: II am not poor.
No person Is poor who has contri-
butsd anything to the world"
While she 10 in this city Nine. Curie
will make her home at the residence
of Mrs. Meloney at No. SO West
Twelfth street. Today she will rest
there, and tomorrow she will 60 to
Smith College. where an honorary d.
gree Of doctor OF science will be con-
ferved upon her.
justify conviction. 1 still have the