The Washington times., 1922-04-02

so that | might follow his treat
ment in every respect. Even II
had wished TO run counter to his
prescriptions, | was incapable of
holding my racket ! had, more.
over, not the least appetite and
refused all nourishment. Cham
payne was all that kept me up.
This doping was scarcely sufficient
to give me strength
| grew no better. | CouEhed with
as much regularity as before.
Wretched headaches made me think
/ had jazz band in my head. |
was delirious and my temperature
went up to 104 degrees.
Growing better, tried to take up
a normal regime again. | did not
want to lie stretched out like a
rag again and decided to make an
attempt to play; but scarcely had |
served once or twice when ! was
Obliged to stop, out Of breath and
taken with fits of coughing. 1t
was no use. was worn out again
that evening, the prey of fever and
insomnia
Tainted on Way TO Courts.
1t had been understood that on
September 3, | was to play an cXhi-
"a
finals for the Davis Cup. tried to
get into form for this meet, so that
I might not dissappoint my Ameri-
can friends. | went to the courts
at Forest Hills in an automobile,
but | tainted on the way, ami nay
head fell on the shoulder of the
wife of the French representative.
There was no question of my
playing from the very moment |
got there-only of finding a doctor.
DR.. Saybolt examined me carefully,
forbade me to play, made me lie
down al day, and declared that even
without my fainting fit il would
have been impossible for me to
play the match that had been
arranged.
He prescribed fifteen days of rest.
without moving; but this pro
gram was not at all to the taste
of the public. which had hoped for
a lively match. and after my for
fixture had been announced mani
tested it's disappointment.
Accepted Invitation.
In the evening | went back 10
the Nassau Club, had dinner. and
went to bed. did not dance, as
people pretended. The next day |
rested, as my doctor ordered. On
Monday. the 9Th, the representative
of the Foreign Ministry came to
ask me for an exhibition. Au diable,
DR.. Saybolt and his prescription
Feeling a little better and desiring
to show the Americans what |
could do. I accepted. Luck was with
me. 1t was the only instant of my
stay in America when ] was almost
Ia fAn 1t,sy Loo
out than usual.
But the burnt child breads the
fire. My participation was announc.
ed only at the last moment, when we
were sure that | should not have a
relapse, and this time the public
manifested its satisfaction with an
enthusiasm that touched me pro.
foundly. We played mixed doubles.
Willis Davis and Mrs. Bundy Miss
May Sutton) against Dean Mathey
AMI myself. We won by a score of
GO, 81.
Won n Doubles Match.
That evening my mother and
went back to the Nassau Club. But
| had presumed too much on my
strength and during the night the
fever returned more violently than
ever. Nevertheless, did not engage
in a decisive struggle with the i'll.
ness, but tried to train each morn
ing in the court before the club. |
did my best, but my nealth went
from bad to worse. | worked out of
doors and tried to get better, having
accepted an exhibition match for the
10th at West Orange. ! hoped that
things would go better. but the mo.
ment ] began to play my Cougn be-
came disconcertingly worse.
i filled my engagement in spite
of everything. With Mrs. Mills
play ed against Miss Bancroft and
Miss Bayard My partner had not