The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1913-09-10 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SON • I. luny Woman 'Bits tire to fierseN.  Few :People; are aware of the -goial,Wqrh. that -being doie ISY League' Biriinnlmaid:- This LeagUe....hat !awn • fanned j,with-a view to aiding the cripple .chtit**-Of the town, and to brighten-their. .livesi.h* visiting them in their' haulm Lest loareit,..was affiliated With thel.hiver-9661 ,JaTelids' Children Aisociatien.' 71ah`f,;tiiid: that better heli.coaltt: be obtained' With regard to .niedical treatment. Several imminent ladies have very' gerierz. ously conic, forward *to assist i the:- worh of the'League, and have been working very assiduously in gathering in subscriptions for providing spinal 'carriages and 'bath chairs, etc., and arranging ,for miedical aid and. Convalescent' home .treatment for afflicked people.l 6 In--order to augment the funds of.. the League, a sale of wark•-was held-onSatirAlay in the groundeld .Aithin!i kindly lent by the :Bev. P. S.(.Vily -Warman, D.D. Beautiful weather favoured the function, and the attendance through• out the afternoon was very satisfactory. The stalls included fruit and flowers, sweets, needlework, handkerchiefs, . and a I cripple,' stall.. the latter including some excellent specimens of crochet work done by one of the girl cripples. The sale was opened by Mrs. J. H. Ziegler, and during the afternoon ' an- admirable concert Was given at which the foilnwineartistes• appeared Alice StalkerAvoCalist),Miss Ida Heath (elocutionist); who 'his been several, times successful in .elocutionary' . contests, and Miss Hodgaon (elocutionist): fev of the pupils of Mrs. Leslie Batt and Miss Lancaster gave. exhibitions of fancy dancing. The stallholders -were Mrs.. Walker and Miss Bell (Work Stall). Iliac Miclver and Miss 'Makin (Handkerchief ; Stall), the Mimeo Wall (Sweet Stall), and :the- Misses Greig and Pitt • (Fruit. ,anct, • Floner Stall). The Misses Cowan • and .Miss M. E. Davis were in. chase of the ! refreshment stall'. The procieds' amounted ; to £5O. Subscriptions may be sent to the hon. secretary, Miss M. E. Davis, o,Tolleinache-road, or to Miss 13earan, Seal. street, Liverpool.  that The Wit,,Oteshttit cprower (Mr. J. C. „eggßate) hel ..„ SIP :. . trillftt : West : Kirby. on it appeared Monday ) tqc, ~, ciiikranoes..in whieh Miss Caroline .ry ' wright,'Ot Southroad. West lliirlkr, met her death. during the absence of her companion lEss Arkwright, afterekturating her elothes with paraffin, ithligrii.telT eete' to Lerself w,itli a can :. Thcoad'event -occurred on Saturday aftcroitOp.amiLshe clied,from burns. the ,saspoleriiikog. ' . lie It a Pears thsttt acting on medical advice ,d "sod; with hm companion. Miss orsley, Aci. . nano; White there Miss Arkin:44; .„, e restless a-Wa-unsettled 407, ', and ;., , Ma '. c totiflrest:-Kirby 'on Saturday. '‘ a4' after, her4irriral at Westliiiby: Miss- Wao aleY wentont to buy food. Retirning to the house she found 3fiss Arkwright- in the bathroom. De.. ceased Said she Would be down in a m!nute or so. A short time- afterwards her consPaoion went up again and knocked but received no answer. SI!, telephoned for Dr. "King who came almost. immediately. Dr, .King called to. ,Miss • Ark Wright, who :screamed, The ,b,Piroolll door was then bniat. (wen and deceased was -found ii flames. She was espied. to Another ,oem Where the flames were extinguished with ~bedclothes. -She was subsequently removed to the Ilevlahe Cottage" Hospital, where she died the lame evening. s • Her companion-. Miss Woisley, said deceased had evidently emptied the pamffin from two lamps on to her Clothing and then set fire to herself by standing over a lighted candle. Di: King said he had attended the deceased for many _e_ars.. She had been melancholy since her mother's death some ' ,years ago.. Be. had sever noticed any suicidal tendencies, hut-she had evidPntly developed deltisient while staying at Llandudno. Witness corroborated the evidence regarding the condition of Miss Arkwrjgbt on Saturday, and, added that the case was. quite. hopeless from, the first. Nurse Reuter, of the Cottage HospAal, stated that 'dottaged told her that what she had 'done.wits entirely her own fault. She expressed the hope that no one would be blamed for it. ger head was SO bad that she felt she must do it. A verdict of "Suicide whilst of un.;)und mind" was returned.. .