Show JOSEPH JEFfERSON SEEMINGLY I ON THE HIGH ROAD TO RECOVERY COVERY R S 5 II I I A 1 1 S I I I I I I II S SL 0 S L Joseph Jefferson West Vest Palm Beach Fla Flu April 20 There is every eel Y indication at thai that Joseph Jefferson Jeff will recover Charles Charlws B 13 Jefferson his Ilis son is is s con confident Dr DI R H B Potter Pot let in attendance is hopeful and Mabel Bingham the time nurse thinks that the worst is over The rhe reports to the effect effe t that Mr Ir I Jefferson was suffering with pneumonia are incorrect His illness has been due I to overexertion when on a visit to Hobe Sound Added to this was a gen general general general I eral weakness caused by b indigestion from which he suffered last spring s This ailment returned and was in itself very pronounced Tuesday night when there was such a decided change chang for the worse it came ame after days of failure to retain nourishment But though he i told his son Frank who was at his I I 1 bedside at that time tim that he wanted d to pass pa s away qUIt quietly indicating that he appeared of th end he was the first to say that he would recover and today toda he has lies been b n talking cheer cheel cheerfully cheerfully fully fUll and asking that arrangements be made for his return to his northern home m Dr Potter says the hope for re recovery overy I I tame came when Mr ir Jefferson was able to retain nourishment This favorable condition was as pronounced today when he called for food and retained all I given him himAt himAt himAt At 4 1 he asked to be permitted to sit up and und his request was granted At Dr Potter said to the representative of the Associated Press that he would not go to the Jefferson home tonight unless called for forAt forAt At midnight Mr Jefferson was rest resting resting ing quietly |