Show GIRL SLEEPS FOR SEVEN DAYS Peculiar Ailment of Miss Lillian Busby I SLEEPS WITH EYES OPEN Takes Food Regularly VJhllo In tho Stupor Cataleptic Trances Caused by Worry Over Her Loss of Regular Schooling A veiy Iarc ailment has attacked 111 lIan the 15cul0Id daughter of l1r and Mrs J Busby hiving at the COlnCl oC llth South and EIghth East For the past to weeks she has been ul most constantly In n cataleptic condition condi-tion reviving at Intervals and thou ic lapsing Into her former state HOW 11 BEGAN The first attack occurred on Tuesday Tues-day June iOlh For three months pre iousiy the young lady had been BUr feting from hip disease and wa Confined con-fined 10 her bcd She had been rcndlng II great deal and when a girl friend came to see her she remarked that her eyes were tired and asked the friend to read alou Then the reading had conlinud for about hat fin hour Lillian Lil-lian apparentlY went to sleep LASTED SEVEN DAYS She did not regain consciousness fore for-e en days Then she awoke and remained re-mained her e1t for Iwo days Again the stupor came on and for four and onchal das ending yesterday afternoon after-noon she remained In the trance Then she recovered again anti was fully conscious con-scious last evening KEEPS EytS OPEN Miss Busb lies with her eyei wide open while Fhe 15 In the cataleptic italc but she can see nothing The sense oC feeling Is likewise dormant and she does not fihrlnlt when touched 01 even when pinched At first she hnd violent spasms In which hot body was almost doubled together but these havo SUlaihed into n nervous twitching which recurs every few minutes ASKS FOR FOOD The only Intelligible sign she makes while she IR In n trance Is an indication Indica-tion oC her desire for food This Is given her In liquid form al frequent In tennls When she grows hungry she draws up her forearms and rapidlY closes and uncloses her hands 1Icr devoted voted mother soon rtrnell l 10 Interpret this sign and never Calf to give her nourishment CAUSED BY wonnY Miss Lillian has always been a nervous nerv-ous child and a hard student When compelled to leave school because ot the hIp dJseaso she waR much distressed dis-tressed Il her failure to graduate and this worry It 18 believed heiped to brIng on the nervous disorder from which she IN now sufferIng It Jf ding nosed os 11StcrlncutalcIJ5 and re suits entirely from the affection ot the nerves BODY NEEDS REST There Is no similarity between this case and that of Bessie Knecht the sleepIng girl 1 or North SnIt Lake In the case or Bessie there Is clearly 0 lesion oC the brain Miss Busbs brain 16 In healthful conditIon nnrl the trouble 15 pure nervous Tho periods at unconsciousness are natures treatment treat-ment for the overwrought system and gle lIcr whole body a needed rest WILL GET WELL M1s Busby tells her mother that she will get all right and she objects to thc attendance or a nurse In compllunco with her wIshes the nurse was dispensed dis-pensed wIth and she 18 now being cared for by her paronta |