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Show pCE FOR CHARITY WL Case of Destitution in H : the tfiidst of Plenty. R rOHAN A VICTIM OF CANCER Little Care Except From Wt. Kind Neighbors. ' H i , j- is Barred From Affording I Slef th0 That th HUS" H' i bnnd Has Means. M L unusual case oC ncslcct of a sick 9 i, exciting much comment anions K liJftt of tho vicinity of First North B Itc greets. Mrs. Charles Smith HI i!,n 111 the lost two years from can-IS can-IS la most malignant form. For 3 ,w Past sho has been confined to her 19 f ablo to help herself In the least. Pi ,vtl "he n:u5 nad n0 aLtcndant' os" M ihen kind neighbors dropped In, and 13 f ,t been provided. It Is claimed, the BBM - (ceSsarlcs of existence by her hus-9 hus-9 S!i who is said to be well able to give MM rf&i carc which she so sadly needs. am .j. is a competent bookkeeper, who la K P,ytJ regularly and Is also said to bo B .V,r0CT.er of valuable property. The wo-H wo-H eutaa a daughter of 11 by a former WK- Sand, who works out as a gurse girl 19; . r-if's her mother the little she earns, H alt Is not cnouKh lo relieve her wants. 9& SICK fN A CHEERLESS HOME. HI irhn a representative of Tho Tribune W -3 at the Snlth homo yesterday he 3ft h (ho sick woman lying In bed In n W 5ip3 room, which was evidently used -m i kitchen before it became a sick room, lS furnishings, besides tho bed be "M et i cookstovc. a table arid ono or two f'3 ?iviUni: chairs There was no lire in S5S t slave but the door was open to let S hii'bripht spring sunshine which costs UMLmt The woman's face was whiter UCKU the PlllOW upon wim-ii aiiu i.ij . im iHaKTttr' drawn fcaturos were the unmls-1 unmls-1 BuHKe lines produced by acute suffering, 'fa af ked If It were true that she did &JKa'rclve the care which her condition lc,Weinaed. she said: WTVdl 1 receive no care oxcept what tiaalAjrttehbors 8lve me. But for their calls alsajftwMM be here alone night and day. My 'ftlkuMrd provides me with stale bread and and the little medicine I have, mostly S'rtoim and that Is all " '-savour husband Is hero nlghtB, Is he Stf lis, he Is here but I never see him; tikii brays In the other parr of the house." 4B "A:d you feci tho need of better at- 0i. )'s, something must be done, surely sure-ly 1 can't stay here this ay much iltti fejsr." aalU Bit what can bs done? :2S', W County Physician Mayo was Sf L'laS concerning the case, he said: irtk 'I have known of the case for two t:3H It certainly de-nnnds attentlou, but TgtU ;b hardly a case which can bo taken up -3J5 ij'lht county for the reason that thcro 'HiM outatlon about those upon whom tho itnirainls dependent being, financially nblo fikfliflucaro for her properly. It Is a case, I :l5Xd think, for the humane society." '3 Accounts for some things. jf ll3 Itsnv be said In partial extenuation of nidi if- tusband's peculiar conduct If there lieG M l5 extenuation for such apparent Mglect that ho is or has been, an arlipllc. a complaint which usually makes r li victims moroso and extremely Irritant: Irrita-nt: ii. Out neighbor of Smith said yester-4 yester-4 hr. "I have known tho man for twenty-flvo jan This woman is the third wife he luhad in that time, the other two huv-kftwn huv-kftwn divorced. Ho has always been to give way to passion and 1 think ft as mado things very uncomfortable h those about him. I havo seen bin betes be-tes so angry that ho would fall In a fit JbcpmD rigid ' pwsprobabl of one of these occasions Iwyslclan told who said that he wns by romo of the man's neighbors to i K:jhltn out of a lit. "I afterward sent Kaablll for tho service." said the phy-EMn phy-EMn yesterday, "and ho refused to pay during that he didn't send for inc. This ?icXcourno literally true, and I said nO Kft about It." :- GHBORS READY TO HELP. 'Tit neighbors of tho Smiths aro very PM that something should be done wlai relief o tlie poor woman, but they naturally loath to become Identified In e affair. While It may be true, they W, that the man Is partially lrreaponsl-account lrreaponsl-account of his own physlelai con-that con-that fact does not alleviate tnc stir-Pof stir-Pof his wife nor lessen her wants. Ho L earn monc'. they point out, and J think ho should be co-iipclled to pro-Jff.ntr, pro-Jff.ntr, If possible, and otherwise she ISr he provided for by the county or Public charlt. She needs constant TtL i aUentlon and should either bo In IMipital or have a nurse at her home. FJ also needs some strengthening foods. JJrhaps somo dainties, such as tho usually require. It Is cortalnly one of , cascs o destitution In tho of plenty |