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Show I CHlLDREm 1 HUB; FATHERJS WISE J Gust Nash Faces Problem That Is Driving Him to Verge of Madness. With bis wife bedridden, stifling the groans that suffering would force from Dor lips, with nothing In the house for his six children to cat, and thrco monlhu behind In his rent. Gust Nash, a laborer, living In tho rutir of 51 South Fifth West streut. Is facing a problem that he confesses con-fesses is driving him to the vergo of mildness. Until ten days ao Nash was earning ?1.7n per day. Then his wife had a recurrence re-currence of symptoms of appendicitis, for which disorder she underwent an operation op-eration three months ago. Nash had no choice but to slay home and nurao hor, for $1.75 a day could not go far toward paying for the services of a trained nurse after it had been drawn upon for the cost of meals for eight Then the larder, un-rcplenlshed un-rcplenlshed by tho purchaser ordinarily made possible by the dally wage, became exhausted of food for the little ones. The mother was too HI to oat. Hollow-eyed Hollow-eyed from sleepless nights at the bedside bed-side of his helpmate, Nash confessed last night that ho had oxhuusled his resources and Ingenuity In his efforts to play at ono time the roles of father, mothor and nurse. "If my wife could only be taken care of the rest would be easy," said Nash. "I dare not neglect her, If I had tho hearc to do so. for the children need her more than they need mo or anything except food. They arc crying for that now, and I am helpless." As ho spoke the stricken mothor took from under hor pillow an apple, loft a few minutes before, and handed It to the baby that pleaded for bread and butter. but-ter. Nash explained that tho condition would ho helped some if his boy, 15 years of age. could get employment. |