Show I WILL NOT SPEAK OR EAT ANY SOLID FOOD GIRLS STRANGE CONDUCT FOR THREE YEARS BAFFLING MAYBE MAY-BE EFFECT OF A COLD Elwood JndOne of the most puzzling puz-zling cases that has como to the no tlcu of doctors here Is that of Miss Dale Goslln a 11yearold girl daughter daugh-ter of Mr and Mrs George Goslln livIng Orestes Ing two miles northeast of who has subsisted three years on liquid food and during that time has not spoken a word or uttered a sound When Dale was 11 years old sho caught a severe cold while attending school and her throat became affected Her voice gradually sank to a whisper whis-per and finally disappeared Meantime Mean-time she was fed on liquid food and apparently the cold left her but she bas not spoken since and absolutely S 0 80U P I n it + b 1Ils b1 It ii i t She Absolutely Refuses to Partake of Any Solid Foods refuses to partake of any foods that require mastication before being swallowed swal-lowed Her health is not affected She IE well developed for a girl of her age weighing 110 pounds and Is remarkably remarka-bly pretty When spoken to she hears what Is said to her and If pleased she acknowledges It with a nod of the head or a smile but while she hat been examined by and I surgeons specialists spe-cialists In throat and vocal affections who state that there Is absolutely nothing the matter with the girl nothing noth-ing will Induce her to speak or partake of anything to eat but liquid food Entreaties cajoling and even force have been tried but without avail The father has spent hundreds of dollars 1 dol-lars trying to get his daughter to talk but she will not utter a sound or glvq the least Intimation that she desires to converse with her parents or friends The father has been advised to place the girl In some Institution where It Is believed that the formation of new friends and strange influential surroundings sur-roundings will induce her to talk again |