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Show PINKY PANKY POO PUTS MRS PAT OUT PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 4 -Mrs Patrick Campbell, the English artrraa frantnrnH a knee cap last night, the result of a fall while entering a carriage to go to the Broad Street theater. She was removed to the University of Pennsylvania hospital, and it may be months, the doctors doc-tors say, before she'wlli be able to- walk. The remainder of her American tour will be abandoned. Mrs. Campbell ' was playing a two weeks' engagement in "The Sorceress" at the Broad Street theater, and had been staying at the St. James hotel. A snow and sleet storm prevailed here all day. which left the sidewalks Covered with lire and snow. The storm was still In progress pro-gress when Mrs. Campbell left the hotel to enter a carriage. Under one arm she carried her favorite dog and under the other she had a book and a muff. Her maid was behind her. As the actress reached the curb and was about to enter the carriage she slipped, before she could drop the dog and recover her footing she fell and one knee struck the end of the step of the vehicle. She was promptly assisted to her feet by a footman and the maid, but as she put her I weight on the Injured limb she gave a cry of pain and would have fallen had not the footman and the maid held her up. She was assisted into the hotel and to her apartments, and three physicians were quickly summoned. They found that the knee was fractured so badly that they had her removed to the University of Pennsylvania hospital. One of the physicians who attended Mrs. Campbell said the fracture wao.so severe that she will be unable to stand on the injured limb for about two months. |