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Show Cot Holds Girl, Aged 2, Prisoner V(any Weeks ONLY 2 YEARS OLD, SHE HAS LAIN LIKE THIS FOR WEEKS Eleanor Simons... Her leg was fractured in traffic accident Child Has Time to Count Cost Of Accident as Bone Knits Keller. Mitot rtafc'f M.ftOO.noft aaaaal bill tor traf'le errlaeaf. hi Ier(r4v eatd fey aSMlU. Hut Ihli enM. Ml mmm that rfclldrn, evMi InfMti. not MMMl tn-tr hill ahnm nf the. m4" nf efrtnrnla. Tfcli raw Is mm nf many era IrlrS aara ynar ai I'feftfe anttau. e TVs no fun to lie flat on your back for week after week with ona leg encased in a cast and held at a vertical right angle to the rest of her body by a pulley. FOURTH Eleanor Simons is forced to endure it, how- aver and she is only 2 years old. OF A Eleanor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson SERIES Simons. 241 East Fourth South street, suffered a fractured left leg and deep head cuts when she ' was knocked down by an automobile in the street near her home more than a month ago. Nor has Eleanor been the only one to suffer as a result. "Only parents who have had their children hurt can understand the aorrow and heartache we have felt the past month," Mrs. Simons said. If this case were an isolated Instance In-stance It would be bad enough, but many traffic accidents Involve children, chil-dren, according to statistics. In the United States last year 1800 children 4 years old or less were killed In motor vehicle accidents acci-dents and 3200 more boys and girls between 6 and 14 years of age also lost their Uvea The number seriously Injured ran into many thousands. Improvement In this appalling situation will come, traffic experts say, only when both drivers and pedestrians, young and old; are taught to realise the accident possibilities possi-bilities of all their actions on streets and highway and to act accordingly. |