| Show I I A fl TRUE STORY 00 A letter just received at the offices of f the Utah Public Health Association lon tion from one of the cases casE'S discovered discover- discover ed d by the Traveling Health clinic when it t was making its tour through the state throws great light on the possibilities possibilities of saving human life if such cases ases can be found early enough and then hen followed up with proper ion tion James H. H Wallis executive sec sec- secretary of this organization has personally personally per- per visited many of these cases inthe in inthe the he the State and by words of encouragement encouragement encouragement correspondence literature books woks and other means has helped these hese sufferers to get back on the road to recovery The writer of the letter referred to o is Mrs Bertha Graff who lives lh-es in Santa Clara five miles distant from St. St George She is a prominent Relief Relief Re- Re lief Society worker in her community and the mother of a large family Her ler story is best told by publishing her ter letter Santa Clara November ember 16 1923 1023 Mr James II H. Wallis Salt Stilt Lake City Utah Dear Mr Wallis Wallis- Wallis I hope you ou will pardon me for beIng beng be- be being Ing ng so slow in answering your letter leter letter let- let ter er asking the permission to use my last ast letter to encourage others who are fighting the same battle as us I am You are more than welcome to use it if f it can help some poor suffering soul to better health There isn't anything that would give me more pleasure than to visit the he sick and encourage them When one is weak one needs others to help them keep up their courage I hope you will have time to call on some of the tuberculosis cases on your trip through the state and encourage them hem as you ou did me a year ago I also hope you will call and see me me and note what a wonderful change has las taken place in a years year's time It Itis Itis Its is s simply wonderful I can hardly believe bellev it myself I thought it would take inks at least five or six years yearn ears before I would be able to do as much work and feel as well as I do now and many of my friends have told me since I am better that they used to pity me so when they would come to tolee see lee me suffering and one would say sayo sayto to o the other oh what a blessing it would be if that poor soul could ony on on- ly y die and be free from her pain thinking that I could never get well again I was an invalid until in March when the change chango came and since Ince then I have been doing all my housework put up of fruit and vegetables for my family also helped others who are sick so you OU see there is a great change Never before did life seem so sosweet sweet to me I have tasted of the bitter can more fully appreciate the sweet If there is anything in this letter th that t you Ou wish to use to encourage others you have my permission I know enow that if the sick will but keep up their faith and courage they can arrest the disease just as I have done but they must NEVER GIVE UP but ut have a strong determination to get well and when they feel blue and want to cry just smile and say No NoT NoT T. T B. B you OU will never get tet me and they hey sill III be surprised to see how fast they will improve e For more than a year I couldn't eat or sleep or do a bit of work Now I Ilave have lave a good appetite sleep soundly all alJ night and have a nap every afternoon after after- noon I work most of the da day without without with with- out getting tired If one would have told me a year rear ago that I would be feeling so 80 well in another year ear I Ier In Ineer n never ne er would have believed it I weigh more than I have done since I have ha been married I stood the cold and the heat better than I have ha drunk about eggs egg since I I went wet to the Health Clin Clin- ic I am returning to you OU your our book and Journals of the outdoor Life Many Thanks for the use Ue of them I Ic c certainly do appreciate the interest sh shown wn in me my illness The book Tuberculosis sis came just came just at the time when I most needed it my lungs were bleeding bleed ing quite badly just at that time tima and it was such a help to me in keeping keep ing lug up my courage courage- It is a wonderful book not only to help those who are sl sick k to better health but those who are well to keep well It has beera beer a 1 great help to me Assuring you ou that I w a what t you ou did me e and that hat you yo will wll be able to help others also alo 1 I Iam am Very sincerely Signed MRS BERTHA DERTHA GRAFF |
