Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1934, Page 9

THE EVENING 1“Sleeping” Girl Shows Terrific [AYMEN m HEAR IntIZrngl Struggle to Speak PAPAL LEGATE Apostolic Delegate Will Ad- dress Retreat Confer- ence Here. With delegates from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Quebec in Canada participating for the first time, the fifth National Con- ference of the Laymen's Retreat Movement, to be held here Decem- ber 28, 29 and 30, will hear his ex- cellency, the Most Rev. Amleto Gio- vanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States. ! Very Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, noted Catholic pulpit and radio orator, will address the convention at the ban- quet at the Washington Hotel on December 29 at 7 p.m. Another out- standing speaker will be John A. Matthews, prominent Newark (N. J.) Catholic layman. Business sessions will be held at the Catholic Univer- sity of America Prominent priests and laymen who have had years of experience in form- ing, financing and promoting the re- treat movement, in both urban and rural areas in this country, will form an Information and Consultation Committee. This group will give ad- vice to delegates desiring informa- tlon on the establishment of new retreat leagues, the founding of re- treat houses and in the better financ- ing and promotion of retreat organ- izations already existent. Serving as hosts to visiting dele- gates will be the Washington League of Laymen's Retreats. The general rman of the local Organization Committee is Rossa F. Downing, prominent attorney. The chairman of the Banquet Committee is Walter D. Beller. The local committee is to assemble at the Washington Hotel on Thurs- day evening of this week at 7:30 o'clock. Each of the 33 local parishes will send delegates, and these will hear reports and perfect plans for the forthcoming convention. PLAN UNIFIED PLAY FACILITIES HERE District Commissioners Believe Recreation Work Is Munici- pal Function. The District Commissioners will lend their influence to the movement 10 establish a co-ordination of play- ground and recreati facilities, now subject to control independent, Federal, District and school authori- ties, it was stated yesterday by Com- missioner George E. Allen The subject, brought into public discussion by the report of L. H. Weir of the National Recreation Associa- tion, is to be reviewed at a joint meet- ing of representatives of interested agencles at 3 p.m. Friday at the of- fices of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The District Commissioners are con- vinced that recreational facilities here are a municipal function and that since there is a District government { thé*final control ultimately should be vested in the District Commissioners, rather than in a Federal or school body. However, Allen said the three authorities apparently are far apart on the point as to which one best would be qualified to have the deciding con- | trol, and that as matters now shape | up the first step should be to seek a means of co-ordinating recreational | activities. | 1t appears that the question of final | control may be left for determination | by Congress, since legislation would be necessary unless a satisfactory sys- | tem of co-ordination could be estab- | lished, | GERMANY SURPRISED AT MACHADO’S VISIT Foreign Office Believes Group| Will Stop Briefly en Route to Italy. B the Associated Press BERLIN, December 5—The foreign office yesterday was surprised to learn that Gerardo Machado, former Presi- | dent of Cuba, his erstwhile secretary | ot agriculture, Eugenio Molinet, and | five other Cubans were aboard the | German liner Frida Horn, due at | Hamburg December 10. Some unofficial quarters expressed the opinion that Cuba would apply | for the ousted President’s extradition should he remain in Germany, but the Cuban Legation declared “nothing has been decided yet and no steps will | be taken before Machado sets foot on German soil.” A foreign office spokesman said “We assume Machado will stay in Germany only a very short time and 20 to a southern country (believed to be Italy) to restore his health.” Reliere nasal irritation and congestion, those annosing symptoms of a common head cold. Simply use E-Z NASAL SPRAY, either with an atomizer or dropper. Soothes smarting membranes and helps make breathing through the nose so much easier; also helps prevent many colds from spreading. Its quick action will please SPRAY - AT ALL GOOD DRUG STORES few hours, if taken directed. Wild Amazement Seen in Eyes of Patricia Maguire, Slowly Win- ning Back C BY RUTH COWAN. Copyright. 1034. by the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 5—Wild amazement, almost terror, show: from the eyes of Patricia Maguire as she struggles to awaken from her long “sleep” of 2 years, 9 months and 22| days I saw this girl—whose case, tenta- tively identified as lethargic encepha- litis, or sleeping sickness, has baffled medical science—a year ago, and I saw her today. I saw surprising signs of improve- ment, apparent even to a layman. I saw definite signs that consciousness had returned in part. I witnessed tests I saw her gurgling, gasping struggle to break through a terrible barrier and speak—and I have an eery feeling she will succeed eventually. Looked Blind Year Ago. A year ago the pretty 29-year-old girl's eyes had the vacant look of the blind. The pupils were cloudy. Today onsciousness. they were clear eyes of hazel and they have vision. I know she saw me as I stood by her bed today. I sensed she was aware of the presence of a stranger. She kept her eyes ca me as I backed away. Last year her eyes rotated aimlessly. Even so I thought she saw a little, for she squinted one eye the better to clear the vision in the other. But she did not hold her eyes steadily. Today they are steady and evenly focused. Also there’s expression. Obeys Written Command. Her mother, Mrs. Peter Miley, who has never left her side since she lapsed into a coma February 13, 1932, picked up a school child's slate. She said: “I will prove to you that Pat can see and read.” In chalk she wrote: “Raise youy first finger.” The girl's graceful heavy dark brows knotted. Her face contracted. She, ! who last year, had lain so passive, STAR, WASHINGTON squirmed and twisted. She tensed the muscles of her right arm lying outside the covers. Her labored breathing quickened. “Watch her eyes,” whispered the mother. Slowly—and noticeably—Pat’s eyes moved as do the eyes of any one read- ing. Her breathing became deep-throated, gurgling, as slowly she raised her first finger. Raises Second Finger. “Now, Pat,” commanded the mother, this time orally, “raise your second finger.” She put it up too, a little quicker. The mother moved to the end of the bed. Pat, who last year could barely turn her head, nestled down between the covers, her eyes closed, she relaxed. “Pat,” said the clear-voiced mother, “move your right foot.” A quick frown, a gurgle of protest, but in a moment, she, whose move- ments last year were the involuntary tossings of one in delirium, moved her right foot back and forth. “Now, Pat, please—oh, please—" Mrs. Miley again picked up the slate. On the reverse side was written: “Pat, say ‘mom.’ " She held it before Pat's reopened eyes. Makes Supreme Effort. The girl twisted, squirmed, stiffened. She clenched her hands. She rolled her head from side to side, but her | eyes, wide and strained, were focused on the slate. Muscles corded on her | throat. Her gurgling became louder, | louder. Then distressed with her fear- D. O, WEDNESDAY, ful effort to break through. To speak- “She will, she will yet,” said the mother. “I have never lost faith.” Mrs. Miley took away the slate. Pat’s face relaxed. Her breathing became calmer. The wild look faded from her eyes. Slowly the lids dropped. and she slumbered. G. W. U. HEAD HONORED BY EDUCATIONAL GROUP Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin Elected Vice President of Colleges and Sec- ondary Schools Association. Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of | Middle States Association of Colleges | word received here from Atlantic City, | eighth annual convention. dent. 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