The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1902, Page 4

rt scalded from ner it is and ha: not the pl on of face and fig- uty that 1d feature of the woman r the proud dis- Queen of the memorable estival at the Mechanics’ e was only a girl in her hat brought her a still was chosen g of merry mask- 1 of the Mardl Gras greater secretly coveted by many embered by the few who jistinetion conferred upon ful queens there have this big fancy ball, with y annually closes the winter a blaze of glory before turning but none have a furor as Miss Hadenfeldt. ed as the Queen of Sheba in robes st texture and rich Oriental color- ornamented with strings of pearls ng jewels and with a hooded of pearls and rubies covering her 1 rivaled in splendor ‘even he gOTE! ress of her famed prototype. ever before had e been such a re- g Queen of the Mardi Gras in and statuesque—almost as King of the Carnival himself— shoulders exquisitely ure cast in nature's she was the most voman in all that long Francisco's lovely yally, as was befit- jon, she reigned over her cts, and when the night was me of it all followed her out into the world to set the standard for those who would rival her hereafter. Hers is indeed a beauty that will create & his- tory of treasurable traditipns all its own. And then two weeks agd, by the merest sccident—an accident so simple that one wonders that it could have happened at ell—not only her beauty but her life itself was placed in instant jeopardy. The bathtub in her home at 1332 Page street had become full almost to over- flowing with water hot to the point of bofling. Through the blinding cloud of steam she fumbled to shut it off, Her fioot slipped on the polished fidor, she lost her balance and plunged headlong into the tub, Her egonized scream brought her two gisters to her aid. Groping through the haze they grasped her left arm, the only part of her body merged ‘in the scalding dragged her out. When al- of the tub she slipped from and fell back again. y of her position is too terrible Any one less powerful and would have succumbed at danger only sharpened her presence of mind, *1 thou of just three things” she eald afterward in describing her sensa- tions, “This is & calamity.” “Save your face.” *“Poor little Laura Lambert.” And w these thoughts running through her brain she struggled to keep her head out of the seething water, whils ty her sisters, almost frantic with the cerro» of the situation, took hold of Ler jagain and raised her to her feet. Even then she did not faint, though her suffering made her scream with pain. Coolly enough, she directed all the efforts that were made to relieve her. “Get some olive oil, Wanda,” she or- dered of her younger sister, when she could control the agony of her blistered body sufficlent to articulate. “Bertha, please telephone for the doctor.” And e they ran in frantic haste to do her bidding she struggled against the horrible shock to her nerves to keep from lapsing into uncensciousness. The ofl was quickly brought—a whole gallon of it—and poured over her quiver- ing body from head to heel, without doing much to relieve her; but it was not so easy to get the doctor. The “line was busy.” Another telephone on the floor above was tried. Dr. Hall, the family physician, was not in his office. One or two mere doctors were called for, with like result. The outlook was growing des- wh perate. Every moment meant not only * excrucigting pain, but perhaps speedy death. 'More ofl was poured over the red- dening wounds, until the bed to which she had staggered was saturated through and through. Finally, after what seemed hours to all three women, Dr. J. C. Stinson was se- cured and responded immediately. He gave her an opiate to lull her into uncon- sclousness, but even the drugs were not powerful enough to quiet the trembling body, while he bound her in a filmy gauze swathed in cotton held in place by olled silk. ‘With the exception of her left arm and her face and part of her left leg there was not & spot on her body that was not blis- tered from the scalding water. Only her courage had saved her face. “It is generally conceded,” says Dr. Stinson, “that a burn covering one-third to one-half of the full surface of the body will result fatally in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours.” But when the anxious sisters asked him if she would live he answered that she would, because she has always had such superb health and strength. The sufferer, struggling to con- trol her shaking nerves, heard the words end smilingly assured them that she had no doubt of her recovery. But her beauty? Would the healing leave her arms and shoulders scarred and distorted? Eagerly her sisters asked the question, for they themselves are both Social Precedence at Washington Continued From Page Three. rply called to task for having y some of the women present ra- he thought “the poor man had hard winter of it without any unwilling to have him go court without one enjoyable she had sent for him before and asked him what ae ; hostess must needs know her now, for the sharp eyes z hing the newly launched es- peciaily are very tender hooks to hsr may inadvertently *“put her foot into 1 Socal precedence is the grammar, the arithmetic, the algebra of the woman who would or who must entertain. “Must” sounds a bit harsh, perhaps, to the lay mind; but it is, for the laws of the Medes and Persians were no more impregnable than the inflexible edict, backed by the Cabinet, to which even the “First Lady” must yleld. Mrs. Roosevelt must hold just so many blic receptions; the wives of Cabinet bers must entertain at intervals. None has dared defy, or will ever one ig- nore this requirement. The formal, official entertainments are past; but there still remain the semi- official functions, and in these must the statute of social precedence be regarded uo less scrupulously, At even & private entertainment must the rights of diplo- matists be observed with the nicest dell- cacy. Indeed, in the light of the adequate means at the disposal of a hostess for her guidance, an error in this matter would seem to be inexcusable. Of course, the “meéwly launched” are not supposed to know, offhand or intui- tively, the exact seniority of service upon which depends the precedence of mem- bers of the Diplomatic Corps. That they may learn, the Department of Btate in this Government, under which democracy of soclal relations is fondly supposed to be absolute, issues a little book for lim- ited circulation among those who may be called upon to face what would without its aid prove to be a dllemma. This is the present order of precedence; Great PBritain—The Right Hon, Lord Pauncefote, G. C. B, G. C. M. G.; Mr. Arthur 8. Ralkes, First Secretary. Germany—Herr von Holleben; Count A. von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny, counselor of legation, first secretary of embassy. France—M. Jules Cambon; M. Plerre de Margerie, counselor of the embassy. Russia—Comte Cassini, master of the imperial court; Mr. de.Wollant, first sec- retary, being absent, second position in the Russian embassy falls to Mr. Axex-’ second secretary, is elevated In prece- First Secretary Don Joss F. Godoy is dence. L Italy. secretary, —Signar Edmondo Mavor des Plan- Sweden and Norway—Mr A. Grip; Mr. ander Zelenoy, second secretary. Mexico—Senor Don Manuel de Aspiros; sbgent: Eenor Don Enrique Santibanes —— FHOTD BY VAVSHAN & KEITH Ny © THE SUNDAY OCALL. ; Francesco Carignani 41 Novoll, first C. Hauge, secretary Dot le‘mnnn.h Guatemala—Senor Don Anto: Lazo and his staff are at the Mexi - Arriaga; Senor Don Jorge Munoz. on spe- ance. b beautiful, though each is of a different iype,.and the full significance of the ter- rible experience welghed heavily upon them. It was an awful sacrifice to make for 8o trivial an accident before she had yet reached the full flush of her charms. To sne who has never been even passably good looking the thought would be mad- dening enough, but to one who had known & lifetime’ of homage for beauty that was something more than mere mat- ters ‘ot dress and adornment the thought is unendurable. She heard the question and the doctor's answer. She asked only for life. It was hard to tell, he sald. Tt would all depend on how quickly her blood re- sponded to the healing. All her patience and fortitude would be required to avert the dlsfiguring scars. She would have to e on her left side, the least seriously blistered of her whole body, with her right arm bound to the finger tips, with- out moving for days and nights. Courageously she faced the ordeal, and though there were days when she sank into an alarming weakness, due to the severe shock, Dr. Stinson says now that she will not only completsly recover her health and strength, but that there will not be left a single blemish of the skin to remind her of the tragic accident. More than that, he says the skin will bs softer and whiter fhan ever before, so that out of a strange trick of fate she will gain even an added beauty. “Miss Hadenfeldt is making a marvel- ously excellent recovery,” sald Dr. Stin- son when interviewed at his office a few days ago. ‘“‘She showed great ability to resist the terrific shock of the injury, and while such a burn or one far less in extent and depth would have resultel fatally in a person of less rugged consti- tution, her recovery is nothing short of amazing. Her temperament is of that even, broad-minded type that directly alds in throwing off the effects of the burn. She displayed remarkable courage under her suffering at the time of the injury and subsequently at the surgical operation. “The most painful variety of scalds are those in which the outer layers of the skin are destroyed, exposing the nerve centers. This was in the main the vari- ety affecting Miss Hadenfeldt. “The lesions that are produced may be vesicular or gangrenous. The patient’s sufferings when the scald is extensive here is swelling. ch Is increased are always extreme. redness, intense pain, w to an exeruclating degree on contact with the air or the dressings whenever the patient moves. “The constitutional symptoms vary from slight fever in mild burns to pro- found shock in severe cases, followed by reaction and congestion, and death may speedily result from cerebral coma, pain and exhaustion. *“The progress of recovery depends upon the extent and depth of the Injuries. Thus the mere reddening of two-thirds of the surface of the skin will almost inevita- Bly result in death, while"destruction of one-third of the skin will almost as sure- Iy groduce the same resuit. And yet, with her body reddened to the color of an In- dian blanket from head to foot and badly burned all along the right side, Miss Had- enfeldt is not only recovering speedily, but will not have a scar to show for the terrible suffering she endured. Hers is a marvelous constitution; the most remark- able woman I ever saw.” This is extraordinary. And It is no less remarkable that even in the midst of her greatest danger and suffering Miss Had- enfeldt should have thought of Laura Lambert, who furnishes a striking paral- lel case of severe injury. She is the pretty girl whose hair be- came entangled In a whirling shaft of the machinery of a candy factory and on the Instant her scalp, even to the eye- brows, was torn off. It required a whole year of laborious and delicate skin graft- 1ng from several thousand volunteers to save her life and cover the wound; but now under her fashionable artificial coif- fure Laura Lambert is prettler than e betore. “I a1d not realize until I plunged head- long into the scalding water what Miss Lambert must have suffered,” says Miss Hadenfeldt, “but then, even while I raised myself on the finger tips of my right hand to keep my face from being burned, the thought flashed through my mind, ‘Poor little Laura Lambert’ I saw the whols extent and suddenness of her accident with & vividness that had never been pos- sible before, and perhaps the subecon- sclousngsa.ef what she had endured and recovered gave me courage, though when I slipped back into the water again I was almost overcome by the thought that my face might be disfigured. “And the pain of it. Oh, It was terri- ble, but scarcely worse than the agony of having to lle perfectly still all day long without being able to relieve the tension of the nerves by changing to a more com- fortable position. This bad to be endured not alone because it was unbearably pain- ful to move, but because there was great danger that the skin would suffer fresh sbrasion each time and so intensify the wounds that healing would be long de- layed and unsightly scars the inevitable result. 3 “Oh, but it is agony to be kept a pris- oner in bed this way when one wants to be out in the fresh air and sunshine.” It is this very love of open air exercise that has made Miss Hadenfeldt, and her sisters as well, so superbly strong and vigorous. , Their beauty is not of the ar- tificlal order. It is bullt on the hygienis principle of simple living, with plenty of athletic exercise in the open air—swim- ming, cycling, riding and long walks through the park and across country. Dr. Stinson says they are all three the most notable examples he has ever seen of the beneficlal effects of a wholesoms Tegime combined with systematic train- ing of every part of the body. Thelr beau- ty, he says, is-of the most substantial sort and a splendid tribute te the glories of life in lden West. The RBurning Qugstion of the Hour clal mission. Austria-Hungary—Mr. Ladislaus Hen- gelmuller von Hengelvar; Mr. Ludwig von Callenberg, secretary of legation. Switzerland — Mr. J. B. Ploda; Mr, Charles L. E. Lardy, secretary of lega- tion. Denmark—Mr. Constantin Brun. Ecuador—Senor Don Luls Felipe Carbo. Portugal—Viscount de Santa-Thyr‘s, the Minister, being absent, Senor Luis Augusto de Moura Pinto d'Azevedo Tav- eira, Charge d’Affaires, represents him. Hayti—Mr. J. N. Leger, Haitlan Min- ister, 1s absent, with his secretary, at the Pan-Amerfcan conference, Mexico. China—Mr. Wu Ting Fang; Mr. Shen Tung, first secretary. Brazil—Mr. J. F. de Assis-Brasil is ab- sent. His place is taken by First Secre- tary of Legation R. Reldner de Amaral, Charge a'Affalres. Costa Rica—Senor Don Joaquin Ber- nardo Calvo is absent. Spain—Duke de Arcos is absent. Se1r Sou Juan Riano is first secretary of lega- lon. Nicaragua—Senor Don Luis F. Corea; Mr. Corry M. Stadden, Counselor of Le- gatlon, In place of Senor Don Alejandro Bermudez, secretary of legation, absent. Netherlands—Baron W, A. F. Gevers; =—pMr, J. H. Van Roijen, secretary of lega- tion, Salvador—Senor Don Rafael Zaldivar Japan—Mr. Kogoro Takahira; Mr M1 dori Komatz, second secretary. Peru—Mr. Manuel Alvares Calderon First Secretary of Legation wa‘:}‘- fonzo Pezet are absent. Bolivia—8enor Don Fernando H. Gua- challa, absent; Senor Don Alberto Gutier- Tez, secretary of legation. Persia—General Isaac Khan. Uruguay—Dr. Juan Cuestas, Second Seey retary of Legation Senor Juan P. Etche- saray. Colombia—Senor Don Carlos Martines Stlva; Dr. Thomas Herran; secretary legation. 3 # Korea—Mr. Minhul Cho; 3 Moo, second secretary. T Y e Argentine Republic—Senor Don Martin Garcla Mercu; Senor Antonio del Viso, secretary of legation. A Belgium—Baron Ludovie M absent; Mr. Charles C. Wl.\lt:::.h.g:m: selor of Legation and Charge d"Affaires. Siam—Phya Akharaj Varadhara; Mr. Edward H. Loftus, secretary of legation. Turkey—Chekib Bey; Djelal Munif Bey, first secretary. ; Venezuela—Senor Doy ALy m Augusto F. Dominican Republic—Senor Dom Feo, Leonte Vasquez, absent; Mr. Oscar Hutt- Unger, in charge of legation, Chile—Senor Don Eliodore Infante, first secretary and Charge d'Affaires ad in-