“I have seen Detroit grow from a
village to a city,” he observed yester
day in conversation with the writer,
“and I don’t think there are many
towns in America to-day equal to it
In ]>olnt of beauty. I know almost ev
erybody in the city, and an incident
which recently happened In my lifu
has interested all my friends.
"It is now about eight years ago
since I was stricken down with my
first cast* of Illness. One cold, bluster
ing day I was down town, and through
my natural carelessness at that time
I permlted myself to get chilled right
through. When 1 arrived homo that
evening I felt a serious pain in my left
leg. I bathed it flint night, but by
morning I found it had grown worse.
In fact. It was so serious that I sent
for my family physician, and he in
formed me that I was suffering from
varicose veins. My leg swelled up to
double Its natural size and the pain
increased In volume. The agony was
simply awful. I was laid up ami
never left my bed for eight weeks. At
times I felt as though I would grow
frantic witli pain. My leg was ban
daged and was propped up in bed at
an angle of 30 degrees in order to keep
tlie blood from flowing to my extreml
t les.
“I bad several doctors attending me,
but I believe my own judgment helped
me better than theirs. After a siege
of two months I could move around,
still I was on the sick list and had to
doctor myself for years. I was never
really cured and suffered any amount
of anguish.
