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THE BKOOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1016. MOLLIE FANCHER ANNOUNCES HER GOLDEN JUBILEE, 1866-1916 from her liunie in flalcs MOLLIE FANCHER'S HOME AT 160 GATES AVENUE 438.000 Hours in Bed. Brooklyn's Famous Invalid Has Issued 600 Invitations to Her Party, Marking Anniversary of the Accident Which Deprived Her of Her Health Cheerful Mollie Will Receive on February 3 from 2 to 6 and from 8 to 12. MOLLIE FANCHER AS SHE IS TODAY al2 she redoubled her effnrls to attain high standing although she was the near the top of her class.

Her healt began to fall, Physicians demand, hie scribed a complete change in her man- I 11 digestion. gllll III MI'IIIHII. I tost ner grasp on the runs. As she reached forward to regain the reins, the horse lunged forward and kicked. She was hurled over his head and crashed into the street.

She struck head Brat Her heavf hat saved lie, bill two of her ribs were fractured. After two months she recovered. Her eyeeifhl became affected-she saw double. In of the following year she decided to pay a visit to friends in Koslon. At that time she was engaged 10 wed John li.

Taylor. She went Shopping on June ID, and returning home, look a street car. As she alighted near her home, her hands lllled with packages, the conductor gave the signal to go ahead. He believed she had safely alighted. Hut her skirl, which was of a strong material, had caught In a hook at the rear of the car She was dragged nearly a block before 'he cur was brought to a keel l'i 1 conscious, and Taken lo Hospital.

She was picked up unconscious. Several of her ribs were broken, and although did not manifest itself I had I trouble, which bad ions, however On year, fifty years ago she was seized with the lungs, in, thai real suffering, night it was thought Through, ml lier long i.ecn frequently at tve nrolonsred her the strength to enduri position for -s. At lii was paralyzed. She lost her Bight and her speech her faculties i see. inn her ade to explain this wonderful ability -i, 4.., ri t2 She developed times dc- her friends.

which endure for a month. Awake her faithful aunt, expressing surprise at her changed appearance. Of the years that had gone she remembered nothing. Particulars regarding the first nine BAY AND MEADOW 1 I She lefl the Seminary, and, follow describe' persons and m- 'he advice of In Mean, places far distant. cnniplis'heT'inrsew i l-JTorls of All Snrls Mmle During First and fearless, she soon became known Mue Years.

through, nil Hrooklyn. People began Inning the tirst nine years of her Her skill as an eiiucstrienne coupled to her intense determined uitii what now seems pr-dest 1 i were made end the spasms an I. men in her undoing. I lowed. II seems the efforts of her A friend, who resided nearby, pur- physicians caused her untold agony.

MOLLIE'S ANNOUNCEMENT CARD, PRINTED IN GOLD i does "I know Mollie ran sec things without looking ai Hum through her sai.i i his woman. "1 recall ars ago. hen her cs were tight shut and sightless. I visited her with an Knglish friend of mine, who, was a. noted physician.

II was late afternoon when we reached the house and as we talked darkness came on. The physician said it must be late. Miss Crosby apologised and was about to strike a light hen Mollie said. Mm not bother with lln light. II is exactly ti o'clock by your watch, doctor.

The clock on the wall is five minutes 11 for Mollie lo see the clock. Her eyes were fast losed. The physician asked her how she knew the. time. Miss andicr Tolls Hun She Knew Hie Time.

"Mollie laughed. 'I could see youn walcn in wnir she Then she scribed the watch in detail. him he had purchased it before coming to this country and described the place where II was bought. She also, described the doctor. "That was bin an incident.

I recall another time mutual friend who I conducted a place of business on. called and asked Mollie to ow in, low en In be dressed l.e holidays. Mollie was delightcL cm Ml, in the wav I lungs should be placed. Thai night her Irirnd went to work to follow out her. insl ructions.

Next day I visited Mollie again. She laughed when she saw nie. '1 do wish you could see that she said 'I went over there; lasl night. It is horrible. 1 have sent, for Soon her friend appeared.

She told him the exact changes she wished made and lp admitted he had made the mistakes she charged him' with. Of course she had not there in the flesh. i'oor Mollie has never left her bed. Hut she certainly! knew what she was talking about. "She can see me half a mile away when I come to visit her.

When she' was unable to set up In bed and the sight was entirely gone from her e. I she could read The Kagle if it was; placed across her chest. She can read! letters by holding them in her 1 could go on forever telling of Hitch-incidents. Some time ago she told me, she could barely distinguish darkness' ironi iignt, inn at mat lime sue read and i once I asked her how she did it. "Her reply was.

through the top of I guess see1 I hope i his reception ill please her. know how she has suffered. Manv: times 1 have tried to with saving we would soon have her up and about. She would always say. -f am afraid that will never but thai, If the nearest I have ever heard her', come to a complaint." She Has No Spasms Now.

but Isj Paralyzed, The spasms have long since Mollie rancher is pa zed from licH s-himbl, down. She lies and' side and half on her lack. When it is um, but it Is was tempt ii ihi inay be in- lined to scoff at the hie of her living for years without solid: foods or broths, yet such is the undis-- iii Thursday next it will be a glo-, jcher who will greet Ihe linn friends) who have been invited to her "anni-l versa rv. Ihe word seems out or. place.

I Who hut Mollie rancher could endure the countless hours of suffering whieh went to make up her fifty years, in bed? An anniversary it may be. but it is an anniversary of pain. She lies there today as she has lain for liftv vers. and von who have finished this brief account of her eventful life mav continue to other pages of your Kugie. Hut before vou do so.

hearken to Mollie rancher message: She wishes you to consider her llfi of suffering and ne patient when tried to DISCUSS A national preparedness meeting will he held at the Shinnecock Democratic club. Hushing, on Friday evening. February 4, At Ihe invitation of Alfred M. Barrett. John K.

Sague. appraiser of the port of New York, and John I.owe, collector of internal revenue in the Second New York District, will speak. parts combine to form a perfect whole, "Newark should first establish a. Dock Department, or Port commission, to, the it plminiiia in New York, which was nronosed bv nubile snirited citi zens ting on their own initiative, the City Plan Commission in Newark wan iiuth, by a special act of the Legislature. TO AIR HOSPITAL PLAINTS Mitchel Will Hear Objections to Proposed Sanitarium.

I Mayor Mitchel will hold puhllo hearing tomorrow luornmg at 10:30 PP" for a permit of a sanitarium at ICightb avenue and rnion street. Tho. ity, enjoyed by few, tn mc study of the remarkable i pressed by fortune that their tiny crosses are but blessings in disguise. Her history may be gleaned from a booh written In by the lute Judge Ab rah. mi H.

Dailey, and from the lips of the lasl remaining fl iend of olden days. Mollie Fanchor is herself the authority for the statement that but one old friend of former days remains. The friend a little gray woman has requested that her name he withheld. In her home. In Prospect Park (Vest, a day or two Utile OKI UnljV Hook Tells Mis anciicr-- History.

From the little old lady and from of rancher's life have B. I Heir si in light. en the burd il lln- talc, I Mollie. When Mollie mother lav on her deathbed she called Mis- Sosan lo her side and asked her to care fur Mollie. She said: "Klizabelh l.Mollie's will be able to care for herself, but I can see.

is a child of sorrow, anil will ml that was fresh and clear. Her features regular and finely chiseled. Ai for her graduation drew death of anyone not protected by some strange. Indefinable power. Troubles believed to be fatal have attacked her.

but she withstood ihe attacks and emerged weak, bul still alive, and in possession of her mental faculties. At times her limbs would be horribly twisted. It Is tOld thai once they oilier like ines. her line onsi ions Moment- ew During Kurly fears of Suffering! During those early years of suffer- i ing her conscious moments- were few. i liy that is meant the old Mollie lead as though ry her work up 1 in that posi- ufferings became known, nc? tury of intense, i her wonderful i Now she soon only short perioi ticular point.

Miss rancher is credited "II has already been slated by many answer lo these LANDS ABOUT IT this earth. 1 often seo my mother and other friends around me. and in my dreary days of sickness, pain and suffering, and when my spirit is depressed, 1 can hear her lender voice speaking In me words of cheer, bidding me 'hear up. lie brave and en- Her altitude today toward her supernatural powers is unchanged. The sentiment she expressed In Ihe foregoing paragraph, printed in 180 4.

is the sentlmenl she expresses today. She frequently tells of being away in heavenlv nlaces and laughs nt her describe persons and Mollie in personality after she fell from her bed "a low-nig para- graphs is taken from Daily hook. Sunbeam was the personam) dominated bv the Idol personality she would frequently destroy the work of her hands done when ruled by Sunbeam. Idol wrote a straight hand, as did Miss l-aiu-her before her injury. I'eurl wrote the same hand, while Rosebud printed the letters as would a child.

When Itosebud. Miss rancher's feut tires became like those fill I il. I lor on -e an. I accent re of a child. She would recall hood scenes and friends.

When rl" she appeared to he a young ike the tic iph -lied and cul tured young lady of that age. Ruby ull of Dash and spirit. As Ruby she would be full of vivacity and dash. She made light of pain. This was her brightest mood.

A peculiar trait of hers, when dominated talk erself. lln- Mollie l-'ancl the fifty years of suffering, his winter f-he visited Miss jr frequently and during the years has spent many hours er. She bus had an opportun- llintt half a lo cede the In fur the nihil 1 yay, Srf- 2 6' i lie four wa niciiif lb in pn 111. niihoi 11,1 llollRllt akes flesh ere NMi IntMiM i Imagine tbox besl and who love rou with selfish devotion passing bj into tii. area! Beyond, tnugtnt yi And then, to Cap the climax, eon-lure before your mind eye the rounding out of the Oft) year, Die arrival the Bftteth anniversary of yulir imprisonment.

Could you fare the day, tn come with a smile? Could you look hack upon the pain-scare, I earn wihhout a trace of bitterness? Could yon endure the thought of a celebration an anniversary reception? Doubtless not, P.ui luch hns been the life ami fate of rancher, whose bODU has been 160 Hates avenue and whose bed. on the second floor of the humble red brick has been her world 3. On Thursday next she win have completed fifty year on her lied of pain, She will receive her friends. She will smile, and the intense pain which has racked her twisted body for everj aecond of the lnnc ears. will he SO mealed behind that smile.

of patience and obedience to the will of the Almighty. Uucsts Will lie Admitted Only By Card, The guests will be admitted only I by card. The curious may as well save time and car fare. Mollie Fan- Cher never was and never will he a curiosity. She has never asked charily.

Bedridden as she is. her nimble fingers have always supplied her wants. Keen todav. when age and suffering nave wed her up. she can still make wax and lind a market for them.

She lias never gone NEWARK MARKS OUT SITE FOR NAVY YARD; MENACES BROOKLYN Port Development Plan of New Jersey City Includes Big Naval Station. HAS VALUABLE WATERFRONT, Xew York Neighbors Keenly Mix. to Their Commercial Seed and Civic Dcfeits. Brooklyn's Ponsrtsalonal delegation, Irrespective of political consideration, will have to nuke up. om Posed of the live citizens.

Political cons! apparent!) were Sounctl. "The I- Mollie Fanclier When Mic Was 16. saddle horse fur his times she rebelled against the was but natural that 1 treatment administered. During the i iiiiiplislu-d horsewoman tirst nine years of her confinement, it out. The animal had I is said, she was never really con-len by a woman before.

scions. Trance follow ed spasm and -ill-d. Miss rancher spasm followed trance in a seemingly On May 10, desplt the warnings and pleadings of her aunt, she mounted the animal and sei mil fur her dally ride When only live blocks PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF NEWARK A- v. -VAl "jQbti uJU' NEWARK Cmr FLAN COMMISSION cU- I I "eni May ard. manage and iiirect ne city ateri nun ir the past decade the removal of 1 possessions, and tn supervise prlvut Hiooklxn Navy Yard has been enterprises ns to prohibit activity coned.

In some instances it was in-: trary to the welfare of the port as a ed by secretaries of the navy. In whole." instances it received its inspira- To carry out these ideas, the entire from New Jersey Congressional development of Newark Hay is sug--nhers. Hut the plan never received gestcd by the City I'lan Commission, ular support. From a naval stand-! Though infinitely small, when com-it it was pronounced as particularly pared with irenter New York, the report. Millions dollars would he wasted that Newark is alive lo its com-If the Navy Department abandoned mercial needs and civic defects.

It the Hrooklyn Nan Yard. It is the the empire city of New Jersey. I'liUk' A jJU JUUUUlLl. 6 COMMLRC1AL PICFV: v- Tr i.r I UNAVY YARD i wMmnnnr f- i iAi i i i is. ii i nsi i i a i in v.v..

a tne oninion -v4: 'sg nnnrffTfscnrinn nmn nnnnnnnnnQyAyy nave I W77 taatiH I. tt" ii-5Str 1 residents of the section who are trying: prevent Invasion of their see-ihlpa totlol, ljy lhe sanitarium have appealed' 'ii, i rr- ilji wii mui ji.ytJ1 i a i on Hie Atlantic coast which is equipped with ihe machinery, inc. lumbal appliances and cranes to build battleships like the Connecticut and Oklahoma. The keels of both these dreadnoughts were laid In Hrooklyn the site of the navy yard equipped I with a drydock to hold sea lighting mi mechanical con-1 I outweigh the i location New cast. Ill experts The lid's access, by ocean la also argued, makes for naval purposes I as the most natural tot be claimed for ids of dollars would by the Federal Oov- hc's'ime'iuiri for ompetltor of the Port of New the commerce of the seas an.

South American and Asiatic iv Plan i 'oinail- New not conceal the conclusions of the erfront Is a valuable asset, port, "and it is agreed that i Its suc- port is, i which, ir Ii part has hi- vcreil i report iggcsts. Id tH'AHn I Nl I another Idea to develop Newark us a I 7 Vo. I i port if "nt, for the commerce of the I J- I I seas. A channel, sutflci-ntly dredged -y r1 vlx in ii lhe Mill i nt Commissioner: Of the Wealth Depart-ng the permit, im. according to the mtl, la to he used for victims of narcotics-st ohicctinnnble to its assert.

The Montauk pn ig neainsl the sa uila riuni. as the l'-ospect ll-ighf Caize litlceni BROOKLYN AM) D. I. DIRECTORS, (Special to The Maple.) Albany. January 2P Charles A.

(POU of flushing is among the directors of the l'ox Paper Box Company of New York fit v. incorporated with a capital of 114.000. Arthur K. King. Frank H.

Gerro-detle and I MeCombe of Bronk- are dli lhe l.iiv enrler Mlll- ing ami Milling Company of Mot York City churlcrcd with caplUj MO.ooa Plan No. 10 of llie City Plan Commusion of Newark. N. which, if canied out. the Commission believes, would make Newark an industrial pi without equal.

Ncwatk depends upon tliabetli. Bayonne and Jersey City lo join in the development of the port. Brooklynites will observe also, and much interest, no doubt, that Newark has designs upon the Brooklyn Navy laid and hopes lo steal it away from Brooklyn some time in the future. new- location is shown in the circle..