THREE HEROINES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 45, 18 March 1909, Page 2

THREE HEROINES

" SKIN TAKEN FROM THEIR FEET * K)U A GIBL'S SCALP. 1 The Hisses Zoufall, Prclml, and Karl. I 1 iiree young Bohemian! girls of good jl ■nily, recently underwent an operation <<* ragiie from philanthropic matlm • A young woman named FriUch emi*j °i\.V l ,r "8" e factory, recently I liad the lnisfor.tuiro to Ix, 'completely % walped owing to her hair being caught j m a machine. To save her life it was 5 necessary to transplant fresh skin from "J another person to her liead. Her em- * ployers advertised a reward of £2O *0 ,4 any person who would provide the, necee- 4 sary supply, and no fewer than six ha». S med person* offered themselves »t th# $! hospital for tie purpose. The doetor» >.j chose a poor widow, who inquired th» ''«! money lor (lie education of her tlirA " WHldren, , ; . The three young women mSJdloned ~rl heard of the ease, and informed the dtar- "'1 t«irs that they would each give some "J 01 then- own Akin for nothing on eon- 4| ilic.' 0 ', l -on rri - Ui * * * l " >uU • I tin t.O. lliclv olU'v was accepted, and *s3 the three had pieees of from \ J ni. fi' m" , Vt ' movi> ' l an| l grafted $ on the factory girl's head. The opera- W Mom was. completely successful. a