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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, June 10, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 3

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ceeded to tunvit until wy-jaws were
fastened wide apart.
Then he PUT DOWN MY-THROAT
A TUBE which seemed much too
wide and was something like four
feet in length. The, irritation of the
tube was excessive. Then the food
was poured in quickly-rbrandy, milk
and gruel. It made ;me,ksfck a few
moments after it was down.
The HORRO.R OF IT was more
than I can describe.
As the doctor left bje'gaye me a
Blap on the cheek, not 'violently, but,
Lady Constance Lytton
as it were, to express his contemptu
ous disapproval.
I had an idea that some of the oth
er suffragets might be near. I called,
but in vain, my voice having grown
weak, and my tongue and throat felt
thick as a car, probably from not
drinking anything. I tried signaling
the words with rap on the wall:
"NO SURRENDER!. NO SUR
RENDER!" I could not sleep for more than an
lour at a time, my legs drew up into a
cramped position whenever I went off,
and the choking thickness of my
mouth woke me.
When the doctor returned some
hours later I begged that he would
not press the tube so far down into
my body. He treated the request
with contempt.
The pain of the tube in my body
was niore than I could bear.
Next day they brought me fresh
clothes. I was determined to show
what I thought of forcible feeding, so
I took one of my shoes, let it .get a
good swing, and then hurled it
against my window. The glass broke
with a great smashing sound.
But the forcible feeding continued
day by day. In a week my feeling of
cold was intense. I asked for some
hearthstone to pohsh my tins, hoping
to rub some sense of life into my
hands and arms.
By this time I could not feel my
legs and arms except at the joints,
where I felt the pain of the cold.
A pain in my side had grown acute.
Later I learned that in spite of. the
forcible feeding I lost flesh at the rate
of two pounds a day, was, indeed,
practically asphyxiated at every feed
ing. Fearful of the ultimate result the
authorities determined on my re
lease. Let me say here that I did not go to
prison in disguise to play a practical
joke, but for the sake of bringing
such a state of things to an end.
Some time later I was taken with
paralysis down one,stde. Then I Jiad
a stroke and my right arm was. par
alyzed; also slightly my right leg and
foot. From that day I have been an
invalid, incapable of working with
the Women's Social and Political
Union (the militants), hut I am with
them still with my whole soul."
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When a man starts to go to the
devil because of his matrimonial
troubles at home, he usually hunts
out a devil who has blond hair and
bright eyes. Cincinnati Enquire
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