Article July 13, 1899 Issue

Pills and Prayers

New York World

Mrs. Clarence Fowler has been held to await the action of the Grand Jury for having, in the opinion of a coroner's jury, caused the death of Charlotte M. Barguet, the wife of Liston W. Barguet—the latter being also held as an accessory to the offense.

Mrs. Fowler is a Christian Scientist, and she endeavored to cure Mrs. Barguet of dropsy by prayer. It is not claimed that her fellow-believers who prayed for and with Mrs. Barguet did anything against her wishes. Mrs. Barguet herself did not believe in regular doctors. She had no faith in pills. She had great faith in prayer. She was sixty years of age, and of sound mind—unless it is to be assumed that any one who believes in prayer and disbelieves in pills is insane.

At sixty years of age men and women, unless insane, are presumed to be able, and to have the right to decide for themselves what they shall eat and drink, and how they shall live, including what kind of medicine they will or will not take—or whether they will take any or none.

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