Y, THE BOSTON HERALD deceotS i, is 



KIPLING KEEPS 

 HIS STRENGTH UP 



Oxygen Used as Aid to Vital- 

 ity, It Is Said 



LONDON, Dec. 3 (A. P.)— Rud- 

 yard Kipling, who is suifering from 

 double pneumonia at liia home at the 



little Sussex village of Burwash, is 

 passing through the regular course 

 of the disease. Inquirers near mid- 

 night were informed that his 

 strength was being well maintained. 



Lord Dawson, the King's physician, 

 and Kipling's personal physician, Dr. 

 Curttes, spent most of the day at his 

 bedside. Lord Dawson started for Lon- 

 don this evening, hut was oblig-ed to 

 return to Burwash on account of the 

 fog. The tact that he left tlie patient 

 at all is considered indicative of his 

 belief that Kipling is not at the present 

 time in grave danger. 



It was deemed advisable today to'ad- 

 mlnlster oxygen to ..the patient, Which 



simply means that the physicians are 

 affording artificial aid in l<eeping up the 

 patient's strengtli, enabling tlie heart 

 to carry on. 



Kipling's daughter. Mrs. Bambrtdge, 

 and her husband, Capt. George Bain- 

 brldge, arrived here tonight from Bel- 

 gium. TIrey will proceed to Burwash, 



AUTHOR OF "SOLDIERS THREE"; ILL 



Rudyard Kipling and his -wife from photograph taken dur- 

 ing an inspection of the yeomen of the guard at St. James's 

 Palace. 



