The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-07-22

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i"r the summer grows larger Will
wealth and leisure c"s,e- the ,!en...,.
fnr >s'me relied ir'm the intense heat
oi the summer la this climate. People
who Cannot aiiorl the luxury Ut 8
summer at watering place. or in the
mountains, or on the lakes i'm the
North. must simply sweat and hear
il. Business men who could afford
To spend the money f"r such recrea
ton cannot spare the time. canno,
leave their business In the hands OF
employees AMI permit their interests 10
suffer. II happens. therefore. that :he
wives and children 20 To the country
AMI the husbands remain in town.
foraging around in restaurants and
subsisiing after fashion not ut all
comfortable. Ii is. however. begin.
ming 20 be understood that 1t is moi
absolutely necessary for the health and
comfort Of the wives and children
that they should be sent u thousand
miles away to some fashionable resort,
where they will suffer all the torments
Of u crowded hotel life at veIy high
rates for b,arl and lodging. In the
times before the war, when rich
planters Of the South could take their
families and travel by easy stages
from one watering place To another.
"a their fancy dictated. regardless OF
expense, and with the comfortable rs
sur.,nce that the colt"n was growing
ON the plantation. such places as
Saratoga became national resorts.
Since the close uf the war, however,
there has been marked tendency
toward home watering places.
Virginia has her White Sulphur
Springs, Arkansas has her Hot
Springs. which, indeed, have some
thing more than local reputation.
In Illinois there are several springs
which are favorite places of resort ior
health and pleasure seekers. 10
Missouri the we'll know Sweet Springs
1T Saline county are regarded as the
most comfortable summer resort in
the state. There is about these local
watering places the quiet Of rural
life, with all the comforts aud cohve-
niences Of the city. The business man
can al.O see his wife AMI children ut
least once u week If they are not
more than twelve hour ride from his
place Of business. \ Pullman sleeper
will take him out Saturday night and
bring him tn the city SUNDAY
night. thus giving him II day with
his family AMI leaving him six days
in the week E"r business. There Is
another thing that is beginning tn he
understood. TIE climate If this
country is very hard upon female
beauty. 1t Is not 50 much the heat rs
the dryness al the atmosphere which
seems tn shriveI up the flesh. having
the body thin and the skin parch. j.
In England. where the atmosphere is
full Of moisture almost to saturatiOn,
the men and women are remarkable
for their plumpness and their youth
full appearance. Scientific men have
investigated these matters and have
arrived at the conclusion that. unless
the people Of this country find some
remedy for the growing evil If our
drying climate, the coming man in
America will be a walking skeleton
and the coming women a mummy.
Mountain resorts afford relief from
the intolerable heat Of the dog days
But the higher We 60 above the sea
leve! the thinner and dryer we find
the cir. In Colorado the air il SD dry
that the carcass If an animal left by
the roadside will shrivel and become u
skeleton with the parchment. like skin
covering the dried flesh and homes.
In California similar condition pre-
walls. Such a climate is ruinOus tn
the beauty Of women. however great
may be the immediate relief from a
high temperature. Physicians tell us
that We must he at least plump to en-
joy good health and to forget our
nerves. They tell US moreover that
We cannot be plump in this country
with its dry atmosphere unless We
drink freely Of water. 1t would
seem therefore that mountain resorts
are not the thing for health and
beauty. A genuine watering place.
with quiet and comfort. is just the
thing Americans should seek.
Especially should American women
who spend their summers out Of town
seek the watering place-not the
fashion crowded resort-the genuine
watering place. Certain springs.
among them the Sweet Springs Of
Saline county, in this state. and The
Hot Springs Of Arkansas. send forth
waters which possess rare medical
qualities. They are indeed fountains
Of youth. The use Of these waters
actually restores to withered and
wrinkled flesh the plumpness Of youth
and to pallid skins the ruddy flush Of
health. In this country the winter
season is the time for enjoying life
and society in the city. The time for
rest. seclusion and recuperation in
summer, and the best place for such
rest and recnperation is at a quiet
country watering place, where the
nerves may be Quoted. the plumpness
OF the wasted form restored and the
color Of health given tn the skin. The
trips to the mountains. the fishing
excursions ON the lakes are we'll
enough for athletes. but they simply
drag the life out Of nervous, worn out
men and women. Asthe knowledge
Of these things spreads among the
people the quiet resorts in the coun-
try will do It's good work Of restoring
health and elasticity to sick and
weary bodies and mountains and lakes
will be left for those who take on
6esh too rapidly and need "training
down" to good working weight at
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