The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-23
THE HOTEL CLERKS STORY.

1t is the fashion among many so-called
ntIloIlst9 to represent the American hotel
clerk as q lordiy and supercilious being,
"ho, with a headlight diamond in his i'm
maCulate shirt front and n look of con-
tcmptuous disdan upon his classic fea-
tures, sends tired and trayel-stained arri-
walls off to impossible reg ions in the tf-
tecnth story. or haughtily refuses them any
lodging whatever.
The fact is that the true American hotel
clerk is an invaluable feature OF our civili-
cation. Lifetime of the arrivals and depar-
lures of all the trains on all the railroads is
at his tongues end he is full of iniorma-
ton about what is interesting at the thea
tres, and of stories of actors and actresses
who have stopped at his hotel, and withal
a kindly man, who, if the house is crowded,
will let you sleep on billiard table. Mr..
w. p. Hammond, who is the clerk at the
West End Hotel, SOB and sos West Mad
ison street, Chicago, is of this obliging dis
position and is always ready to give any
information regarding the hotel to those
who seek it, The accomplished landlady
of the West End has recently suffered with
rheumatism. The story of her cure is
thus told by clerk Hammond:
"Our landlady was taken with quite a
severe attack of rheumatism in the lower
limbs, suffering much pain and being
scarcely able to walk. She heard of Attn
lophoros and of the cures it had effected,
and sent me to the drug store to buy
bottle Of it. got it, and in half an hours
Time after she had taken the first dose she
felt relieved, and in few days the rhci.-
matism was entirely gone"
"How much did she take?"
"About one bottle"
Has she had any return of the PAIN"
"Not to my knowledge" replied Mr..
Hammond, "and l am certain she would
he likely to say something about it if she
had. She speaks of Athlophoros in the
highest terms, and has recommended it to
many. In one case remember the cure
WIS as quick as in her own"
The accuracy of clerk IIammonds state
ments is fully confirmed by the landlady
herself, who is not averse to having it
known how she was cured.
81 will tell you something about my
cure" she said to visitor who called to
learn the facts in her case. :" was SO
lame and suffered SO much pain that It was
impossible for me to bend my limbs or
walk around my room without taking hold
of the back of a chair for support. My
phoros, was almost immediate In fact,
after taking a few doses l was well and
have not been troubled since. AT the
same time that l was suffering from the
rheumatism, there was lady boarding in
my hotel who was suffering with facial
neuralgia so much that it was impossible
for her to sit up. l advised her to try
my remedy that being the name l have
for Athlophoros. After she had taken
two doses of it she was well, and the next
thing knew saw her rushing for street
car to go uptown. My confidence in Ath-
lophoros cannot be shaken. l find it a
positive cure for nervous headache and
shall always keep some in the hotel, as
cannot afford to suffer from rheumatism,
neuralgia or any such trouble while 1
can get medicine like Athlophoros"
Ifyou cannot get ATHLoPHoRos of your drug
Fist, we wi send itexprcss paid, on receipt OF
regular pricc-One dollar per bottle We prefer
that You buy il from your druggist, but If he
hasn't it, do not be persuaded to try something
else, but order at once from us, directed.
ATHLoPHoRos Co.. III Wall Street, New York.