The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-07
THE EOTLL uALnRE STCH1.

1t is the fashion among many so-called
humoriStS to represent the American hotel
clerk as a lordly and supercilious being,
who, with a headlight diamond in his i'm
maculate shirt front and look of con-
temptuous disdain upon his classic fea-
lures, sends tired and travel-stained arri-
walls off to impossible regions in the fif-
teenth 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. Thetime of the arrivals and depar-
lures of all the trains on all the railroads is
at his tongues end he is full of informal
ton about what is interesting at the thea
tres, and of stories of actors and actresses
who have stopped at his hotel, and withal
akindly 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 obliginy 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
severe attack of rheumatism in the lower
limbs, suffering much pain and being
scarcely able to walk She heard of Ath-
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 a few days the rheu-
matism was entirely gone"
elbow much did she take?"
"About one bottle"
Has she had any return of the pain?"
"Not to my knowledge" replied Mr.
Hammond, "and 1 am certain she would
be 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 l remember the cure
was as quick as in her own"
The accuracy of clerk IIammond's state
ments is fully confirmed by the landlady
herself, who is not averse to having it
known how she was cured.
az will tell you something about my
cure" she said to a visitor who called to
learn the facts in her case. 81 was 50
lame and suffered so much pain that twas
impossible for me to bend my limbs or
walk around my room without taking hold
of the back of chair for support. My
relief, after taking the first dose of Athlo-
phoros, was almost immediate In fact,
after taking few doses l was well and
have not been troubled since. At the
same time that l was suffering from the
rhcumatism there was a lady boarding in
my hotel who was suffering with facial
neuralgia so muck 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. / find it
positive cure for nervous headache and
shall always keep some in the hotel, as l
cannot afford to suffer from rheumatism,
neuralgia or any such trouble while I
can get medicine like Athlophoros.'
Ifyou cannot get ATHLorHoRos of your drug
glst we will send 1t express paid, on receipt OF
regular price-one dollar per bottle We prefer
that you buy it from your druggist, but If he
hasn't 1t, do not be persuaded to try something
else, but order at once from us. as directed
ATHLoPHoKos Co. 112 Wall Street, New York.