The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-26
THE HOTEL CLERKS STORY.

1t is the fashion among many so-called
humorists to represent the American hotel
clerk as lordly and supercilious being,
who, with 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-
tenth story. or haughtily refusesthem 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
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 fthis obliging dis
position and is always ready to give any
information regarding the hotel to those
who seek it. The accomplished iandlady
of the West Ind has recently suffered with
rheumatism. The story of her cure is
thus told by clerk Hammond:
Sour landladv was taken with quite a
severe attack of rheumatism in the lower
limbs, suffering much pam and being
scarcely able 10 walk She heard of Ath-
lophoros and of the cures it had effected,
and sent me t. the drug store to buy
bottle of it. got it, and in hall an hours
time after she had taken the first dose she
felt relieved, and in few days the rheu-
matism was entirely gone"
"IIow much did she take?"
"About one bottle"
Has she had any return Of the PAIN"
"Not to my knowledge" replied Mr..
Hammond, "and | 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 enc case | remember the cure
was as quick as in her own
The accuracy Of clerk iIammond's state
ments is fully confirmed by the landlaly
herself, who IS not averse 10 having it
known how she was cured.
a will tell You something about my
cure she 81 d 10 visitor vino called t.
learn the facts in her case. 81 was 50
lame and suffered SO much pain that it was
| impossible Tor 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 AthIo-
! phoros, was almost immediate. In fact,
| after taking 4 few doses | WIS well and
have not been troubled since. At the
| same time that was suffering from the
rheumatism, there was & lady boarding in
my hotel wLo was suffering with facial
neuralgia so much that it was impossible
fer her to sit up. | advised her to try
| my remedy that being the name have
for Athlophcros. 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 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 l
can get medicine ike Athlophoros.'
Ifyou cannot get ATHIorHoRos Of your drug
giSt, we will send il express paid, on receipt Of
| regular pficc-0ne dollar per bottle We prefer
| that You buy it from Your druggist but if he
hasn't it, do not he persuaded To try something
| else. but order at once from us, rs directed.
ATHLoPHoEos Co., H. Wall Street, New York