The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-28
THE HOTEL CLERKS STORY.

1t is the fashion among many so-called
humorists to represent the American hotel
clerk as a iordiy and supercilious being,
who, with headlight diamond in his i'm
maculatc shirt front and look of con-
tcmptuous dislain upon his classic fea-
tnres, sends tired and trsvel-stained arri-
walls off to impossible regions in the fii-
teenth story. or haughtily reiusesth them any
lodging whatever.
The fact is that the true American hotel
clerk is an invaluable feature of our civii-
zation. Thetime of the arrivals and depar-
tares 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
akindly man, who, if the house is crowded,
will let you sleep on billiard table. Mr..
W. 7. Hammond, who is the clerk at the
West End Hotel, SOB and sos West Mad
isoh street, Chicago, is Of this obiging 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 Il
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 ha} an hours
time after she had taken the first dose she
felt relieved, and in a few days the rheil-
matism was entirely gone
"How mneh did she take?"
"About one bottle"
Has she had any return of the pain?"
mot TO my knowledge" replied Mr..
Hammond, and | am certain she would
I've likely to say something about il ii she
had. She speaks of Athlophoros in the
highest terms, and has recommended il to
many. In enc case remember the cure
was as quick as in her own"
The accuracy of clerk Hammond's state
ments is fully confirmed by the landlady
herself, who is not aycrse to having it
known how she was cured.
al will tcll You something about INV
cure" she SAID to visitor who called to
learn the facts in her case. 81 was SO
lame and suffered so much pain that it was
impossible for me to bend my limbs or
walk around Riy room without taking hold
Of the back Of chair for Support. Ny
relief, after taking the first dose of Athlo-
phoroS, was almost immediate, In fact,
after taking few doses was well and
have not been troubled since. At the
same time that | 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. ! advised her to try
my remedy that being the name have
for Athlophoros. Alter she had taken
two doses OF ii she WAS well, and the next
thing knew saw her rushing for street
car to 90 uptown Ny confidence in Ath-
lophoros cannot lie 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 |
can get medicine like Athlophoros"
Ifyeu cannot get ATHIorHoRos of your drug
gist. We viii send it xprcss paid on receipt Of
regular price-one dollar per bottle We prefer
that you buy it from your druggist, but if he
hasn't it, do not he persuaded % try something
else, but order at oHee from us, as directed
ATHLorHosos Co.. IL VAL Street. New York.