The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-08

RNptuly Becoming AopuLhF behorb toE
the Cold senson.-!IeaIth Giving AtmOS-
phors-soms of the Attractions.
Special Correspondence Ofte Iaieliigeaesr.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, n. Y, Dec. a.
Who thinks OF Saratoga as aplace OF re-
sort for winter? Every intelligent
American knows of its unequalled at
fractions as u summer resort Its I'M
rivalled springs, its mammoth hotels,
its genial climate, its charming drives,
its gatherings OF people from all civil
lied nations, its unsurpassed provisions
for the sick and weary, have made
Saratoga famous as summer resort tho
wide world over.
But then the crowds have fed ut the
approach OF frost, or even blast OF
chilling winds. They have been told
that during the winter there are long
months OF steady cold weather, during
which the ground, without interruption,
is covered with snow; and having been
taught to dread such things the invalid
and pleasure seeker have sought a more
genial climate in Florida or California
or elsewhere, while the multitudcs have
gone to their homes and their business.
Until recently, comparatively few have
remained to try the cold OF winter, or
even the milder weather OF autumn:
But the few who have stayed behind
have not only found tho climate. pleas
ant even, but have found that the dry
cold air OF the southern Adirondack re-
gion was full OF ozone and all that goes
TO invigorate and heal.
Persons suffering from diseased lungs
have been surprised that the cold dry
air contained balm for sensitive lungs;
that new force was restored to ex-
haustcd nerves, while all classes were
sensible Of increasing vlgor.
Such has been the change that the
best physicians now advise invalids to
como here for the winter rather than
go south.
At DR.. strong's, sanitarium OF ma.
tionaI, il not international reputation, /
found an intelligent gentleman who
said that for several years he had gone
south to spend the winter, but that he
had decided to come to Saratoga, where
he could find "milder atmosphere"
for the winter to come. AT first
thought this sounded like the language
OF ignorance. But when once tested 1t
will be found that the dry, exhilarating
air OF this region, though much colder,
ia not Us penetrating and disGgreeabe
as the atmosphere of many days in
southern climates. 1t will not be
strange if, in the near future, Saratoga
should become as famous for winter
resort for invalids and persons seeking
rest for overworked nerves, as it has
been for the multitude as place for
summer recreation. All the principal
springs are open during the winter, and
though the large hotels are closed,
there will always be enough kept open
TO accommodate all who come. More
over, for the sick and worn, the absence
Of the crowd makes it all the more de-
sirable for them. While Mt the sani-
tariums, at DR.. Strong's or any OF the
smaller places, where the sick naturally
20, there is the absence Of that constant
rush and change which Is unavoidable
during the summer season.
DR.. Strong's sun-parlor and prone
made is quite an innovation, even IN
Saratoga, and has become a favorite re-
sort for invalids, even in the cold days
of winter. There is so much clear
weather in this Adirondack region, and
the air is, comparatively, so free IRON
moisture that even the coolest weather
is not only exhilarating but enjoyable.
These things seem little strange to
us vet, for it is not long since nearly all
physicians advised invalids, specially
those suffering from diseases OF the
lungs to hasten to q warmer climate as
the cold weather came on. But the
world grows wiser, and in many things
physicians lead tho way.
Electricity has become almost inval--
liable in the treatment Of diseases, and
the dry cold air which contains such an
abundance OF it, is a great tonic, and
hence an important agent in restoring
energy to exhausted nerves.
It is no new revelation that the heat
of torrid climates tends to Incidence
and enervation. Even in Africa, under
the heat OF tropical sun, when one
ascends to the highest table-lands,
swept by invigorating breezes from the
SUBMITS OF the lofty mountains, there
is health and vitality in the air. 1t is n
matter OF history that the strong ma
tons have been those which have come
from the mountains or from the colder
climates. Rome was overslaughed by
the herds which swept down from the
north. These are tho nations OF con-
quest, other things being equal. The
vitality OF the cold air is the breath OF
victory.
May it not yet prove that men have
been wiser than they knew, in tho vast
expenses so freely lavished for the dis
covery OF tho North Pole? Would it
not be strange il there. or near there,
should be found The place OF all others
for great asylum for the sick and
weary? And may we not begin to cease
to wonder ut the wisdom OF the Gre
ator, If, when He would place His new
made man in the most healthful cline,
He should. as DR.. William T. Warren
argues, locate his paradise at the North
Pole? CHARLES W. CUSHING.
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