New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-16
FATHER kNEIPHS CrRE.


Maud Howe Elliott in The Boston Transcript.
The worker OF the miracles is Sebastian Kncipp.
- parish priest Of Wocrshofen. "A peasant by
bNth an ccclesiastc by carly training. and a ply.
stefan by nature. From his autobiography learned
that kncpp was sckly youth. whose physical
weakness seemed insupcrablc obstacle to the
profession he wished to follow one day h. CHANGED
cipes OF the water cure. AS his physician had
failed to help him after long and devoted care
hy,lro9athy In ths he was successful lie says.
in syeaking Of this lime: II grew continuany
stronscr be.amc a or,,st and hays liyed as such ,
az immortal souls Is the first object FOR which |
wish to live and de- During Inc last lory Years
q considernblc portion OF my time ana strength
irary every person coming 10 me IS naturaIy
burden lie who has been in want ana misery him,
self knows how TO- sympathi@e with the want ana
misery o. his neighbors.
It was among his poor peasant neishborss that pa,
fame as a healer Of men spread among the peas
aEtry OF the neighboring villages. who came from
uay the fame Of his cures spread wider and wider
and little by little people OF higher grade came
FIVE years ago the Kneipp cure began to be talked
France and today Woerishofen has become a
vcritablc Mecca among invads and hcaitn-seekers
Every royal family In Europe seems to have been
represented here by some OF its members, while
dukes and duchesses princes ana Processes counts
and barohs. are to" common TO be noticed AT W DER
ishofcn. The simple. common sense theories OF
Varan hamlet the most perfectly ana entirely dem
ocratlc place | have ever seen. Priest and noble
Ueasaut and bOuT ,roS. ron Americans ana tN
elusive Rritons meet here on basis OF absolute
equality Everybo here is In grim earnest. etner
10 got well or 20 become hardened to rudcr
known Nothing short o. this fixed determination
would / think. keep any civilized person In I'M
civilized a place
The hotels are abominablc the fool simple. the
service indescribably bad. There Is no casino or
club or any place OF meeting whatsoever and this
f. a MS Father Krcipp would have H. My room
f. "A small and melancholy cell, but II Is flooded
with sunlight the greatest OF all uXuries. If you
had "A pleasant room. With easy chairs. you would
stay Indoors" saws knclpp. ana at WOerishofcn
rooms are only places to sleep and dress in. The
ONLY salon Is the bare, grim dining room. with
window leading into the Kitchen here when the
guests have dincd. IN" walters have their dinner,
drink their beer smoke their pipes. The result IL
lIst what Kneipp Wishcs-pcope live out of doors
i'm The bnlny pine woods which surround the VII.
lace on every side. The coffee ana tea bad
thai nobody drinks them. consequently all take
~ Tor "A kings table. and the honey is ~ the sort
bread IL excellent and IT Is possible Ia Get good
hrrfstcak roast chicken and grapes which almost
con. ole re for the figs OF Italy. which left in
tho height OF their second and best season. With
his limited bill OF fare must be content at
is more than poor people Afford says kneipp,
IA nd YOU rich people have eaten too much all your
lives Everybody Is rich at Woerishofcn who
does not earn his living by manual labor We are
In the best hotel (which Is the worst have ever
seem and conseg ucntlv the company here Is ra..er
arlstocratc Mary OF the people have titles. hut II
Sometimes happens that one hears nothing about
their rank Till they leave.