The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-03-22

pitality OF the city Of Wilmington, we
bid her farewell for season.
From Wilmington we went direct
to Raleigh, where we arrived early in
evening On our way we halted for
moment at Southern Pines, where our
train was boarded by the committee
from Raleigh who were sent as our
escort. Carriages were waiting to take
lis to the Marlborough Hotel, where we
were Hospitality entertained.
Here we were welcomed by goodly
company of prominet citizens-ladies
and gentlemen. After an hour or
two, which sped rapidly in the presence
of such agreeable company, we were
conducted to the dining room, where
a most delicious and elaborate banquet
was skilfully served. 1t was the per-
fiction of feast. The colored waiter
at his best is unrivalled and I'M
approached.
This occasion will be long remem-
bered as the concluding one Of a
series of entertainments characteristic
of Southern hospitality. Alter this
occasion we had no disposition to i'm
pair its recollection by another visit
to anywhere We were invited TO
Augusta, Macon, and New Bern, to
all and each of which places have no
doubt we would have been kindly
received and right royalty entertained.
But we had to fix some limit to
capacity and time.
In a succession of such hurried
visits to SO many cities it is hard to
recall all the advantages that pertain
to each place, and they are rather
liable to become mixed up. Every
one of the places we have visited had
attractions and entertainments that
would need a months time to fully
comprehend and describe.
AS one of the guests of the Old
Dominion Steamship Company and
Sea Board Air Line | am more than
grateful for the opportunity to visit
these severed Southern cities, and to
have met the business and professional
men who have established their
success.
l have been favorably impressed
with the ability, the fraternal greeting.
the courtly and kindly urbanity of the
physicians in whose hands rest the
health and life of the citizens They
are eminently fitted to inspire conf
dence and hope in those who entrusI
themselves to their care.
Preventive medicine calls loudly
for natural remedies. Are not these
remedies too much ignored, too little
understood in these Southern cities?
would be impossible to find as many
cities in the North or West that are Sc
deficient in appliances for the employ
ment of natural remedies.
Sanltariums are indispensable re
qulsites to the best results and
greatly fear that their chief obstacle i
the blind belief of some of our South
ern brothers in the superior efficacy o
drugs
From wide observation at home
and abroad, it is my impression tina
it would be difficult to find among
any other people, otherwise 50 hight.
cultured, communities of equal size o
those we have visited SO deficient il
sanitary appliances necessary to ,h
maintenance of health resorts.
The ladies who accompanied US il
our journey, which was estimated a
covering twenty-five hundred miles
who made the entire circuit, including
long drives and extended walks, a
the finish were as much superior il
average vigor as they appeared to b
below at the start. Several factor
had contributed to this result.
First, mental diversion and freedom
from care. Second, atmospheric ad
antages-balsamic and ozonic. Third
machine massage and velocity vibra
ton supplied by the Sea Board Al
Line, which, like a gentle lullaby
contributed to refreshing sleep, an
the inauguration of all vital processes
until, like Macbeth, all could say
Z" Now, good digestion, wait on az
} petite, and health on BOTH
There are not few women VIII
suffer at home for want Of eXercis
that would be greatly benefited b
such an excursion as we have ju:
enjoyed and l can commend thel
most cordially to the careful an
discreet vigilance of the Old Dominic
Steamship Co., and the Sea Board A
Line as one has who has proved it,
f. G. ANGEL.
Sickness comes on horseback an
departs on foot.
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