The Lamar register., 1895-12-21
ry-l- .No FAMcY.
so~ the up-,o-Date Peap,- Find Pleas
urs in winter


People are fanciful and It Is Fancy,
utter all, that is happiness. and the mo-
tive which dictates to the world. Some
me faneies that the cozy fire at heme
and the environment of favorite books
Is enough to make life worth living dur
ing the winter months. That will do
for the way worn, weary. easily salts
fed, old fashioned man and woman, but
the up TO date cavalier and the new
woman require change-many
enanges in fRct. and they seek in the
dull winter days to find the climate they
wearied OF in spring and wished would
pass away in summer. Sitting behind
frosted window panes and gazing on
the glistening snow crystals they sigh
for the warmth and brightness they
love better now than few short
months ago and. In no other country
may these whlms. these fancies be so
easily gratified as In America Abso-
lutte comfort In these days. and in speed
and safety. too, instead Of the wasted
time and discomforts OF the not distant
past. Ponce de Leon who sought the
fountain OF Eternal Youth on the shores
Of Florida consumed many of the pre-
eisus days of later life. and died before
attaining the great prize. Dc Soto was
iured in the same direction and found
at Hot Springs, by the aid OF Uleiah.
the dusly Indian maiden. the wonderful
product OF the Breath Of the Great
Spirit" bu; before he could return home
and apprise his friends of the great dis
covery and enjoy the certainty Of gold
and youth. which he believed he had In
bis grasp he fell n victim TO the miasmi
OF the Great River and found grave In
its muddy depths. To-day the seeker
after health simply boards one Of the
magnificent trains OF the Missouri Pa
cifc System, and after something to
eat and a nap, wakes up to md himself
In this delightful winter Resort, ready
10 embrace health which seems to be
invariably renewed by the magic OF the
air and water. In De Soto's time the
secret OF the Fountain OF Life was sedu-
lously guarded by the savases. but now
a hospitabie people opens its arms tc
receive the tourist whether his quest be
for heaith or amusement Fancy some
times tires OF Hot Springs. strange al
Il may seem, but Fancy says the fields
beyond are greener' and the climate
of San Antonio is more desirable and
thus another ride In another palace. and
new scenes and new faces please the eye
and satisfy the restless cravings OF this
master OF man. Thus from the Father
Of Waters to the waves which wash th'
western shore OF this great country thu
tourist Is led by whlm, but most de
Hghtedly captive. Mexico has beer
described rs the Egypt OF the new
world. and the comparison is fitting
and he who dare not face the dangers
Of the deep. and prefers to retain his
meals as well as his life, should make
the Journey to the land of the Monte
zumas. and there learn the story Of the
ages within the faces Of people which
change less in the passing years than
any other on the Western Continent
This is the land OF Sunshine and Color;
OF history and romance; and as bright
eyes will smile at you from under be-
witehing head gear as may be found in
Castillo or Arragon.
Fancy carries one TO California of
course, and this journey. as 1t once was
termed. is rpw so easily performed as
to have lost all of its terrors and left
only a most emphatScally delightful
trim 10 be the subject Of many future
conversations. The land of fruits and
flowers and fair women; Fancy can ask
NO more after this tour unless 1t has
baen satisfied for once; and still 1t Is