The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-08-11

next tuo hlr OF Comfort ana ROOo
cheer pervaJes It. The table was re-
splendent in cut glass and dainty
china and on the walls were paintings
and etchings
There is lovely china closet in the
dining room stored with the daintiest
ware, and writing desk where milady
attends to her correspondence. The
whole interior OF the car is mahogany,
aud all hand carved, giving very
rich effect. Mirrors are set in the
walls at convenient places. The car
pets and rugs are Of the finest mater
ials. Plants and flowers add TO the
homelikeness OF the rooms. Electric |
bells are everywhere, and one has only |
TO press the button TO secure the at |
tendance OF dusky servant. Then |
there are three little rooms where the |
cooks preside. One contains numerous
lockers for fruit, provisions and uten-
sis. Another contains fine cooking
range, an ice box locker, etc. The
last room visited was the tiny kitchen,
where the cooks were busily engaged
in preparing dinner
Everything IN the culinary depart.
ment was as neat as a new whistle.
The car is provided with hot and
cold water, and nothing has been lef
undone that might add to it's conven
isnce or attractiyeness. 1t is as nearly
an ideal home as private car can
possibly be made
BY this time the reporter had be-
come much interested in company
which seems TO be organized on such
substantial business basis, aud began
TO ply the Prof. with questions.
How many people are there in your
company all together" inquired the
reporter.
1--WE have thirty people on our pay
roll" the professor replied.
where are they? DO they occupy
the other two cars2"
"No, indeed" said Prot Clark
"our other cars are for our show para
phernalia and our surgical appliances.
One is a combination car and the other
a baggage car, but the company
doesn't eat or sleep on the cars. They
go to the hotels" At the professor s
invitation the reporter accompanied
him to the down town quarters OF the
staff OF specialists.
Here each department has a separate
tent. The first is the reception room
and office. A stenogrApher was pound
ing away at typewriter when the re.
porter entered, and several iAdies
were ensconced in easy chairs await
ing an opportunity to consult the spec
ialists The reporter was next ush
cred into the operating room, the com
pleteness Of whose equipment was a
genuine surprise Everything is OF
the very latest and 1t is plainly to be
seen that the staff have availed them
selves of the most recent scientihc dis
coveries without regard TO expense
There is Yale operating chair, al
eight plate static machine, the larges
made, which enables the specialists Il
administer electricity without remov
ing the patients clothing.
1t also gives the power for the ,
, rays, which wonderful discovery Il
made free use OF by the staff TIL,
Edison huoroscope is another acees
sorry employed,
There are instruments, cabinets, gal
vanic batteries, cRutery batteries
miniature electric lights. for examin
:. ing into the throat, fine microscope
that msgniaes 1000 diameters ant
miner ones, a comminuter for spray
ing, which Is operated IN connection
with q compressed air tank, and ap
paratus for administering the David
son sprays, both OF these latter treat
. ments being for catarrhal trouble il
it's various stages. This room is nicely
carpeted and fitted up with uphols
. tered furniture, and, with the addi
tion of artistic screens, Is a plac
where lady feels perfectly at cas-
:, and entirely shielded from obssrva
tion.
The reporter was particularly inter
ested in the wonderful revelati ms O
: the Edison horoscope and asked tn
professor H. in his judgment, 1t woul'
!, be possible to improve upon 1t.
"The time will come" said he
"when this wonderful instrument vii
. be so perfected that through it W
may watch the food digesting in tn
stomach" was the reply. at
strange how some people regard the
rays" he continued. "Why, in tn
? last town one Of the druggists tried I
persuade the people not TO go for fea
the X rays would prove iDjurioul
As a matter Of fact there is no poss
bility OF injury by the rays"
The tent in which the performance {
the Vivian DeMonto company take
place is a very large one and is, in fac
a regularly equipped theater Their
are 200 chairs and elevated seats i
addition to seat over 1000 people con
fortably. The drop curtains and en-
tire scenery and settings are beautiful
being painted by the same seen
painters who staged Ali Babi Sinba
and ether spectacular plays that hav
had such phenomenal runs in the larg
cities.
erything-tent, seats. stage an
scenery is spie and span new, and II
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