Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-07

ernment has built its Army and
Navy Hospital, the buildings and
grounds Of which are spacious and
admirably equipped, and these af\
ford a grateful place Of rest and re-
cuperation for the invalided Of both
branches of the service, who at the
same time can obtain the inestimable
benefit of the waters.
The government has also erected a
number Of handsome marble foun-
tains, at suitable intervals of distance,
along the reservation front, at street
intersections, and in convenient places
on the public walks and grounds.
These are named for the several
Secretaries Of the Interior who have
caused them to be put up, and they
furnish ample facilities for passers-by
to drink. This drinking of hot water
here is a curious thing; it is begun
either as fad or from some sup
posed medical benefit, but 1t soon set
ties into a habit, as the water, though
hot, never scalds, nor is 1t in any man.
ner nauseating, as boiled water is.
1t seems to be quite as refreshing as
If it We're cold, and by it's use the
latter is easily dispensed with to the
benefit, undoubtedly, of the drinker.
In addition to these things the gov
.ernment has terraced off the mountain,
which makes up part Of the reserva-
tion, 1t has constructed winding
drive by which the top may be reached
by team or foot tourist without IA
tigue, it has placed settees at every
available nook and corner and all
along its walks that there may be
''rest for the weary" and it has built
on the eminence overlooking the street
a magnificent stone band stand, sur
rounded by semi-tropical plants in pro-
fusion. 1t expends upon it's property
here, each year, not only the entire
revenue derived from the latter, but
IA generous appropriation beside, and
mo one who has looked upon the throngs
of helpless sufferers who flock hither
for relief from real or fancied all
ments begrudges the expenditure, or
fails to breathe a blessing for at least
this little bit of paternalism by which
a few of the roughnesses of hard life
are pared away.
This place is, par excellence, town
Of hotels; they are here galore-they
| and boarding-houses; they are every
where as numerous, and sometimes
not more appetizing than the pedicula
constituting the third plague of Egypt.
They strike the oncoming pilgrim an
hundred miles before he gets here, in
the form of the barker and the
booster" who infest the trains, sizing
up at glance those who are real, sure.
enough "come-ons," from those who
have been here before, in the inter.
ests of the hash dispensaries and the
medical profession.
These varied cara avansaries are of al
sorts and breeds and previous condl
tions of servitude. They range from
the three big ones the Eastman, the
Park and the Arlington,-th forme,
of which will accommodate 1,OO'
guests and the other two 500 each
with appointments and equipment
certainly rivalling anything in Cleve
land, if not in Chicago, down to tn,
humble tenement, where lodgings ar
let, which are lodgings indeed, but no
! much else. And the prices are al
varied as the subjects of them. On
can spend as much money, and ~
= foolishly. here, as anywhere, and h
, can get on with as little here as else
, where, all things considered.
, Up n lovely ravine, known as Parl
Avenue, scant half mile from Bat
House Row, and yet by all appearance
1 as secluded from 1t as If a thousan
: miles away, with the trolley line tray
ersing it's length, is a little colony O
hostelries, chiefly Of the family o
I neighborhood order, which, though ru
:, with much less circumstance than tn
{ large ones named, are nevertheless
: quiet and home-like. These are til
Avenue, the Waverly and the Jone'
>, We are abiding at the latter, which W
!, find especially restful. The guests q
this season are mostly from the soutl
$ west,-TeXas perhaps furnishing tn
: largest contingent of any one stat,
Q They are in every way genial an
] neighborly, and the society we NEE
Q here is one likely to form not onl
q pleasant acquaintance, but some las
i ing friendships.
}. Now, Dear Democrat. have write
Q a long letter, and yet not all that
h might. I have no apologies to max
Q or excuses to offer. All can say no
is to quote the suggestive motto tht
= used to odorn the door of the Gran
/, Club" in Cleveland, to-wit: You III
c generally comfortable and thorough
d welcome If you can stand 1t"
f @. II. GRANT.