The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29
Life at French Lick Springs
BY JAMES L. TANNER.

French Lick Is about eighty miles from
Louisville, has a beautiful location lovely
grounds and a most magnificent hotel.
There are now something over $50 guests
in the house from almost every state in
the Union and the larger per cent of
these guests are here for the purpose of
rest, recreation, and health. The waters
of this place have a reputation that is
not confined to America, and have effect
ed some of the most wonderful cures Of
| the ills which the human flesh is heir to
The morning starts with a jug of hot Plu-
to at o'clock in your room; you are
then supposed to be on the water wagon
until half past Z; then you join the walk
ing squad and stretch your limbs over
distance Of two and half to five miles
I before luncheon; a rest is then taken UNI
| til about 3 O'clock and then you are
! again on the water wagon for another
hour, and you are supposed to pace
around again for three or four miles,
and if the water and walking produce
the, desired effect. you are at liberty to
eat anything that comes from cuisine
that is hardly equalled in this country.
Now, for amusements. YOU can horse
back ride. carriage ride. take a bout at
golf, drop into the club house and play
roulette, faro. English hazard. the races.
or the stock market, for all of these
things exist in profusion and they do
not suffer for the lack of patronage. l
am free to confess that / hang around
the club house n great deal-now don't
think | am gambling or speculating. ex-
cept occasionally l make a few bets men
tally and am so far a few thousand
ahead. The ladies' | believe. outnumber
| the men when 1t comes to taking In
| amusements in the club. and It is remark
| able with what success some of these la
dies finger the ivory chips and can pocket
| the long green. while the affable mana.
! ger of this club turns it loose as If there
was no end to his supply Row. of
| course, great many lose large sums OF
! money | believe the most successful
winner, in a limited way, is a noted and
| popular author, Mr.. Booth Harrington,
Who is here accompanied by his charming
wife. bride. Mr.. Harrington no doubt
in my mind. accepts this class of amuse-
ment purely as a pastime, and each even
ing he can be found at some of these
amusement tables with his wife close by,
and when he ceases to play his roll is in
Variably larger than it was when he en-
tered the club house. NY information is
that Tarldngtons income is up in the
thousands, and he only INDUCES In
home as his time while at home is taken
up with his literary pursuits. I should
judge Harrington to be man twenty
eight or thirty years old with a most
pleasing address and cultivated manners
1t is wonderful how we bump up
against one another in the world Only
last evening I ran against Mr.. II. J. Han
ford Of Chicago, who informed me that
he built the first refrigerator cold storage
plant in the city of Birmingham that is
now located on the east side of Twen-
tieth street Just north of the railroad.
Apparently he seems to be up in the pic
lures financially and is connected with
some very large enter1riscs in the west
cno g ~" 49, s1fe~ cha~net I
have met around the hotel is a man sup
posed to be worth four million dollars; and
Il ru.ts m 3rnIng. Nthile Sitting IN front
of the large open Fireplace enjoying a
good wood fire, he and l began CONVEX
sation.
He is an Irishman from Philadelphia.
md has accumulated his wealth by hard
ticks and he is alone in the world with
uut chick or a kin. He appears every
| evzn.ng in full dress suit and seems 10