Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-15

sor" thinks It deserves. white pep
PERI" he observed scornfully when
shown the clipping. "All right. let
the Trust Company OF America Is the
secret formula which they'll open after
Hilgert Is dead. Then they won't
laugh"
Htlgert Is an undersized man. about
~ years old. He talks rapidly. and
has q gesture to suit each phrase. With
remarkable mimicry he enacts the con-
tortlons Of the cripples who have come
to him to be cured. and then he shows
you how they walked when they left
his hands. He laughs constantly In a
mirthless manner, and his speech is
literally interlarded with profanity and
proverbs. twisted into unusual form
and rarely bearing on the subject Of
his discussion. His bushy brown hair.
streaked with gray, IS combed into q
pompadour. and his full mustache and
every feature OF his face twitch with
excitement as he tells of the "persecu-
ton" to which he is being subjected.
This is a superficial description OF a
man who in five years has become a
Millionaire. his friends say. by the use
OF a faculty amounting to a genius for
the correction OF deformities and their
permanent relief through the construc-
ton OF surgical boots. and, OF far
greater import. the application OF this
wonderful" preparation. His d%etractors
insist that when he has been called a
skillful shoemaker he has received his
full due: beyond that. they declare. he
plays upon the credulity OF his clients
and through rare good fortune he has
persuaded some that his services were
worth fabulous sums for the real ef-
fort involved.
Chamber Of Miseriss.
All his life he has been a shoemaker.
Not hat the Professor pleads guilty
to this Indictment: he terms himself
a specialist on feet and footwear. as
a moving tale of the discovery OF this
instinct. which his admirers call genius.
This arrest means everything for
Hilgert." said h Professor" with a
p%ortentious shake Of his head. You
know wha 1t means. 1t means that at
last the world is to know OF the great
science that Hilgert has discovered
how to cure through the feet. I only
wish they'd bring John %. Rockefeller
here: I'd sure him. They say it's his
stomach, but they amt a-going to cure
him by putting a lot OF medicine In
him. No. sir. Not by any means. His
fsetwthat,s the ticket-cure him
In his place. which he calls Hilgert
House. the Professor" has a Cham
Der OF Miseries" which he takes par
ticular delight in displaying to his Wis
itors. The fou walls are overhung
with braces. supports, crutches, bands
and every sort of instruments en-
ployed TO aid the crippled. All OF them.
he declares. We're discarded by patients
who wore them when they Went to him
and needed them no longer after a
course or ms treatment and the use
of his magic boots"
lhe.e are apartments set aside Tor the
use or OUT or town patents VINO pay We'll
1or the pti'iiese or STAYING Under ms roof
while taking the treatment. lhis by no
on, VINO gets a .ai'rS ."eh'H-hVe or 'hirty
uoi'afs 'or a Nai. "' me common or nome
grown Nari".S Oh surs'ca' shoe could do
'h"V. me f'"'essor "o"s ever so lnuch
NOR ana h'tr Is "he,r pT, White
,'o"S'' WHO s,Nfs Hi''S'ii an oSteopath'
''i Wh' - 'i."''''!'tis iTo""iu'eu ny the
M ,. '''' ss'"''' pa! ms part
Who're the Doctor Comes In.
Ike Doctor" assures YOU that lie has
.otsile 70 DO dir tr;iy with tle"proias-
scr" Not At all. Doesn't he pay SitD A
mouth for his Offices. And do.sn he
treat" his ;a',euts q,:it. Independently Of
the Hilger; irstitutionr Yet ON the gaudv
pears. second oniy to the Professors"
the nam,. OF Albert Whitehouse. mo
chano-thnrap, +" And tie "Professor'' him.
self IS iii. authority for the statement that
the Doctor" doe. al, Of thu. massage. work
for the institution. 81 which not A .l.t,e is
done.
Attractive. Indeed ard varied H. ,he ;it-
crature that M. rF'rofessor' ha., issued.
| In 1t are included rnanyt testimonials. some
OF whica have hecr repndIated since ,he>.
w.r. written. th. disclaimers being nov.
in the hands of the Professor"
is Il ..niu,.. said DIR" Whi,eho,ss
in speaking OF tho Professor. HI.
! doesn't know now he docs II. no ina, ,,oss
Doctor seemed willing to talk of the