The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
WIZARD SAYS HIS RETURN IS FOR A CURE AND NOT
 FOR WORK.
TALKED FREELY ABOUT HIMSELF
Genius of Finance, With His Usual Optimism, Discusses Things Trivial and Pertinent-Satisfied with
 Trip Abroad

l man, genius of finance, leader of men and master builder of railroads, came back to the United States. while the financial world stood on its tip-toes in anxiety and expectancy, He came back as he left, on June 1 last, a sick, tired man, seeking health.
 Surrounded by his family and physi- clans at his magnificent. though un- completed summer home at Arden-on- 1 the-Hudson, he has began the after cure" which he needs after the enerv- ating baths and dietion treatment he underwent at the Austrian. resort. Bad Gastien. How long he will remain in seclusion how long it will be before he resumes the active direction of his vast railroad interests, depends solely upon his health.
 He arrived feeble, face gaunt and voice weak
 Home For Cure, Not Work.
 And I have come home,' he said, for cure, and not for work.
 Many great Americans have re- turned to their country under extra ordinary circumstances: but never has there been a more remarkable homecoming of private citizen than has E. H. Hartman.
 The great stock market operators paused as his ship drew near The stock market itself marked time, and the industrial world turned it's eyes seaward, as it were, eager for a glimpse of the man whose illness abroad has furnished much material for stock market rumors.
 Contrary to expectations. the finan- cier did not leave the Kaiser Will helm II down the bay, but remained on board until the vessel docked at Hoboken. Then, after being assisted ashore, he boarded Southern Pacific tug and was taken to Jersey City, where he was again assisted to his private car. From there the trip was quickly made up the Hudson to his mountain home at Arden.
 Although he flashed ashore a brief message of optimism at the request of the Associated Press and eonversed for time with interyiewers after the Kaisers arrival at quarantine, it was not until he had come ashore been l transferred from Hoboken to Jersey City and been placed comfortably in l his private car that Mir. Hartman talked freely about himself, his health and his hopes of early recovery. Then reclining on a couch. pale and enfee- bled, but with his usual optimism and tenacity of mind, he talked to an l audience of more than score of newspaper men before leaving for Ar den. He began by apologizing for his recumbent position while talking. say | ing that while he had taken his meals regularly all the way over. just be 1 fore he reached quarantine he was at tackled with nauseau. This. he said, necesstated his lying down.
 Satisfied with Trip.
 'I am entirely satisfied with my | trip abroad, as far as my health is concerned" he said. and 1 have nothing on my mind except to come home and take the after cure. I lost ten pounds while over there, and for little fellow like me that is a great deal"
 As he talked. his wife and Judge R. s. Lovett, vice president and gen eral counsel of the Union Pacific, stood close by and gently admonished him not to overtax his strength. But Mir. Hartman waved them aside and continued to talk. His voice was weak and he asked from time to time If those farthest from him could hear.
 Returns on Doctors Advice.
 "The doctors advised me to come homo and rest" he said. although they intended at first that I should rest abroad"
 Here he smiled wanly and went on "The photographing those doctors put me through was worse than upon my arrival here-for they X-rayed me and did everything they could"
 Laughing softly, he continued:
 They took sixteen different photo graphs of my digestive organs on the skiagraph And to make the picture | q ohNtNoSs Nhts bC6dh ittuibb idI OA bismuth and rice. Bismuth and rice I understand. show up better on the plates. l had great deal of fun dur ing it all, but I lost three pounds during the photographing process, 'anc once got a little shock. The doctors overlooked a little tack in the ma chine which they .stoDd me up against l came iIcontaet with it. It fright ened me a little, but stuck to It."