Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-27
HARTMAN WEAK
BUT IS HOPEFUL
RAILWAY MAGNATE FEEBLE WHEN
HE LEAVES LINER, BUT GIVES
INTERVIEW.
HAS BEGUN HIS AFTER CURE"
Sallow and Feeble, but Still Expresses
Ability to Defeat Such Trifing In
convenience as Sickness.
HAS BEGUN HIS aAFTER CURE
is SATISFIED WITH HIS TRIP

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Ten pounds
lighter than when he left America nearly
two months ago. but with his spirit UNI
broken and breathing 8 sentiment of OPP
timism, l.. II. Hartman returned TO his
home TO take what he quizzically calls
the after cure" Though Mr.. Hartman
cheerfully declared that he was feeling
pretty Well he showed in every move
ment. every inIonation of the voice, that
ne IS sick, tired man. lie is Sallow,
almost yellow. and his step as he greeted
friends who had boarded the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm ii at quarantine Tues
day afternoon was noticeably feeble. The
best description would be that OF man
convalescing from great and serious i'll
ness.
One could not see whether behind the
SpectaCled ewes there was the same fire rs
ever, but the cheerful smile was there and
he showed no lack OF his supreme conf
donce IN himself and his ability to defeat
such tritin& Inconvenience as disease.
Tuesday night at his magnificent sum-
mer home at Arden. \. y. the SO-called
Isl 100000 fortress Mr.. Hartman be-
gan the after cure, for which the treat
ment at Bad Gastein and other European
resorts was 4 preliminary. He is con-
stantIy attended by his family and corps
of skilled physicians.
CONS Home for Cure.
and have come home" he said, for
a cure, and not for work
In the interview with newspaper men
which he gave in his private car as lie
reclined on a couch Mr.. Hartman re,
fused to affirm or deny the reports that
he had secured an option on the majority
of the stock in the New York Central
lines.
That is an easy one he said. smiling,
but | would not tell YOU if ! had"
He seemed greatly interested in the sub
ject of legislation, criticised the new cor,
poration law and defended himself rather
warmly from the charge that he was q
speculator solely and simply. He an.
nOunced that it was in his mind to open
up new territory and to build new tribu-
tary lines.
This means new settlements and more
people" he said, with a return of his old
time enthusiasm.
Satisfied with Trip.
Il am entirely satisfied with my trip
abroad, as far as my health is concerned"
he said land | have nothing on my mind
except TO come home and take the after
cure | lost ten pounds while over there
and for a little fellow like me that is 4
great deal"
Lying back on a pillow, his pale face
seeming even paler III the artificial light
of the car, Mr.. Harriman's quaint humor
contrast to his physical condition.
The doctors advised me to come home
and rest he said "although they intend
ed at first that l 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 N-rayed me and did every
thing they could"
Laughing softly as he recalled his ex-
periences, he said: They took sixteen
different photographs of my digestive or
gans on the skiagraph. And to make the
pictures a success they began feeding me
on bismuth and rice. Bismuth and rice,
understand, show up better on che
plates.
Il had a great deal of fun during it
ALL" he said, as he concluded the nara
tive of his continental medical ordeal,
but | lost three pounds during the pho
tographing process and once got a little
shock. The doctors overlooked a little
tack in the machine which they stood me
up against came in contact with il.
1t frightened me a little, but | stuck
to it,