The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 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.

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 / last, a SICK,
tired man, seeking health.
Surrounded by his family and physi-
clans at his magnificent, though I'M
completed summer home at Arden-on-
the-Hudson, he has began the after
cure which he needs after the enerv-
ating baths and dietion treatment ne
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 | have come home,' he said.
"for a 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 a 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 its eyes
seward, as it were, eager for a
glimpse of the man whose illness
49,. - r,,r;e1oJ ,,,nh pnotnria1
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 a 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 ~conversed
for a time with interviewers after the
Kaiser's arrival at quarantine, it was
not until he had come ashore, been
transferred from Hoboken to Jersey
City and been placed comfortably in
his private car that Mr.. Hartman
talked freely about himself, his health
and his hopes of early recovery. Then
reclining on a couch, pale and enfee-
bied, but with his usual optimism and
tenacity of mind, he talked to an
audience of more than a score Of
newspaper men before leaving for Ar
den. He began by a~pologizing for his
recumbent position while talking, say
ing that while he had taken his meals
regularly all the way over, just be-
fore he reached quarantine he was at
tackled with nauseau. This, he said,
necessitated his lying down.
Satisfied with Trip.
81 am entirely satisfied with my
trip abroad, as far as my health is
concerned" he said, land I have
nothing on my mind except to come
home and take the after cure l lost
ten pounds while over there, and for
a little fellow like me that is a great
deal"
AS he talked, his wife and Judge
eral counsel of the Union Pacific,
stood close by and gently admonished
him not to overtax his strength. But
Mr.. 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.
1.-THE doctors advised me to come
home and rest" he said, although
they intended at first that l should
rest abroad"
Here he smiled wanly and went O.
"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
a success, they began feeding me on
bismuth and rice. Bismuth and rice,
] understand, show up better on the
plates. / had a great deal of fun dur
ing it all, but l lost three pounds
during the photographing process, and
once got a little shock. The doctors
overlooked a little tack in the ma
chine which they stood me up against
/ came incontact with 1t. 1t fright
ened me a little, but l stuck to it."