Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

I suppose that Carlsbad is the greatest
health resort In the world. which is large
ly. due to the preparations
Superior which the municipal ON
Gals, the business COM
metAV0S. munity. the hotels and
other interests have made for the recep-
ton and entertainment Of guests. While
the waters contain medical properties OF
great value. any chemist or physician will
tell you that we have in the United
States plenty Of springs containing the
same properties. which would be equally
effective in curing the same diseases II
they were used in the same way. NO
country has more valuable resources In
the way Of mineral waters than the
United States. but they have never been
utilized as the French and German va
tiers have been. and our health resorts
do not offer either the luxuries and
amusements or even the comfort that
are afforded at the French and German
spas.
At Atlantic City, in Florida and at a
few other places in the United States
luxurious hotels may be found. and It
may be- said that the accommodations
for the public at such places have I'M
proved very much during the last rev
-
so many northern people seek relief from
the winter climate. But at saratoga.
which may be used for illustration, the
hotels and boarding houses do not com
pa.e in any respect with those OF CaIis-
bad in the comfort. Of the rooms, or the
quality of the food. or the service, or
the innumefable forms Of entertainment
and diversion that are provided 1or tne
guests. And a similar comparison might
be made between other European wafer
IND nd af limited
k'2s
In our country the rule is for the hotel
keeper to give rs little and gain as mucn
as he can during the season.
European without regard to the fu-
ture. At Carlsbad ana at
aotelS. other European resorts there
is united effort ON the part Of every
body concerned to increase the patronage
by contributing to the comfort and the
entertainment of everybody who goes
there for the summer. At the American
watering place there Is usually an enor-
nous caravansarie of cheap construction
cut up into small cells. scantily furnsneo
with bed and g. bureau. Washstahd
and two cheap chairs, on the theory that
the guests will spend most OF their Tune
out Of doors or in the public apartments
and do not. care for luxuries In their
rooms, The cheaper the hotel the poorer
the accommodations. so that people OF
limited means are often compelled TO put
up with actual discomforts. At Caris-
bad, on the contrary, the hotels are per-
manent structures. built for centuries;
the rooms are large and handsomely fur-
nished, and those which charge the
cheapest rates are quite as neat ana coHi-
Portable as the most fashionable ana eA-
pensive. -
There is still greater contrast in
what may be called the exterior attrac-
lions, the drives and walks, the parks.
the tennis courts and golf links and the
other physical surroundings. / know
several hotels in the United States. par
ticularly at winter resorts. which are as
comfortable and attractive as anything
in Europe, nut I am not speaking OF
them. am speaking Of the average
watering place or summer resort IN
America. OF course both expect to make
profit upon the patronage OF strangers
Half the population Of Switzerland lives
upon the money that tourists leave IN
that country, and one cannot go any
where or do anything without paying for
it. There is a fee or tip every time you
turn around, but the amounts are small,
the service is usually worth the price,
and the fact that such services are per-
formed adds to the attraction of the
place and enjoyment Of the visitors.
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Last year 1000 people paid the cure
%ov .vA tha music tax at Carlsbad. This