Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-28
Springs of Carlsbad a World
Resort for the Sick.
FOUND By A KINGS DOG
German Emperor Charles ~ First
Used Waters in 1927.
NOW A FASHIONABLE RESORT
Visited by Crowned Heads and
Great Folk of Wealth and Fash
ion From Everywhere.
BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS

BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald
Carlsbad is hidden in a little canyon be-
tween two lines Of hills which are covered
with natural forests Of fir, pine. oak and
beech, which have been utilized for parks
and are provided with drives and walks
for the benefit of the people who go there
for the cure. Exercise in the open air is
one of the remedies quite as important as
the waters.
canyon. on both sides Of a small river or
brook called the Tepl. There Is one street
| on either bank, the fashionable and I'M
fashionable sides. The Alte Wiese is the
fashionable promenade and has the best
restaurants and the most expensive
shops. The Neue Wiese is the unfash-
ionable side, where rents and prices are
from % to so per cent lower.
The town spreads UP the sides Of the
canyon in terraces and the streets are
very steep. There are stairways and zig
gag roads and one lift or funicular rail-
way.
The several springs are located on the
edge of the river. nineteen in all, seven
teen hot and two cold, which vary in
temperature from 80 to 1877 degrees Fab
renheit and are used both for bathing
dIu lie uuOSl pUpuldI Springs
are the Sprudel, the Muhlbrunnen and
the Marktbrunnen, which are patronized
by three-fourths of the visitors.
These springs are sheltered by monu-
mental colonnades to protect the patrons
| in stormy weather. and the approaches
are paved with asphaltum. The Sprudel
spring Is in a great pavilion erected to
celebrate the 5O0th anniversary Of the
discovery of the springs, and there. the
Sprudel salts are manufactured by evap-
Grafton from the water for shipment all
over the world. You can buy them In
any drug store. The annual export
amounts to about $4,000 pounds, or about
100000 bottles.
Ingredients Of Waters.
| sulphate and carbonate Of soda and COM
mon salt. and the several springs vary
| in their proportions OF the chemicals and
| in their temperature. The waters come
from depth of about 5000 feet below the
| surface and force their way up through
a very hard rock called sprudelschaie,
which Is taken out and used to manufac-
| ture souvenirs. The demonstrations some
times close the vents. when violent erup-
tions occur like those Of volcano. and to
| avoid them the authorities keep the pas
sages clear by boring through them &C.
casionally.
According to the accepted tradition the
springs were discovered by a dog belong
| ing to the German Emperor Charles Nv in
the year 1927. His majesty was hunting
through these mountains when one Of his
hounds plunged into a hot pool and was
badly scalded. His majesty made an in
| vestigation. and, finding that the waters
were heated by natural causes, had them
| tested by his physicians and erected rest
houses for the accommodation of invalids.
A history Of Austria, written in 1922. tells
of the reputation Of the springs and of
l ~,AIo hat
visitors. The first "cureliste," which is
still preserved, is Of the year 1855 and
bears the names Of 1874 visitors. In 1895
there were 63S patients, and that was
about the average number for two Or
three centuries. Among the visitors were
kings and princes, soldiers and states
men, poets and musicians. The names of
the most famous men of many genera
lions may be found upon the registers
The poet Goethe took the cure for four
his honeymoon at Carlsbad; Beethoven
came up from Vienna frequently and gave
concerts; Peter the Great was here in
I'LL and 1872, and slept in a tent.
Excessive Use Injurious.
At first the visitors used to drink
all the water they could swallow-the
more the better, was the advice of the
physicians, but modern science has taught
that their excessive use is injurious and
people are warned against taking more
than three or four glasses a day, which
should be drank before breakfast and
followed by exercise. The action of the
water stimulates the digestive organs,
clears out the kidneys and liver. stimulates
the mucous membranes of the stomach
and alimentary canal, expels sugar, uric
acid, albumin and other unhealthful Sec
retions and increases the proportion of
alkali in the blood. They are recon-
mended for all complaints of the stom-
ach and intestines, for all diseases Of the
kidneys, the bladder and the spleen, for
diseases of the skin, and especially for
rheumatism, bright's disease, diabetes and
govt. They are expected to drive uric
acid from the system. purify the blood
and compel the liver. kidneys and the d.
gestive organs to attend to the business
promptly and thoroughly. They are also
taken for obesity, and many people come
for that. although the neighboring springs
at Marienbad. about thirty miles away,
are considered more effective in reducing
flesh.
On the other hand, the Carlsbad waters
are very injurious for people with weak
hearts and weak lungs.
No one should drink the waters without
the advice of a physician, because they
are SO powerful, and sometimes do more
harm than good Two prominent Amer
leans died last summer under distressing
circumstances, because the waters devel-
oped uremic poison which was lurking
in their systems. Perhaps they might
have lived for several years If the wa
tiers had not brought about an immediate
crisis which caused their death. One was
a banker from Baltimore, and the other
was general manager of a western rail-
way.
The waters are used for both bathing
and for drinking. Sometimes both treat
ments are recommended, and sometimes