The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-16
WELL KNOWN AUTHOR WRITES OF THE GREATEST HEALTH RE- SORT IN THE woRLo-THE HOTELS BATH HOUSES AND
 MANY PLACES OF REST ABOUT rAg CITY
He Sees Health and Pleasure Here
His Observations and Inquiries Are Set Down This Edition eoosterAbsorbs Sunshine and
 Joy Everywhere

'hI tNp Aau hhlsHcu up tdCH Hftiltl they opened on the stranger.
 T see your leg Is pretty bad" said Horn Spectacles. We were once as had as that chipped in Pink Whis- kers, why don't you try the baths?
 No use" said the stranger listless- ly
 Nonsense. man." exclaimed both advisers. and Horn Spectacles added Stick that leg under the water and 1t will be as good as the other in a week"
 T cant stick it under water--it won't go under water; and 1t would only hurt it to put it in the water at all
 You're crazy Why do you talk like that?"
 Because. my kind friends, the leg you are talking about was never re ally meant to be the limb of man 1t grew up as the limb of a tree It's what you might call corker."
 The great hotels of Hot Springs are noted for the social atmosphere that pervades them. When 1 found them full of music and grillrooms and de vices for entertaining 1 was not sur. prised, but glimpse of the polished dancing floors of the Eastman, Park Arlington and other hotels set me to thinking. What, wondered, do lot of lame ducks want with bathrooms?
 The dancing floors are not for mere social diversion, George Schneck ex. plained to me; they are an important part of the cure. It's this way: All the lame guests of hotel hobble in when the orchestra begins to play. When the music turns to ragtime their feet forget that they are crippled and begin 10 eaper. The guest calls bell. hoy, turns over his crutches, finds a partner and takes to the dancing floor The bellbovs who take charge of the crutches and canes have warehouse full of the things The guest seldom asks for the return of his artificial supports for by the time the hop is over he has walked up to the fact that he no longer needs the props and he doesn't want to see then again"
 1 must confess that \ learned of two cases in which this pleasant method of hastening the cure to completion seemed signally to fail It was tried on two young fellows who came from Chicago Both proved to be extreme. ly fond of dancing, but neither seemed able to hop away from his crutches It was noticed that they never danced on the same night If Jack appeared in evening clothes Jim hung on his crutches in corner and took no part i; if Jim seemed able to get into his low neck raiment Jack faithfully played the part of the man who couldn't get out of his corner Finally Gilbert Hog aboom said to his two new friends, "l believe if we could get you two fei- lows on the floor at the same time your ailments would disappear and you wouldn't go back to the crutches again.
 Impossiblelr exclaimed Jack and Jim
 Why impossibe?" demanded Che Hot Springs man.
 Because two men can't occupy the same clothes at the same time, the
 
 only brought along one dress suit be tween us.
 In the great days of Rome the con auerOrs used their vast spells to build themselves bathing palaces that rep resented all that wealth and construc tive ingenuity could do. Yet it is safe 10 say that any man with six bits ir lis pocket can visit Bath House Row and fare more sumptuously in the matter of his rubbing than did eve. Roman emperor. In beauty, elegance and convenience some of the bath houses of Hot Springs undoubtedly lave not been surpassed in any age The hotels are of every class The guest from anywhere Is certain to find inc best in the matter of lodging ane catering that he is able to appreciate
 If has been my privilege to visil many American cities; have never found one that even approached Hoi Springs for natural beauty of it's set ring and surroundings. The greatesi wonder is not that so many persons visit the city. but that, after spending several weeks ths e. any of them art willing to go away. The winter ell mate during my visit seemed to mt to have been stolen straight from Cal | ifornia.
 While in Arkansas l heard of ne gro preacher who said: 'Dere is iel two kinds of people in the world the cheerful kind dat sees dat d' whole world am sweet and good, an' de son. kind what thinks dat de whol' world am bitter and bad The fus Kind Is known to science as opossum ists and de second kind is persim monists.'
 went to Hot Springs took seF aral haths and came away withou an ache or pain. To be sure, didn'