The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-16
lBy Ruins steele.l

They told me before reached ther, that Hot Springs the business DOT ton of twas all on one street anC that that street was the crookedes in the world After spending three wonderful weeks in the city l an forced to admit that what they tot me Is true geographically But be cause the statement is so far from true morally. commercially or aquati cally, 1 am delighted 10 accept this in yHation to tell what learned of the city. l do this knowing perfectly well that my statements may get me into hot water. But then. isn't that what people expect when they visit Hot Springs2
 found thai q course of baths IS like a course in college in that one must have a certificate to get in, and also that one is kept in merry stew for the whole time; but there the re- semblance ceases. Al Harvard the stude is occupied with pounding in formation in, while at Hot Springs tie stewed Is more interested H. pounding infammation out,
 In my whole experience along Bath House Row I met only one man who found any difficulty Or hardship in taking the baths according to the al. rertions given him. He explained that he had been ordered to take a daily dip one hour before eating.
 That's easy Apugh isn't it3 | cd. T nevez an hour ahead --xssesi [ m ss,.as !l Ie Kat Say. you don't happem 10 have a spare car ticket, do you?"
 Of course he hadn't seen the black and red government signs prohibiting Deggars from sponging among the bathers.
 The tall steel tower on Hot Springs Mountain immediately attracted my attention. What Is it?' asked Red mond Joyce.
 That's the observatory" he replied
 But why an observatory reaching to the clouds when a man with only one eye can stand on the ground here and see in any direction some of the most attractive scenery in America
 You don't understand MT. Joyce exclaimed. That is where the bath CTS go to observe the improvement m t.eir condition. As soon as reno" las chucked his crutches he wants 10 climb a telegraph pole, but instead ne is directed to climb the mountain. This.wiH only tame him for day, and after that he gets in the tower eleVa- tor and tries to rise ID to the eieVa' ton Of his new spirits. From the top he is able to observe quite clearly what a miserable thing he must nave been before he came to Hot springs
 Colonel Joyce was right. watched men and women climbing the wlhdllls trails of that superb mountain ana re joicing in the new freedom that nag come to their limbs And when they cached the summit they weren sat isaed: they wanted to keep rlgat on m uoiug up. The tower was there 10 accommodate them, but one or TWO fellows said 1t hurt their feet to riae in an elevator and they asked hern'ls' sion to shin up the steel frame' T hes were told to take their oYerpins oi zeal home with them and put 1t mto m,sinaea If they followed the good advice. it is possible that they are hoN numbered among our plutocrats.
 The little lookout that commands vista of the city and the shrrouiioi,i i,i- mountains might approprlateY U. called the symptorium. found .na' visitors sit there and talk over 'heil troubles while giving thelr eSes treat. Human nature IS iu,ins thing. Why is 1t that the telloW VII thinks he has the collywobbes IS ne, Or so hanpv as when he is pouring ! out 10 the fellow who IS suppose' ' Be suffering with the fantoas
 Seemed to me l would get so couldn't walk at all,' said the nA"' with the horn spectacles 4h,
 4I know the feeling answered ln' man with the pink beard na' been a regular footracer when g se ean to get that way. l got 10 inoN.n, i slower and slower Then ! hi'pe' terribly. ,a uor, Spectacle. Every time touuneua ',Ieaa - . riaht foot to the ground ! none,Ju, n.,Sis,,ar.
 Exactly. agreed Pink Nn,1~s ,s,ss, 1t was my right Fone too .sah fns used cane: then got eli's
 then two crutches. You khoM, f couldn't bear to touch tha' 'oo
 the ground at all M ,oav
 You've said it-thats me n,as,e, wa comes.v corroborated Horn spee'"sa can What did you do for 1t oe'''e "
 ing here?" a,,ed tb
 For half an hour the two pa''o@ to,tl conversational .ball back ana . n,as Before they got to theH p'.'d ,imned of convalescence strahsVl sVhe en hts cane and sal lls'e"'"s'