South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-18
by II. Il. GOLDBERG.

CARLSBAD, Austria, Sept. 1S.-As
lie here writing on a bed of pain 1
ask myself over and over again,
Would il have been better if
/ had gone 10 see a doctor upon my
arrival here ana slipped him the
lower half of my letter of credit to
prescribe a cure for something I
never had? Or is it better to do as 1
have dOne-drink a glass of water
from the first spring L see and start
game of physiological hockey, with
my vital organs on one side and my
nerves on the other?"
| think it is better as it is. My goat
is gone, my self-respect still fingers
patiently by my bedside. l am the
only sick man here.
Ii is not necessary TO have a map to
find health resort. Ii takes all the
pleasure away. Besides, il is so easy.
Jump on a train and look steadily
out of the window. You may ride
a day and you may ride a week.
Eventually you will come to a place
where every person looks the picture
of health. You Will see streets
crowded with people with thick necks
and broad backs. The glow of health
is in their cheeks and their clothes
are expensive. They are hurrying
about with the step that is a guaran-
tee to any life insurance company
that the risk is small.
You will Immediately recognize this
place as a health resort. All these
strong and husky people have come TO
take the cure They are sick of being
well. ANY person with a big bank roll
who hasn't taken the cure is still a
heather.
He might as we'll be working on a
small salary as be rich without having
taken the cure. 1t is easy enough to
figure out what is the matter with you
after you have taken the cure-if you
do not overdo ii and allow complica-
tons to set in. 1t is simple TO dis
tinguish wealth without seeing money.
A poor man gets sick and takes the
cure. rich man takes the cure and
gets sick
Music Awakens Guests.
I arrived in Carlsbad late at night
and left a call for in the morning.
/ wanted to get an early start and see
and do everything. l considered 9
a. m. the hour of sunrise according
TO my Partisan schedule.
After dreaming / had received the
order of the Black Eagle from the
German emperor / was awakened by
the sound of music coming in through
the window The band was playing
in the public square 1t was a week
day. so there couldn't be music in the
afternoon.
Ii must be night time. i had slept
all day. / called up the Office and
asked them why they did not call me
at O'Clock. They told me II was
o'clock in the morning.
Music at 6 O'Clock in the morning
and such music. They play for your
funeral before you are dead.
] jumped into my clothes. dashed
out on the street and said. Declare
me in. I'm game" Nobody in the
crowded thoroughfare heard me. So
1 declared myself in.
Everybody in Carlsbad gets up be-
fore o'clock in the morning. with
the possible exception of the few who
are fortunate enought to be deaf.
The musicians can't reach everybody.
IL was 500 a. m. when I landed in
the street
The place was damned with funny
but healthy-looking people. Men
wore Shawls, women wore vests and
children wore boards. But they had
their health. so did until that
afternoon. Every person carried
glass. Some had their glasses strap
ped over their shoulders.
1 stopped off in a hat store and
bought glass for myself. You can
buy "A glass anywhere in Carlsbad.
even in a moving picture show. You
don't know when you might need
drink Of mineral water l hung my
glass 10 my side, tossed tablecloth
over my shoulders. assumed a wor-
ried EXPIRE ssion that seemed 10 say,
Why was I born rich? - and followed
the man whom ] had picked out as
my guide. He didn't know he was
my guide. But he looked like the
owner OF a department store in OF
tumwa. Iowa, so / was sure he had
paid we'll for his Information.
Expense Account Most Important.
We walked around the block II
times and stopped at a spring labeled
kaiserbrunnun. There were sos peo-
pie standing in line. / fell in back OF
my department. store owner. l kept
from getting impatient by going over
my expense account on the back OF
his coat. We finally reached the
spring.
\ little girl in divers helmet took