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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
crink q glass Of real not Watsr
before breakfast 10 wash
out peisons.

Life is not merely to live. but to
live we'll. eat well. digest we'll. work
well. sleep well. look we'll What .
glorious condition to attain. and yet
how very easy it is il one will only
adopt the morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split,
ting headache. stuffy from a cold. foul
tongue. nasty breath. acid stomach,
can. instead. feel as fresh as daisy
by opening the sluices of the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole OF the internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing. sick or
well, should. each morning. before
breakfast. drink a glass OF real hot
water with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach, liver. kidneys and bowels the
previous days indigestible waste. sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans.
ing, sweetening and purifying the en-
tire alimentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach The ac-
ton Of hot water and limestone phos.
phate on an empty stomach is wonder
fully invigorating. 1t cleans out all the
sour fermentations, gases, waste and
acidity and gives one splendid ap.
petite for breakfast. While you are
enjoying your breakfast the water and
phosphate is quietly extracting a large
volume of water from the blood and
getting ready for a thorough flushing
Of all the inside organs.
The millions of people who are both
cred with constipation. bilious spells,
stomach trouble, rheumatism: others
who have sallow skins, blood disor.
ders and sickly compilations are urged
to get quarter pound OF limestone
phosphate from any store that handles
drugs which will cost very little, but
is sufficient to make anyone a pro.
nOunced crank on the subject of in.
ternal sapitatiOn.-Adv
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
bAN on NAT TONES
GALE FoAOi00EM ~ Fooo AND
DAIRY coMMissioNER.
iaspseter Lynch Avees Yhat Malt
Vo~ies Are Just Plain. Out
Coed Beer.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-Most malt beverages sold
for their medicinal quality are moth,
ing more nor less than high-class
brands of beer, according to Johu
Lynch. state pure food and drug com,
missioner. For this reason they must
go the way of lager and other common
or garden varieties of beer now ban,
ished from "salc. barter or trade" in
Colorado.
Malt liquors of this nature may be
sold under the terms of the prohibi
tion law If such sales are limited to
four ounces and handled only upon
the prescription of a physician. This
it is agreed. is impracticable.
According to tie food and drug com
missioner. the average malt tonic ic
made in the same manner as is the
ordinary beer. aitho better ingredients
are used. The Gark color comes from
the application Of more intense and
quicker heat than that applied in the
making of light beet
None OF the Colorado brewers are
manufacturing any of these extracts,
according to Lynch, but are doing ev.
erything in their power to aid in the
enforcement of the law.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
DECREASE IN CRIME.

Five months under prohibition law
have now elapsed and the results are
beginning to be very apparent says
the deputy sheriff of Jefferson coun-
ty. Alabama. THE decrease in crimc
in jefferson county is clearly indicat-
ed by the Jail records, which show a
total number CT state prisoners now
in Jail Of 100, against 336 December
l, 1914, one year ago today, and this
in the face of the fact that no straw
bonds are being taken, and that ev-
cry care is taken to ascertain the alb
solute sufliciency OF every bond ap.
proved"
The state pays thirty cents \ day
for feeding each prisoner in the JET.
ferson county Jail. therefore this de-
crease of 17e inmates means n saving
of So. 80 per day. Of 1854 per month,
and of $19,00s per year.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
pRon,e,r,on AND PROSPERITY.

State Senator Peterson Of Mime
sofa. speaking OF the men thrown out
Ct employment in Moorhead by the
closing Of it's saloons, says:
"The election put out of the liquor
trade probably three hundred men, in
GLIDING the employers. Those who
were welded to the business of course
had to seek employment elsewhere
but many of them elected to stay and
go into other lines Of work. And fcr
such there has been abundance OF
work at a good wage. There has been
no man in Moorhead able and willing
to work who could not get employ
ment.
THE banks have not suffered. The
savings accounts have increased In
number and amount and one OF the
banks is increasing its capital from
$25,00O to 100000"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
TREAT DIsTEMPER IN HORSES
and Young Enthusiastically
Avoid Constipation.

tBy W. F. SHtLER, Oklahoma Agri-
cultural CollegeD
For the treatment of distemper in
tion and administer 1t In tablespoon
full doses three times daily to the full
grown animals and in teaspoonful
doses twice daily to the colts: Pow
dered nuX vomica one part. powdered
belladonna leaves one part, powdered
chlorate of potash two parts, pow
dered cOlchicum root one part pine
tar sufficient to make pasty mass
1t may best be given by means of q
little wooden paddle. with which the
material can be placed on the back of
the tongue and IL viii there go direct.
ly to the spine.
In cases where assesses have
formed and broken they should be
syringed Out with AL antispetic solu.
tion and painted with tincture OF
iodine. Be sure that the animals
bowels are in good condition II there
is any tendency to constipation admin,
lister suitable purgative. such as oil,
salts or aloes. In cases where the
nose and throat seem to be especially
affected. place the animal in 4 small
stall taking gallon or two of boiling
water. add to it half pint of carbolic
acid. and tie the animal SO that the
head will be directly over the bucket
This will give relief by the inhalation
OF carbolic acid vapors
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Nu1 h~4~e4Q
Training and Crime.

1t is a ract that a very large per-
centage of the inmates of prisons are
industrially unframed. and unable to
earn living income honestly. In
Sing Sing the number OF men who
may be thus classed has been various
!y estimated by those acquainted with
conditions at from Is to 80 per cent
of the total population. In that fact
is the cause of much crime. in the
remedying Of that condition is to be
found the cure for it in large num-
ber OF cases.-From the Star OF Hope,
published by Sing Sing Prison.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
New Wage Demand by Midland Men,

The system federation of shop
Workmen for the Colorado Midla1.G
railroad notified the State Industrial
Commission that it had given the COM
pany thirty days notice of a demand
for an increase in wages OF cents
an hour The notice was the third OF
the kind recently received by the
commission. shop workmen of the
Denver & Rio Grande and the Colo
RADIO & Southern having filed simila,
statements. The notice was signed
by boilermakers. blacksmiths, machin-
lists, carmen and sheet metal workers
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Pitcher Upheld in Tax Action.

Judge John A. Perry of the Distvict
Court refused to grant a mandamus
at the request of the State Tax Com.
mission and the State Equalization
Board to compel Clair J. Pitcher, colo
missioner of finance and exOfficio rs
SCISSOR of taxes of the city and county
of Denver, to raise the valuation On
certain Denver property to an aggre-
gate amount of $55,4OS,952.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Physician Demands SIPS, Awarded $40

The State Industrial Commission de.
clined to pay a bill for 1925 present
ed by a doctor for treatment of a
workman who suffered an injury to
his nose that required an operation
The workman was employed by a
company carrying compensation insur-
ance, and the phi, sician's bill was sent
to the commission for approval Upon
examination of the bill Chairman F. t.
Mclaughlin of the commission found
that according to the commission 8
schedule for physicians fees the dot.
tor should receive $40.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
l6nlPd4i19!5 q
Coa0neee1 by tAs MatSoaal WoAsn.s
CASisttaA To0oarancs Upioa.l
paosssssrsoM Aso PROPERTY.

p0oesl0sysosd AND PROPERTY.
- city a Wheeling. W. Va, hss.
UaAss ths first year Of STATE prohiAi.
toe sxpsrienced the greatest building
boao IN its history. Other densoustrs.
tin0s 0f the Siamese-tvinslike nature
Of psohibition and prosperity are indi-
Gated In the following items (nany
moro might be cited):
TAe ReymaEn brewery was convert.
- tnto packing plant. employing 316
mes where the brewery employed rs.
Waite Front cafe rented for $3.50 Q
month. Now as . confectionery Il
rents for $500.
The Senate saloon was torn down
and on its site bank 10 being built.
Within distance OF two blocks
buildings tsome Of them three-story
structures). formerly occupied by
liquor firms, now house . ladies' and
mems furnishings firm. 4 wall paper
store. drug store. butcher shop. 4
shoe store, confectionery. q billiard
room and an automobile agency.
There are more restaurants and ho
tells in the city than ever before.
The business of one shoe merchant
increased IS per cent during the year
Number OF meals served in the
workhouse the last II wet months
were 1852. Number Of meals served
the first II dry months, 1O,O1S. Saw
ing to the city at ten cents per meal
$2.3s2.
Number OF workhouse employees
last wet year, Is. Number Of work
house employees the first dry month
two. This alone cut workhouse ex
penses $3.50 a month.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Colorado Spends s17.7ss for Schools,

In 1915 Colorado distributed $17,7aS
to school districts to meet require
ments that they maintain schools six
months and pay teachers $50 mini
mum salary Distributions were by
Mrs. Mary c. c. Bradford, state su-
perintendent.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Placed 100000 Salmon in Lakes,

Three hundred thousand young sal
mon have been placed in Grand and
Twin lakes by Walter 3. Fraser, state
game and fish commissioner, for the
purpose of destroying the suckers ir
the lakes. There will be 400, 900 more
salmon distributed in other lakes and
streams of the state.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint Of water add OF. Bay Rum, .
small box Of Barbo Compound, and 4 OF. of
glycerine. Apply to the hair twice . week
until it becomes the desired shade. Any drug
gist can put this up or you can mix 1t At
home At very little cost. 1t will gradually
darken streaked, faded gray hair. and re-
moves dandruff. 1t is excellent for falling
hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
1t will not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy. and does not rub off-Adv.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
WIRE STRETcHER IS USEFUL
Two Strong Metal Hooks Alternately
Made TO Engage Links of the
Stretching Chain

1t will be noticed that the handle Of
the wire stretoher shown in the illus
tration has two strong metal hooks
which can be alternately made to en-
gage the links of the stretching chain.
The wire is stretched by moving the
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Average Cost Of Farm.

The average annual value to the
farm family Of food. fuel. oil and
roof overhead, as reported for several
hundred farms studied by the depart
ment. was found to be $595.0S. of
which $421.17' was furnished by the
farm.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
LIQUOR A LIABILITY.

"A Zeppelin is the strictest Sunday
school institution there is-rfo drink
ing. no smoking. We have got to have
clear heads and cool, steady nerves.
So said Commander Mathy. in charge
of dirigible in an air raid upon Lon
don. Even Germany" comments the
Chicago Tribune" kind Of United
Societies among the nations-even
Germany realizes that in time Of
ability
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Attorney General Farrar Files Reply.

Attorney General Farrar has filed a
reply brief for the state in the case
involving the acceptance of insane pa.
tients from Denver by the state in
sane asylum at Pueblo. The asylum
authorities refused to receive several
patients sent to them and because OF
their refusal were found in contempt
Of the Denver District Court.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
WAR TEACHES LESSON.

The signal service the present
European conflict has rendered
against alcohol will be named in fl-
for its awful carnage. The war has
not taught US that alcohol is curse.
and that traffic in 1t is treason.
This knowledge the world already pos
sessed, although it had only begun tc
take action. The war has taught us
how to deal with alcohol. how to solve
tie alcohol problem, how to arrive at
the final prohibition that is our goal
Daniel A. Polling.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03


IN butter. Cover
with mutton stock and add bunch
OF parsley, two leeks. two cloves. an
onion and stalk of celery tied III
muslin bag. Cover and boil until
the meat is tender Add three quarts
of mutton stock, simmer for an hour
and remove the muslin bag. Season
with curry powder and thicken with
the yolks of four eggs. beaten smooth
in cupful If cream Serve with
boiled rice on Il separate dish.
Puree Of Parsnip Soup.-Fry in but
ter one quart Of tender parsnips. cut
in dice. Cover with beef stock and
cook until tender press through a
sieve and return to the fire. Add
enough beef stock to make the do
sired quantity of soup and thicken
| with tablespoonful each of flour
and butter. Reheat, season and serve
hot.
| Italian Chestnut Soup.-Shell and
blanch so large chestnuts, cover with
veal stock, add two tablespoonfuls of
bread crumbs. salt. pepper and nut,
meg to season. and simmer for two
hours or more. Press through a sieve,
measure the quantity of soup and
add half as much boiling milk. Thicken
with the yolk of an egg beaten with a
little cold milk and serve with crou
tons.
Mock Turtle soup.-Clean a calfs
head thoroughly, split the head. take
out the eyes and cover with sailed wa
ter, bring to Il boil, cook for half an
hour. take out the head, remove the
| bones. peel the tongue and cut up the
rest of the meat in small pieces, strain
the liquor and return it to thc pot
with the meat, adding more water il
necessary. Chop fine one small onion
and head of celery and add to the
soup
Season with pepper, salt, cloves and
cinnamon to taste. Just before serv
ing add half IA lemon, sliced
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
State Gets Tax on erind Estate.

The state collected a tax of SG1c.
plus 10 per cent interest. on the es-
Fritz Brind, who died Nov. s, 1914.
The estate, as appraised by the state
inheritance tax department, totaled
$75,3O4.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Not So Good.

Any good skating on the lake these
days."
The ice is good, if that's what you
near. The skaters are lot of dubs."
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03

salt; ii will not mold or
become dry with this
treatment.
When the metal dip
comes of from shoe
string. wind the end
firmly with wax ed
thread. then sew it in
and you will have as
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
The ADVANTAGE,

TIC ADVANTAGE.
Hearing those hgh-priced opera
singers on the phonograph is almost
as good as hearing them on the
stage
Better. You can shut them of
whenever you like on the phono-
graph
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Her Wav,

Can your wife keep a secret"
Sure, she can keep secret
in circulation"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
HAHaEleHB2
SfAB[NEG

know that We must trust and hoDe.
and neither doubt ourselves. nor doubt
the good in one another
While friends SO dear surround me
here,
Let care. IL he can o'ertake me.
-DickSna
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Wire Stretcher.

handle first in one direction and then
In the other, using the hooks alter
nately.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Good Fall Apnlea.

Three good varieties of fall apples
to include in your order for fruit
trees: Magnum Bonum, Delicious and
Senator.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
Contrasts.

What's meaner than to peach?"
Or lovelier than to be one,'-Al-
bany Argus.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
MORE Asour SOUPS.

A nice hot dish of soup is most suo-
tanning and soothing on a cold night.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03
HOUSEWIVES HELPS.

Put cheese that is wanted to keep
in stone jar and cover thickly with
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-02-03

SheepS TAI 80uo
"a r N q n ] Q N)s
Cut in small
pi e c e 8 eiG b {
sleeps tails. Soak
in cold water for
an hour. then par
boil. drain and fry
IN butter. Cover
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
INDOOR SHOW TO DINE JUDGES
Those Taking Part in Indoor Horse
Show Will Dine at Bellevue
Stratford April 90

Mr.. Walter C. Hancock. of 1870 Chest
nut street acting on behalf Of the Phila-
delphia Indoor Horse Show Committee,
has sent out invitations to the annual
judges dinner of the show, which will be
held on Friday evening next at 6.1s
o'clock at the Believes -Stratford.
Invitations to the dinner were sent 10
the following gentlemen. nearly all Of
whom attended the same affair last year:
Dr. Charles s. Turnbull, Mr.. Frank H.
Caven, Mr.. Thomas J. Collins. Mr.. John
NICE. Bowman. DIR. Oscar Seeley, Mr.
Henry S. Cullins. Mr.. Charles A. Bau-
douine. Mr.. Reginald c. Vanderbilt Mr.
III. X. Bloodgood, Mr.. BENJAMIN Chew
Mr.. David B. Sharpe, Mr. Lewis e. War
ing, DR.. George S. Fuller. DR.. Charles
$. Williams, Mr.. r. Penn Smith, Mr. r.
Penn Smith. Jr,, Mr.. William H. wana-
maker, Mr. w. Hancock Payne, Mr. Harry
D. Holloway, Mr.. Charles r. Hamilton,
Mr. Samuel Walter Taylor. Mr.. wiford
Pond. Mr.. Samuel d. Riddle, Mr.. A. W.
Atkinson, Mr.. Ralph c. Stewart Mr.
Gardner Cassatt, Mr.. Percy NJ Chandler
Mr.. Herbert Lincoln Clark Mr. William
j. Clothier DR.. Charles A. f. Goldman
Mr.. William NJ. Flkins. Mr.. Frank Gris-
void, DIR. John Cooke Hirst Dr. l. W.
Hollingshead, DR.. Wilmer Krusen. DR..
William S. Newcomet, Judge John NJ
Patterson. Mr.. Joseph Rogers Mr. Edwin
ii. Ware, representative for Mrs William
G.. Warden, DR.. s. Merrill Weeks, Mr.
Paul j. Snyder, Mr.. William Holway. Mr..
Harry Gordon Peck and Mr.. j. Howell
Cummings
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
LARGE GARDEN FETE WILL BE
GIVEN FOR NEW HOSPITAL BENEFIT
Mater Msericordiae School at Merton to Be Scene Of
Mammoth Affair the Last Week in May
Prominent Women Take Part

Il VERY week new interest ia centred
IL around the large Fete Champetre to
be given Friday and Saturday May 90
and 27, on the grounds Of the Convent of
Mercy, at Merton, for the benefit Of the
building fund OF the new Mater Miseri.
cordlae Hospital, for which ground was
been broken at SD street and Cedar ave-
nue.. West Philadelphia
meeting to make further arrange
ments for this outdoor fete will be held
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the
Convent of the Sisters Of Mercy, Broad
street and Columbia avenue, when the
alumnae, members Of the auxiliary board
Of the new hospital and other friends of
the convent will be present to help the
good cause along.
There will be about twenty booths
grouped about the lawn and sheltered
nooks of the beautiful grounds at Merton.
delightful outdoor tea-room and restau-
rant, under the direction of Mrs. Jules
Junker, Mrs NJ Il. II. McMlchen and Mrs.
James Mundy, will be a drawing card in
one corner of the grounds, while chill
dren will find amusement in pony-baclt
rides and pony drives around the ex-
tensive grounds. In fact, the little ones
will have royal good time for Mrs. Will
liam j. Begley and her assistants are
planning all kinds OF delightful surprises.
that will include playground fitted with
everything dear TO the heart of child,
and. of course, merry-go-round and ex-
citing races Movies and other forms of
amusement will also be planned for the
"grown-ups."
Then there will be the toy world where
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21

Mrs. NJ j. o'Meara and Mrs Johr J.
Joyce, Jr., will display every conceivable
toy and Just the dolls that every little
mother loves. The bird booth will be
quite a feature, as II will be different
from anything seen at a garden fete. All
kinds of eaily piumaged birds will sing
In artistic cages, and will be sold by Mrs
T. II. Cullnan and Mrs. Eugene Bonni.
well, assisted by Miss Mary Hockey and
Miss Marion Peterson
The fancy table, where Mrs Harry p.
Blank, Mrs. J. McKeon, Mrs w RYAN
and bevy of young girls viii display ali
Kinds OF lovely things, will be another in.
teresting booth. Mrs. Charles Il. Hallahan,
assisted by Mrs. John A. Colgan and
others, will have the baby booth, and here
the most exquisite French clothes and all
the latest novelties In babyland will be
displayed
The odds and ends table under the
direction of Mrs. S. A. Moore, who is head
of all the alumnae associations of the
Sisters of Mercy in this city. will be dc.
cidedly quaint as all kinds of curios and
unusual objects will be found there. Car
den implements will be sold at another
booth Artists garden smocks, sport hats.
garden gloves, wicker baskets and tea
trays, pottery and quaint bird sticks for
rose bushes, will he displayed by promi-
nent maids and matrons.
The whole fete is under the very able
direction of the following committee, Of
which Mrs. A. Nash Burke is chairman:
Mrs. Frank II. Hockey. Mrs Charles E
Hallahan, Mrs. William ]. Begley, Mrs
Harry +. Blank, Mrs. Jane NJ Quennell,
Mrs. James A. Mundy, Mrs. NJ f. H. Nc
Michen and Miss Ida Dougherty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
Along the Main Line

ARDMORE-Mr. and Mrs. Harvey NJ.
Boyer and their family, of Athens and
Linwood avenues. will leave today for a
motor trip South over the Faster holi-
days. They will stop at Washington,
Alexandria and Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Boyer
has just returned from a short stay at
Asbury Park.
BRYN MAwR-NIrs. Benjamin Clark
Gile. of Haverford road. gave n dinner
of 12 covers Wednesday evening. Mrs.
Gile will attend the house party given
by MIR and Mrs. Kenneth Rushton, of
wynnewood. over Easter
RADNOR-Mrs James Francis Sullivan
and Miss Leta l.. Sullivan are spending
Easter at Atlantic city Mr.. and Mrs.
Sullivan and their family are having
The Woods their home in Radnor, put
in readiness and will move out May 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Hodge, of Glyn-
wydd, Radnor, will return from Atlantic
City on Sunday night to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Helen II. Hodge and Mr..
william l.. Lockwood, Jr., which will take
place on Tuesday
ST. DAVID'S-Miss Adelaide Maghee,
of AIorrstown, n. j., Is spending Easter
with Mrs Ferree Brlnton, of Windybrow,
St. David's.
Miss Anna Brinton left on Wednesday
to visit her aunt in New Haven, Conn, for
a week.
Mr.. and Mrs Armitt Brown. of 202
Orchard Way, st. David's, are spending
Easter at Atlantic City.
Mr.. Willard Spenser, Jr., will leave for
Westheld. N j., tomorrow, where he VIII
be an usher at the wedding of Miss Adele
b. Codding and Mr.. Lewis r, Thibault, OF
this city, on Monday.
Mr.. Ferree Brinton has returned from
California. having placed his son. Ferree
Brinton Jr., in school in the Ohai Valley
southern California.
WAYNE-Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Jefferis,
of Orchard way and Louella avenue, are
entertaining their son.in-aw and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs Leon Stetson, of Providence,
II. l., for the Easter season.
Mrs. George NJ. Aman and Miss Mary
Aman left yesterday for New York. Mrs
Aman is chaperoning a party of young
people at West Point over the holidays
Mr.. and Mrs, William r. Werner Miss
Katherine Werner and Miss Eleanor Hamp
winter at 2025 Spruce street, will return to
Wayne about May s.
Mr. G. Austin Wentworth, of 2l6
Bloomingdale avenue, has returned from a
trip to San Francisco, Cal.
STRAFFORD-Mr. and Mrs. George
Quintard Horwitz, who are spending
Easter at Atlantic City, will open their
house at Straffprd about the first of May.
Mr., GustaVe A. Heckscher. of STAFFORD,
is staying at the Brighton, Atlantic City,
recuperating from his recent illness.