Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-30
TELLS OF HOT SPRINGS
Former Dental Surgeon At N. A.
Relates Interesting Facts
GLANCE AT NATL. PARKS

Having returned TO his home in
Baltimore after spending three
months at Hot Springs. Ark. Lieut.
Comdr Richard Grady. L. S. ~. re-
tired. former dental surgeon at the
Naval Academy, relates some in
teresting facts. and gives some
interesting glimpses of the national
parks and incidentally of the visit of
Gen. John j. Pershing and of Col.
and Mrs. William Jennings Bryan.
Speaking of his visit DR.. Grady said:
General Pershing was here inspect
ing the Army and Navy Hospital, one
of the most valuable assets of the
government His duties of encourage
call for an inspection of all military
forces and properties of the country
and incidentally for his appearance in
public He made a brief address be-
fore a large audience. saying: in part
AT the beginning of the war we pass
ed the draft act. II was found there
were many illiterates, perhaps % to
80 per cent, who had been called in
to the Army, and who could not read
or write While abroad and after the
armistice was signed, we established
schools, and these did a lot of good.
for there was not an illiterate dis
charged from the service. Education
is the great vital issue before the peo-
pie Start the boys off with knowl-
edge of our language. The great
mainstay on which democracy must
be hinged is the education Of the peo-
pie. The American Legion stands for
all that is worth while in American
citizenship. 1t stands for 100 per
cent. Americanism.'
Col Bryan said that Mrs. Bryan
was carried from the train when she
arrived on the fourth of July last
She was helpless with rheumatism
when she came from Baltimore
Now" Col. Bryan says. she walks
with the aid of one cane, and can
walk alone without any aid what
ever
Our National Parks
Hot Springs is the oldest national
park. having received that status in
1882, 40 years before the wonders of
the Yellowstone first inspired Con-
gress with the idea that scenery is
an asset deserving of preservation for
the enjoyment. National parks are
not parks in the common meaning OF
the word. They are not beautiful
tracts of cultivated country with
smooth lawns and winding paths like
our Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, or
Central Park. in New York, or Lin
coin Park, in Chicago. They are, on
the contrary. large areas which ma
ture. not man, has made beautiful |
and which the hand of man alters
only enough to provide roads to en-
ter them and trails to penetrate their |
Businesses.
Their Many Wonders
Hot Springs, for instance, has 46
hot springs. possessing curative prop
critics; Yellowstone, more geysers
than all the rest of the world to-
gether; boiling springs, petrified for
ests, greatest wild bird and animal
preserve in the world. Yosemite is
a valley of world-famed beauty, lofty
cliffs. romantic vistas, waterfalls OF
height, large areas OF
snowy peaks. Sequoia (RoosevelD,
the big tree national park, has trees
% to Sc feet in diameter, towering
mountain ranges. startling precipices;
Mount Rainier, 2S glaciers, some OF
large size; As square miles of gla-
cier So TO 500 feet thick; wonderful
subalpine wild flower fields. Crater
Lake. lake of extraordinary blue
in crater of extinct volcano; no inlet,
no outlet. Mesa Verde, most notable
and best preserved, prehistoric Cliff
dwellings, in United States. if not in
the world; Plat, many sulphur and
other springs possessing medicinal
value. under government regulation.
Glacier, rugged mountain region OF
unsurpassed alpine character. 200
glacier-fed lakes of romantic beauty,
precipies thousands of feet deep
Rocky mountain peaks 1000 TO IA
$50 altitude; remarkable records OF
glacial period, etc.
Where BalIplayers Train
1t is commonly assumed that the
national parks of the United States
serve their recreational purpose
only in the summer time. This is a
mistaken idea. The Hot Springs in
Arksansas. is of course, readily ac-
cessible and fulfills the same health
restoring mission in winter as in sum-
mer. AS pleasure resort, Hot
Springs offers many advantages. The
model government roads, with the
environs, the mild climate at all sea-
sons. make outdoor sports possible
There are many interesting points a
few miles distant. A country club
and full course golf links are open
to visitors The highway to Little
Rock offers a beautiful scenic trip to
the Capital City. Horseback riding
and driving are popular amusements
at this resort. The government has