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iy 4uest may lead to anyone of i
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Not long since it was announced that ,
4 ttftijr known invalid or, one who fan- ?
himself an invalid- of a western K state"
had arranged his worldly affairs so that they 1
, wok4 ran mechanically for a year, at least, J
. mf; W toi; himself to that newly fippu-, -tar
Ponce de Leon f ountain of youth end ,
vigor in New Zealand Okdroire Springs,
Least known at : present of all the
'worlds health resorts ts Okoroire, but its .
fame promises, in time, to reach that of
' 'Homburg, Carlsbad or Saratoga Springs.
: extends promises, ranging from an over,
weighted conscience to a gouty toe . V
jvueuvcry u new ncann rcivru may
. be a need of the times. Only a few
ago it was announced that the famous
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available this year because a financial tern
y pest in the Town. Council threatens a
'.. closed season there. But if. this , should
' close, several others may arise to claim the
attention of Vichy's former patrons.
:These two items of. daily news are re
ferred ' to because i they illustrate the fact
" that men in search of health will journey
around the world, if' need be, following the
will-o'-the-wisp of promise. ' ; ;
HERE'S really nottung new in'suaking a
health pilgrimage. When they suffered
from ills, due largely to tbeir gastro
nomio excesses, the ancient Komana
" would go to Baden-Baden; the Gauls to Aix
of late years rejoicing in the annual visits of
, J. Pierpont Morgan the savage Goths imbibed
' the waters of Carlsbad, Homburg and Manen-
? bad. the favoritft resorts of their majesties- the i
emperor of Germany and the king of England r
V while this aborigines of New;. Zealand disported f
centuries before a rich Englishman found them i
endowea witn almost , miraculous resusciiauve
, ; Of course, these places have their Special
ties.-Aix is a resort for rheumatics ; Homburg,
for gouty individuals ; Wiesbaden and Baden-, v:
' Baden, for stomach troubles; Carlsbad,r for bad,' J
livers Marienbad, for corpulency, and St. Mo
; xitz, up on the Alps,' for convalescents Sra-
toga Springs, in the United States, is claimed ,
. to hti a resort rood for all ! ills and. ' in times
past, at least, resorted to by' those troubled withj f
the gambling fever. ."'' .i ' '
' Saratoga is one of the oldest resorts in this
country. Besides possessing 'the springs, there ' '
.f ar$ delightful historical spots. .And charming
.indeed, is the city to say nothing of the race
. track, the famous club and the great hotels. j
v ' In' orescent shape, the springs extend for J"
miles along the valley that carries the bed of a ;'' ..
small brook. Even as the Gauls bathed in the' "
springs .of iix, so the Indians, it is believed,
bathed at the High Kock spring long before the' it
'landing 'of Columbus. Geologists say that the i
mineral deposits in the spring have been ac- "
cumulating for 6000 years. ' c
. Although a French officer is said to have :
been the first white visitor to the springs the
: first whose name is known was ' Sir William 1 ' ' "'
Johnson,, an Irish fur trader, who was taken '
in a Jitter to the place in 1767f and was able to r '
depart without assistance' . ' 0
: Jn 1783 a distinguished visitor was Gen- ;
4ral Philip Schuyler, who so -liked the place v "
that he built a house, and there entertained ''Si
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Governor Clinton. Then followed Alexander
Bryan and Gideon, Putnam, a relative of Gen -
eral Israel Putnam, who built the first hotel .
v By 1809 the resort had become so popular
that a second hotej was required. So Saratoga
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' and most fashionable health resort in the coun- -William spends a short period almost every sum
try. ' , mer. When not at Marienbad, King Edward '
Many persons recently have taken to rough- also puts up at Homburg.. In fact, the season
ing it in the Southwest.- Scores' of well-to-do . there Begins. with(the adjournment of the Eng
"persons from East and West pack trunks, pur- lish Parliament in July. . , , ,
chase tents and provisions and go to exas, There1 is-a. public .park, one of the most .',
' Arkansas, New Mexico and other southwestern ' beautiful ;in Furopei Gardens glow with gor
localities. There for months they; live in xthe 5; geous flowers "fountains Splash merrily in. the
woods.; " , morning sunshine; birds sing charmingly,-and
. Of late years . New Zealand has become , ; at nighta concerts are given. At ? 7 o'clock,' each
the' Mecca for patients -who "are are
Gay resorts may dissipate imaginary' ills,' but . a'ifUedVwltaieopieind the noble , and the com- "
- man who is suffering from some' real organio 'mpner .togethergo te the springs with glasses
or mental trouble, doctors 'say, must .lead the . in their hands. . ' ; V . ' .1
-simple life., r'u . ,. - . ,s j . . i. Among the European resorts Aix-les-Baihs, '.
From London each spring hundreds roSmen in -France,; draws i many 'Americans.', Until, a
and women, too eick; worried, overfed, ' few years ago it was practically. unknown. When
gouty go, to- New Zealarid.'v Americfins,:to9, a
within the last three years have found the tripV'. storm in VWall street, Jt Pierpont Morgan the
beneficial and interesting." Leaving London on only mtin who could straighten .things cftt-was
the first. of the month, one; will arrive at New 'sdught; guide books were brought into question.
Zealand on the -29th. The journey, from "New and Aix-les-Bains became t enrolled in thet boot H
York "rqjiires. ,'th.ree' ;we43t.!-i:.;'. l-S of: fame;"' 4fl--Siki4i 1
i ? Most famous of the health resorts: in the ? - It was -known that the magnate was at Aix- ,
, southern Pacific island are the baths of Botorua ': ' leVBains. But where was it t At last it was lo- ,
and thoso' along the Okoroire river. It is said? cated, and the little telegraph office at Aix was
Ithat the scenety of New Zealand surpasses that ' flooded with telegrams.;. The world heaid 6f 1 the
.of any other country in the world. To journey if little resort, v hxf, ''" t: .f T: fJfyi
thdusands of miles from San' Franciseo; and live !:? it Carlsbad 'lis another Cf amoua European re--for.a
while' in this bland of lakes arid, moun- sor are palatial.. Carlsbad , ,
tains is to forget all about one's cares. ": - Its .
-n. Hotels and sanitariums at Okoroire HotX most famous spring ' a the Sprudel, which 'yields ,
Springs each summer are filled; durjng the days 3,900,960 quarts of water each twenty-four nours , .
one', will see scores of men going toward the ' i at a temperature of-163.6 degrees Fahrenheit. . , .
" rivers ; with fishing tackle. , Mineral baths are- Americans who dp not care to vist these Eu--situated
along the river banks, the temperature ropean resorts flock. to well-known health-giving
of the water varying from'100 t& 108;degreesK:p
There are no fewer than: twenty-two rivers n the r
From Okoroire "one can go by coach to Rotorua,
which was visited by ihe prince and princess of
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Royalty has made at least two health re
' . sorts the centers of summer social activity. The
visits of Emperor William to Homburg,' in Ger
' many, and of King Edward of England to Ma '
rienbad, iff Bohemia, have drawn people to these -'
places -just; aa'.sugar draws 'flies.' v ;V,r KV'S
Nowhere in t,he ' world, except at - Monte
, Carlo, perhaps,' can. there be seen such a hetero
' geneous mass of people. . Any, day onf the beau
v tiful promenades you can see rajahs from India,
hirsute princes from Russia, Persian and Xurk
, ish dignitaries," German barons, English noble
. men, " millionaires , from New Tork, Chicago,
' Pittsburg, and butterflies of women from all the
' .' countries of the earth. These places blaze by
day with' the colored, garments of, the women
and by night with colored Mncandescent .mates
of light. : :,.:' 'w " ' "V ? '
Treatment ' at ' these ' resorts is much the
same. Between 6 and 7 each morning one gets
up and visits his particular spring and drinks
several glasses of water. Then' there is break -fast
at the hotel, consisting of eggs and. various '
, kinds of strange bread.
Two hours later the doctor visits his pa
. tient and .accompanies him to the .bathhouse?
- Here there are. many kinds of .baths; the water
in some sizzles like champagne; the water in
others is whitish with minerals, and in still ,
others is plain mud.
After the bath the patient is massaged and
then goes to lunch, which is after a prescribed
diet. The visit to-the spring and the bath are
taken twice a day; the usual period of treat
ment is six weeks. ' -
Ma rienbad is situated in one of the most
eflchanting parts of v Bohemia. It is a pear
shaped village surrounded by pine woods. From
the station a visitor drives up the hill, where
. the Hotel Weimar, the temporary home of King
Edward during his visits, looms SDlendidlr. Over-
4okW the valley. The town is idyllic , The
houses inclose an immense garden in the center
, of the village. The place glitters with cafes,
. One of the favorite cafes ot rich guests and of
-Uhe king-is. the Cafe Egerlander. . ,
In the old schloss, resembling a medieval
fortress with its ancient towers, whjch stands in
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rado- and other, parts of uthe. country. -- In, fact,
.spots tothemenwho would trade money for
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