Garland Globe | 1907-01-19 | Page 4 | A Point He Joked

A Point He I Joked. In n discussion of expenslre health resorts nnd watering places. Bishop McVlckar, of Providence, said the other day: "A friend of mine, n very stoat fellow, fel-low, once went to Mnrlenbad to get his weight reduced. ,He had beard great things of Marlenbnd, nnd hoped to lose 60 pounds or so with no Inconvenience In-convenience to himself. But he found the ratea exceeelvely high, nnd the regime excessively severe, se-vere, nnd alter nn interview with tho hotel physician, he said, pettishly: '"Spare diet, long walks 1 could have managed all that without coming com-ing to this expensive place.' "'Yes,' said the physician, 'but you forget the annoyance induced by our high prices. That ot itself wtU go n long way toward reducing your weight."