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Show Cured by Life In Open Air. J. D. Smith, ox-commodoro of tho Now York Yacht club and a million-alro million-alro resident of tho eastern metropolis, metropo-lis, has effected n remnrlcablo euro ot what wns bcllovcd to bo fatal Illness. Early last spring Mr. Smith, who Is 76 yenrs old, was tnkon 111 with a complication of gout and Brlght'a dia-easo. dia-easo. By tho month of Juno ho hnd lost flesh until ho was a mcro skeleton. skele-ton. Thon ho Insisted on being taken on board his yacht, on tho deck of which ho had a Hpecial hammock rigged. In this ho lay all summer, day and night. About tho middle of August ho began to Improvo and has continued to mend ovor slnco. Ho Is now hearty onco.moro nnd attributes hla recovery entirely to llfo In tho open air. |