Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31
What is q Doctor ?

"Meli, what do you say, Matte? What is a
"oh! he's q man In black with spectacles,
"What does he do then Z"
HE tells mother that little Fanny is very
pr sWh s9e eIss? !sdy'"
"Then pinch him, and he tells mother how
am 1--WE well, behaved, and says we're all growin'.'
~ don't know any more, only he gets In a
wagon and drives like lightning till h, gets
is that all?"
"Why, then, father gets the doctors bill, and
says It Is big shame, and mother says, Didn't
1t, ten you you'd better get the children new
shoes or you'd have doctors bill7"
" And what does your father say to that?"
~ don't like to tell"
vo mWell, Johnnie, what are you holding up
"rve got brother, he's studyln' to be a
doctor, and know all about eni; hear 'em
"Well, then, what is doctor?,
"He goes in to keep his hands white, and he
knows everything. Father says he's lucky to
have such son as Jim, that can tell him just
what to do without his having the trouble of
used to get licked when he gave his father val
uaoie Information; but this age Is too long on
"Your brother reads good DEAL doesn't he?"
eyes, he always has lot of big books open on
i ms taDie; aunty says she knows he learns his
lessons thoroughly, cause he's always reading
"He told aunty once there was nothing like
mans giving his whole mind to thing, and she
said that was why his mustache grew SO fast"
"What, has he muStache?"
81 haven't seen it, but know he's got one,
cause he's always looking at it and brushing
Anything more about doctors?"
ooh, yes, lots; he kisses cousin Sarah; he tells
her about medicine guess, cause she always
seems to feel better afterwards"
81 suppose he is active in his attendance on
lectures, isn't he7"
thing; he went to see Count Jones' and the
,Ptnafore to find out what real life was; he told
"What did your mother say?"
Quainted with the ar1stocracy."
"DoeS he study hard?"
"You're right, he does; he don't let anybody
In his room at night but medical students, an
you can hear him study. Father has to get up
sometimes and stop him studyin' so hard-oh,
he studies awful. Father told him this thing
was played out"
"of course, he writes good deal?"
"No, he don't; he says he's too busy studying
erary fellow to do it."
"What does he writer"
Gle calls it a-a-it begins With T."
"TheS1S?'
eyes, that's it."
"Does he try chemical experiments"
81 don't know, but he works on medicines;
saw ulIu pOuTlIlS GILL OuG liI OGuSIS W UTluks
he said they was tryin' different kinds of medi-
cines, and then he laughed"
you think hin he's preparing himself for his
Eyes, he's got a pair OF boxing gloves and
stunning shotgun"
"He practices surgery does he not?"
ooh, yes, l know he does, cause heard
father tell mother that he was cutting up good
DEAL"
81 suppose he hasn't any patients YETI"
"NO; cause he thrOwed his book on the floor
one day, and mother asked him why, an he
said he was out OF patience, an father said he
would never have any, anyhow; an Jim he
laughed to split hisself.'
els that all?'
"Father says his words are getting longer
an longer; sometimes when he comes In nights
he can't understand EN-"
"She says doctor always ought to be cheer
full, an II cloves brighten him up he oughter eat
EN-"
"Of course, he studies anatOmy?"
"Yes,-I guess that's the right word,-thats
what he told Uncle George when he went to see
the Black Crook"
"What did your uncle says?"
HE laughed and said, Young rascal you're
"Does your brother ever say anything about
muscular Development"
81 heard him tell mother something like
that, too, when he went to the big walking
match; but he told father he was studying up
fevers, and he didn't know one Of em more in
teresting than the walking fever"
SHOW did your father feel about that?"
He told Jim he was tryf' to carry too much
stock."-[N. Y. Graphic.