Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-15
Twenty Thousand 8 Year.
How One Woman's Tact Has Enabled HI e1
 to Earn a Large Income.

to Earn Large Income.
 [Contr1bution to the Geneva (N. Y) Courier.l When Dr. K. received her degree of M. D. she located in the city of B-for the practice of her profession. Her principal office was near the centre of the city, but another was opened ct her residence in the suburbs. With these different centres for work she hoped by close study, faithful application 1 and wise counsel to win her bread and possi- | bly, fame, as men do when they set out in their ife-work. Dr. K. did not expect to 1 take bread from the mouths of hard-working l medical men by carrying away all the practice i in this lucrative profession, but she thought to succeed. And the result was that while she l waited and worked in hope her practice grew 1 as that of other physicians grows. One day nasty call came for her to visit young girl supposed to be nearing the end of life When Dr. K entered this house of affliction she found priest administering the last rites of the Romish church. Feeling it needful as possible, and realizing the importance to ] the sick and her friends of these services, vii hout the hesitation of moment her wo- I manly tact guided her in aiding the priestly ceremonies by assisting the feeble hand Of l the sick girl to hold lighted taper and such | other aid as she could give, thus hastening the departure of the priest. This was just the reason why she had been called. The physician who had been attending, consider | ing the presence of the priest an intrusion | not to be tolerated and opposing his privilege | to obey the call of the family, had been sud denly dismissed and Dr. K. called.
 How the scene had changed; gentle, efficient woman unobstrusively enters the sick room with medical knowledge held in cultured reserve. Services which are esteem cd important are hastened by her womanly genius. These over and the priest departed, the quiet woman becomes the prescribing physician, making her diagnosis and prog nosis with all the necessary gravity. What follows :?
 One Monday morning a few weeks later ] people were seen going to Dr. K. $ office in l large numbers within the reception room soon became filled; then the dining room ! was thrown open to receive patients waiting to consult the Doctor. This was filled and the parlors were required for the accommo- dation of later arrivals then the hall an finally the stairs were filled. What could it | mean The Doctor was surprised as she re- ceived one after another into her consulting 1 room, but no explanation relieved her amaze ment until she received familiar face into her room. She asked, 'Can you tell me I where all these people have come from, and l why they have come here ?" ''Yes,'' said the
 woman, q can. Yesterday when the Roman
 Catholic church was filled with morning worshipers, the priest, having concluded the religious services, stepped from the chancel down upon the floor of the church to indicate | that it was no religious service he had to perform, and said T wish to say to the women and girls of the church that lady physician has moved here and opened her office in street I wish to recommend this physician to the women of this church. because know her to be wise and gentle woman as well competent physician. '' At the end of the year Dr. K. found that her income had reached the enormous sum of $2O, GOO and she had been compelled to call to her assistance another lady physician. Dr. K. now keeps three horses, one of which always stands ready at the door to answer any nasty summons, and one or the other of
 the two physicians, unless in actual attend ance upon the sick, is always in the office prepared for any service.
 This story has the merit of being true, and Dr K. has well established practice and con-
 tinues to prosper, proving that both heart and brains are necessary to success, and that it does not matter whether these belong to a
 man or whether they ''be enshrined within 8 womans form" This is the way in which Dr. K attempted to solve the problem wheth-
 CT woman could succeed in 8 profession,
 and the result is $2O, 900 year.