The morning call., 1890-07-06
cessful student is always the studious one,
He who aspires to medicinal honors, and
longs to see DR.. before or NJ. D. after his
name on silver plate in

cessful student is always the studious one,
lie who aspires to medicinal honors, and
longs to see DR.. before or NJ. D. after his
name on silver plate in
A PROMINENT THoRoUGHFARE,
Must keep the notion out of his head that
from the beginning he is going to ride in an
elegant turnout, with faithful lackey by
his side, and visit his patients in ease and
comfort. He should or rather he will be
very much pleased il he can get few calls
on foot and not be at all discouraged if the
parties reside in different extremities Of
the city. He must accust0m himself to all
the different changes of the body and must
put aside all feelings of nervousness when
he. in his preliminary lessons, sewers the
different portions of human frame which
even III his most eXtravagant Imagination
he never thought himself capable of doing.
Dissection is necessary for his knowledge,
and he must go over a skeleton like full
fedged doctor if he wishes to become pro-
hcient in the study he has undertaken.
Hard knocks will be more frequently ex-
perlenced at the commencement than SOIL
ones, such as refusal of liquidating the
amount patient owes him. to be termed
quack, or. worse than all, to find that MS
door-bell is seldom rung save by peddier.
WE ADMIT THAT TIE OUTLOOK
May not be promising, but everything
comes to him who waits, and perhaps
coming winter fraught with la grippe or in
fiuenza will give him plenty to do, and if
he satisfies his patients they will no doubt
keep him. Success is only for those who
merit it, and the struggling medicine man
OF to-day can never expect tie be the emil
ment doctor of tomorrow, with magnif-
cent horses attached to an elegant buggy,
unless he goes through the mill and comes
out victorious. but with many scars to tes-
tlfy how dearly the victory was purchased.
80 If after a friendly shake-handS with
skeleton, couple of hours interview with
human but inanimate body, nOn-payment
OF well-earned bills and no practice to speak
OF, the young man still finds himself to-
gether and willing to persevere, he is al
most sure to prosper, and to find his silver
plate TO materlalze midway If not at the
starting point of his career.
One might go on enunlerating and de-
scrbing the difficult side of life which is
always more likely than unlikely to call for
comment, but from those mentioned any per-
son OF professional lOngings can draw con-
clusiCns as to the steps he will have to take
or the probable hardships to overcome be-
fore he can reach the goal. There is no
professionalism the lawyer to the dentist;
there is no trade, including that of the
butcher, baker or andlestick-maker-but
what thrifty, Industrious man of common
sense can get along at He may never at
tain the giddy heights of honor aud fame
for which he longed, but If his work has
been faithfully and cOnscientiously per-
formed he has achieved more glory than he
thinks. Study and labor are the indispen-
sable weapons to be.armed with, and there
can be no excuse for the person who. in the
enjoyment of ignable if not voluptuous
ease, waits for fortune to walk in to him.
Such men are drones
IN ANY SPHERE OF LIFE,
And if society was to be built up by their
efforts the social fabric would be as shaky
and improperly constructed as IL appears
tha ral lie nf itx-I oil
is but one exception made in this respect,
and that is in favor Of titled count who is
sold at discount to the highest heiress
bidder. All cannot have divine voice and
rival Patti, all cannot become second Ra-
phael or Angelo, neither can a Shake
speare or Booth crop up in every man of the
present rising generation. But as there is
no rest for the wicked, and life is generally
what we make it, all should do the best
they can, and make their span of life
bright and happy one. If unkind adversely
never knocked at the door ana its twin sis
ter. affection, forgot to smile maliciously in
through the window. conquest would lose
nall its sweetness, and victory, at its best,
w0uldbe dull and insipid. In c0nclusi0nthere
is but one thing we would beg the young
fry not to banker after, and that is the de-
sire to be poet. Poets (and the hint has
been thrown out frequently of late) are
born, not made, and art comes by nature
and not chance. Poor suffering humanity
is subject to so many ills, that really the
line should be drawn somewhere. 1t mat
tiers but little whether he is spring poet,
singing of gentle zephyrs, the milkmaid'S
song or the lowing oil the swine; or win
ter poet-whistling cold winds, mischievous
snow-tcssing schoOboyS and trees withered
and bare-he should be cried down. Poets
who expect their talents to keep them will
have to subsiSt on a very light diet, which
probably accounts to some extent for the
lightness of their doggerel poetry, SO
called. BENJAMIN KNOX.