Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-15
ALMOST TOO MEAN TO LIVE.
How Young DIR. ". Presented Hi
Fiancee with n Bunch OF Gala LII

From the New York Herald
Attached to the medical staff of one of
the hospitals of this city is a young man
who, if medals were awarded for meanness,
would be among the first to receive a prize
of this sort. He has become SO notorious
through his selfish habits and niggsrdly
ways that most of his friends have long ago
given him the "cold shoulder" This,
however, has not cured him of his mean
ness. If anything, it has aggravated the
complaint
1t will not be necessary to mention his
name. DIR. Y. will do therefor as well as any
other. He is tall, handsome fellow, and,
what may be considered remarkable under
the circumstances, has abundant means.
His father, a well known gentleman of
considerable wealth, allows DR.. Y. enough
money to support him handsomely. And
doc" spends it, too, with a lavish hand,
but only on his personal adornment. He
has never been known to spend q cent mp
on any of his friends. One of his favorite
'tricks" has been to borrow small sums of
| money from well-to-do patients in his hos
pitsl, which amounts he never returns.
Hardly day passes in which 'Doc" fails
| to distinguish himself by some new act of
meanness.
At an uptown hotel, where fsDoc" until
recently boarded, there came a month or 50
ago handsome young lady from a south
ern state. Doc" soon found ont that she
was rich and he soon began TO show her
the most pronounced attention. To all ap-
pearances it was n case of mutual attach
| ment. doc" was handsome, well-mRn-
nered and well dressed. So there was no
reason why Miss Blank shopld not accept
nfaN .r.l
Nearly every day doc" handed Miss
Blank a bouquet of flowers. Violets and
Gala lilies predominatsd. Docs going
| to have a bad attack of heart disease" was
| the general verdict Hes spending money
| on some one else" One day Miss Blank
| received a particularly large bunch of lilies.
| She wore one of them in her dress as she
| appeared in the parlor that evening.
doc" was not present upon this pariic-
| ular occasion. The house surgeon at his
hospitsl was, though, and he was duly in
troduced to Miss Blank The conversation
| turned on Ions topics, and finally d..
y. was brought under discussion.
| YES" said the house surgeon, " Doc ID
a very peculiar fellow. Not very popular
though, I'm sorry to say OF late be has
been gathering up bouquets of flowers sent
to sick patients. Strange fancy, isn't il
We had a little girl die of the measles to
day. Sweet child she was, too. laid {
bunch of cslls lilies in her aims Just as sh,
died. The.poor little thing gave longing
look, and-but what's the matterl Why!
Miss Blank had tainted there and then
She was restored and taken to her room
A bunch of calla lilies was flung into the
street soon afterward. She left the hotel
suddenly tbs next day. Her folks had tel
egraped for her; she explained. 'tOh, &c
away, don't approach me" she had said ID
DIR. Y. when he had offered her bunch ot
violets the next morning.
"Oh, that's nothing" observed the houst
surgeon when acquainted with the facts.
"Why, there was the case of'-But any
further illustration of "Doc's" "peculiar.
ity" will be unnecessary.