Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-07

'Wockeflia. N2shingtoa" apd sss-sfse
bgsshon. Jr.. Chicago acre tsO formal
APPEARING sigasturrs shlch decorated
IL, aosino ho1s. register shortly after
III ociosk last night Mr.. Weckrriin u
minister piehioiofenti8rs and envoy es
tfssorsiinsr. ftota the Holland government
- this country. Mf blfkhod IN Hol
LAID consul at Chhsgo, They are Ia
the ciiy 10 welt John Steh.tse. Who is
the Holland vice CONSUL ia THE ci,y.
The distinguished Dutch minister 10 a
TYPICAL H"llansier ma stature and facial
apgeaTanee. Indeed. be mighi have
stepped forth from the pages of Henry
lNings The knickrrbocAcrs. except
that lac wears the classic silk bat
and the black cuissay coat that the
American gorshlps above all other
garments Their. In nothing ~ official
iinisoftaIsce ~ our visit sad Ms. Eifa
hon la reporter ior Ins iinRNLp. We
were IA Chicago Ia attend the opening
~ the worlds fair or rather MF. Week
etlin wac lie bad never becn ~ Grand
l.apids; but there are very large mum
Der II Hollanders here. and he thought
be Mould like 10 ia. the ci,y a visit
We expect that NJ. Stcketee. Who pro
sistod Ne With apartments IN The Nor
ton. will bc down Ia call on us ia the
morning and We shall look over the
eit,. We shall stay here until Monday
probably.
do You know what rs the hardest
and ~ "a ball Ia Collect asked one 81
the prominent physicians ~ the city IN
The Morton yesterday as "A we'll known
merchant lett HIM and walked cut the
door. The reporter imagined that all
bills were equally unpayabl-. but the
disciple ~ Esculapius continued: The
doctor that can collect two thirds IL has
out landing accounts is doing remark
ably well. There are few who collect
much more than half The average man
hates - pay doctors bill. Ii goes
against every instinct - his nature For
some reason he regards every cent given
IT, his physician a. So much dead lose.
lie can't see that he recrived anything
TOR II. and 20 his soul revolts nj the
thought III paying II. There Ii another
peculiar thing about II. too. man will
accept his grocery bill. his meat hull. his
gas bill and HE coal bill and lee bills AZ
matters ~ course. but 40 soon az the
doctor sends in his little account he
grows indignant and regards his ply
stefan as "A mercenary wretch. who tolls
only for the almighty dollar. The
patient never seems 10 realize that the
doctor eats. and wears clothes. and accu
mulates taxes and burns coal aud al
that. and that those things must be paid
Tor. On the contrary. he imagines that
the medical profession il an ideal some
thing that goes about doing good for
the mere sentiment of the thing, and
that the doctor who makes his profcs
sion matter Of business - a hard
hearted. grasping miser You won't find
"A more generous set ~ men in existenc,
than doctors. and perhaps that is the
reason So many ~ our patients try L.
impose upon Ma regard mans doc
tor bill as his most sacred obligation"
Senator Peter Pascoe OF Republic and
Senator w. +. Sawyer Of Ontanagon ar
rived in The Morton yesterday. We
have three weeks more 81 il and ther
We are going home. SAID Senator
Sawyer. We ran up 10 spend Sunda,
and get Morton house dinner. \ Sun
day dinner at The Morton will rcconcil,
one To almost any thing for the succeeding
three weeks For my part. shall no,
be sorry when the senate shall hav,
completed its work and be ready Ia al
journ."
John j. Jordan. ex exalted ruler ~ the
Kalamazoo lodge of Elks. and William
Mead. one ~ lonia's prominent, member,
az the order, ate breakfast at The Nor
ton yesterday morning They attended
the banquet given in honor 81 judy,
Morse Friday night.
William II. Hughes OF Detroit. editor
81 the Michigan Catholic. was among
yesterdays arrivals in Sweets.
Congressman !. w. Moon Il MuskeCor
Was guest in The Morton for dinner
Yesterday.
j Frank Clark. Big Rapids lumber
, man. dined in tie New Livingston yes
terday.
The Rev. joel Martin 81 Big Rapid,
was a guest IN The Eagle yesterday.
IL. LaRue. clerk in The Kent. vii
spend Sunday in Ludington.
MoRTo~ J. &. Dooling ~. Johns: \
T.. Sangrter. Cadillac; J. ". Moon. Mus
kcgon; john Jordan. Kalamazoo: viii
lam Mead. Ionia; W T. Durham. iiol
land
SWEETS John ". Calf. West Ia,
City: Il. =. Wilson. Schoolcrafi: William
III liuchc-. Detroit; &. j. Brown. De
,roit: George Hume. Muskcgou, Asa I.
johnson. Saginaw.
Nrw LIVINGSTON J. +. Clark. Hi.
Rapids, l.. L. Covoll. Whitehall. \. II
Nichols and wife. Detroit: y /. Collins
Detroit: J. q. Taylor. lcnia; r. G. Dun
bar ,fand Haven.
E,cLE Joel Martin. Big Rapids
Neville Hull. Amble: &. ". Emcrrua
irsilHnti: &. G. Gillco. Lakey,ew; \ y
Cheney. Sparta.
kENT f. :. Bowen. Kalamazoo. I.
Sharp. NewaNgu. j :. Dayis. Bronson
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