The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-11

He answered: Doctor for that? Nix
ey. What's de matter with YOU PUTIN
de stitches in yourself? Go dhead.'
We would not, but he insisted 50 we
got some black thread, which we kept
to sew on an occasional button, waNrd
it and took the three stitches with 1t.
The fellow never tlinched, and the
wound healed up beautifully.
THE night bell Is supposed to be for
cases of emergency But you would he
surprised at the liberal construction
some people put ON eXtrepe cases. I
remember having been called upon by q
man who wanted a bottle of ink. l
gave him the ink, when he said, i say,
Doc, lend me a pencil, and I'll send 1t
back in the morning. The most angel
ic man is apt to become eXasper0red
when he is rung up, travels q long he Il
and stairs to find a man waiting at the
door for a postage stamp.
THE boy in your fashionable hotel
who always gives the right man the
right coat or cane, has been much writ
ten about But know a young man
who serves behind a soda fountain
counter in store that does an i'm
mense business in that line the year
round, who is equally wonderful My
attention was first called to his talent
in this way: ! went into the store one
cold day few days ago and asked Tor
a drink of hot matted milk. | empha-
sized my order by saying, BE sure that
it is hot; red hot Well, | got MY
drink and 1t was very hot and nice. 1T
was fully two months before | was in
that neighborhood again. When |
stepped up to the counter the young
man gave me quick, scrutlnizinG look
and said: Red hot? This was 40 ac-
cident, for I afterwards learned that OF
the hundreds, | think it would be safe to
say thousands of customers that that
young man has during the year, he not
alone remembers their favorte drink,
but he remembers whether they like it
sweet, or tart or medium. And he also
remembers the peculiar name by which
his customers ask for their favorite
beverage.
Then there is a great deal of discrc-
ton and tact and good judgment re-
quired Many, many times the drug
gist gets a prescription in which he is
sure that the doctor has made mis-
take, and that there is a dangerous
amount of some drug, some poisonous
drug. 1t then becomes necessary TO get
the customer to have the medicine sent
home. This gives the druggist time to
call the doctor up on the telephone and
ask further instructions about his pre-
scription. If the customer is willing &c
allow you to send his medicine home al
goes well. But sometimes he is in a
great hurry, the patient is very i'll
there are many things that will cause
him to insist upon having the medicn"
at once. OF course you cannot give Il
to him. No more can you tell him the
reason.
"A fashionable nelghborhood otter
sends in very small orders. few days
ago lady wrote a note to me asking
me to send something by the bearer FOL
herbabys earache something that she
could use in a syringe, and to send
glass syringe. She sent fifteen cents
with which to pay for the medicine anc
the glass syringe. In a cheap neighhor'
hood this might be expected. But Eot
see the houses are all good for blocks
around 1t is curious how druggis
can follow the course of disease WheT
he makes up the medicines from star
to finish. | frequently make up my