Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-07-17

WYNN NrfIftfN
CONDUCTED BY MISS OLIVE oPTIC.I
There are four factors In the moulding Of
lifs-the parents, the teacher, the clergy
man, and, last but not least, the physician.
The three former are vastly responsible
for our moral existence, and consequently,
Indirectly for our physical we'll being. The
physician is directly responsible for both.
His vocation 10 clothed In the awful gar.
meur of the secrecy Of the grave itself.
His mere presence has the power to soothe.
and his knowledge and skill are of the
most material aid to nature 10 the restora-
tion Of pristine health. He 10 at once the
friend and adviser, "a well as being the
doctor-his office az sacred ~ the inyiolate
conditions of the confessional.
Toe much care, therefore cannot be exer-
cised in the choice Of q physician; for bis
when the brain is ON the rack and the
deadly poison OF a soothing drug is re-
auired, the keenest aud most watchfui
precautions on the part OF a physician
must be brought to bear upon this often
first step towards an habitual use Of fatal
medicine, blighting the existence and
Gripping the usefulne IS OF some wonder
full talent; so that his carelcssness or indif-
ference are directly responsible for the
moral wreckage of the drug fend.
Again, want Of truthfulness on his part
amounts to criminality. inasmuch as 1t has
been the means Of sending many a sunerer
TO an untimely death in this age OF medi-
cal science, when proper and timely treat
ment could have effected an ultimate
cure. Especially is this the case In the
early stage OF phthysis.
Medical ethics forbid inquiries from out
side practitioners regarding proper treat
ment of a patient by the physician In
charge, so that life itself depends on the
intelligence and high moral tone OF the
medical attendant. L
His worth cannot be over -rated-his IN
Auence doubted, and when, after convai-
essence is assured, a neat little reminder
in the form of a bill is presented. pay IL
like a man, as you would your grocer,
butcher, milliner or clothier, and your
credit will be good for a renewal OF his
stock in trade.
The reading public has reached q point
OF safety for the current novel, (the
result of a perverted imagination) aud the
stereotyped product Of the magazine mill,
which has fourished in the last decade
like the mushroom, until now, q single
high-toned journal eclipses, In Its Sunday
edition, the reviews of new books, high
art and scientific events, not excepting the
serial or short story and poetry. witt
which we have been deluged by the afore-
said monthlies. We have also awakened
to the fact that there Is no substitute for
the standard literature or yore, when to be
well read in Shakespeare, Plutarch.
Thackeray, Dlsraeli, Dickens, Scott,
Elliott, Macaulay, Victor Hugo,
Dumas, Irving, etc., swas the as
piration OF every member of the family
circle aud the delight OF a Preside gather
lag was the reading aloud Of chapter upon
chapter from these authors until the close
of a book with a touch of regret.
These geniuses were the s~tcrehousss in
which our ablest and some Of our most
Intellectual men reveled, forming the
NUCLEUS of a university course or a college
education; or Outlines when the same were
altogether unavailable, when the seats OF
learning were confined to the more
populous sections and circumstances pre-
vented attendance on account of the long
distances, requiring a small fortune for
travelling expenses and incidentals away
from home, these very drawbacks en-
HANGED the value of ar aspirsnt In the
literary or professional field conciiiating
men OF the ilk of Horace Greeley and
making the condition OF personal merit
the open sesame to fame.
The party of about fifty members and
russts that attended the anniversary cele-
bration of the Montezuma club had . mer.
nv time. The evening was delightfully."-
cool and the beautiful costumes OF the
ladies added color and charm 60 the festive
scenes. The younger set, many Of whom
are home from colleges to spend thsr vaca'
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