The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02

presently to be as rare as hairy elephants.
When you have a family physician, and
like him, you call him in whenever there
is anything the matter and even there is
not much for him to do you have the fun
of advising with him and being reassured.
But when you so to one wise man for
Group, to another for govt, to another for
dyspepsia, to another for headache, and
to a half a dozen others for ailments too
intimate to be set down, its a different
matter. You don't go to a specialist I'M
til you are sure there is something the
matter. You have to wait until the symD-
toms set some development before you
know which specialist to 20 to, and often
enough, while you are waiting to find out,
the whole disease peters out and mends it.
self. In Old times in New York when there
were family physicians, when you sus-
pected you were going to be ill, but were
not sure, the family physician got the
benefit of the doubt, but the specialist
does not. Every one who has had eXpe-
rience knows that that is true. To call
in familiar friend is one thing; to call
IN distinguished but unfamiliar gentle
man is another. The things that cause US
most anxiety are things that never hap
pen. The Illnesses that brought physicians
a large part-perhaps the most-of their
pecuniary reward were illnesses that
didn't really materialize. The family ply
stefan got the benefit of the Wis medical
stand by and see it work. 1t was his
friend and ally. The specialist benefits by
it in less measure, for he is less promptly
summoned, and it is liable to finish up the
job before he gets there.
The London Lancet has lately express
ed its regret at the signs of the waning
prestige and influence of the medical pro-
fession. That looks as if the embarrass-
ments that beset physicians in New York
were operative in London also. There
seems to be some reason to anticipate a
time when New York families win con-
tract with a syndicate of physicians-com-
prisng a complete set of the necessary
speciasts-for the supervision of the
family health at a fixed annual price.
Il never saw so much genteel poverty be-
fore as exists in Washington, d. c.. writes
a cabinet members wife in the January
Ladies Home Journal you have no idea
how many of these department clerks
tremble in their boots for fear of losing
their positions with a change of admins
tration and enforcement of the civil SER
7 vice rules. The departments unfit both
men and women for any other occupation.
| You would be surprised to know how
| many of the fashionable society men are
! department clerks. Some of the most at
tractive among them get a majority of
! their meals out Of society. They rent a
room for a small amount, and dine out
every night, frequently getting a lunch
or a breakfast from friend. In return,
they make it their business to be enter
tanning and always in a good humor,
| ready to be Of service and to initiate new
| people into the etiquette of the place"
! Although it may seem odd, it is no less
! true that the most precious gems are sub
| ject to various diseases. which frequently
/ destroy their luster and beauty
One Of the most common diseases of
! jewels is an inclination to change their
original color. Although it is generally
believed that emeralds, sapphires and rub
| les are not subject 10 this change, recent
] experiments have established the proof
! that these stones are liable to fade Gar
/ nets are found to fade very rapidly, and
faded sarnets and rubies assume a pale
| and misty appearance.
Many gems. often without any apparent
cause, suddenly become cracked or seam