The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-20

NM Pleasingly. M. d.. sits in his
u - office prescribing for COM
plants.
First Lady Patient-Doctor. want 10
ask you something really confidential
Do you think am going crazy? don't
nave any interest in anything In life
any more. / don't even love my own
sweetest poppet of a doggie any more
as | ought to- l have the queerest feel
ngs about the base OF my esophagus
and in the region OF my solar plexus,
and thoughts come into my mind that
frighten me. real doubts about things,
especially when l go into the silence.
Doctor tell me truly. do you see In
these signs any indication that i am
losing my mind7 ! have had great sor-
rows and trouble. you know. Could II
have undermined my mental powers?
Dr. Pleasingly-No. my dear lady, II
is not possible. CTo himselD-Because
you never had any mental powers to
undermine. tAloud)-fou viii never
under any circumstances lose your
mind, Mrs. Doolittle. can say for
certain that you will keep your mental
faculties ITO himself-Such as they
arel so long as you live. which will be
many years. will give you tonic for
your nerves.
First Lady Patient-Oh. doctor. you
have relieved my mind altogether.
Thank you so very much.
Second Lady Patient--Oh. Or. Pleas
ingly. you know everything. l want TO
consult you. / want one OF those new
big picture hats. My husband says I'm
too old TO wear it--that's just like a
4. h.. he
out with me IL / get II. Now. my eyes
are getting weak lately; you know my
eyes are a little weak. don't you?-Clook-
ing very meaningly at Ahasuerus)-and
with a small bonnet the glare OF the
light is so very painful! / want large
brim that will shade my eyes, don't /?
Ahasuerus-Yes. my dear lady. / am
sure you do. Tell your husband / say
you need a large hat
Third Lady Patient-Doctor. just
ran in TO ask you something. I'm going
to sit for a photograph this afternoon,
profile view. wish you'd tell me which
is the prettiest side OF my face. don't
think my hair looks so well on the right
side as on the left. Examine II while
turn one side, then the other, and tell
me truly.
Ahasuerus views the face critically,
right view. left view. and says gallant
ly: My dear lady, one side Is just as
pretty as the other. and both are hand
some alike. But. now / look at IL care
fully, | perceive that the left side would
seem more artistic in picture.
Third Lady Pattent-Thank you SO
much. knew you could tell me.
Dr. Fleasinglys fourth lady patient
meets her friend Mrs. Meanwell and
asks tenderly after her health. Mrs
Meanwell has not been well and says So
DR.. pleasinglys Fourth Lady Patient
Did you send for DR.. Pleasingly?
Mrs. Meanwell-No. / didn't. / had
my old family physician. DIR. Dosey,
who tended my mother before / was
born. DIR. Dosey knows every turn in
our family's constitution, and IL he
can't bring us round there is no med
ical skill on earth that can do it.
Dr. Pleasinglys Fourth Lady Patient
Well ! know one thing. You'd have
got we'll weeks sooner IL you'd had Dr.
Pleasingly. He's made a special study
of the delicate feminine nervous sys-
tenn. which, he says, is different from
mans, and ne knows all the new reme-
dies, and then he uses mental sugges-
tion too. You haven't investigated SCI
ence, Mrs. Meanwell.
Mrs. Meanwell--Id have you know
that I've got just as much science as
you have, Mrs. Mumpsey, and a little
bit more, II anything. When l say Dr.
Dosey knows more than all the doctors
around here put together i mean IL.
And then a frost fell between the two
ladies. ANNA MUM.