The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-25

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n isn'i every day that \ man has an op.
poriunity TO toll his doctor iuat what he
thinks ~ him before n Int n other doctors
Perhaps that's the reason why soine ~ the
guests ~ the Hospital Graduates club NJ
the Hotel Manhattan last night took The lid
IN and spoke NJ they thought
There vas =, Hopkinson Smith, for In
stance He was sitting az the speaker
table. and before the hrrt course had been
served he had spotted tho man who was
taking care Of his health. Mention Of the
doctors name is not made here. for Mr.
smith feelingly requested that n be
omitted. after he had had an opportunity
To think over what he said. He expected,
he explained, to continue doctorinR with
that man.
The doctor, Mr.. Smith said, had discovered
that he Smith had inflammation In his Deep
post nasal dell" He wanted TO operate on
Smiths dell; ne did operate. He turned
the rays of a setting sun search light on
it and then trained on 1t a stream from the
medicine tank. Smith hasn't breathed q
single solid breath since
Then there was Gen. Stewart l.. Wood
ford. He was mighty glad to be at the
dinner. but it was rather mean of his doctor
to take advantage Of him in the way that
he did. Gen. Woodford's doctor also
was among the two hundred specialists
who attended the feast, and the General
knew where he was sitting. Gen. Wood
| ford's doctor had the General stretched
out in a chair and was examining him under
"a glass"
will you com to the Hospital Gradu-
,.az, l;n,oro- ,aLaJ tha doctor IF HIS natient
Certainly" replied the General.
He added last night: Il would have done
anything to get out of that chair
But he had never attended one OF the
Hospital Graduates dinners before.
Charles r. Townsend, another of the
guests, had no trouble IN sporting his man.
due to the distinguished practitioner on
my left" Loud applause.l. But he
added. Il had a pretty fair voice until two
weeks ago when ] met him. lGroans.l
DIR, Thomas Darlington, pres,aens h Gi
troubles. He has been getting all sorts
of requests through the mail. He read
some of the letters. There was one man
who complained that he had gone home
man in the hallway. The writer of this
letter didn't intend to make any threats.
but he would see Charles F. Murphy and
nave DR., Darlington removed if this was
repeated,
aDear COMMISSIONS Of Health said
one letter, "can you compel the New York
department stores to put boys on their de:
livery wagons who e thin coats and
straw hatS?'
Are you going to let the goats rule New
York? There are III of them on one street
in The Bronx said another complainant:
Send me anything that will be useful for
nv class in cooking" wrote one woman.
as a beauty doctor allowed to run the
trade If she has learned her only on her
own scheme?" came from a
Here are some Others:
aMy husband will not support me. Will
YOU send me a letter saying | am not able
TO do washing? Would call myself, but
have to 20 out washing to-day
Send anything to rid our house OF cats.
Some OF them are as large as a sheep"
Il got a pair of shoes at a sixth avenue
store and the heel came of the very first
day. Won't you see that i have justice
done me?"
Dr.. John E. Weeks presided. The men,
beers of the organization include many
of the most distinguished specialists in
this city. DR.. Weeks described in verse
the kinds of Specialists TsS smo that xa belong bIO to tine tne
this was noted by the reporter: that there
were urgeo pure and simple who go
after every pimple" and that curing due
bills without resort to pills is one OF the
latest of a specialists attainments. Tn
Fig Leaf Quartet" n Here is a verse
from one of their songs, sung to the tune
of Everybody Works but Father:
Everybody works in our house.
The house Of The II, q. C..
And some arc working some one
From breakfast until tea.
Every man TO his own kind.
And no one Is n faker;
But working all whom you can ind.
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