Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-07
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DrInss 10y Is In klussusn visitsrs
ri and Worries the Curator. 4.
"A curator tat the Metropolitan Mn.
scum Of Art is threatened with insan-
ity, the cause being a small misnamed
exhibit in the gallery outside his once
door. "a - r. p 4 ~ %%,&$S> nv
Twenty times a day declared the
harassed man. people discover that
that china. statuette out in the Frank
lin collection II named General Wash
ington instead Of BENJAMIN Franklin.
Then they burst III here and announce
their discovery and wonder that no
one ever noticed It before. Half my
time is spent In explaining that We
know It wen, that It was simply q mis-
take Of the potter who labeled # IN
France over q century ago and that we
cannot change It. nor rouldnt e ws
could. >ff 4 y; Ss,,e NJ s ssssS% u y
/ ! "Of course I.<tell them this apur-
:teously and patiently: and You know
what Z strain that Is when you are
going over the same thing for the
thousandth time! ia latch the door,
only there are too many employees
seeking me all day long. 20 here !
must sit and listen to- the Names Of
George Washington, ma Benjamin
Franklin repeated i million times TIL
Iswish that neither of those siorious
patriots had ever lived. And ITS driv-
ing me insane. l tell You: it's driving
me insaner' ID &. Il, yS,.E LAX ~
:: Just then the door opened and:a lady
popped IN with: s..5S.>'' Il .j rs Il !;
.aThere's statue out here named
General Washington. bat I'm sure
And, the weary curator, being a3south-
erner, rose smilingiy to bis task.-New
York Times: %@ E - - = '.'' (;
. :" An Eccentric Doctor.
Dr.. Zaharin was one Of the most II:
nous as he was also the most eccep-
trio Of physicians In Russia. Even
when he was summoned to attend
Car Alexander III. In his last illness
DR.. Zaharin required the same prepa-
ration for his visit to the palace NJ to
any, Of his epatients' homes-that q 70
say. all dogs had to Be kept ont Of the
way, all clocks stopped and every door
thrown wide open. Following process
Of gradual undressing, he left bis, furs
In the hall, his overcoat:s In the. next
room, his galoches in the third and,
continuing arrived At the bedside IN
ordinary indoor costume. This was
only one phase Of DR.. Zaharin's golden
theory that '@you should take a rest
before you are tired" Accordingly
he sat down after walking every few
yards and every. eight steps in going
upstairs. From the patients relatives
and every one else In the house he re-
CURED absolute silence until he spoke
to them. when his questions had to be
answered by ''Yes'' or "No" and moth.
ing more. To the actual patient, how.
ever, he was. courtesy and considers'
ton in the highest degree. = ~
= Ben .Frankiin's Trick. :: +,
benjamin Franklin once wrote this
letter to . man to whom he was lend
Ing Soma mooney:
~ send you herewith o. bin fcf 10
louis d'ors: i do not prstsnd to giye
such sum; + only lend IT to you:
When you shall return to your country
you cannot fail Of getting unto some
kind Of business that VIII In time en-
able you to pay all your DEBTS, In that
case when You meet2with smother hon@
EFT man In similar distress you must
pay me by lending this sum to him.
enjoinins him to discharge the debt by
q IKE operation when be shall be able
and shall meet with another opportu-
nifty. !. hope It may then goSthrough
many hands before 4 meets with 2
knave to stop til progress. This =
trick Of mine for doing Z deal Of good
with little money Il 0 .s:. 3ssS4$@s