The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-19

P1OASSsiohAl activities.
And even upon the country roads his
familiar figure may eventually re-
treat before the curling dust and the
ominous honk Of the motor car.
\ Progress Is no respecter Of senti-
ment. All love the family physician.
He is endeared by 10000. tender mem
cries, But the edicts Of the age are
stern. The times are intensive.
Depth rather than area gauges the
work Of VISIONS plowshares.''
More rapidly than either the. law
or the pulpit the science OF medl-
cine has moved forward.
| No single mind can embrace the
whole circuit Of thought and investi-
cation which the science has measured
within the past half century--arid the
logic of necessity has called for spec
iaiization. Consequently the family
doctor. seems destined to share the
fate of the family carriage, and to dis
appear in the background.
But literature has already com
menced to embalm him-and perhaps
other writer's at no distant day will
follow the lead Of Ian MacLaren,s
quaint Scotch pen in portraying the
Doctor of the Old School, @
To him in even greater measure
than to the considered man of God
belong the gleeful prattle of little chill
dren and the grateful tears Of anx-
ious mothers.
For time and again he, has plucked
the suffering invalid from the very
jaws Of death, and around the f1reside
it Is always with an exultant sort
of God bless YOU" that his name is
mentioned.
An eminent orator once said of the
old-time doctor:
He was skillful and gentle, sympa- |
thetic and true. . And when he |
had noted the last gasp of his diving |
patient, the bereaved ones in the
shaded room next to the death cham
Der required and received his care
and the mute sympathy of his pres
ence in the church and at the grave
and the delicatet consultations of his
friendly attentions enthroned him in
the household heart and obtained for
MIN the exalted honor of being the
loved and trusted friend whom we
were proud to call-our family phy-
sician."
A9 This moving business is no snap.
w DR.. Cook Is returning from South
America-but why? ~ @~
s% The householder is. beginning to !
wonder when he can dig in the gard
en-
s3 There is lot of difference be- !
ween putting sins away and covering
hem up.
sT The low cut shoes will soon be
n style but there won't be any low
ut prices. s
"a Nine. steinheil and Mrs. Cudahy
night do a sister" act-if they both !,
20 on the stage. ass g i
IA If the womens hats get much
anger the women will soon travel
lone-in the elevators. -
49, r,. - d
&9 The famous correspondents "
light gain more reputation by wiring
ley are not at Khartum. to
az 1t is estimated the farmers Of 1t
lie two Dakotas lost $40, OOO, 900 on the
O9 corn crop because Of the i'm WI
erfect seed. tn
az That 2S-year-old Baltimore man
no is suing a 6S-year- old widow for st.
5000 on a breach of promise case da
ould be tarred and feathered. In
sS' A Detroit gambler left $500. 600 S
the city If 1t would erect a statue
i'd a foundation to his memory. The &
atue might represent a crap shoot -
re
an
f3- A Fargo man attempted to do his ST.
IN plumbing-and was overcome. He no
obably would have been-when he
t the bill-had he engaged a plumb
rel
de;
90 A Chicago man sues for divorce the
cause his wife killed the family
rse and compelled him to eat horse
eat all winter. Some men are very -.
rticular.
a.. nv, co,
sS The Tennessee man who married
mother-in-law, has figured out trl
at ne is his own step-son. He may me-
quite well if he never imagines he's va
own boss. -. 81
"a The st. Louis husband who gave 5mn
wife 10 cents a day for household Gel
penses no doubt felt secure in the rul
owledge she would not spend much tne
II foolishlv AAS