Evening star., 1911-08-20

cocktails had to be-er-ull-and so on.
There was fanatic CLEAN in his eye as
he proceeded. 1t was the only thing he
could think about or wanted TO think
about. The history an6 cause and symp-
toms and progression and prognoses OF
cirrhosis of the liver We're just as easy
to him as the percentage column on the
base ball page is to the rest of us. re
had ii at his tongues end. 1t seemed
almost if he'd rehearsed it, like man
giving a travelogue 1t was haW' BILE. He,
too, held me pinned until nearly the hour
for luncheon. Then | pretended that |
had TO send a ong-distance telephone
message TO the City Of Mexico. and liter
ally ran away from him.
These two were specimens of all the
rest Each and all Of them haG their
crack at me. | grew more low spirited
and miserable all the time | lost my an
petite My symptoms became worse. The
doctor a the sanitarium noticed this.
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WHY. m boy" said he. tapping a fat
finger on my wrist. Il know what's the
matter with you. You don't mingle with
the patients for light, airy discourse and
social talk. Mingle with EN-. Talk with
EN-, Get interested in EN-, You can
learn a lot from 'em The place is full
of interesting folks. Pick out the clever
est or the lOI anu Hlli5it up i'it-
gather with EN-. You'll be amazed now
you'n chirk up
told him Of how that kind of min
Cling had come pretty close to ma king
"A confirmed, four-ply indurated bag o.
me already. He looked surprised, then
grieved.
We'll. then" lie suggested, get ac-
quainted with some Of the ladies'. man
OF Your social charm tmarHelous kldders,
these sanitarum doctorSo would have no
trouble at all III getting acquainted with
every lady in the place within twenty
four hours, Talk with them. You II nhd
some of the brightest and most ensagins
ladies here that you ever met. They il
renew your interest in life: make you
feel as if the world were swimming III
roses That's the recipe for Nou-get ac-
Guainted with the ladies'
/ did.
didn't want 10 feel like somebody Ut
tcrly Inarooned. and 50 | sought intro
ductions to three or four Of the ladies'
That was the cas- est part OF it-gettins
acquainted with them You're suppose,
to knew everEbody ana hoN 10 every
body al a sanitarium, anyhow.
The ladies We're more inslsteiit and gar
ruluus upon their woes-most Of them o1
the neur;4 sthen-ia sort-than the men.
Could | get EN- interested in the pitfA
chatter of the day. such male folks
customarilv pass with the ladies Of hi:
acquaintance? / might just well have
tried "a talk with them ABOUT the fGufll
d mension or the nebular hypothesis.
rhey wanted to talk abou; themselves
and exclusively: themselves. and wha
had brought them 10 the sanitarium
They not only wanted to. but they d!d
You can run away from man. You can
OF the coat, and say in his teeth. Say
yCu.' and other things. But YOU can
do that to a lady to whom you've sought
an introduction: ] think il is generally
understood and acknowledged that I,
strike u lady Is the lowest form of Wit.
So the ladies. III the course OF the walk:
was permitted TO take with then
around the mountain roads, uncoiled al
of tkeir symptoms upon me: how they
found themselves becoming so nervou:
than they could scream right out, don't
yah-know and how, finally, they'd ever
got so they'd hated their husba hds-Wht
really were loving and kind to them
and how--oh. well. there's no use IN COINS
into the rest of II.
That is, they cured me of sanitariums
/ returned to the teemng city. wher,
the teemers had something else TO do bu
lean on me and. with their hot. painting
breath in my hair tell me about theil
grievances of the body and mind.
Just why Is . sanitarium?
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.