The Washington herald., 1914-02-16
AN APPROACHING DEATHBED SCENE

W. ,4 n, :, ,,,sou the e6ei,l rs.rns for he last
ported neah November from he l7S hadns raiEsads me
country These ow in round figures fsasws Gress sannss
decrease from November, 1872 Of Ssoooeeo; spanns e
pep,e. an increase Of as net earnings decrease
Of SisOoo0oe for one month aleae
Thar. !. eoplaiut hat he railroads mot buyas
eoupuentn Il is to laugh Sueh comment wssd be esae
only he situation were tragic The railroads not buying new
clothes for themselves! Indeed hey netl They will have
little use for clothes Already they have takea to their beds
and there they lie desperate chill huddas uads thin and
,e.ny coverings and fearful Of the dread visitor who already
knocking at the door. rs
Meantime the Interstate Commerce Commission doeters
whose hands lie the power Of life and DEATH avsy sathsfed
about the patients bedside plying him with questions The public
the patient public also looking and here the da-
ogue between the public and the doctors
Doctor: "Thi i. most interesting We must have
ample looking We disposed to help, but FIRST
we must look into the patients par.se We not perfectly
that he a legitimate child"
Public: But Doctor, he dying Save him and look
up his pedigree LATER" .--.. 20,
Doctors aweH now, really, should like to do hat But
we he deserves Il? We have aoHsa hat his youth
be led rather wild Life and hat weren't for h, he wouldn't
be sick now"
Public: "But Doctor he is dying What he a little
have sowed few wild in the past"
Doctor "True true but think Of mportanee-at any
rate Of nes-o snayze his symptoms closely and be
sure we know just what ha, made him so sick"
Public: But Doctor meanwhile he dying, and he is dying
from starvation. Food Doctor food all he needs just
You have it, give it to him."
"Yes think you probably right Manutiion
be his chief symptom But how he to be stang7
That's what interests Now have short List Of seventy
questions here, and he them nicely well then
ader his a favorably a possible"
Public: "But, Doctor DEAR dear Doctor, takes time and
strength look the answers and, meanwhile, his life ebbng
away"
Doctor His pulse to be sure, very weak but talk
eneouragngy he may hold ill inquiry finished And
then again he has business be sick Why look here
the expense Of his strength he has helping
hole and has been building sdetrae &c. shipper,
Did you know that that has been costing him every year
hundred and forteh u-24oth) part of hi, e.rnns,!"
Public: "Ah Doctor, how you wait that? What
tng thng And besides, Doctor you have known that for
three past all in your records Why didn't you
him before that he little mpuden One
hundred and foeh! Ah Doctor what does that
to? How you waltz"
Doctor: "Why it's the principle of the thing certainly is
most annoying to to find patient desperately ill., wben he
had only taken better Of himself when he young
needn't have been sick all At least suspect that
the CASE
Public Ah Doctor, how you have the heart talk
that way? Your patient dying dying Doctor Help him."
Doctor CheeuIy): "0h he may hold out until we finish
diagnosis of original causes"
Public "Bu, Doctor, don't you realize! He supports mil
lions Of To he furnishes daily bread rest of US
he carries food, clothing material for shelter And he does it
well too, better the WHOLE and cheaper any other
country on the globe We can't possibly spare him. Yet there
he e starving DEATH And you help hm-wih injustice
to Don't make mistake Doctor Don't imagine that
we won't hold and the administration too responsible
you this starving him while you busy taking blood
tests For Gods sake, Doctor, wake up He is dying Doctor
dying!" -