New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-15
The Coming >Tower
What Allied the Editor.

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;is He sorted the subtle battling and turned
~ o,hers younger physicians. He administered
rugs other cure were possible His success gave him
,ylege be eccentric and he enjoyed that privilege to the
rs His consultation in the peak Of skyscraper
- three fights above the range OF elevator service.
Nbody onuts without being benefited" he argued
at. .ar-clrbng is splendid exercise
Two OF prescriptions famous For rich broker who
unclaimed Of insomnia the old doctor memorandum
sTb read: Send your conscience a laundry"
For shabby, dshearened he prescribed meal
"A 6teen cigar and enclosed envelope the where
a,ba TO have the prescription filled
Dr. Hofmans first question OF patient always What
do you do'
.on.whst haggard-eyed person of middle age-repied
oIm an editor I've been half dozen doctors but
II them seems understand what's with My
The old physician curtly interrupted
q don't whoop about your symptoms. What do
tn. patient named widely known popular magazine
What do you put in IT." the demanded.
Sure FIRE stuff The best the market"
You'll have be specific Start right in the
and tell me all"
The grunted He didn't be much impressed
Our big feature the editor continued nearly always Is
atng good story-sex The highest priced illus
traitors country make the pictures for Then
good sensational articles in Twilight sleep
YOU know the line"
AZ Know the agreed "Th correspondence usually
months stale but science least fifty
in advance OF ascertained facts
The appeared little puzzled but he doubtless had been
warned the doctor sometimes eccentric and csuc After
pause the editor continued:
Baseball pretty always like
pictures of Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson We print little love
verse TO up page find that nsprationa
Vim, Visor and Victory rather popular But
what. this got do with my symptoms"
Everything world" snapped the doctor You're
RED and likely what worries most is business
Am right"
"-e-e-s guess you The magazine isn't
getting we'll used and don't know what's the
matter"
The doctor strobe to medicine cabinet and poured
a dark red Aud into a goodly sized bottle
Now my friend" he advised you know that rarely
scribe drugs But your doing
follow my directions faithfully another six months
you wreck Every morning, just before to
work drink half turbcrful of this medicine 1t will make
oddly perhaps but impulses matter what
happens. In a week back and report"
At the end OF the week the patient appeared again
"Wel?" inquired the doctor.
You spoke YOU said that powerful drug
the patient confessed
Well what happehed;"
I'm almost ashamed to tell First all, of
artists appeared with smperingg head Do know the
sight picture furious? threw the floor in
and told the artist home and do portrait OF an
ugly man"
Was surprisingly better deserved He did study
Abe Lincoln the of soul and will be OF the
best covers we ever had Then smut-sera writer
came in with new novel OF sex. he ought be
OF the promise he showed TO sell
his for awdry popularity with shop girls
v-rnindcd youths What you think he answered? Said
he'd like thing he used to do but didn't know
buy it, Then home and started good old whole
story like Stevenson and Dickens used to do
And the artists" persisted the doctor.
I've cusseG them out Put them doing human interest
cartoons unsuggestive illustrations And the amazing thing
they say they'd rather do this OF work than the things
they doing weeks ago"
Nothing amazing about IT,! Dr. Hoffman snorted I've
you sanity I've given
DO thinking instead OF letting yellow
oharlatan do II for YOU
Doctor" the patient pleaded what that medicine
The old physician grinned
Squirrel whisky" he Squirrel whkeyto give you
little punk"
PHELPS CUSHING