The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-08
Miss links,
Domesteopath
By F. =. mitchell


my car | passed little house stani
Ing short distance back from the
road to which was nailed a sign. Miss
links. Domesteopath.'
Now. | had often heard of the allo
path. hydropath. osteopath and Other
schools. but never before had / seen
the word domesteopath. drove on
wondering what it meant. my curiosity
rising with every mile receded from
1t till | could stand it no longer. Then
| turned. rode back to the house. left
my car In the road and went up to
the door There was no bell. but an
OLD Fashioned iron knocker, represent
Ing the face of smiling girl | rap
ped
lady came to the door who was
In appearance as unintelligible as the
sign She might have been fifty, YET
she was dressed like a girl of sixteen
While her face and figure smacked of
youth. 1t at the same time smacked of
age. asked If she was DR.. links
She said she was Miss links and in
'Ae~0 AAAC AhtO q NOLy COuSUttluS TOOiu
What Ia your speciality" ] asked
her
"Squabbies." she said In a cracked
voice as peculiar as her appearance.
"Squabbles? | never heard of that
disease"
Its universal Every one suffers
from Ii more or less
lit comes largely from overstrained
nerves Sometimes it is reasonable
though usually unreasonable 1t l.
most common between husband anC
| wife. for the reason that man is /
man. while woman is half child
What. You. woman. make that
statement
"A man living with q woman" she
went on. lis continually in the pres
ence of being made up entirely diff
ferent from himself. and vice versa
Therefore they are subject at all times
10 the disease of which | make spe
cialty-squahbles.'
"Oh. | see. Well don't know tina
my wife and | have any more of tina
QlScuSt tustll tue Nv IKE NOuPlc "A
the same time
The last four words were enough 70
Miss links She told me of Difficult
ties | had with my wife with as mucl
exactness as if she had been a mem
Der of my family They were not Fri
Gus. but annoying. and sometimes Dor
dered on what might be called quar-
relsome.
And you eradicate these difficulties
these squabbles. as you call them?"
wherever | can get my patients {
take my medicine.
What is your treatments"
THAT is my secret If you desir
me to treat you and your wife l shal
charge you a fee to begin with
You would need to call upon m
WIFE" l interrupted. "and l don't Sc
what reason could be offered for dc
ing So
Not at all Your wife will ca
on me-
"How do you make out that?"
Give me your address and l wi
send her my card"
How would that effect the pu
poser
What led you TO make this visit?"
Curiosity
"Will you deny that your wife ha
less curiosity than your"
ION the contrary. she has ten tim,
as much as l..
"She need not know you have bee
here AS | was about TO say whe
you interrupted me. shall charge yC
a consulting fee of s. and will chare
your wife a fee of $40"
why charge my wife more tina
. me?'
! People only value what costs the
something. y woman is always bouI
to get the fun value of her money
! your wife pays a good sum for II
e advice she will be more apt to fl
! low it, The man is more liable to a
u upon the value of what he receives
/ he sees il.
You surely know your sex
e I'VE women all know one another
i Before | left Miss links hand,
her five dollar bill and gave her Il
e home address. asking her for the me
= ieine But she said a prescripti'
would be sent in due time. Squabbl
e was a plural disease; no one cou
y have it without inoculating some o
4. else. The cure must therefore be pl
q raj. | saw the point and submitt
e TO be guided by Miss Jinks' methC
| left her trusting that her efforts
cure my wife would be successf
: Since all our difficulties were her fau
- the treatment would naturally perta