The Washington herald., 1920-11-24
An @. Henry Story
Next to Reading Matter"

| Dela Is now Mrs. Judson Tate. Has
! my story bored you much?'
No." said ]. Il am always in
terested in psychological studies. A
human heart-and especially a
woman's-is a wonderful thing to
contemplate"
1T is" said Judson Tate. And so
are the trachea and the bronchial
tubes of man. And the larnyx. too.
Did you ever make a study Of the
windpipe?"
Never" said /. But / have taken
much pleasure in your story May
ask after Mrs. Tate, and inquire
of her present health and where
abouts?"
/ ''Oh. sure" said Judson Tate. I'VE
are living in Bergen Avenue. Jersey
City. The climate down in orstama
| didn't suit Mrs. T. j don't suppose
yyou ever dissected the arytenoid
cartilages of the epiglottis. did
you?"
why. no." said /. Il am no sur
geon."
| Pardon me-" said Judson Tate,
but every man should know enough
of anatomy and therapeutics to
safeguard his own health. A sudden
cold may set up capillary bronchitis
! or Inflammation of the pulmonary
vesicles, which may result in a seri-
Gus affection of the vocal organs"
| Perhaps so,' said /. with some
impatience; but that is neither here
nor there. Speaking of the strange
manifestations OF the affection of
women, /"
Yes. yes" interrupted Judson
Tate. they have peculiar ways But.
as / was going to tell you: when 1
went back to Oratama i found out
from Manuel Iquito what was in
that mixture he gave me for my
4 lost voice. I tol you how quick il
cured me. He made that stuff from
the chuchula plant. Now look here"
For any cough" he said. "or cold,
, or hoarseness. or bronchial affec-
\ tion whatsoever, l have here the
greatest remedy in the world. You
see the formula printed on the box.
Each tablet contains ncorIce. .
grains; balsam tolu, lilo grain: oil
of anise. 1-2o minim; oil of tar, 1-6O
minim; oleo-resin of cabebs. l-60
mipim; fluid extract OF chucula, lilo
l minim.
Il am in New York" went on
Judson Tate, "for. the purpose of
organizing a company to market the
greatest remey for throat affections
ever discovered. At present ! am
introducing the loEenges in small
way. IL have mere a box containing
four dozen. which I am selling for
the small sum of fifty cents. II you
are suffering"
l
/ got up and went away without
1 AZ.
little park near my hotel. leaving
Hudson Tate alone with his con-
| science. My feelings were lacerat-
ed. He had poured gently upon me
a story tnat 1 might have used.
There was little of the breath of
life in it. and some of the synthetic
| atmosphere that passes. when cum
nfngly tinkered, in the marts. And,
at the last 1t had proved TO be a
commercial pill, deftly coated with
the sugar of fiction. The worst of
1t was that I could not offer it for
sale. Advertising departments and
counting-rooms look down upon me.
And 1t would never do for the liter
ary. Therefore, sat upon the
bench with other disappointed ones
until my eyelids dropped.
| I went to my room and. as my
custom is, read for an hour stories
In my favorite magazines. This was
to get my mind back to art again.
And as I read each story, / threw
the magazines sadly and hopelessly,
one by one. upon the fioor. Each
author. without one exception to
bring balm to my heart, wrote mt
ingiy and sprightly story of some
particular make Of motor-car that
seemed to control the sparkling
plug Of his genius.
l And when the last one was hurled
| from me ] took heart.
| IF readers can swallow so many
proprietary automobiles" I said to
myself. they ought not to strain at
one of Tate's Compound Magic Chu-
chula Bronchial Lozenges."
And SO IL you see this story in
print you will understand that busi-
| ness is business. and that IL Art get
very far ahead OF Commerce, she
will have to get up and hustle.
\ may as well add. to make a
clean job of IL, that you can't buy
| the chocuia plant ip the drug
stores.
Copyright. 1870. BY wheeler Syndicate,