The Washington times., 1920-02-15
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As to married women in the Gov
ernment service: II the Civil Service
il to encourage the non-raising Of
children, with no home life. by plsc-
ing wives Of men already In position
in good places. then the sooner Con-
gress does away with Civil Service
the better. DISGUsTED.
Dead Beats" and Doctor Bills.
DR.. x was right shout the "dead-
beats" who refuse to pay doctors
bills, although able to do so. ]
knew q man who, when presented
with q physicians bill Of long stand
ing, remarked: II tell you, Doc,
let's compromise; IN pay for the
medicines and will return your Wis
it's" That is the attitude displayed
by many. A man is under unusually
heavy expenses from the time he en-
ters . medical college until he ceases
to practice medicine.
have patients who have no idea
Of ever paying me. Some Of them
never even thank you. The average
doctor is q combination Of kindness
and sympathy, but he cannot live
without compensation. also am
fast approaching the conclusion that
we must club together in our own
interests and let charity take care OF
the "dead-beats."
DIR. F. P. W.
Oead-Bests Are MaSe-Not Bsra.
L. FOSTER thinks the doctors are
to blame for not pressing their
bills; that ead-beats are made, and
not born. He goes on:
Our professional men are at least
partly responsible for 1t. 1t is q we'll
known fact that 1t 10 easier to beat
doctor out OF q bill than a business
man. due to the doctors lack OF sys-
tenn and professional pride in press
ing his debtors. The average debtor
recognizes this fact and settles all OF
his other obligations first and lets the
doctor wait. II the doctor VIII give
him an opportunity to forget 1t Is
only natural for him to forget. And
SO a perfectly good bill may become
q bad one.
Having once gotten away from It
and seeing how easy II 10. he tries
the same stunt again on another doc
member Initiated into the Grand
Lodge of Dead-BeaSs.
No bill, no matter how old or bad.
is absolutely hopeless IL IL IL prop
erly diagnosed and treated accord
ingly.
As one of the H. & S. contributors
who has heretofore signed his name
william, | hasten to inquire Of my
fellow co-contributors whether their
unmistakable verdict against that
name ia to be construed as applying
to all Williams who seek to make
the column. LIN w. +.
CHARGE 1T 10 'vE PRINTERS.
Your marriage license column gave
the age Of the groom twenty-five and
the bride as eishty-eight She must
have had money. ]. b. Mem.
She ,Das a pretty girl Of eighteen.
The printers did the rest.
NO LEAP YEAR IN THIS LAW.
BESSIE B. BARKLEY, 815 Evans
Building, finds this old law Of par.
lament, passed in the reign Of
CHARLES II, which has never been
repealed:
IAN women Of whatever age, rank,
profession or degree. whether vrginh,
maids or widows, that shall from and
after the PASSING Of this Act impose
upon and betray Into matrirnony any
Of his Najestys male subjects by
scents, paints, cosmetics, washer, ar
tinciai teeth, false hair, spspish vooi
Iron stays. hoops, high-heelcd shoes or
bolstered hips shall incur the penalties
Of the laws now IN force against WITCH
craft sorcery and such liks misdh.
mesnors. and that the marriage, upon
conviction, shsll stand null and void"
We can all enjoy q picture show .
when people close BY ne whisper low,
But when ,h.y .IsuSs sna tfis slYsd
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