Evening star., 1922-01-01

the throws of business slump and
that same amt over yet and that
when a man quits smokeing or drink
ing or decides to become tight wad
he is dealing a blow to business in
gen. and specially the boot Logging
business and the cigar stores.
Everybody knows that these is facts
but what they may not know is that
theys other branchS of industryS that
is effected even worse by the swearing
off of evil and that these branchs is all
ready stareing ruin right in the eye.
refer to the allied professions of
doctor, nurse and undertaken and
that part of the real estate game that
specialiZes in #. lots.
/ suppose you seen in the papers
panys reported that 1921 was the
healthest yr. in history. Well the
day after that report come out they
was undertakers in n. Y. city alone
that applied for a bankrupt and when
they asked them what was the matter
with their business. they said SO
many people seemed to of give up
dying.
About the same time a friend of
mine got a letter from nurse in
Chi who said that she was looking
around for another job as they wasn't
no cases no more. Doctors is starre
ing to death all over the U. S. and
Canada vile hospitals are getting
such a rotten play that some of the
ones that used to be proud is now
thinking about putting UP a electric
sign:
welcome Leppers."
That is the condition these branchs
of industry is in and they's only one
answer namely. that We are too dog
gone well all ready without trying to
get no better. Even under the pres
ent conditions, which is said to be the
worst in history from a doctors or
pail bearers standpoint, a big major
ity of the people engaged in this kind
of arts is headed for the rocks and
their prospective customers decides to
not drink or smoke ourselfs to death.
A panic amt the word.
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THE worst Of this situation is that
the gents and ladies effected by
same is not the kind that can meet
the situation and save themselfs by
changing their line of business the
way some people could, like for inst.
you take a brewer and when the law
was past VS.. beer, why he could still
use his brewery to manufacture near
beer or yeast or something, or you
take a man that use to run a livery
barn, why when people begin driveing
cars instead of horses, all he had to
do was get rid of his horses and
morals and call his joint garage.
But sppose a DR.. would half to go
to work what would he do? He would
half to find some walk of life where
you guess for a. living and they's only
a few jobs besides DR.. where it don't
make much difference whether you
guess right or wrong, like for inst.
telephone operator or weather prophet
neither Of which commands no such
ridiculous stipend as q DR.. has been
brought up to expect.
AS far as nurses is concerned, you
would think from reading the papers
that any nurse could get Job as
show girl as it seems like news
paper reporter, can't write the word
nurse without putting pretty in front
of it, but personly I been in hospitals
myself several times both as specta-
tor and client and IL the nurses which
was sicked onto me and my friends
was cut out for any stage role it must
of been one Of the gals that they ring
IN the curtain on in Macbeth.
The average nurse might make a
nretty good salss lady hut they amt