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MOTHERS' DAI'.
Oil. In our sterner manhood, when no ray
Of earlier sunshine glimmers on our way.
When girt with sins and sorrows, and the toil
Of care* that tear the bosom that they soil.
Oh, If there be In retrospection's chain.
On# Unk that knits us with young dreams again
On* thought so sweet we scarcely daro te muse
On all the hoarded raptures it reviews,
Which senilis an Instant in its backward range
Th# heart to soften, and Its ties to ohatige;
And every apring, untouched for year*, to move,
Si la the memory ef a mother'* lava.
—Bulwer.
Meat sf all other beautiful things in life com* by twos
and lhre«*. by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses,
Stars, aunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunt* and
couain*, but only one mother in all the wide world.
—Kate Douglas Wiggln
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The white flower worn today, in honor ef "Mother"
may be the only outward sign that the individual has
adopted the *uggestlon of the national movement to aet
apart one day In the year as of special and general sever-
ance for her who is above all earthly things, the center of
•vsr las ting affections. The white flower may be aU, or
participation may be enjoyed in church services dedicated
to "Mother," as outward signification, but the heart be-
neath tha flower will oontain those un*peakable emotion*,
and those sacred thought* which every peraon must hav>
for the mother whose love and teudernaa* have followed
and will follow, to the very end.
With the Individual will be the sweet communion, ami
•vary ono who today gives ta Mother the first place in
thought, will be better, ha#pl*r and more worthy as a son
or daughter.
Wear the white flower, In token of the national In-
terest In this most sacred holiday, born ef an age when
•entiment had been well-nigh pushed aside from the
path. Wear the flower as outW'artT"token of approval
and participation In'the general tribute to Mother* every-
where, and let the, heart hold It* own communion with
tha thought* Of the past, or more happily, with her whe
!• still here to receive the homage, let the flower be a
Ms bouquet, all for Her, and sweetened with words of ap-
preciation.
Tha Texas state normal school has ruled that hare
after a five years' course shall bs required far osartlfloaia
ef graduation.
The New York suffragette official hat costs just thlrty-
slght cents. Evidently the New Tork milliners ap# *-»i-
lsfled with a ten per cent profit.
An Indiana man was operated on for appendicitis and
* sprouted date seed was found In the afflicted organ. It
Bar truly be said ef this man that he was us to date.
In our raising a "gown" was a white something to sleep
In and a "dress" was something worn when women wete
tip and about. The gown of the girl graduate 1s a dress
let the older readers understand.
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Since the first announcements of A. J. Baker's can-
didacy for the vice presidency, not much has been heard
•f his campaign. What Baker needs Is a publicity agent
Who will make It appear that he Is "Home Run Baker."
Dot that Idea prevail and his election would be assured.
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MOTHER'S DAY.
(By Daily Telegram Staff Poet)
Deur Mother.
1 w ish I
mild say that a! was a
My life had thowu to you
Thai you »ere the dearest molli- i
That any boy ever knew;
! wish I could say that always
I had giv'n you the tenderest care,
That always my heart had shown you
Your image in love enshrined there.
fiut I can not help but remember t
That oft I've been prone to forget
That unto your care and your goodness
My life owes a wonderful debt,
But today when I think of the moments
With which happy childhood were blest.
My heart treasures one name wrlth fondness.
More precious than all of the rest.
A Plea for a Square Deal to the Patient
R. R. White, Chairman, Surgical Section
(This paper »u unanimously in-
dorsed by the Surgical Section of the
Texas State Medical association, and
ordered by the house of dt legates
published in the state papers.)
A democratic Ananias Club is in order.
The J1 a day pension bill has been agreed to in con-
ference. and it now goes to the president for his signature.
It is reported that "many democrats" voted for the meas-
ure. Let's have the names of them, as a first aid in
voting.
President Taft haa awakened to the absurdity of the
supreme court decisions concerning the rights of patentees
and he has sent a special message to congress urging legis-
lation in correction of the e\-ils of that department of the
government.
The state treasury, which was declared to be so poor
that taxes had to be raised three hundred per cent, is
rolling in wealth, and the last deposit of the comptrollet
was over a quarter of a million dollars, mostly derived
trom the annual payments of franchise taxes.
Oklahoma furnishes a freak something every day, ard
that state threatens to put Kansas in the background.
The latest is an action taken by the federated women's
clubs of Muskogee, In petitioning the city council to enao'
an ordinance prohibiting the use of long hat pins. A
*a»e and safe" hat pin 1» the ory, but the length of said
safe pin Is apparently left to the alderman te deolda
The great olty of New Orleans Is menaced <#y the Mis-
sissippi river Part of the city Is under water from a
heavy rain, and In places the water is creeping over the
levee*. New Orleans ts considerably below the river, and
a giving way of the levees would result in practically all
the city being submerged For very many years the river
has been kept within bounds, but no such flood was ever
known, as the one now threatening general destruction.
The newspaper folks will be here this week, for a three
days' stay. Temple i* waiting to welcome them, and It
Is to be gratefully acknowledged that the passing of the
hat by the entertainment committee was met with a lib-
erality and a cheerfulness of contributions such as had
never before been experienced, and Temple ts a town
which planks down for most everything calculated to
advance tho public Interests. A pretty good sum was esti-
mated to b* needed to entertain the editors, and twice
the amount could have been raised with ease. It i*
mighty helpful to the local bunch to thus find the town
ready and anxioua to entertain their guests. It shows
that the Temple newspapers are appreciated.
It la going hard wltk Folke E. Brandt, the valet of
Mortimer Schilf Brandt was tho center of interest a
while back, and it looked as If he were going to establish
that he had been railroaded Into the penitentiary through
the Influence of a millionaire who wanted to hush up a
scandal, and with aaslitance of Ijigh court ©fflctals.
Brandt was released and the case was probed. He Is now
sent back to jail to complete a sentence of thirty years,
for burglar)-. The severity of tho sentence will remain
as an accusing circumstance against the millionaire and
against the court which condemned him, even If Brandt's
crime waa as charged in the Indictment Something la
wrong, somewhere, but In this country not much sy«i-
pathy 1* wasted on a white man who would serve as a
valet, or who would attempt to shield himself behind a
woman'* good nam*.
Remembering how hard the Wilson forces In Tsxas
worked for the taking of the presidential preference by
primary vote, It does sound queer now .for Harmon lead-
ers to declare that If there had been primary expression
there would have been different results. The complaint
is well founded, in the pointing to ths few who partici-
pated In the primary conventions. That was the fear of
the Wilson men—that the machinery being In the hands
of the Harmenites, and the general following of that can-
didate being "active" politicians, there would be a big
advantage against them. Now that the little old unfair
conventions have given a result other than expected, it is
strange to hear the complaint. If Harmon had won, then
the Wilson men would hsve taken up the excuse, but with
more propriety. The convention is a relic of boss rule,
and maybe now, It can be chucked onto the discard h-ap.
AI/rni I>K
744 ft.—Highest,
Healthiest. Thrif-
tiest and Cleanest
—Attractive as a
of residence I
CONCERNING TEMPLE
DOCATION
Climatic and In-
, dustrial center of
Texas; Gate-way
and Distributor
I for the great west
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„ Boost, Brother*. Boost!
We can not all be president
Ana boss the village board.
We ean not all become the gent
Who wins a mayor's reward.
We can not all become ths guy
Who rules the highest roost;
But ons thing we can do. say I—
that's boost, my brothers, boost!
This town is Just as good a town
As anywhere you'll hit;
There's naught on earth can keep it
down
If we keep boosting It.
Let's trade at home, let'e let a yell
Br local pride produced:
There's one thing all can do as well—
That * boost, my brothers, boost!
When any fellow starts to knock
This town in sny way,
Our dads to dig. our maids to mock.
Otir government to flay.
Just take the knocking one aside
And. ere your hold is loosed,
JvM yhlsper gently, "Darn your hide,
Mo* boost, you knocker, boost!"
The visiting editors will not *ee such
bit (Wings In Temple ss are to be seen
in terger cities, but they will appre-
ciate that the number and size of the
near buildings in Temple are In a pro-
portion to the sise of the place la
> ITn—*" te command attention.
Mr' wouldn't some people be mad
H if we an sent to Chicago for our butter
U ll te be remarked that the Tern*
pie calaboose has been standing with
doors open for a couple of days,
"Altitude 742 Feet." That declara-
tion at the head of this department ie
challenged by some who have been all
the time quoting the altitude as re-
corded by the Santa Fe railroad.
While the Santa Fe's greatest altitude
In Temple is but slightly more than
six hundred feet. It Is to be considered
that the road comes into the city In
a valley, and that its depot ts right on
the bank of Knob oreek. The highest
point In the city is the Nunneley resi-
dence lot. on North Ninth street, and
the City engineer gives the record as
742 feet. Most all of the city Is con-
siderably higher than the Santa Fe
depot- Anyway, Temple ts the hlgb-
est point on the Santa Fe line, from
Galveston to far beyond Fort Worth.
Temple does not receive as many
bales of cotton as do some other
places, but the commercial Import-
ance of a town is not measured by in
r* celpt of farm products, not In these
days and times. Cotton is now sold
at the most convenient railroad •hip*
ping point, the system of buying be-
ing such that as good price may bs'
paid for It at a switch as right In the
oomprees town. Also, the selling of
cotton and the buyiflg of supplies are
dhorced transactions now. In the old
time* the marketing of cotton and tha
trading expedition w<#re mad* to-
gether. hut now the Wagon brings In
the bales, and when/the family die-
sires to lay in supplied the automobile
or the carriage brin£ in tlie women
members of the family and they seek
the big market In which to spend the
money received for cotton sold in a
near-by smaller town. Again, trad-
ing Is not exclusively a fall business as
it used to be. Supplies are bought in
smaller quantities and at ail seasons
of the year.
There are several distinguishing
features of the retail business of
Temple. which surprise strangers,
cnce their attention is called to same.
Temple is a cash town. Which
means that the "furnishing" business
1a no part of the retail stores. Until
v.ery recently, only one house In the
city made a custom of selling dry
groods and groceries on fall payments,
and that house did a conservative
business, with selected customers. In
a place of Temple's size and with the
great, occupied territory surrounding
i». Is Indeed a wonderful statement to
make, that only one house engaged
In selling supplies on long credit.
Another peculiarity la that search as
one will, for "foreign" names over
business -houses, such are not to be
found, except In a couple of Instances
» here i»maH stocks are kept by meta-
b< r* of thS "international merchants
guild." Temple is as nearly "Ameri-
can" as any place oould expect to be.
In the** United Stats*.
Plenty of good preacher* to listen
to today.
Remember your Mother today. If
still I
In double measure the publication
Is interesting to Temple reader* and
to those thousands of people of this
section of country who know the au-
thor personally or • who have been
1 beneficiaries of tha Temple sanita-
rium. or of the Santa Fe hospital, both
l.-cated here. Or. White ts one of the
chief surgeon* of the Santa Fe road,
I which operates In conjunction with
'the employes, the big hospital, and is
; also associated in t.\e professional
work of the sanitarium, as well a* in
his personality, is a man whose suc-
cesses are many and whose friends
are legion. Careful reading of the
paper is recommended, for the valua-
ble Information it contains.
From time immemorial, the medi-
cal profession ha* commanded the
love and respect of the people as has
no other craft or calling. The profes-
sion has occupied a peculiar and al-
most sacred (though not mythical)
precedent in the lives of the people.
For all the ages the doctor has stood
nearest and dearest to his patrons.
The minister is called to discuss or
decide questions of orthodoxy; the
teacher to decide methods and means
of education; the lawyer to get us out
of trouble, or to get us into litiga-
tion, but the doctor, the man who
ushers Into the world, who hear* the
first cry of an individual embarking
on a voyage of unknown length, on a
turbulent sea, beset with icebergs,
volcanoes, pitfalls and poverty; the
man who sees aud always responds
to distress signals; the man who has
placed allong life's pathway monu-
ments warning of us of danger, di-
recting us to safety; the man who
through all the ages has been
thoughtless of self and thoughtful of
others. He has not avoided fatal ep-
idemics; he has at all times been
willing, without money and without
price, to go to the forefront of the
conflict, to battle with death, to ren-
der cure when cure is possible, and.
when there is to be a triumph of
death, he is on hand to render th-»
balm of relief. He renders the last
as well as the first, service to human-
common sense, the people will know
that their family physician cannot
give them au unbiased advice when
he is being secretly paid for some par-
ticular kind of advice, and when they
know this they will lose confidence
in their family physician and will em-
ploy a new one.
When the family physician takes
his case to the specialist he should
say "here i* my patient, here is the
history, here Is the result of my treat-
ment, my observations and conclus-
ions. Mske your examination and
give me your advice as to operation
or treatment I have advised the
family that my visit and concultation
shall be $26.00 (or maybe $100.00);
that they should provide for that be-
fore paying you your fee; that my
services were rendered first; thst if
they have not enough to puy us both
they should give you a note for the
balance due you."
Would this be fair to the special-
ist? To be sure it would and all
whole-soul men would spprove it.
and, best of all. It would be fair to
the patient, for It would Insure him
that to which he is entitled—a con-
scientious, frank, business-like hand-
ling of hi* case. Those specialists
who are paying commissions for their
cajse* have manufactured a smooth
plausible story to repeat to the gen-
eral practltiioner, and the burden of
the song is "square deal" and "live
and let live," but the square deal dues
not apply to the patient, but to the
doctor, and the live-and-let-Uve is not
meant to apply to the patient, hut
to the doctor. If It means anything
in particular to the patient, it may
mean that he may not live. Many
years ago, a certain evil spirit took
a good man onto a mountain top,
overlooking a great and beautiful val-
ley; he pointed out ail the worldly
goods and offered It to the good man
in exchange for hi* honor. He want-
ed him to forsake and betray those
that trusted him. Fortunately for
liunuuilty, the offer was declined.
From that day t« this, temptations
have been flaunted in the faces of
thus* who are rendering to humanity
a faithful, oonscientlous service. The
temptations, as of old, are always
framed In language that la appealing,
a* for lnstaace a square deal." The
great difference between the tempter
of old and th* man who offers to buy
We Invite Your Account
FARMER'S STATE BANK
Officers and Directors
A. L. Flint S. N. Strange E. W. Moore
P. E. Cheeves A. D. Dyess E. J. Slubickj
Cor. Main and Ave. A
24 Years A Banking Stand
Ity. If one Is a stranger in a strange patieuts under the guise of square
she Is happily
1' present; write to har. If i
alive, speak to her
country, and is 111 or dying, he has
always had the assurances that he
lias one friend—a friend tried and
true through all the ages of civilisa-
tion; a friend who has no selfish mo-
tive in service, who renders to tlio
pauper as to the millionaire his con-
scientious service, his best advice So
has been the doctor.
We are living In the age of combi-
nation, of graft in private and public
life, and of money worship. All vo-
cations, callings and professions have
been touched and weakened by tha
lust for gold. The medical profes-
sion has been the last to be Infeoted;
It has been blessed with th* restrain-
ing Influences of oenturles of devo-
tion to humanity. Unfortunately for
the profession, aa^ bjf far more un-
fortunate for the 4>*fcllc at large,
has crept into our midst a leaven that
threatens to leaven the whole lump—
a Russian thistle that threatens dis-
aster to the rose garden of love and
confidenoe that haua always been the
heritage of our calling. I refer to
the so-called "nquare deal" between
doctor*; to the so-called "live and
let live" plan of handling patients;
to the so-called "squitable" plan of
division of fee; to the "aotual" plan
of commissions paid and accepted for
patients.
As to the square deal between doc-
tors: There can be no question and
no obje{|tlon. We must, however, re-
member that the patient Is entitled
to a aquare deal. Doctor* should not
become so seemingly interested in
each other a* to deprive the patient
of his *quare deal. Ths dally pre*s
and the monthly magatne* are now-
beginning the discussion of this fea
splitting business. Th* people have
been kept In Ignorance of the plan,
or it could never have reached its
present degree of magnitude. Orga-
nized medicine haa been negligent.
Had the people been fully advi*ed at
the beginning of the practice, they
wojild themselves, as a matter of pro-
tection to them*elves. have stopped it.
They would have said to the familiy
physician "I want to pay you for
your services. I want to pay you for
your examination and for your ad-
vice. If you have advised operation,
I want to pay you for that. If you
have advised me to go or to take one
of my loved one* to a hospital for
operation, and, if In your conscien-
tious Judgment as my physician, as
the guardian of the health or my wife
and children, as my friend and confi-
dential advisor, you can add safety
to my dear one by going with me to
consult with the •pectaliRt, then by
all means go; give the specialist the
benefit of your acquaintance with the
family, the benefit of your observa-
tion and treatment of the case, and
render me your bill for the services.
But, Doctor, remember you are work-
ing for me; you ars the custodian of
the health of my family, the question
of life or death may depend on
whether or not you have made a wise
selection of the specialist. Do not al-
low yourself to be influenced by a per-
sonal friendhslp for some particular
specialist; do not allow yourself to be
influenced by some personal grudge,
and, by all manner of means do not
take my child to » man who will pay
you a fee for bringing her, and If you
are willing to accept a fee for taking
her, there is the beginning of a col
lusion between you doctor} where, for
financial reasons, you will protect the
specialist and he will protect you, and
the Lord, unaided by that greatest
boone to suffering humanity—a loyal
conscientious family physician—will
have to care for my child alone. Doc-
tor, don't put yourself In a position
to be unwisely, unwittingly or selfish-
ly influenced^ you are in my em-
ploy; I will compensate you as best
1 can, and I want to know that I have
received that "to which I am entitled
—your whole-soul, honest, conscien-
tious advice, and, irrespective of re-
sults, I will know that my friend, my
advi*er, my doctor, has^Jven my child
a square deal."
No*> gentlemen. 1* hot thi* about
what any father would reel and ■ay'
I* It not fair and honest? Is It not
a square deal te a brother doctor? I*
It not a square deal to the family and
to the sick child? Whenever the peo-
ple understand the question thor-
oughly. then It will sot be necessary
for us to disc
lngs. for they-
demn it and stop it. As a matter of
deal and llve-and-iet-llve, is that the
fellow in olden times went to the
mountain top and there proclaimed
his offer; whereas, the specialist who
offers hi* reward, not to the patient
by better, safer service, but to the
of precedent, which he lias himself
established. Why would it not be
right for the doctors to say" we sym-
pathize with this Individual in hla-mls
fortune; he is entitled to help from
those of us who are more fortunate,
we will oontrlbute with the banker,
the teacher, the merchant and farmer,
one or five dollars, as may be needed,
with which he can employ medical
attendance." The unfortunates are a
public responsibility and shiuld
be cared for by the public. So lung
as we continue year after year to do
without compensation th* practice
for the Improvident and dishonest,
and continue to criticise some brother
who i* more sensible, for refusing to
do it. just so long will conditions
among medical men be bad and will
continue to grow worse. We should
cheerfully bear our part of the re-
sponsibilities, but should not bear the
responsibilities of every other busi-
ness man iu the community. Its a
reflection of our profession and an in-
justice to our families. Our failures
along these lines have aeeined to Jun-
tify some of us in the belief that w*
are at liberty to collect by devious
and private mean* what we have not
had the backbone to collect In an
open and business like method. The
man who divides or accepts fees from
referred cases will not, as s rule, ad-
mit it in his locality, or In his medi-
cal society. 1 have qfien heard the
qoestion condemned in medical meet-
ings. I have never set heard a man
tak« the floor to Jusllfyy it. Why
tlietn in the boat medical marseia
available.
If the plan is wrung, we should con-
demn it in no uncertain term,
should If needed, enact new laws gov-
erning the practice, and we should en-
force them We should, througli
medical Journals, county societies and
the dally press, inform the people uf
the plan and the inevitabl* ending
it will eventually subject patients iu
heron and needless operations; It will
do an ay with efficiency, experienc e
aud Judgement in the reapecthe
specialties, and will place In the fore
front, the man who pay* the highest
commission.
fit) Building Votes.
You can start a city but it takes
capital to make It go.
To be progressive is to hold th*
card of entree te th* mossy baga of
capital.
The majority of viaitor* notice the
condltluii of a city'a streets and side-
walks the first thing If th* streets
ate unkempt and Ike sidewalks few
and far between, they usually tak*
the first ira.n back
Good roads are more essential than
million dollar court houses, tile on*
benefits tile masses, the other ulataes
doctor. In glittering gold, does It uti- I advertise it, not to other doctors who
will become u party to the procedure,
but to the laity—-to th« peoplo who
der cover, secretly and aside from the
patient. Ho ha* not as yet exhibited
the commendable trait of publicity.
There should be no *ecret between
patient and doctor. The doctor's first
and highest duty Is a square deal to
the sick, the lame, the halt, the ignor-
ant. and by rendering to them this
"square deal," he has rendered to his
profession, to those gone before, to
those now laboring in th* vlnvard of
preventltive and curative medicine,
and to tho** yet to follow th* aquare
deal In its highest sense. Because of
the great confidence resposed in doc-
tors; because of the great Ignorance
of the law* of health; becau** of the
lntrlcacle* any mysteries of disease
and death, the mercenary, unscrupu-
lous doctor Is, to the community at
large, the most dangerous of all Its
dangers. The public has an opjrtu-
nlty of protecting itself against the
depredations of the extortioner, the
usurer of the grafter In all other line*
of bualnesa, but it has slight oppor-
tunity of protecting itself against the
ravages of a man or of a body of men
whom it haa been taught for genera*
tions to regard with reverence, and
fit to be trusted with their live* The
more confidence a man enjoy* In his
community, ths more dangerous he
become* If he is lead from the path*
of moral or financial rectitude, and so
the medical man who conclude* that
his patient become* hi* property, sub-
ject to barter or *ale It matter* not
to me whether you admit it as a ques-
tion of barter or sale, or whether you
try to dignify It by the nam* of
"square deal," or "division of fee."
the fact remains that th* medical man
acoepting such fee* ha* other motives
and influences beside his profession
al Interests In his patient that may
be, even unconsciously, the means of
his making a decision or giving ad-
vice that may deprive his patient of
that which cannot be returned—his
life. I do not mean to say that
man in national affairs cannot hon-
estly represent the people, and, in
certain cases, justly represent public
service corporation^, but I do say
that all men should not do so. Some
of us are mentally so constructed as
to make us easily (though unwitting-
ly) subject to Influence, and It must
be admitted that the glare of gold Is
decidely "the most influencing pro-
position" that has ever been presented
to tempt a man from the paths of
fairness. i
Lead us not Into temptation, pro
tect us as a profession from ever
reaching that point where we will so
lightly regard human life as to allow
us to trade and traffic in the destiny
of those who repose confidence in us.
I do not mean to say that all mem-
bers of our profession who practice
the division of fee or commission plan
would be wrongfully Influenced by
such plan, but i do say that some
would be influenced and it is our duty
to. so construct our laws as to pre-
vent an unfortunats brother from
falling, and thus prevent him from
killing some Innocent woman or child
through his fall.
I am one of those who believe that
the laborer is worthy of his hire and
that he should get It I am ready and
anxious at any time to assist any
member of our profession in making
the collection of any just fee for pro-
fessional service*. I am unwilling
however, to assist in the collection
of a fee when the man who has done
the work Is ashamed to make out hii
bill In a legitimate business like man-
ner. If his charge is legitimate, why
should he hesitate to present it la
a business way. 1 believe the gen-
eral practioner bears the brunt of
hardships In the profession. I do not
believe that he is, as a rule, ieason-
ably compensated for liiB aibor, and
I believe (that Organised Medicine
shonld stand back of him, not In a
perfunctory manner, but In an ag-
gressive, effective manner. I ha/#
never been able to understand why
the doctor Is any mere liable for the
care and comfort of an unfortunate
th* banker, or the teacher, or
or, mercWent. or Anripf.
and he Is not. except through th* tew
A commercial organization Is '.he
backbone of a city; it bullts factories,
this secrecy, if it Is right? We sh-juld j advocates home Industry and is In fa-
vor of every movement that makes
for the prograsa and upbuilding uf
the city.
are being bid for 1 know and they
all know that the people when they
understand the program will rebel.
They will not have the implicit con-
fidence in their professional adviser
when they know that he will recelye
from them «ll that Is due him and for
which he make* his bill, and, in ad-
dition thereto, will receive from the
specialist a fe* for which he will not
present them with a bill. «■*
We have in our experience had
many letters Saying, In effect: "we
have a certain kind of surgical case
in need of operation. What part uf
the fee may 1 expect if I send the
case Iotou." Do you prstend to say
that the writer of such a letter waa
honest? Suppose he should get
honest for one half hour and should
say to his patron "I have written dif-
ferent surgeons to ascertain what
commission 1 may expect for referring
your wife to them. As soon as 1 hear
from them I will 1st you know where
to take her." Do you suppose the
man would be governed by his ad-
vice? By no means. He would like-
ly employ a new medical advisor. If
the general medical man is entitled
to refer his cases to a specialist, re-
ceiving therefor a fee from the spec-
ialist, then the surgeon should be en-
titled to a commission from the eye
man and from the internal medical
man, and fromsthe nervous disease
man. and the eye man, In turn, whea
referring cases to a specialist In some
other line would bs entitled to his
commission, and so on, finally resolv-
ing the patient into a kind of profes-
sional football to be kicked about
from medical man to specialist so
long as his money lasts, with the
temptation ever present to refer him
to that man who would pay the high-
est pries for him.
If I examine a case and find it to
be one properly belonging to a .nar.
making a specialty of nervous dis-
eases, and so advise the patient, am
I entitled to a fee? To be sure I am.
for making the examination and giv-
ing him conscientious medical advice.
I present ^the patient with a bill for
the service, and refer him to a com-
petent nervous disease man. Am I
entitled to a fee from th* nervous
disease man'4 Certainly not; I am not
in his employ. I have been employed
by the patient to tell him what to do;
he has paid me, or will, and my finan-
cial Interest in the case has ceased
until the patient comes back under
my ci re for further service.
I read an article in a medical mag-
azine recently, in which the author
made bold to asert that the first law
In practice was "self professional
preservation." Has medicine reached
that point where the reputation of the
doctor is of more importance than the
welfare of the patient?
I am glad to say that I do not think
so. The world Is still full of conscious,
self-sacrificing doctors, whose first
law and whose last law is the welfare
of the patient, the question as <o
whether the patient is blind or sees,
whether deaf or hears, whether
lame or sound, whether dead or
alive, is of vastly more concern to the
honorable, conscientious, medical
man than Is glory or the hope of fi-
nancial reward. It hgs of late become
rather fashlonablbe, in some of our
medical meetings, to discuss, calling
by name, ascertain medical man of
this state who makes public his re-
quest for patients and his assurance
of reward, to those doctors who refeT
patients to him
too severly a man who is not of out
own organisation, we should have a
house cfeaiilng at home! There are,
^s is well known,, many members of
the State Association who are daily
paying and receiving fees for cas*s re-
ferred to them or by them.
If this fee splitting plan Is proper,
we should advertise it; we should en^.
dorse it; we should enlighten ths put
lie; we should tell them we have de-
cided that th# fellow who pays ths I
best price ie entitled t» them and that
we. a* doctors, havs agr«ed to «sil
The su' es* on a city depend* on the
progress!venesa of it* citizen*.
Keep a pushing and a pulling, and
it will not be long befor* others Join
in and belp lighten th* burdan.
Boost your city with a membership
card in the local commercial organi-
zation.
Kxperlesce shows that by devoting
half your time to boosting the city,
your bu*irie*s will double a* a result.
Keep your city In th# limelight.
Cities havs aprung into prominjuc#
in a day.
SomeSpecial
Bargains
Yard wide bleached Domestic 4 I-2o
Yard-wide unstarched Domestic • l-4a
t 1 -4c Standard Gingham 4 l-2o
t l-3c Standard Gingham .... • l-4o
t. l-3c Whit* Lawn .... 6o
15c 40-inch Whit# Lawn Bo
10c ch*ck Nainsook 6o
6c colored Lawn 2 l-2o
»c bookfold Percals «o
15c fancy Drapery #o
2 l-2c cambric Handkerchiefs,
« for bo
5o Crossbar Handkerchiefs ... 2 l-2c
10c shamrock initial Handkerchiefs So
Soft cotton Towels 2 I-2o
Lineu finished Towals, h#mmed .. 50
Pur# ailk Hose 230
Plain black and gauz# Ho*#... .7 l-2o
Hemmed Napkin*, per dozen ... S8o
Ladles' full taped Vests 5c
Ladles' 16-button Chamolsatt*
Gloves v *5o
Ladies' muslin Underwear, 23c
to $1.80
Children's muslits Underwear 8 to 48c
Children's Parasols, 15c to .... 68i!
Ladies' Parasols, 59c to f2.4S
$10.00 Crex 9x12 Art Squares.. .$6.85
$7.50 granite 9x12 Art Square*. .f4.40
$35.00 Smith #xl2 velvet Art
Squares »18.80
White Dinner Plate* So
White Cup and Saucer .......... So
Good Table Tumbler • So
Heavy Table Goblet 5o
120 assorted granit# up to S5o. .ilOo
200 assorted granite up to 75c.. ,25c
400 assorted granite one-half of value.
The above are otily some special
Items, and not an Index to our mam-
moth stock. We sell only honest
goods. Nothing too cheap—nothing
Before we criticise to° high. Everything thst ' " Holly
wants at some time.
Under-price for cash.
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Williams, E. K. The Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 151, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 12, 1912, newspaper, May 12, 1912; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth474806/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.