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Show " OF STREET AHD T07rJ v - . , on its pivot he stepped with it and in an instant he had gained his object. He had entered the building ty reason of the. labor of another. He had reared where he had been unwilling to sow. The lazy man grinned with satlpfaction. Those who had witnessed his little exhibition ex-hibition grinned, but not in sympathy. They grinned in derision at the man who had been too infernally laty to open a door for himself. There is a doctor in Salt Lake. He holds a degree from a reputable college and a license from the State. But it stop right there. The soul of that noble profewion, the ethics of his calling, is not in him. This is said with authority, after witnessing wit-nessing a little drama in which the said physician played a leading part The scene, a prominent drug store on one of the busiest corners; where perrons per-rons are welcome to enter and wait for their cars. - The doctor was there, waiting. A woman entered, holding In her arm a babe of a year or two. She was waiting wait-ing for a car. She was minding her own business. But there were other. With all the grace of a Chesterfield, the doctor approached with lifted hat The woman stared. "Madame," said the officious M. D., "do you know that your babe is a very sick child?" Still the woman stared. Then she tared some more. "Why, he hasn't been acting sick," said she. "Nevertheless, madame, to & trained eye he shows imminent danger signs May I not take his temperature ?"' "Why?" gasped the astonished moth, er, drawing back to avoid the officious stranger. "Merely to prove to you the danger of your babe." The explanation of the embryonic Es-culaplua Es-culaplua was suavely given. Without waiting for permission, he thrv.pt a clinical thermometer into the Infant's mouth, seized the child by the cheeks and held the instrument In place. - In a moment he withdrew the thing and. looking at it, hurriedly thrust it in his pocket. Then he burrt out in a triumphant voice, filled with assurance: "Just as I thought. Three degrees of fever. Madame, your child is in danger dan-ger of typhoid. I will save it. Have no fear." He seieed a prescription pad and, hurriedly hur-riedly dashing off a prescription, called a clerk and, In a voice of excitement said: "At once!" In a few moments the medicine was ready. The woman, now half dazed, took It and paid the price. Then, wrapping the babe up carefully, she started for the door. But the doctor was still there. "Pardon me, madame," he said, "but you have forgotten me. My charge Is J2.50 for a consultation."- Then the woman awakened from her trance.. She suddenly realized that things were not as they should be. Hurriedly she opened her purse. She extracted a' dollar and, with a look of scorn, threw it at the feet of her voluntary volun-tary medical adviser.' "There's a dollar." she said, "and no thanks. It's more than you are worth." The doctor picked up the. dollar and grinned. "Say," said a clerk, "what sort of a game are you playing, anyhow V "Rats," said the young physician, -"I needed the car fare. There wasn't anything any-thing the matter with the kid. I only gave him a little licorice and quinine. It won't hurt him." M Several persons in a certain office In a tall business building in Main 6treet are expecting an engagement to be announced an-nounced in the very near future. Their expectations may' be said to be well founded. The windows of this building are directly di-rectly opposite those of another building build-ing on the same street a little further north. The other night a crowd of politicians poli-ticians were about to cease their labors tn their headquarters when, after putting put-ting out their lights, they glanced over i to the other building and spied in a window a happy pair in sweet embrace. Kiss after kiss followed, and the stenographer put on her hat to cease j her labors. The name of the firm was j plainly to be read, on the window and j one of the Jolly bunch of eavesdroppers grabbed for the telephone directory. The number of the 'phone was secured and the office called. Two or three rings were necessary to bring the man to the wire. "Is this Mr. Blank's office V "Tee.- And it came gruffly. "Who Is this speaking, please?" "This Is John Blank. What is it?" "Why, I Just wanted to say that the next time you tell her you love her, it would be well to pull down your blinds." Charlie Clow, who sells tickets on which you lose your money if you guess wrong on the ponies, took some oysters home the other evening. That's not particularly par-ticularly funny, but what followed was and was not. When he suggested that they be eaten for dinner his better half balked. She had bought a nice steak and preferred that. So dinner passed with no oysters for Charles. Time wore on. The hour of ten put In appearance and he became hungry. The oysters were brought out. Mra Clow was not hungry and he ate alone. It was but shortly after that he became be-came violently 111. He had been poisoned and nothing else. He was growing worse every minute. He did not go to bed, hoping that he would improve. He thought sure he would die. He thought it was too Jate to send for a doctor. Rap, rap, rap! It sounded loudly on the front door. When he opened It a sight met his gase that chilled the marrow mar-row in every one of his bones. "Is this where they want the cofflin?" a-ked the man holding up the front end of the dead-box. "No!" With this Charlie ran to his wife, leaving the door wide open, and exclaimed: ex-claimed: - , "How could they tell? I didn't even have the doctor to give them the tip." The men, seeing that something was wrong, left. It later became known that the house for which the coffin was intended was several blocks down the street Charlie has recovered and Is now In the best of health. Salt Lake's laziest man gave an exhibition ex-hibition of his aversion to exertion of any kind at the Dooly building entrance a few mornings ago. The exhibition was witnessed by many who were amused, and who made pertinent comments com-ments after the prize lazy man had departed. de-parted. The revolving doors of the Dooly building entrance were motlonleES when the lazy man' appeared. He was portly and well dressed: To open these doors and pass through would cost the effort of a heavy push. This he was unwilling unwill-ing to expend. He worked oq the energy-saving plan that all of the energy he could avoid using would be stored away and would be on tap when an emergency emer-gency would arise that would require its use. The lazy man stepped into the open section of the door and waited. Presently Pres-ently a bustling business man, one of the kind that "gets there," stepped off the elevator car and hastened to the re volving door. He gave It a brisk shove and around It spun. This was the opportunity op-portunity that the lazy man had been waiting for and as the door spun around |