Show 4 Ss S- S T s Old Sidman's i I t f By CLARA R DELAFIELD I m 1923 Western Vestern Newspaper Union O OLD LD SIDMAN was ill Sidman Idman was ver very Ill It was not exactly old age uge for lor or he be was only a little past sL sixty sLety But some people when hen the they grow old lose interest In life Sidman was losing losing los los- ing n Interest In life This hIs was peculiar In Its way He had a n nice wife a lovel lovely daughter anda and anda a mab magnificent home In the suburbs u was nearly a millionaire Life was at his beck and call He w was s the Inventor of that world-renowned world remedy remedy remedy rem rem- edy Sidman's SUup lie revealed the cause of ot his world world- wearIness to his wife In n a moment of I Fact Is Im I'm a n fake Mamie amle he said Ive I s spent pent my life piling up millions fooling the populace and nud I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess Its It's come com home to roost That there thero Now low ow darling Jailing I wont won't hear a word against Sidman's Sideman's replied his wife wife- for fOl she believed in the proprietary remedy She used It for fol ev everything from flom sprains to asthma So did Susie the dau daughter So did t the e molds maids Even Sidman's friends took tool his occasionally for bronchitis or 01 chilblains Its water dearie said Sichuan Sidman In a broken whisper Water and advertising advertising advertis advertis- ing and a few harmless herbs heros And that's what's got mime ilie Mamie Sidman was us not convinced It Is hard to persuade r r. loving woman that you ou are an Impostor Mrs l Sidman Sidman Sid Sid- man had hud always believed In Iu Sidman's ns n's and Va al always s would Its the herbs that make maim It what I I it Is she answered Those wonderful wonder wonder- ful h herbs gath gathered red by night on the swept dew-swept hills bills of India Inala Its the advertising said Sidman with weak conviction Mrs SIdman took the matter to the family doctor My l husbands husband's got a delusion that his wonderful remedy Is Isa isa isa a fake fake falte doctor she saT said i. i The doctor who knew it was a n fake hemmed and hawed So So hats that's what's that's wearing him hima a way away awny 2 It doctor He thinks hes he's spent h his s life making money out of a fake falte How can It be a fake fale she continued continued con con- timed indignantly when only last month the maid had bad such a bad head ache I gave her Cr a dose of Sidman's ms m's and a little aspirin and sent her bel herto herto to o bed and next morning she woke up upper per perfectly well We must get that Idea out of his system then said the doctor who was wasa a diplomatist If once we can convince convince convince con con- vince him film that his is not a d fake falte he o mend 4 Three da days s 's later Intel when Sidman wasn wasa was was' n a little better hetter the doctor came to him I with an air of professional secrecy Well VeIl Mr Sidman weve we've turned the I corner at last he lie S said id und end Im I'm going going goIng go- go go- go Ing to reveal to you what's done it Ive I've been treating you with your jour own own hats hat's that shouted Sidman In in- credulously The most wonderful stuff ever invented invented invented in in- vented said the doctor and went on on with a noble lie Ive prescribed your In my practice constantly for years year s past but I never tried It before In such a complicated case as yours Hereafter I shall shull prescribe Si Sidman mans man's for everything But nut Its It's only colored water nn and a afew a n afew few herbs exclaimed Sidman It may b be so my friend but hut those herbs have done the trick Henceforward Henceforward Henceforward ward you will mend steadily And you must never never let a n day go by without us us- your magnificent A week later Sidman was out of bed A 4 month later he was at his office with all the Interest In life renewed d dictating dictating dic dic- c- c tating the contents for a new advertising advertising advertising adver adver- folder about Sidman's Doctor youre you're a wonderful person said Mrs Sidman u u. u I 1 just Im knew w that his would woul cure hi i But nut he hp had got so downhearted that he couldn't couldn't- couldn't even be persuaded to try It Now No that that he lie believes In his again hes he's line ULe ULea linea a different nt alan Irian Y Ye es es said the doctor and went u away Funny thing he be confided to 11 a h professional professional pro pro- friend I was as telling you you a how old Sidman had lost his grip because because be be- cause he didn't believe in his any more Well We I pretended to the time old boy that I was curing him with his Ills own medicine He thought he lie was tn taking doses oses' oses of Sidman's three times a ada aday aday da day and it positively made a n new man manof manof manof of him Actually what do you suppose J was giving him Tonics Nope Hope Colored water In fact it was In a way Sidman's and just justas as Innocuous But It fooled him Just Justas as he fooled the public The other laughed The mind certainly certainly certainly works worl he said Yep The mind or the advertising replied Sidman's doctor |