| Show HE WANTED PLAIN ENGLISH young physician physicians s amusing plea fop for ent enl there s a physician in my town said a cincinnati drummer who has a S son on whom he Is instructing in the rudi ments ol 01 the profession but just at present the young fellow Is thinking of a great many things not down in the books lie ile has a lot of rapid young companions of the slangy sort and he Is master of them all indeed his lan ian guage Is at times so utterly modern as to be almost unintelligible to the old fashioned people who learned their language ou au of webster s dictionary the other d 42 day y a patient was as brough into the doctor s office and nd the son I 1 happened to be present the man Is suffering from mania a potu botu said the doctor after a brief ex amin atlon what was that inquired the son with an evident effort to catch the meaning mania a potu botu delirium tremens repeated the doctor oh commented the youngster you mean the jim jams the d t L a 3 the delirious deli rius trimmings the do you youa 9 1 I suppose get next to thia this medical racket before the finish but until I 1 do I 1 wish you would talk plain english for or my benefit dad |
