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Show Why Blue Monday. ( "Monday Is the busiest day ot the week for me," said tho physician to tho man who had been waiting half an hour to see lilm. "I won't try to put up a bluff and tell you that my office Is so crowded every day fn tho week, for It Isn't; but I get a grist ot office patients nearly every Monday. Every physician of any reputation has tho same experience. expe-rience. Why? All on account of Sunday. Sun-day. People do all sorts of foolish fool-ish things on that day, because they have tlmo to, and they pay for it. In tho first place, people cat Indigestible, Indi-gestible, rich food on Sunday that they would not think of' eating on any other day. Thoy eat too much also; In fact, somo people nibble away all day, and in consequenco they havo Indigestion for no one has Indigestion bo quickly or eo acutely as tho person who Is used to regular, wholesome living, and onco In a long whllo tries the unwholesomo food -nnd a trip to the doctor's always In order Monday. Mon-day. Then, again, Sunday gives a person more tlmo to think of his Ills. A man who will stoically bear a pain on working days and drive it away by hlB very snubbing of It will get frightened nt the slightest ache on Sunday. Ho gets to thinking nbout It and comes to the conclusion that It is a serious symptom. So he goes In to boo a physician Monday. N. Y. Press. |