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Show WANTED TO DROP THE "SHOP." Professor Complains of Monotonous Repetition of Titles. "Havo you over noticed," asked tho professor, "that .because of society's decree, wo are not only forced always to think of certain men as associated with their occupations, but that oven in addressing them wo must remind them ot their callings? "Tako tho doctor, for example. I should think that he would be everlastingly ever-lastingly tired of having his profession profes-sion brought homo to h'm by everybody every-body who speaks to him. Even tho wives of physicians fall Into the habit of addressing their husbands by their titlo of office, it must be very wearing. wear-ing. On my way abroad last summor I met a man who holds one of tho chairs at Harvard.' Tho first thing that we did after hocomln well enough acquainted to feel a little freedom with each other was to stop using tho word 'professor,' 'You may call me anything you like,' he said one day to me, 'so long as tho term you employ doesn't remind mo of my work." "Incidentally, what dreadful monotony monot-ony It must bo for tho holders ot military or polltfcul offices to bo addressed ad-dressed constantly as 'Qonoral' or 'Colonel' or 'Captain,' 'Governor' or 'Senator.' It's all rl.-'it, at first; It makes a man feci his Importance; hut the sameness of It, day after day, week after week! A handlo to a namo is sometimes necessary, but must it always be used?" "No, indeed, professor," his friend agreed warmly. Tho professor looked sad and then changed the subject |