Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1911 — Puzzles for Patients. [ARTICLE]

Puzzles for Patients.

Although the patient had waited half an hour for her interview with the doctor the time had not dragged. "I worked on one of these puzzles.” she eald. "By the way, doctor, you are not a children’s specialist; then, why do you keep so many puzzles In you reception room?" > "You answered your own question before you asked It,” the doctor said. "I keep them to amuse the grown-ups. „ Most people who feel bad enough to visit a doctor can entertain themselves better with a puzzle than/ifc book or magazine. Every puzzle that has achieved popularity In the last 25 years has a place in that cabinet. Dentists also rely on puzzles to keep waiting jpatients In good humor, for even toothache will share attention with a good puzzle.”