Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — MUCH LIKE CURIOSITY SHOP [ARTICLE]

MUCH LIKE CURIOSITY SHOP

Doctor's Collection of Gift* Included All Kinds and Varieties of Queer Things. In an alcove off the doctor's office iaras his curiosity shop. “Contributions for my poor patients those things are," he said. “Bvery doctor who Is known to have a large charity pratlce is the recipient of many .gifts which he is requested to distil-

bute among needy patients. Some folks find that the easiest and most satisfactory way to dispense charity IS through a doctor. No other agent they oquld employ knows so well what Is needed and who needs it. Better results could be obtained, however, if tiie givers would dniy consult me before sending in their donations. “All the junk in this room is of little or no use. Maybe I can dispose of it

soihe time, but so far I haven’t been able to. Funny and pathetic little stories are attached to some of the Rifts. Here is a wooden leg. It is the gift of a man who died about six months ago. It was his wish that some other legless man should wear his leg. Plenty of men coming out of hospitals need new legs, but unfortunately that man possessed such extreme length- of limb from the knee down that I have not yet found anybody with a leg long enough to match 1C”