THE DOCTOR'S ORDERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 755, 2 March 1910, Page 6

THE DOCTOR'S ORDERS.

] AN OHIBO HOME COMPLAINT. ~ ~ ' , 'l Hobbling, on a crutch, his face working 1 incessantly from some trouble among the ' reflexes, an elderly man sought aid at ' the hands of .the-Benevolent Trustees ] yesterday afternoon. ] "What is -your, application to-day"? 5 asked the chairman, with a nod of reccnition.. , , .°. i I- want to-go 'back into the Home," responded, the-applicant. E Had a bad time since you have been out?. .... c l'es. . .; a By the way, why did you leave the i institution? The answer came promptly. "The doc- 1 tor said I was to have one flannel shirt t a week," replied the old man. "My ( trouble is. rheumatics, and the overseer 3 made me wear two iiannel shirts a week." ( "What was your objection? It was' a d peculiar prescription', surely," continued I the chairman. •' T "The doctor knew that I should not t have the bother of changing twice a t week, and, if I don't obey orders, I b shan't got my pension." This was conclusive, and the question- j ing advanced on other lines. The applicant said that he had been allowed 7s. 6d. per week as sick pay by i his-lodge, but because he was seen out late one night, the advances were stopped. He expressed the hope that they would be paid again shortly, however, in which case he would place the contributions in the.bank. q "And how about the Home?" asked the a chairman. "Oh, my pension:. will pay that,"\ said the ex-inmate. ' > = "There is ;no "chance of your pension being stopped if you are seen out late?" suggested a, trustee, playfully. , . "No fear of-that," replied the ancient. The trustees thereupon agreed that he o should take refuge at the Home oncc a more. They told him that he would find s: life there more comfortable, and that n he would be contented, because he had C two or three "old chums" to talk to. a After signing an order for his admission, the ; chairman warned the old fellow S to behavo himself in future. o: "And don't.make a fuss if you have to fi wear two flannel shirts a week," added ii another- trustee, as tho veteran shuffled fi slowlv out of the room. S S i v