Frankly

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"Doctor," the woman proclaimed as she entered the room, with about as much solemnity as a gust of wind, "I want you to say frankly what's wrong with me; frankly I say."

Surveying her closely from head to foot, at length the man began,

"Madam, I've just three things to say to you:

"First, your weight wants reducing by nearly fifty pounds.

"Second, your beauty would improve if you used about one tenth as much rouge and lipstick.

"And third, I'm an artist ... the doctor is the next door ..."