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'Pediatrician

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E L I Z A B E T H E B E L I N G , Tau

FA M O U S women doctors are no longer a r a r i t y , but i t is as unusual]
as i t is delightful to meet one whose charming personality over-
shadows for the moment all consciousness of her fame. Such a rare and
delightful person is D r . Cecile M o r i a r t y ( T a u ' 1 5 ) , one of Minneapolis':
best-known child specialists. So modest that she lets fall no flattering
information, so interested and alive that she prefers talking about her
listener to telling about her work, she is at once a fascinating and diffi-
cult person to interview. One might gather, however, i f only from the
sparkle in her eyes, and the enthusiasm of her narrative, once it is begun,
that here are the interested, curious, analytical qualities of the true doc-
tor's mind.

A n interview w i t h this busy person who is D r . Moriarty is snatched
between the interruptions of telephone calls. N o t that these interrup-
tions are too unwelcome, for they provide an excellent opportunity of
studying her. Straight and of medium height, she sits at her desk, slim
as any school girl i n her green k n i t t e d suit. H e r red-brown hair is cut;
short, and so fluffy that i t refuses to conform to the severity of a pompa-;
dour. Perhaps her eyes are her most arresting
feature, laughing, sparkling, never for a second
dull.

As to the telephone calls, they, too, are in- Alma Bochmc Kuehn calls
teresting. "Cross, you say?—How many feed- her girls Susan and
ings? Every four hours?—Evidently, we shall Helen Louise.
have to make it every three.—Call and tell me
how her temper improves." Or again, " N o , M r .
Burnett, no reason f o r worrying, I assure you
—a slight jaundice condition, but
harmless—I shall call again tomor-
r o w — N o w , don't w o r r y . " Busy as
she is, one can easily guess that i t
is this quality of interest and sym-
pathy which has made her one of / / [
the mo9t popular children's special- / _
ists in the city. M a n y a T a u baby
is the healthier for her careful at-
tention. Many a Tau mother, in
the midst of an epidemic of dip-
theria or whooping cough, comforts
herself with the thought, "Thank
heaven, there's Dr. Cecile."