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A certain physiciau of this city, who never neglects an opportunity to stndy the traits of the people among whom his business takcs hini, has been making someobservations recently that niay serve as a basis for estimating the character of the average modern American. "I have to travel on street carsagood deal," the physiciau said in explaining his course of procedure, "and I hear all kinds of people talk. A short time ago I 'thought I would keep a record of the vvords most frequently used within my hearing by people of all classes. "I omitnames, profanity and vulgarity, but otherwise this list, which represents ene week 's street car con versation, is absolutely correct. Heie, then, is a summary of what uiarried men talk a bout: "Dollars mentioned within my hearing, 407 times; business, 295; money, 206; dollar, 194; stocks, Ki3; bonds, 162; job, 81; sec, C;i; daughter, 11; ■wife, 4; literature, 0; music, 0; art, 0. "Married women: She, 409; party, 326; dress, 324; splendid, 316; dollars, 201; trimming, 187; cards, 151; prize, 151; society, 130; baby, 129; clothes, 84; weather, 62; rich, 60; lovely, 59; perfectly awful, 40; doctor, 48; medicine, 34; music, 6; literature, 0; art, 0. "Young me.a, unmarried: Corker, 502; daisy, 467; girl, 416; beaut, 391; fairy, 30G; winner, 302; stunner, 284; hunimer, 251; dance, 104; jwrty, 87; old man, 83; fight, 70; money, 72; dollars, 50; no good, 42; cigarette, 81; college, 1; literature, 0; nrnsic, 0; art, 0. "Young women, unmarried: Lovely, 509; just perfectly lovely, 491; horrid, 476; gorgeous, 463; fellow, 409; engaged, 387; dress, 371; stunning, 352; love, 295; party, 291; wear, 284; she, 206; opera, 108; ring, 31; mamma, 28; papa, 11); music, 9; mother, 1; picture, 1 ; poem, ] ; art, 1. "I Latend," coucluded the doctor, "to pursue this subject further, and may be ible to give additional figures