(_Reading_): We, and each of us, having subjected the bearer, John Doe, to a rigid clinical and laboratory examination, in accordance with Form B-3 of the United States Public Health Service, do hereby certify that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, he is free from all disease, taint, defect, deformity or hereditary blemish, saving as noted herein. Temperature _per ora_, 98.6. Pulse, 76, strong. Respiration, 28.5. Wassermann,--2. Hb., 114%. Phthalein, 1st. hr., 46%; 2nd hr., 21%. W. B. C., 8,925. Free gastric HCl, 11.5%. No stasis. No lactic acid. Blood pressure, 122/77. No albuminuria. No glycosuria. Lumbar puncture: clear fluid, normal pressure. Defects Noted. 1. Left heel jerk feeble. 2. Caries in five molars. 3. Slight acne rosacea. 4. Slight inequality of curvature in meridians of right cornea. 5. Nicotine stain on right forefinger, extending to middle of second phalanx. (_Signed_) SIGISMUND KRAUS, M.D. WM. T. ROBERTSON, M.D. JAMES SIMPSON, M.D. Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public for the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York. _(Seal_) ABRAHAM LECHETITSKY. So much for the reading of the minutes. (_To_ THE BRIDE): Now for yours, my dear. (THE BRIDE _hands up a similar envelope, from which_ THE CLERGYMAN _extracts a similar document. But instead of reading it aloud, he delicately runs his eye through it in silence._) THE CLERGYMAN (_The reading finished_) Very good. Very creditable. You must see some good oculist about your astigmatism, my dear. Surely you want to avoid glasses. Come to my study on your return and I'll give you the name of a trustworthy man. And now let us proceed with the ceremony of marriage. (_To_ THE BRIDEGROOM): John, wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife, to live together in the holy state of eugenic matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, protect her from all protozoa and bacteria, and keep her in good health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee unto her only, so long as ye both shall live? If so, hold out your tongue. (THE BRIDEGROOM _holds out his tongue and_ THE CLERGYMAN _inspects it critically._) THE CLERGYMAN (_Somewhat dubiously_) Fair. I have seen worse.... Do you smoke? THE BRIDEGROOM (_Obviously lying_) Not much. THE CLERGYMAN Well, _how_ much? THE BRIDEGROOM Say ten cigarettes a day. THE CLERGYMAN And the stain noted on your right posterior phalanx by the learned medical examiners? THE BRIDEGROOM Well, say fifteen. THE CLERGYMAN (_Waggishly_) Or twenty to be safe. Better taper off to ten. At all events, make twenty the limit. How about the booze? THE BRIDEGROOM (_Virtuously_) Never! THE CLERGYMAN What! Never? THE BRIDEGROOM Well, never again! THE CLERGYMAN