The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-26

American Nsmen.
From the WatLam sentinei
I'll. feeble health of ia. women IL America
| l. fast becoming ~ rattle fear has already
become, pln,rlial and the lately pnhlish-
al Registration Report Tor 1889, presents
sume striking and alarming facts. IN exam
| ming thc rec, Ill II death and Ill. long list
"a fatal maladic We lind very striking
equality in the numbers IL deaths ii male,
AMI females arising in,m many diseases
Fer instance the large number ~ TO per
,.i,s died in the State during the year 1855
| vi typhus fever. Ii seems marvellous that
| the deaths should have been divided between
males aud females with such mn approach Ia
enact equality n the following figures show,
| w: jas male, aui ~. female.
Again under the head II commissions, we
| lind total Excluding two where the sex
vas M, recorded tU2 AMI or these. a,2
were males and :1yp IL females; of the 81
leathS from scarlatina. l13 were 81 males
and Ia Il females. The striking equality
proves that there was n. special cause cx-
crt,ng an injurious influence upon either
sex.
Referring now e. consumption, We might
expect Ia tind similar state &c things but
no, il rs strangely aud sadly different. En-
clusl,n. the d. sfils below ~ and over Ia for
reason, suggested IN ,h" frr,rt, viz: That
| wasting aud decay arising ftum cid ar, ar
constitutional weakness, u-r, often crunc-
! ,al~ls returned under the head IT cnnsunp-
tiou; and excluding sls,j The death. between
~ and Ia, when there is an equality and
when any sIr,ial causes would probably
produce their effects, we obtain this remark
able result. Total deaths fru,n consumption
between th. ages VI lo and ~, 2,5yO; of
these but yGG ~ - per cent. arr &c men,
while l,Gai OF nearly G3 per cent. ART ii
women. Between lU and 80 the difference
!, still greater, during this l.rlod the deaths
,,f te,aa,.s arr .. out II ,i35 T. =, nsar-
" Is per cent ID 10 ~ j. w"rsc still
Yer, nearly G1 par cent
81 that W. shall not be- Far ir,n, the truth
IA saying, that ii ia. ,L-atlis from e",,s,inp-
ti"n hrtwe,n the ayes nf 10 ami -, tl,o-. III
ieinalsS are Ia these ii males A. = Ia !.
Herr evidently Is indicated ia language
t%, plain u bc misunderstood, ia. rAistcim.
Il ~..mr special can.r i,la.imiu. -,i,samptni,
in,oig tnIales ,mt Il all reasonable pro,pr-
ton and whlcli ,i.s not act M the caS. al
levers anil II many either diseases u may
Sc said that woinans m,re ,i.lcste or.an,
lst,,n rrn.l.r her n.'r, susceptible I" the
attacks IT disease hut NJ her organization
. sensitive and del,eaic, II j. also endowed
with great lpowcrs IL endurance. be- i,ies
th. sam. thing might hr sa,L ia regard a.
typlis fever hut statistic, ,i,.prv,c the
by t.,tbcsis and moreover. men tr,sm their
'.ceal,atioir arr much mare cxlA.,sl Ia the
danger ~ consumption than women are, nj
least by any necessity. Hut II u illogical
To- ssek ia the dark distance Er causes, when
AL sufficient ones liz open before am eyes.
I,.nk al tl. dress 81 the wosnciL
Enslayrsl by tyranIcal fashions imported
from the central city III immortality and sie~-
lr.tis,n, with n head dress that may De- well
,',r,a.h ia a temperate cline car a lady WIN
,~sef goes nlt but ~ carriage, 81 the ntir-
-crs women III shaded raflei,s, hut Grimm
ally absurd where the snn burns with all
',ut topical power, AMI where the intens.
odd Penetrate III. skull aud steps the ae-
tam II the brain with their n.sks and
,hsme Ia tl..Ie regard both ipr health anil
naiesty, ,n"rr than what - entitled u IL.
40 called, exposed .i,e n,oln.i d. Oh. heated
AR 81 the Lall resin, anil another Ia blast
l,k. tli.,-s " hich irax,s III. blud III the stern
Pilgrim Father With arms plnon.d Ia
their side. with shoulder blade Displaced
,nd back lones twisted i,s steel t.ound r,r-
sets that compress Tho chest AMI contract
the waist I'LL IL Is wasp-l,kc, ia ,lsiianee
alike IL tL. laws 81 health AMI 1t physical
lsaats, A. glance nj thc classic inssicls II
,,reeee 40 Al thu plstnr,s III the middle accs
would show them, beauty which consists
,at IN the artificial forms invented by man
- woman, hut IN the free anil tall de-, clap-
neni al that floriaus organism which tied
has given n the temple nf the soul with
Ea,n contracted b, u fashion imported iro,n
the gardens, not VI PARADISE, hat IL Paris
loaded with sklrts and silks that trail
tLr..,gh the varied filth II the streets and
sidewalk, that ruin their husbands and IN.
crease that ease in walking Fur which Ameri-
can ladies arr 80 renowned With shoes ~
th,n that stout man would eatcl, eoli
through them nj once with general thin
mess II dress and frcklcssness Il exposure
which need say no more II, for every man
that cares Er the m,sis.ty anil health and
Happiness II his country women, enxe- NJ
them with wonder and sorrow
Why need we seek further Ia learn how
Il Is that the American women, WIN ARE frc-
ln.ntly aid o. BE- the mast baMiitml in the
civilized world, NJ. =. irail and delicate, AMI
die "a earl, A. the neral Law can never
le violated M,tlnut degradation tn the s,til,
and th. absolute certainty II rctribution
here or hereafter, a. all violations of the
Laws IL physical health cause injury "a the
h"dy, and bring with them the inevitable
penalties I'll disease. And the American
nathers arr I" so,r extent responsible fur
these wasted lives, and fnr the heart rcnd-
ipe sorrow that j. brought 10 many a be-
rea,.d hu.bsnd and orphaned child. hut
IN thi- f,se country they have MT real indie
l-.n.l.ncc enough Ia preserve their daugh-
iefss mo,l.sty and health, If some cast oil
French fashion lays sIsn them is irrc-isti-
lie laws, and that ugly tight Jacket, with
half a skirt, which year ago was sign of
rclroach Ia any woman IN the streets II
iaris, m,lsi n"w h. put upon the y,rtno,is
daughters .f New England mothers.
Tic SMALL waist j. the beauty of "a wasp,
and MT II a woman and the trailing in
the mud d sstl, silks i nnre snited Cor
,,enslthrifts than Cur Oh. wives IL simple
American citizens.
LIBERAL MiSprn.--ind this head MI
exchange tells the following rood story u
rather progressive youth nj the East:
4 gentleman ia our hearing the other day
mad. . boy nm offer, which, We think, ex-
Libit.l traits of disintcrestcd Lenesolcnee.
The boy referred 10, was ragged, sliftlesr,
yagrant boy, who had been idling about our
street. IL late. The gentleman u whom We
speak. meeting the lad, and evidently com
mi>.erating his unfortunate condition, al
dressed him thus
" Boy, where did you come from, aud bow
do you live r.
.Come from Pennsylsany, and live by
catin'. What or IL n
"W0uld yosi like something Ia do"
Don't care il faint hard work =
well boy, you like, will set you ny
in bssiness that will prove both pleasant and
profitable
Drive ahead I'm lisxcnim'.n
"Wcll, yon 20 somewhere and steal has
ket, and then go around begging Cor cold
victnsls, and you may have halt yon get"
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