New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-25
THE HEALTH OF WOMEN.
A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE sICKLY WOMEN TO BE
FOUND AMONG TIE YoUSG-TIE RIGID STUDIES


FOUND AMONG TIE YoUNG-rHE RIGID STUDIES
OF THE GIRLS COLLEGES.
To the EdttOr Of The Tribune.
SIR: Horace Mann once said, Il hold 1t
morally impossible for God to have created. in the begin
ming, such men and women find the human race
in their physical condition, 70 be-" II God ala u
make them who then did is the question when becomes
prominent in the search remote and predisposing
causes. There come from day to day TO every prae-
ticing physician greater or less number OF women WI
are suppliants for The elixir Of health women VINO Ill
all their physical conditions remote from that
being which comparative anatomy places on the Top
round OF the ladder OF creation. What Is most surpr
ing Is the plumber II girls and young wives VINO go
10 make up this list; indeed, many OF them are
from the ranks OF lately graduated school glrls'
uvbo ava duIv hound in parchment ana
finished off according 20 the latest edition from this or
that Female Institute" as the phrase goes How iar
is the medical profession indebted these Female
Institutes for evolution OF candidates for It's mutt
plicatOu tables This is the question which occurred
10 me recently while observing the commencement ex
erc5es Of Of these colleges Have these young girls
had fair chance 20 do and become their besf Ifue'
they are tied up the very best quality OF white lace
silk and satin bindings. II they ever como % the
marriage altar, they have finer paraphernala'
Their faces are coloresS their fr0cks Their frocks
are tied hack Ia mode that locOmoon is as grace,
full that OF unruly COW which Is tettereu
me At Object Of the yiV fedback Skirt The
modiste has done her best 10 strap down the ar
passages ana cheat the blood Of the oxygen when,
admitted would substitute rose-colored fare TOT
white The air being smut OF IRON the below ~
eocu0uIst has attempted to cultivate voice over H
vacuum. | wonder n Organst could nave pldyeu
his solo II he had tried that experiment on me pI~"'
They tell rs how and potent rs low, SOFT voice III
woman, aud indeed it's hard 70 una anything mort pei
suaslve among vocal sounds than the natural voice OI
true who has something good to say ana par
of Wedrd lungs by which to her vocal chords IN
vibration. such viii make itself heard anu Ic II,
ava " fha Ara of
recesses. without the suspicion Of that most 0dOus VI
sOunds--a scream. Miss Cushman has proved rms
Recently one preachers indicated very f0rcibY
the difference between "lustructing '-hlng ln-cTa
mlng." ana educating-tcvcOpng, The strasDourg
goose is Instructed G., smut up ana crammed us he
Il short and sicklY. The wild goose is educated dt
veloped by its own needs ard provcrhny tong and
long-ived. Is 10 instruction or education Nblch
rishes girls through school G years 40 higpressTe
rates and then lands them IN the doctors Omcei fl
was shoveliug his caTt-lOad when the boss came
along aud told him 20 damp it. Down went the load,
cart and horse the embaukmcnt, While Pdt cohi-
pl1ceufly remarKcd It's mighty convenient DAt
trying the beast" It's very good LOT me p'
Trying FOR the girls. MARY j. SILDLLi' u ~
NclC- York, July II. 1874.