The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
AGE OF THE SEXES.
How 70 Tell the Long from the Short Lived
--The Ears and the Fingers Indicate Vi

1.-THE Ears and the Fingers Indicate vi
tally.
DR.. Lambert, of New York, gave an
interesting lecture on woman and her
nature, duties, needs, and entitlements.
He in good natured manner spoke
OF his peculiar treatment of the subject.
and said it was new lecture, and gave
a little sketch of his own history. Com
ing directly to the lecture itself, he dis
cussed the question of the comparative
length of life of American men and
women, and between people of this
country and those of Europe. Ee
showed statistics to prove that, contrary
to the popular opinion, the people of
New York were longer lived than those
of the old world.
The English girls, so often spoken of
for blooming cheeks and robust forms,
owed these qualities to their outdoor
life, the damp coldDess of their native
island and their fondness for the national
beverage, beer. The fact was. the
women of this country were longer lived
than the English women. There proba
bly, was no place in Europe where so
many old people could be found in pro-
Boi'fOh W tu0 HS Ill New
Hampshire. and three out of every four
OF the people who had cached the age
OF ninety years in New Hampshire were
women.
The constitution of woman was sub-
stantially the same rs the constitution
OF man, and the duration of their earthly
existence, as a general rule, on the
American continent, was the same.
Gliding into the peculiar marks and for
nations of the body as indications of
long or short life, the lecturer said that
If lady wore heavy earring, and the
ear was pulled down in consequence.
presenting n distorted appearance, this
indicated short life to the owner of the
weak member. On the contrary, should
the ear retain its natural position over n
heavy ring, tue strength of the gristle
pointed to long life to the owner.
And so with fingers. If hand had
very short fingers, that had an indica.
ton OF longevity, whereas long fingers
were indicative of short span of life
1t was not found that the proportionate
number of men and women dying at the
different ages varied materially. After
reaching the age of twenty n girl was as
liable to live to good ripe old age as n
man at the same period. As a rule. fe-
male beauty and longevity were not
companions; those azure eyes and very
fair faces that carry off short lived
young men are not long lived.
Another wonderful fact was the con-
stant change going on in the body. The
air OF the hall was at that moment full
OF particles of the brains and organiza-
tlons of those present. Every day.
every hour, aye, every moment, worked
change In every living form. The
speaker said that he would. like to see
women withdrawn from the post-offices.
counting rooms, and other positions of
labor where they were half paid, and
young men put in and paid double the
amount paid women. Then the men
could support the women.
Every man had woman beside him.
and should work for her instead of hav.
ing her earn her living outside of the
household. The young men, he
thought, ought not to be crowded out of
the places and sent West Men of long
life usually had some great and strong
principle in their characters, some
stamina which symbolized a vigorous
and enduring vitality.