Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-14
WHAT SHE SHOULD DO.
A Few Suggestions Of Importance
on a Subject Of Interest
to the Ladies'.
And Certain Facts Which Should
be Known by all Women.
Homs.Journ.l, New YosH.l

Home-Journal, New York;
A short time since an article appeared
in the columns of this paper, being a syn
opsis Of a lecture delivered by prominent
woman before a we'll known New England
society. This article dealt so directly with
the needs Of women, and contained so
many hints which were valuable, that II
naturally attracted no little attention,
and has, we learn, been a subject Of com
ment in social circles In nearly every part
Of the land. Realizing that no subject
can be of more vital Importance, as we'll
as interest to all readers, than the condi-
ton Of the women Of America, we have
collected aud prepared with considerable
care, additional facts bearing upon this
same subject
The ladies of this country have been
more observed and talked about than
those of any other land, and Europeans
always noticetheir characteristics-usually
with admiration. Sara Bernhardt, de-
clared she did not see how any one could
resist falling in love with 'those pretty
American ladies" She might have added,
that even her far-famed French nation
would find it difficult to equal, much less
excel, American women in quickness Of
perception and brilliancy Of intellect The
minds and manners of American women
are all that can he desired; but it is a
lamentable fact that their physical frames
are far. inferior in comparison with their
social and mental characteristics. The
women Of England are noted for their
horid health; those Of Germany for their
strong constitutions. and the ladies Of
France for their exuberance of spirits; but
American women possess no one of these
qualities in any prominence, and all
Of them only in q slight degree.
The reason for this must be plain TO every
careful observer. Sedentary ways, devo-
ton TO fashion-but above all and more
than all, carelessness and indifference to
daily habits and duties. have rendered the
women Of this land far less strong and
healthy than it is either their duty or
privilege to be. This irregular and in
different manner Of living brings about
the most serious results, and is both di-
reilly and indirectly Of untold injury to
the race. The cause, therefore, being man
ifestly under the control of the women
themselves, the power to remove II must
naturally be under their control also.
American women can possess just as
charmed lives as though they lived in
Europe or any foreign land, if they only
desire and determine to do so.
The primary cause Of suffering from
disease is impure blood. The performance
of the natural functions Of ~womanhood
and motherhood is not a disease, nor
should it be treated as such, and to main
tain ones health the organs which make
and purify the blood must be preserved in,
or restored to, their normal condition.
] These organs are the kidneys and liver.
1t is the office of the Kidneys to take
from the blood the poisonous matter which
has been collected from all parts of the
body and pass it off from the system. If
they are impaired in their action, they
cannot do this work, the poison accumu-
lates, all the organs in the body, which
are sustained by the blood, are weakened
and give way and finally the kidneys and
contiguous organs become the source of
great pain, and, without prompt relief,
death is certain.
II is the office Of the liver to extract
other impurities from the blood, and util-
ize a portion of them for digestion. If the
liver is disordered, all forms Of dyspepsia
occur, the bowels cannot expel the waste
matter, and the most distressing inconye-
niences follow. This is especially true in
the case Of women. And II the bowe's are
thus inactivean and overloaded, the neighbor-
ing organs, which are particularly de.
pendent for their right action upon the
state of the liver, bowels and kidneys,
become displaced, and the consequences
which ensue are too well known to re-
quire re-statement in a suggestive article
Of this kind. The secret, however, of pre-
venting these manifold disorders, is 10
keep the kidneys and liver in perfect
working condition. This is reason; this is
science, and it appeals with force to the
suffering women of America.
When the body is in n healthy condi-
ton, then come beauty oil complexion,
elasticity OF step, hopefulness Of DISPOSE
ton. and comfort and happiness in the
duties and responsibilities of a family
There is, therefore, every incentive to
secure and preserve buoyant health.
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure,
the remedy described in the lecture to
which reference has already been made,
is receiving, as it certainly merits. the
most careful attention and the trial of
the women OF the land. 1t is a pure and
simple vegetable remedy which is now
doing more to tring health and strength
to the American women than any one
thing which has ever been discovered. 1t
acts directly upon the liver, kidneys and
adjacent organs, soothes any infamma-
ton, allays all pain and places those
organs In a condition TO bring health to
the body and happiness TO the lire. The
manufacturers Of this great remedy, as
we learn from the lecture, have the written
thanks Of thousands of women-many of
them of great prominence-but these
letters are very properly regarded as too
sacred for publication. No true woman
is pleased to have her physical troubles
Haunted in the eyes Of the world.
'The unquestionable value Of Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is all the
more manifest from the fact that hereto-
fore no adequate remedy for the ills Of
women has ever been discovered; nor
have the medical profession ever been
able to assist woman in her troubles as
she deserves. This is, perhaps, largely
due TO the presence of so much bigOtry
and intolerance in that profession. The
history Of medicine is a history which il
illustrates 10 the fullest the blighting effect
of history and intolerance. Harvey, who
discovered the circulation of blood, was
driven out Of England. Jenner, the
father Of vaccination, was oppressed and
scoffed at. Thompson, the founder Of the
Th0mpsonian theory, was the victim of a
hateful conspiracy. Morton, in Massa-
chusetts, who introduced the use OF ether
in surgical operations, was charged with
%witchcraft, and yet tho discoveries of
these men are to-day recognized as Of in
finite benefit 10 the race. 1t is the solemn
dn.y Of every physician in the land to
take advantage of every opportunity
which is within his reach; not III promote
the interests of this or that school, but TO
heal the people Of their inirmities. All
have witnessed the death-bed scenes, and
felt that if skill were equal TO disease
death might have been postponed many
years-that science, (f use were made Of
all the agencies she has revealed was
equal 70 a cure.
How many a time in the experience Of
all has this been illustrated A cold is
contracted, It refuses 10 yield TO a fixed
form Of treatment, the physician may not
be candid enough tocall in the aid of other
schools, or Of independent agencies, and
the dear one dies because the doctor will
not exhaust every expedient known 10 the
world for relief If he have the courage
Of his convictions and employs outside
agencies, he is visited with expulsion from
the society of his fellows, and foresooth.
becomes what they choose to call a
"quaek." When they have exhausted ali
the agencies approved by their schools,
they "shirk the responsibility" of tho