The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-14
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.
From the Home Journal. New York.


A short time since an article appeared In
the columns of this paper, being u synopsis
Of u lecture delivered by u prominent woman
before II well known New England society.
This article dealt 80 directly with the needs
Of women, and contained 40 many hints which
were valuable, that II naturally attracted no
little attention, and has, VIC learn, been u sub
| Jcct of comment In social circles In nearly
every part n the land. Realizing that no
subject can he of more vital Importance, as
well Us interest to all readers. than the cOndi-
ton of the women Of America. we have col
lccted and prepared with considerable care,
additional facts bearing upon the same sub
jcct.
The ladies of this country have been more
observed and talked about than those Of any
other land, and Europeans always notice their
characteristics usually with admiration.
Sara Bcrnhardt declared she could not see
how any one could resist falling In love with
''those pretty American ladies'" She might
have added that even her far-famcd French
nation would find 1t difficult u equal, much
less excel, American women In quickncss OF
perception and brilliancy Of intellect. The
| minds and manners Of American women are
all that can be desired; but It Is II lamentable
fact that their physical frames are far infe-
riOr In comparison with their social and men,
| tai characteristics. The women Of England
are noted for their fiOrid 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 amy prominence. and all
of them only In slight degree. The reason
for this must be plain u every careful OBJ
server. Sesicntary ways, devotion to fashion
but above all, and more than all careless
ness and indifference to daily habits and du-
ties, have rendered the women of this land
far less strong and healthy than 1t Is either
their duty ar privilege to be. This irregular
and Indifferent manner of living brings about
the most serious results, and Is both directly
and indirectly Of untold injury to the race.
The cause, therefore, being manifestly under
the control of tho women themselves, the
power To remove II must naturally he under
their control also. American women can pos
scss just ~ charmed lives rs 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. Tho performance Of the
natural functions of womanhOOd and mother
hood is not IL disease, nor should il bc treated
as such, and to maintain ones health the Or
gains which make and purify the blood must
he preserved in, or restored to, their normal
condition. These organs are the kidneys and
liver.
II is the Office of the kidneys to take from
the blood the poisonous matter which has
fed uor NJ thf, hx<lx a n
pass ii OIL from the system. II they are i'm
paired in their action they cannot do this
work, the poison accumulates, 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 re
lief, death is certain.
II is the office of the liver to extract other
impurities from the blood and utilize por-
ton of them for digestion. II the liver Is
disordcred, all forms of dyspepsia occur, the
bowels cannot dispel the waste matter, and
the most distressing Inconvenience follow.
This is especially true in the case Of women.
And If the bowels are thus inactive and over
loaded the neighbOring organs, which are
particularly dependent for their right action
upon the state of the liver, bowels and kid
neys, become displaced, and the consequences
which ensuc are too we'll known to require re-
statement in II suggestive article Of this kind.
The secret, however. OF preventing these
manifold disorders is to keep the kidneys and
liver in perfect working condition. This is
reason, this is science, and 1t appeals with
force to the suffering women Of America.
When the body is In a healthy condition,
then comes beauty Of complexion, elasticity
of step, hOpefulness of disposition and COM
fort and happiness in the 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 ref.
erence has already been made, IS receiving,
as II certainly merits, the most careful atten-
ton and trial of the women of the land. 1t IL
pure and simple vegetable remedy. which Is
now doing more 10 bring health and strength
to the American women than any one thing
which has ever been discovered. 1t acts di-
rcctly upon the liver, kidneys and adjacent
organs, sOothcs any Inflammation, allays all
pain, and places those organs in u condition
to bring health to the body and happiness to
| the life. The manufacturers OF this great
remedy, rs we learn from the lecture, have
the written thanks of thousands of women
many of them of great prominence-butt these
letters are very properly regarded as too
sacred for publication. No true woman IL
plcasedto have her physical troubles Haunted
| i'm the eyes of the world.
The unquestiOnable value of Warmers Safe |
| Kidney and Liver Cure is all the more mani |
| 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 lntOl- |
| GRANGE In that profession. The history OF |
medicine is II history which illustrates to the |
fullest the blighting effect of bigOtry and In l
tolerance Harvey, who discovered the cir |
| culation of the blood, was driven out Of Eng |
| hand. Jenner, the father Of vaccination, was |
oppressed and scOffed at. Thompson, the
| founder of the ThOmpsonian theory, was the |
victim of hateful conspiracy. Morton, In
Massachusetts, who introduced tho use OF l
| ether in surgical operations, was charged
with witchcraft, and yet the discoveries Of |
| these men are to-day recognized rs Of Infinite |
| benefit To the race. 1t IL the solemn duty Of l
every physician In the land to take advantage
| of every opportunity which IL within his |
| reach; not to promote the interests OF this or
that school, but To heal the people OF their In |
| hrmities. All have witnessed death-bed /
scenes, and felt that II skill were equal Ia |
disease death might have been postponed |
many years agO-that science liz use were
made of all the agencies she has revealeD |
was equal to u cure.
How many time I'm the experience Of all |
has this been illustrated! A cold Is contract |
I'd, II refuses to yield to fixed form Of treat
mcnt. the physician may not be candid enough |
to call In the hid Of other schools, or Of indo-
pendent agencies, and The dear one dies be- |
cause the doctor will not exhaust ecery expedi-
,nt known To the world for relief II he have |
the courage Of his convictions and employs |
outside agencies he IL visited with expulsion |
from the society of his fellows, and, fOrsOOth, /
becomes what they choose to call ''quack."
When they have exhausted all the agencies /
approved by their schools they ''shirk the re-
sponsibllity" of the death Of their patient by /
advising trip to Colorado or Florida, or u |
voyage to Europe! Such treatment may be /
in accord with the "cOlc Of ethics" but I'm
In the view of the unprcjud &C public 1t is
downright cruelty, IL 1t may not be even more
strongly characterized.
There IL no reason, however, why the VIC
men I'm this land should not possess the best of |
health and spirits. The character Of the
country, the activity Of her surroundings,
and the opportunities offered for recovering |
lost health and retaining the same are greater |
than those of any other land on the face Of |
e..l .s,f
plain and simple laws Of health: by a watch |
full care over daily habits and duties, and by a |
regulation of the life with the remedy above |
named, which has become Sd prominent and |
valuable, there Is no reason why all the desir- |