The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-17
Women and Qnacks.

The tenth living wife OF Doctor
Hirschberg. who has Just been releaS
from The Louisville workhou>c and is
again under arrest, charged with big
amy, tells lons story OF TIE doctor 5
adventures. She has Information with
regard to five of his companions. lie
began by marrying . German nurse
girl in the Cincinnati hospital. Then.
at Buffalo, he married IN Irish girl: at
Cleveland he married n JewesS; at
Montreal French girl, and at New
Orleans a mulatto. Since then, the
tenth wife says. he has married SIX dif-
ferent American women, and she rather
thinks he is the most successful smash
err in the world.
The queerest part of the information
relates, however, 10 the guliibility OF
the average woman. her utter failure "a
a Judge of character, her apparent
eagernesS 10 marry, and her readiness
to accept the advances of men OF whom
she knows positively. nothing. Very
likely the doctor selected his victims
from the lower classes of women; but
there should be sharpness about them
TO a certain extent. and indeed we be-
lieve the necessity which constantly
surrounds them i calculatg u TO sharpen
rather than dull their wits. The quack
has many patients, but as matrino-
NAL adventurer he should certainly
have few victims. Anybody. even the
most ignorant and the dullcSt person,
should know the quack rs 4 hUmhug at
sight. II is not entirely >urI rising that
nj -la,,ll ,,l,,x- him
physician. for the aches AMI rains
they wish 10 get rid OF Frequently ms ke
them mentally weak. and wh"n the
regular physician has failed they have
! nothing To 10 in their despair hu! pray
for miracles and patroniZe the GIack;
bit that a woman should voluntarily
place her life and all that she has in
the hands of such 4 person and expect
happiness rs result passes the oril-
nary comprehension.
And tie Cu:ck need not Ee hand
some, or a promising person in a;.y
WAY. If he Ia twice the a"r ui the
woman and fit only, Judging from his
locks and achievements. for aSSoci ,tiOn
with idiots. that makes no difference
at all. He has a Glib tongue, and that
covers all the deficiencies. lie I, iks TO
the woman smoothly aud nj length,
using tire largest words anu apirs the
largest erudition. and the les she
catches hiS meaning the more she
admirrS him. He wears gla>Sc> and
| looks wise His business has given
him an impuicnce tin passes III her
mind for the confidence that sometimes
attends knowledge and experience. and
she is poor critic Probably she h3S
had few chances 90 marry-for tie
| guack IS Shrewi in his selections - a
general thing and her ea@erH"-S 10
marry * the main cause of her 1T struc-
| tiol: but how many cases arc th'Te OF
really bright and hand-oma women
who have become eaamored "f a.cj
and ignorant rue ks and have CO ,iuued
To have "a ect.On for them Until they
turned out To Uc >cnUnurcl> a. wei?
The success of this kentucky GuaCk
VIII bring 10 the reader MIND . dozen
sim lar cases, and the question VI ether
women are prorrcSSin" - mI,CH a. II Is
claimed they are ought 10 D. irougdt
before Tn" Debating societies: but there
is pathetic side To the matter IN the
necessity which ail.ictS most UpgJi nct, ii
women owing tO the limited proportions
of the m pncv thes are able Ia carr. and
in their natural AMI acquired warming
for the home which every woman ought
to have. " \. GTdpRic.