Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-07
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A Woman Physician says Shelf uoid itor
Own foe ,nne Time 10 Come.
The hctith NJ tho American grl Is a
perennial subject that flourshcs like q
green bay tree. Everybody can write about
II and everybody does, the result being q
mass u pcck.nlnian literature. What
savagcs do aud what early peoples did nrs
constantly quoted Aud the dark hint
goes round that the times are ont VI joint
because similar conditions do not now pre-.
vail
The reign Of Ignorance aud superstition
4 dcplofcd by those who ought Ia know
better Because the American Girl learn,
the modern alphabet, her doom isaupposed
10 be- sealed. II ~ feared that man To-
America will shortly I've without fitting
mate ard lie cease TO BE- delicious. Genial
aud otherwise delightful specialists ara
quoted aud misquoted Ia ali tholr trtc half
TRUTHS Old books arr consulted, and every.
thing dolrful b put Into paper that could
not be- bought, yet which appoars. II u not
arranged, for u happens and Is always bya
hnu. Strange that the incongruity of the
situation pliscs muster
Tho study of young women by the aver.
npu practitioner i about a. valuable ~
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plants. Everything Is thcrc except the
lie Of the subject. This absence dis.
tufbs not the serenity Of the ingenious
theorist, who tells Nv too often that In spite
Of the invigoratlng influences Of inter.
mingllng Of race, 81 favorable hyRlenle
possibilities In the United States, u health
inl liberty that egcrywhere prevails IN this
country, tho American girl h by no means
what she should Ne physically. ~ ssv.
ing graca and novel discovery, the woman
Of civilization Is drawn into the discussion
on the ground that she fails 10 compare u,
vorably with man In point Of strength
and j. thoroughly unworthy In conse
qneucc.
The question Of any deterioration In the
American glrl u quickly settled BY m up
peal 10 trade, 10 simple dollars aud cents
The vendors " ready made garments state
that small women who formerly found a
perfect nt In styles manufactured for girls
Of sixteen arr now wearing fourteen year
old sizes, Naturally these women have not
decreased In height aud weight II ia the
American girl who Is larger. Sense and
hygiene In the bone during the past tween.
ty.nye years have had marked rcsulta. The
maiden Of today Is the outcome Of this
improved and noblcr way OF living. Med.
ical tears may be- shed for professional sins,
negligence aud oIcnses, but not for the
American girl. who Is likely to hold her
own Tor some time 10 come.
And now word for the woman of civil.
cation. whose muscular hbcu cause 70
much anxiety. for the microscopic Wow Of
life tends to destroy all sense " proportion.
Since the chief end NJ civilization l. 10
specialize the individual, to increase power
aud uscfulnes. by training inherent quality
in order 10 insure variety Of aptitudcs In
perfected form, ~ 10 quite rational 10 ilout
modern femininity with the fact that II
differs materially from the other half oi
the worldi
Only among sayages are men and women
much alike physioslly or m muntal char.
acteristlCs This Kind OF equality exists
under conditions wherein women perform
the most uuinspiring drudgery, belong TO
their last captor, have neither permanent
homes nor rights over their children, aud
ate literally Of no account whatever. Such
are the good old times, the late lamcntcd
paradise Of the ages known as long ago.
one of the evidences that the world Is
growing better every day 4 that men aud
women cnnnot now I've compared. They
have different aims, motives aud point Of
view, different needs aud natures rcqulr.
ing different satisiactions. Dat OF this dit.
ference grow wonderful possibilities OF
progress aud real happiness, To compare
the girl Of the period with man, American
or otherwise, IA sensoloss proceeding that
denotes Ignorance. aud today has ceased 10
allure by the charm Of novelty. There are
many interesting mellco-sooihl subjects Of
investigation, but the health Of the Amer
lean girl Il not one. unless based upon
facts. Louise Fisko Bryson. NJ. D., In New
York World.