Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19

that you have cot. and tina; because he
is E nizn he knows how perfectly pitiful
, Il is, physically, 70 be 3 weak woman.
that, wilt lie IS s1-ry for yo1, he i
gcllg 10 cheer yCu up, and give you
something % make yol feel better. Tha;
5 5oOd doctor. NOBODY is ever Eoin :
70 get better Q! sEy illness in this world
WHO lstSs fziih ia The doctor. That Is
The reason that | never could hsye 8
woins doctor. l should know thai she
lad aches just Ike mine, and | should
feel on leys! with her. II iac.,
should pr0Osoir feel superior 10 her,
beca1se I world realize That she wJald
think Is she got the be;icE .. her ac1cs
tia; l ough; TO get the batter Of mine.
Now. man Doctor does not reason ilat
way. He Knows just how miserable you
are, bOs wre;ctet yeu are, and lie is
going 70 take trouble OF your shoulders
He Is going 70 sc. the better Of the i'll
meas for you.
Sometimes think that is one Of the
reasons ihai doctors make such good
noyelisiz. They comprehend 50 beau.i-
fully.
THE PHYSICAL SIDE OF WOMAN,
and they know just how close il is to
the mental side, and they can read her
ike the tw1.vnlume book that she Is.
And so they can draw true pictures Of
her. You don't know who the doctor
noTeiisis are: Well, first OF all, there
vas B2lZac, then there was Charles
k.2de. Nowadays, there is lola, Dsu.
dei, who, il he did no. practice. at
least stadieI. Then there IS Conan
Doyle. Then there were tue Flauber;s
and the two DE GoncOuF;s. and De Mau.
passant. They are all that / remember
now, but am sure there were a great
many others. But the great novelist of
all time, Ba.zac, Is probably the greatest
proof Of the value of understanding
women physically before an attempt &
mEde to write OF her mentally and
spiritually.
Talking about myself: Well, have
done good bit OF tina, in this bsbble.
But you see cant help il. If you had
shaken with me and burned with me
ana drank koumiss with me and taken
qulnine with me, you would feel just as
DO, You would believe as all inyalIds
do, that people are interested in their
woes. They are all selfish, thinking tina.
The only thing in llie worth talking
about Is themselves. their ailments, thelf
doctors aud their miseries. Miseries Of
mind, you know, because,
BETWEEN THE ACTS
there is always time enough TO be mis-.
cradle, to think that nobody cares for
you, and that when you die YOU will be
forgotten. That you are going TO die.
and that you wonder why you don't
hurry up and do it. That you are sure
everybody is sitting around waiting for
II. When you get little better you
grow obstinate, and conclude you wont
DIE; and then you are cross and you
hate the doctor, and you wonder why
he don't devote all his time to you; and
then one day the sunshine comes in
very bright and you think you would
like to go out in tine fresh air, and
10 and behold, Won are well. You
are not SO very anxious 10 be better
1t Is a sort Of insult. You had
made up your mind that you would
never get really right. II IS kind Of
anti-climax. Everybody had made up
their minds that you had made up YOUR
mind TO either lifelong illness, or a
speedy departure, and now you are get
ting better, and you lind you can laugh
and take, a certain interest in a new
bonnet, and all Of these signs bespeak
the coming Of health. After all one is
glad. Glad that cbills are forgotten, and
the fever gone; thankful for the koumiss
and the doctor, and very well satisfied
to stay in the world little longer, and
% have strength enough to add to a
typewriter manuscript the three letters
that 90 TO form the name Of BAB,