The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-05-01

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II am not married, " said she simply.
"Oh, l beg your pardon l meant the
doctor-Dr. Verrinder Smith. "
81 am DIR. Nerrinder Smith. "
DR.. Ripley was so surprised that he
dropped his hat and forgot to pick it up
again.
"Whatr he gasped. THE Lee Hop.
kins prize mani You?" He had never
seen q woman doctor before, and his
whole conservative soul rose up in re-
volt at the idea. He could not recall
any Biblical injunction that the man
should remain ever the doctor and the
woman the nurse, and yet he felt as if
blasphemy had been committed. His
face betrayed his feelings only too
clearly.
Il am sorry to disappoint you, said
the lady dryly.
"You certainly have surprised me"
he answered. picking up his hat.
"You are not among our champions,
them"
II cannot say that the movement
has my approval"
And why?"
81 should much prefer not to discuss
it,"
But 1 am sure you will answer a
lady's question
LADIES are in danger Of losing their
privileges when they usurp the place Of
the other sex. They cannot claim both. "
"Why should woman not earn her
bread by her brains?"
DR.. Ripley felt irritated by the quiet
manner in which the lady cross ques.
toned him.
IL should much prefer not to be led
into discussion, Miss Smith. "
"Dr. Smith,, she Interrupt ed.
"Well, DIR. Smith! But if you insist
upon an answer l must say that l do
not think medicine suitable profession
for women, and that l have a personal
objection to masculine ladies. " 1t was
an exceedingly rude speech, and he was
ashamed of it the instant after he had
made it. The lady, however, simply
raised her eyebrows and smiled.
1T seems to me that you are begging
the question:, said she. 'Of course, if
it makes women masculine, that would
be a considerable deterioration.
1t was neat little counter, and Dr..
| Ripley, like pinlled fencer, bowed his
acknowledgment. Il must 90, " said he.
81 am sorry that we cannot come to
some more friendly conclusion, since
we are to be neighbors, " she remarked.
He bowed again and took step to-
ward the door.
1T was a singular coincidence, she
continued, that at the instant that you
called / was reading your paper on 'Lo-
comotor Ataxia' in The Lancet. "
Indeed" said he dryly.
81 thought it was a very able mono
graph. "
You are very good.
But the views which you attribute
to Professor Pitres of Bordeaux have
been repudiatad by him."
II have his pamphlet of $780," said
DR.. Ripley angrily.
Here is his pamphlet of 1891" She
picked it from among litter of period
icals. IF you have time to glance your
eye down this passage
DR.. Ripley took it from her and shot
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that it completely knocked the bottom
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down, and with another frigid bow he
made for the door. As he took the reins
from the groom he glanced round and
saw that the lady was standing at her
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was i"uslins io"i'ily'
an Gay 'no iI,p"oiy Vi .iis ,n'ei'ie"
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that even her comnefition WAS ,h;nc
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