The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-07
Richmond. May I. 1926.
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SOME REASONS WHY THEY CAN'T
BE SUCCESSFUL

SOME REASONS WHY THEY CAN'T
BE SUCCESSFUL.
These are the days of the new woman.
We hear Of her al early morn. and when
the chilly night hreCzes blow. We see her
on the bike, driving. speaking from the
platform. studying law, WpewrtIug and
We meet her on every avenue of activity.
The female doctor Is becoming almost as
COMMON aa her tr0userel opposite.
She is bobblng up in every city. Grim
death will have 10 keep both eyes open,
or he'll have a lot of starving under
takers on his hands. Here's what a
writer says on the subject:
a man. 81 there as nothing the mat
ter with him. might call female doctor.
hut If a man was as sick as horse
the last thing he'd want around him
would be a woman doctor. And Why
Because when man has "a female tum-
bling around he wants 10 feel well. He
don want 10 be bilious or feverish. with
his mouth tasting like cheese and his
eyes blood,hOt when the female is look
ing over him. and taxing account of stock.
OF course. these female doctors are good
looking. or have been, and II one OF them
came into a sick room where "a man was
in bed. and he had chills and was as cold
as a wedge. and she should sit mp close
20 the bed, and take his hand. hiA pulse
would run up 10 10, ana she would pre-
scribe for fever when be had chllblans.
oh. you can't fool us on female doctors.
NOW. IN all fairness. what would some
Of our friends want with a female doc
tor, anyhow? You have ain seen doctors
put their hands under the bed-ciOthes,
and feel Of a man'a feet. 10 see If they
were cold. II a female doctor should DO
that IL would give man the cramp Tn TIE
legs or the cpileptic fits. male doctor
can put his hands on mans liver.
and lungs, and ask If he feels any pain
but III "A female doctor should do the
same thing IL would make man SICK.
and DE would want 10 get up and kick
himself for employing a female doctor.
ron, thereJ no use IN talking; it
would XIII a man. Now. suppose a man
has heart disease. ard q female doctor
should want 10 listen 10 the beating Of
his heart. She would lay her right ear
on his left breast 30 her eyes and rose
bud mouth would lie looking right into
his face and her wayy hair would bee
scattered all around him, getting tangled
in the buttons OF his night-shirt. Don't
you suppose his heart would get I'm about
twenty extra beats 10 the minute2 You
BET And she would smile and show her
pearly teeth, and the ripe lips would be
working as though she We're counting the
ing TO whisper 10 him and-weli. what
would he be doing al this timer
IF he was not dead yet which would
be a wonder. his left hand would brush
the hair away from her temple
and kinder stay there 20 keep
the hair away and his right
1ard would get kinder nervous, and
would move around to the back Of her
head, and when she had counted the
beats few minutes and was raising her
head he would draw the head mp 90 his /
and kiss # once for luck, and have her /
charge IL In the bill.
And then reaction would set I'm. I
and he would be AZ weak as a cat, and /
she would have TO fan him and rub his |
head until he got over being nervous /
and then make out his prescription after /
he got 20 sleep. No. all mans symptoms /
change when a female doctor begins /
practicing on him and she would XII
him dead"