The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

ally mlll1pms oil women crushed 10 ucatH
by that crown--that shining symbol of
woman's sovereignty in the home
Up from undated time they come
These martyr souls OF hearth and ZONE
And TO His cross and passion bring
Their fellowship of suffering"
II is a sad thcugh splendid sacrifice
Splendid because It Is the qualities that
make such a sacrifice possible, that also
make the American woman the hlory Of
her sex Sad because it is not Necessary.
That splendid charge of the Light Brigade
at Baiaklaya. when unrcasoning, unreply-
ing the COO obedient 10 The rigid rule Of
duty hurled themselves against the de-
stroyng cannca, was justly criticised by
the great Frenchman in the Words 1T
was magnificent but It was not war.
The same criticism lies against the eplen-
did sacrifice 81 WEnanhOod TO the ideal Of
modosty. 1t Is magnificent but il Is rot
necessary. Not necessary because there
is no provision made for the treatment OF
the most delicate female disorders without
offensive examinations or the use Of local
applications But before going into u de-
tailed account Of this great provision for
the relief and cure If women let US con-
sidor the situation. Hare Is
a YOUNG GIRL
womanhood and glTihood meet
In this first critical period OF hor life
she begins TO experience suffering which
she necessarily relates TO the organs OF
sex. What it Is she does not know. why
IL Is She does not understand. She needs
medical advice. But she shrinks from It,
Her modesty is up ia arms at the thought
OF questions to be asked. Of examinations
to be submitted to- both alike rcpugnsnt 10
dullcacy. So she sullars in silence. Tie
strain on the delicate machinery OF hsr
organism becomes more severe Painful ir-
Irregularities become yet more painful And
so. silently. she trcads the painful path
TO confirmed inyalidsm. Her crown N
modesty becomes a crown of thorns. She
sees the glowing lamp light Of cheerful
homes. She=l-4.srs the cooling Of the happy
babe. the prattlc Of Joyous children, and
she fears thai all that life, OF home and
love, is not for her
Or take the other typical case Of the wo-
men who has entered on the cares and
DUTIES OF WiFEHOon.
She has always been healthy and happy.
But now a change comcs. Her eye loses
its brightness. Her step loses its spring.
The color fades from her cheek Fro
quently she is compelled 10 lie down and
rest Sbo is In constant pain. She looks
dreading,y down the calendar toward I .
hour when the burden OF mo h rhood VIII
be laid upon her She, too, needs help. But
she, too, suffers silently because she can
NOT speak and OPP the door to such ques-
tons or such examinations as her modesty
revolts AZ. Aud yet all this suffering IS,
as has been said, unnecessary, because 10
match uodesty of speech there is ndoesty
OF hearing.
There is one physician who has fully met
the needs OF modest women by Offering
absolute confidence in htaring--absoluie
confidence in consultaton--com with
absolute competence In trestmeut. His re-
markable discoveries and the way In which
he has met woman's peculiar needs has
made DR. x. V. Pierce (ehief consulting
physician 10 the Invalids' Hotel and Surg
Teal Institute, OF Buffalo, n ", the friend
and confdaat OF tens o. thousands OF mod
est women. In over thirty years experiencs
with female disorders OF oYory possible
tyre treating them TO the number OF hum
dreds Of thousands DR.. Pierce has be n
brought into relation with every foem Of
feminine weakness femirine pecllsrity,
aud feminine disease. Where a lora, prac-
tlticner has experimental ard failel with
tan cases DR.. Pierce's DIS ,ogerles ani al
vice have gone straight TO the root and
cured ten thou.and. Every yarlatioa Oi
I symp,omatology is known to this no 'o7R
! specialist The presence OF complications
| that confuse and battle the ordinary prhe-
| titioner are every day experiences and
every day successes TO him.
| Ore Of his great discoveries. Or. Pisree''
Fayorito Prescription. which Is sod
UNDER CONFERENCE.-THE PROTECTOR
has already been found an infsllible cur
| by many hundreds OF thousands OF wo
| men in America alone. In eases 81 femal
| weakness and painful irregularities ;
| common 10 womankind II Is foande
4 upon the common sense fact thai com
mon causs lies behind the multiplicit'