The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-11

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that make such a ssserfffee possible.
that also make the American woman
the glory eff her sex. Sad because 1t
is not necessary. That splendid
charge of the Light brigade at Bala-
klava when unreasoning, unreplylnS,
the SEQ obedient to the rigid rule of
duty hurled themselves against the
destroying cannon, was justly critl-
cised by the great Frenchman in the
words: 1T was magnificent but 1t
was not war"
The same criticism lies against the
splendid sacrifice of womanhoOd to the
ideal of modesty. 1t is magnificent but
it is not necessary. Not necessary be-
cause there is now provision made
for the treatment of the most delicate
female disorders without offensive ex-
aminations or the use of local applica-
tions. But before going into a de-
tailed account of this great provision
for the relief and cure of women let
US consider the situation. Here is
A YOUNG GIRL
standing with reluctant feet
Where womanhood and girlhood meet"
In this first critical period of her life
she begins to experience suffering
which she necessarily relates to the
organs of sex. What it is she does
not know. Why it is she does not un-
derstand. She needs medical advicF.
But she shrinks from it. Her modesty
is up in arms at the thought of ques
lions to be asked ofGexa limitations to be
submitted to, both alike repugnant to
delicacy So she suffers in silence.
The strain on the delicate machinery
of her organism becomes more severe.
Painful irregularities become yet more
painful And so, silently. she treads
the painful path to confirmed invalid
ism Her crown of modesty becomes
a crown of thorns. She sees the glow
ing lamp light of cheerful homes
She hears the cooling of the happy
babe, the prattle of joyous children,
and she fears that all that life, of
home and love- is not for her.
Or, take the other typical case OF
the woman who has entered on the
cares and
DUTIES OF WIFEHOOD.
She has always been healthy and
happy. But now a change comes. Her
eve loses it's brightness. Her step loses
its spring. The color fades from her
cheek Frequently she is compelled to
lie down and rest She is in constant
pain. She looks dreadingly down the
calendar toward the hour when the
burden Of motherhood will be laid upon
her. She, too. needs help. But she, too.
suffers silently, because she cannot
speak and open the door to such ques-
lions or such examinations as her mod
esty revolts at. And yet all this suf-
fering is, as has been said, -unneces-
sary, because to. match modesty of
speech there is mcdesty of hearing.
There is one physician who has fully
met the needs of modest women by Of
fering absolute confidence in hearing
absolute confidence lin consultation
combined with absolute competence in
treatment. His remarkable discoveries
and the way in which he has met Wom-
ans peculiar needs has made DR.. r. V.
Pierce (chief consulting physician to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute. of Buffalo, N. IY.) the friend and
confidant of tens of thousands of mod
est women. In over thirty years eX
perience with female disorders of every
possible type, treating them to the
number of hundreds Of thousands, Doc
tor Pierce has been brought into rela-
ton with every form of feminine weak
ness, feminine PECULIARLY, and femi-
nine disease Where5a local practitioner
has experimental and failed with ten
cases DR.. Pierce'S discoveries and adj
vice have gone straight to the root and
cured ten thousand, Every variation
of symptomatology is known to this
lifelong specialist The presence of
complications that confuse and battle
the ordinary practitioner are every day
experiences and every day successes to
him.
On of his great discoveries, Doctor
Pierce's F'avorite Prescription, which
is sold
UNDER GOVERNMENTAL PROTEC-
TON.
has already been found an infallible
cure by many hundreds of thousands
Of women in America alone. In cases of