The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-16

the advertisement don't say she's woman
physician" why, yes it does" said his
wife, as she looked at the advertisement
again. well, no. guess it doesn't say
she's a physician, but it means the same
thing for ii says that "it is a woman whose
experience in treating womans diseases
is greater than that of any living physician
male or female" MIR. Lovegood chuckied
and said That's what ! love about YOU
my dear You are so ready to believe with
out question when there's a bargain in
view. If you were a little fish, I'd eaten
you every time with a rubber worm IL 1
put a bargain sign above the hook.
ooh! do be serious for once" cried Mrs.
Lovegood. Then, to be serious he re-
piled. 'this woman doesn't claim to be
physician. She would claim to be physi-
clan if she could. because she is trying 10
convey the impression In every other way
than by a direct claim that she is physi-
clan. She is not therefore a physician and
can never have practiced medicine yet
not being a physician and therefore never
having practiced medicine, she claims 70
have had experience in treating woman S
diseases. greater than any living physl-
cian' Now the question Is since she never
practiced medicine, where did she get that
experienceY"
wen, tndI IS So MITE. i4ONESuou
what reluctantly admitted, "bu6 then she
is a woman" I'm not so sure about thar
even" said her husband. 1T looks to me
as If some man was working the woman
with the bearded lady act"
Bearded lady actl DO you mean to say
that they have dime museum freaks for
doctors? Why you must be foolish, or else
amazingly prejudiced," cried his wife.
..You are too literal, my dear" said Mr..
Toyegood what I mean by the bearded
LADY, act is that some man is posing as a
woman. writing over a woman's signature
or using a woman as a stalking horse, as
suming a woman's character TO misead.
The bearded lady of the show is always
a freak and generally a fraud. The point
in this advertisement we are discussing is
! that YOU are asked to write to a woman,
the Implication being that the woman IS
| conpetent TO give and will give you quail
fed and valuable medical advice. But as
| il isn't specified that the woman IS a
| physician there's no infractbon of the law.
The probabilities are that there isn't a
qualified doctor around the place, and the
whole so-called medical correspondence is
done by a lot of girl clerks.
"Ohp' Mrs. Lovegood interjected, "thafs
what IT means then when they say that
only women see the correspondence.
"F,xactlv. my dear" continued her hus-
| hand. land suppose the woman in the adj
vertisement is a real woman and not the
bearded lady, there's your dressmaker,
! who is also a woman, not 10 speak or Mrs.
| Flannigan the cooks mother, VINO Is a
| really excellent woman. If a woman's not
! a doctor then one womans as good as am
! other and it's foolish going to a stranger
| hundreds Of miles distant for the SYM
! nathv which friends at home can better
| SUNNY. And as for a man not understand
! inc vonan's diseases because he's man,
| mot &c The cheapest sort Of clap-trap Who
| have done the doctoring in the past two
thousand years? The men. Where must
the modern woman physician go Ior heI
| LpouIedge? To schools taught by men
and hooks written by men. If this woman
| ne claim men don't understand woman 4
| diseases should ever take 10 the study OF
| medicine. she'd have 10 be taught every
thing she knew by the men who don
| I5now ANYTHING according to her opinion
The problem IS, how man who dom
know anything about woman'S diseases
can teach a woman to know everything
about them. l give 1t up.
''Then you wouldn't write, said MRS
T.o,egood. doubtfully.
s.WTtte. what for?" said her husband
..vvri,e 70 a woman? What's the use OF
writing TO a woman? If you want tC
30 write TO a doctor The first ques.
lion in sickness is not a question Of sex
| INF question of medical ability anc
o,a1i6cations. There's no sex in medicine
snvhow. IL you want TO write, why not
write 10 a man Of medical standing. q
sneciallst like DR.. r. V. Pierce Of Buffalo
! n V You know he's a regularly grad
uated doctor You know he's a good on'
and al the head Of great medical in
| e,itntlon You know he's had thirty years
| e,.nerience, and has, With the aid Of hi.
e,an OF nearly score OF skilled special
,sts treated more than half a million wo
rocn who freely conhded IN the lntegrlt,
| ~ me man and the skin Of the physi
| Clan. President Garfield once said Of Or
| pierce. lie is one OF the best men IN IN,
world. and he Is az the head Of one OF th,
| best medical institutions In the word
| There's nothing new about this free con
| Suliation By letter. my dear. n has beer
| feature OF DR.. pierce's practice fo
| wears, in fact, for more than a quarie
OF "a century. Write 60 him because your
! got tbe best advice ana no string tiet
10 II. ~ 80 speak"
but" Quened MFs. LoyegooJ, 40 yol