Evening star., 1898-12-14

my dear said her husband. But
YOU know I'm a little dubious about
your bargains. Your swans so OF
ten turn out to be geese" We'll,
then, it's an offer BY a woman (phy-
sician) to give free medical advice by
letter, and it SAYS its better to write
to a woman, because a man can't
understand a woman, Just because
he's a man, and it SAYS, too, that its
just revolving to go to man physi-
clan. anyhow" And Mrs. Love
good stopped because she was out of
breath.
Il bet YOU" said her husband,
that the advertisement don't say
she's woman physician" Why,
YES it does said his wife. as she
looked at the advertisement again.
We'll, no. | guess it doesn't say she's
a physician, but it means the same
thing, for it SAYS that 1T is a woman
whose experience in treating wo-
mans diseases is greater than that
OF any living physician, male or fe-
male" Mr.. LovegOOd chuckled and
said, That's what | love about YOU,
my dear. You are so ready to be
Heve without question when there's
d bargain in view If YOU were lit
tie fish. Id catch YOU every time with
rubber worm if | put a bargain
sign above the hook"
OH do be serious for once" cried
Mrs. LOvegOod. Then, to be
serious he replied, this woman
doesn't claim to be a physician. She
would claim to be physician if she
could. because she is irving to con-
vey the impression in every other
way than by direct claim that she is
physician. She is not therefore
physician and can never have Drac-
tlced medicine. Yet not being ply
slcian and therefore never having
practiced medicine, she claims to
have had experience in treating wO-
mans diseases. greater than any liv-
ing physician Now the question
Is, since she never practiced medi-
cine. where did she get that expert
ence?'
Well. that is So" Mrs. LOvegood
somewhat reluctantly admitted, but
then she Is a woman" I'm not 50
sure about that even" said her hus-
band. 1t looks TO me as if some
man was working the woman with
the bearded lady' act
Bearded lady act Do YOU mean
to say they have dime museum
freaks iOr doctors? Why. YOU must
be foolish, or else amazingly pre-
JUDGED" cried his wife.
on are too liberal. nv dear"
said MIR. LOvegoOd. What | mean
by the bearded lady act is that some
man Is posing as a woman, writing
over a Woman's signature or using
4 woman as stalking horse. assum-
ing a WOman's character to mislead.
The bearded lady OF the show is al
ways a freak and generally a fraud.
The point in this advertisement we
are discussing is that YOU are asked
10 write to d woman the imDliCa-
ton beng that the woman is COM
petent 10 give and will give YOU quail
fed and valuable medical advice.
But as it isn't specified that the wo-
man Is a physician there's no in
traction OF the law The probabili-
ties are that there isn't a qualified
doctor around the place. and the
whole so-called medical correspond
ence' is done by a lot of girl clerks"
"Oh!" Mrs Lovegood interjected.
that's what IT means then when they
say that only women see the cor
respondence
Exactly, my dear" continued her
husband. and suppose the woman
IN the advertisement is real wo-
man and not the bearded ladv.'
there's Your dresSmaker. who is also
woman, not to speak of Mrs. Flan-
nlgan, the cooks mother, who is a
really excellent woman. If a wo-
mans not doctor then one woman's
as good as another and it's foolish
going TO stranger hundreds OF miles
distant for the sympathy which
friends at home can better supply
And as for a man not understanding
woman's diseases because he's a
man, that is the cheapest sort OF clap
trap. Who have done the doctorino
in the past two thousand years? The
men. Where must the modern wo-
man physician go for her knowl-
edge To schools taught by men