The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

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the advertisement don't say she's woman
physician" why, yes it does said his
wife. as she looked al the advertisement
again. "Well, no, L guess it doesn't say
she's a physician, but ii means the same
thing for it says that 'it is woman whose
experience in treating woman's diseases,
is greater than that of any living physician
male or female" Mr.. Lovegood chuckled
and said, That's what I love about you,
my dear. You are so ready to believe with
out question when there's a bargain in
view. If you were little fish, I'd catch
you every time with a rubber worm if L
put a bargain sign above the hook"
"Oh! 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 a physi-
clan if she could because she is trying TO
convey the impression in every other way
than by a direct claim that she is a physi-
clan. She is not therefore a physician and
can never have practiced medicine. Yet
not being physician and therefore never
having practiced medicine, she claims to
have had experience in treating woman's
diseases. greater than any living phys-
clan Now the question is, since she never
practiced medicine, where did she get that
experience"
'Well. that is So Mrs. Lovegood some
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with the bearded lady act"
Bearded lady act! Do you mean 10 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.
Love3ood. What L mean by the bearded
lady act Is that some man Is posing as
woman, writing over a woman's signature
or using woman as a stalking horse, as
Stunning a woman's character 20 mislead
The bearded lady OF the show is always
a freak and generally 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
competent 10 give and will give you quail
fed and valuable medical advice, But as
it isn't specified that the woman is
physician there's no infractjon of the law.
The probabilities are that there isn't
qualified doctor around the place, and the
whole so-called medical correspondence is
done by lot of girl clerks
"Ohw Mrs Lovegood interjected, that's
what it means then when they say that
only women see the correspondence "
Exactly my dear continued her nus
band. land suppose the woman in the ad-
vertisement is a real woman aud not the
bearded lady, there's your dressmaker,
who is also a woman, not TO speak of Mrs
Flanagan. the cooks mother who is a
really excellent woman. If a woman's not
a doctor then one woman's IS good as an
other, and it's foolish going to a stranger
hundreds of miles distant for the SYM
patty which friends at home can better
supply And as for man not understand
ing wonan's diseases because he's a man.
that is 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 90 for her
knowledge? To schools taught bv men
and books written by men. If this woman
who claim men don't understand wonan's
diseases. should ever take to che study Of
medicine. she'd have 10 be taught everv-
thing she knew bv the men who don,t
L5I5ow ANYTHING according 10 her oninion
The problem is how man who don't
know ANYTHING about woman's diseases
can tescb woman IN know e,,e,,-ti't1rr
about them. l give il up"