The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-08
WOMAN ON WOMAN'S HEALTH
Address by Mrs. LOn.shore Potts,
N ID. at the Crawford.

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! Yesterday afternoon at the Crawford
Grand Anna Longshore-Potts. NJ. D. de-
| livered her first address on the laws Of
health TO an audience of women. The the
! alter was crowded in every part. Mrs. Dr.
/ Potts, wearing black velvet adorned with
rich laces and diamonds, was received
with cordial demonstrations In the course
of her lecture. which occupied an hour
and a half. and was delivered with ease
and dramatic display. and an abundance
of quaint humor. DR.. Potts contended
! that man and woman differ physically and
mentally. They were dissimilar in their
structures and their dispositions. The
fibre of a woman's bones was finer than
that of a man. Her frame was slighter.
her organization more delicate. Il was
therefore impossible 10 expect rhat she
should enter into competition with HIM.
Education and advancement would only
mean an increase in efficiency in her posi-
ton as the complement Of man. She de-
oIored the terYdency-which was becoming
more and more marked-of girls being
taught violent athletics and gymnastics.
advancing reasons based upon anatomy
and physics TO show that women could
not indulge in excessive exercise without
injury to themselves. She did not believe
1t was possible for the industrial spheres
of man and woman to conflict Man was
10 take upon himself the arduous tasks
OF life. and. moreover. by his distinctive
executive qualities was fitted TO occupy
positions in life which woman could not ad-
eauately fill This was no disparagement
of woman woman's work was great; IN
fact she might say almost sacred. Her
two trips around the world had convinced
her that the women OF America were the
most advanced Of all nations. and she he
aieved the American men 10 be the most
chivaIrous Turning 20 the purely physi-
illogical aspect Of the subject. Or. Potts
considered that knowledge Of the human
frame ehould be more thoroughly taught
in schools. Every girl should understand
herself enough 20 know that 81 = very in
furious TO wear a mass Of heavy clothing
suspended from the waist, and why It Is
Injurious. and what those injurious results /
were. She should also know that mental /
excitement Of any kind. either Of msrth or !
Of sorrow. or prolonged mental strain. 4
would result IN no inclinaton 20 eat. /
though faint from the want Of food She /
protested in the most vigorous language (
against the use OF stays and declared that 4
a woman who knelt before her Creator.
praying Tor health and strength. while
she daily distorted and compressed he-
vital organs. was guilty u something al +
most sae.-5eg.ouE. Health vas The secret
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adjustment u clothing from the shoulders.
moderate exercise. plain. wh0iesone food.
would DO more for physical beauty than
ali the cosmetics in the world. Af-er deal
ing az some length with the ordinary ell
uents q women. the lecturer concluded
Fv saving that = vas necessary that To-
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