The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-29

~ PROMINENT foreigner who has
Ags Travelled extensively through the
HEAER Southern States, when asked
LA what he had noted as the most
distinguishing characteristic of
the Southern gentleman, replied, vHis
respect for women and love for horses. f"
And we can readily understand this
when we remember that the South pro-
duces the handsomest women, as we'll as
the fastest horses in the world. On the
day of the Derby, ones attention is
divided between the event of the occa-
sion and the visions of magnifcently
gowned femininity that appear on every
hand. And right heartily do the ladies
enter into the sport, showing as much
enthusiasm In their efforts to Wpick the
winner" as do their male companions,
and they are fully as successful. A
large element in the sport of racing, be
it of horses, automobiles or BICYCLES,
consists in the opportunities it offers
for speculation as to possible results.
Women, as a rule, are not good specu-
lators, as they are apt to be influenced
by sentiment, to the detriment of cold
judgment and calculation which is so
necessary to skilful play. They are also
somewhat cautious, seldom risking large
sums unless they have a "sure thing !"
1t is only reasonable to affirm that if a
woman is reluctant to take large risks in
money matters, that she should be much
more reluctant to expose her health-a
thousand fold more valuable than money
to chance or unnecessary risk. The
day when the treatment of disease was
in the experimental stage is happily
past, and every sick woman can find a
"sure thing" in DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. This medicine, elaborated
forty years ago by famous specialist in
women's diseases, has been used by
thousands of sufferers, with wonderful
results. It is composed of Natures
choicest health giving plants, without a
particle of alcohol. Alcohol is a valu-
able agent in the hands of the skilled
physician when used for certain condi-
tons, and owing to its peculiar property
of extracting the active elements from
vegetable substances, has been used and
is found to-day in large amount in
nearly every popular remedy on the
market, yet it has a most unfortunate
effect in the body, drying up the blood
aud destroying the vitality of the tissues.
DR.. Pierce, therefore in preparing his
medicine, carefully excluded therefrom
all alcohol and narcotic substances.
The satiny coat, sleek skin and
rounded limbs of the thoroughbred
horse are the best index of his condi-
ton, and similarly, the plump face,
rosy cheek and springy step mark the
healthy woman. 1t is an axiom of uni
versal acceptance that healthy woman
is happy one, and well-known fact
that a tasteful gown and beautiful
complexion will make any woman at
tractive, and they are within the reach of
nearly every one. But if the complex
ion be muddy or spotted, or the skin
wrinkled and fabby, the most elaborate
costume will simply serve to emphasize
these defects. There is nothing that
will produce wrinkles and a bad COM
plexion so surely as disease and displace-
ments of the organs essentially feminine.
A wonan's body comprises an extremely
complex arrangement of nerve and
energy, whose principal aim is devoted
to the continuance of the species, and to
this end all the bodily functions are
subservient, and when there is a dis