The evening world., 1911-05-22

nave tnelr one or two or at most tnl
that 1t has come TO be a disgrace to a
patient at such a time"
But this superior longevity of woman
Is. DR.. Knight believes, an acquired sex
privilege, one which woman will lose
gradually as she advances In public lite
and completes With man In the market
and the forum.
Already" she says. "woman's OUTSIDE
activities are tending to subject her to
the same nervous strain as man endures'
and to-day she suffers occasionally from
forms Of nervous disease. as. for in
stance, locomotor ataxia. from which
formerly she was practically exempt
A Suffrage Argument.
BY an ingenuity. which l envied her.
DR.. Knight deduced from her entire
argument that IL man wants to live as
long as woman he must permit her TO
vote.
DIR. Knights appearance typ'ies all
hat Is best In the American professional
woman. She is slender. erect, gentle in
voice and manner and has quantities OF
soft, silvery, gray hair.
Women are physiological misers,'
'i' saAhA Nlth 4 so" li'i ~ ~
No. 81 Mount Morris Park. II envy DR..
Lawton the phrase. They are the great
conservators. They save life. energy.
vitality which men expend prodigally,
sometimes in their work. but often in
designations which aIe the reactions from
work.
The main reason, OF course, for the
greater longevity OF woman Is her shell
tered life. Men are exposed to all sorts
Of violent accidents in their work or in
going to and from work. from which the
majority Of women are still protected"
But Is not this advantage Offset by
maternity" I asked.
"No."Dr. Knight answered. Materially
has become so safe. women are so well
cared for to-day, that It has come to be
almost a disgrace to a physician to lose
. woman patient.
Small Families Now.
Maternity has no extreme perils ex'
cept for the woman who has absolutely
no resistance. no energy at all. Then,
too, the whole tendency of civilization Is
toward the small family. Three children
are to-day a large allowance; one and
two are more common. Maternity. hap
pening once or twice In a lifetime. and
with the care which surrounds women
to-day, Is not q factor In longevity al
all.
II can't regard extreme longevity az
desirable" DIR. knight added. Most
centenarians nave been dead to all
practical urpos for at least twenty
years, and I don't think women can
take any credit for the record. DR.,
Lawton cites. for the year 1890. 2.5s,
women ce%ntenarians as against 1885
} men more than one hundred years old
Men expend a great deal of Vita
and nervous force in the process OF
making a living. and women who dc
not lead parasitic lives meet similar
demands upon their energies.
"Mors ana more % women 70
into industry, into the profssstons,
into the forum, conditions Of Nv
Ing between men Inc women Will
be sQualized.
!. Real Miser Of Energy.
, THE female parasite. whose brair
, practically a%trophies after marriage
whose husband looks upon her as on,
of his possessions. and who is glad t.
] be so regarded In exchange for a sup
D port, Ia indeed a miser of every form o.
energy.
. "Shs eats too much. sleeps too
. much, talks too much, gets too fat,
n then takes to massage. But
. h never thinks It necessary to
. massage the fat off her unused
mind.
. But nature tends to equilibrat
everything. The woman of the futur
will, ! think, be much more like maj
thar the woman of to-day. Mental.
and physically men and women will
. be mucn more alike. Similarity o
occupation. of thought, will modify Sc
differences. I don't mean in a fey
hundred years. but In 1000 or 800
years.
Woman will have the same right
as man and will be deprived OF he
sex privileges. including hat p~rivileg
of living longer than man. And.
added DR.. knight d~uiZzlcally. that
a good suffrage argument, isn't it? !
men want to live longer let them CIV