The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN
OVER TWICE AS MANY OF THE WEAKER SEX REACH THE CEN.
TCRY MARK.

insanity appears to serve as a distinct
advantage. This affectability appears
70 act somewhat as a barrier against
attacks OF the fatal forms of mental
affections.
so. too. woman's we'll known ten
dencN to carly physical exhaustion
serves to protect her from the fatal
crash that often comes to ma from
oHcr-cxertion,
Women bear the hardships and
prlvations Of prison life better than
men do. Women seldom, if ever, die
of nostalgia.
In man. as in nearly all animals,
.ne pulse rate is slightly slower in
males than in females. in the pro-
portion of s~cventy-two per minute for
men and eighty for women But ms
slowness of pulst. like slowness of
respiration. nearly always goes with
increased weight. tho difference is
PROBABLY no greater than naturally
would he expected. Tn old age wom-
more than mans.
I'M cHcretes less carbonic acid,
therefore is in less need of oxy-
gen and needs it less vitality than
man. This is thought t. he a factor
IN Woman's greater capacity to en-
dnre heat. especially the heat Of
rooms at high temperature. AZ is seen
" wv III INV lie III ACUTE
OF charcoal. where il is said that
women are little inco%nvenienced hy
n temperature of 900 degrees Fahr-
| enheit.
This is thought, also. to he one of
me reasons why women experience
less discomfort than men in breath
ing tho rarifed air of high altit ude
and why. too. that suffer less
from c%hloroform a]nesthetics, and for
want of a better explanation, it has
be"n given as the reason why women
criminals more often survive hang-
ing than men.
Degenerative changes in the blood
vessels and rightly of tho thorax,
both characteristics of senility. are
found much earlier in men than in
woman. Man dies suddenly much
"ftener than woman Men suffer from
ma much more frequently thar
! women.
This is not confined to civilized
races, but is found among avagc
and senli-civilized tribes. as in many
OF the tribes of the North American
for the women instead of the men,
to wear their hair short.
a noted English statistician has
calculated that of two children, a boy
and a girl. born on the same da;,
inc boy will ave seventeen chances
against eleven for living one year.
Mn'le the girl will have twenty-one
10 there appears to be but little diff
ference. but from Is to 10. the crit
zeal period in the life of the female.
the boy will have go chances and
the girl 2I1 chances of living agains,
one of death.
This advantage in favor of the fe.
mae increases. especially from 35 to
10. Whpn tho ~ofs@ l---- -y.-S-A -.
after so, when the man will have
Il three chances of life against one
OF death. while the woman's chances
will be much greater.
II 1000 able bodied mon and 1000
apie-bodied women be uniformed.
armed and equipped for battle and
oIoered on a long and weary march to
.,e 'front.'. more men would probably
reach their destination. while more
women would be found exhausted.
that more men would he found dead
on the roadside. WA"
Owing to their peculiar psycho-
physical organization. women heed
inc warnings of fatigue and avoid tho
fatal crash. while man. with his iron
VII hIt'r complete exhaustion, re.
solves to take another step if he diss
IN tho attempt.
SO after making all due allowances
lor the greater mortality of man i'm
war II from accidents from danger.
Gus occupations n from masculine
eSrosses there are good reasons for
ncIevlng that nothing short of a con-
,,."1.o1aI olfer"ncc can account for
inc greater tenacity of life i'm women
Woman is 81 Physiological miser
shc accumulates energy without ex,
pend'ng it,. while man is a physio-
logical prodigal. h expends more en-
erg9' than he accumulates.