Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-01

"Oh, said Mrs. Provost vaguely,
'1've seen something
1T is all Greek to me" said Mrs.
Vane, who felt that unreasoning
resentment common to the minor
informed for the major.informed.
you promised to avoid technical
terms"
Madame Zattsuy explained in
the simplest language she could
command the meaning and the
function of the ductless glands.
The more intelligent among them
looked gratified, for the painless
achievement Of fresh knowledge is
a pleasant thing, Madame Aattiany
went on patiently; "These glands
in my case had undergone a natu-
raj process Of exhaustion. In wo-
men the slower functioning of the
endocrines is coincident with the
climacteric, as they have been de-
pendent for stimulation upon GER
tain ovarian cells. The idea in
volved is that the stimulation Of
these exhausted cells would cause
the other glands. to function once
more at full strength and a certain
regeneration ensue as a matter Of
course unless, Of course, they had
withered beyond the power of sci
ence, ! was promising subject,
for examination proved that my or
CANS were healthy, my arteries
soft; ana was not yet sixty. Only
experimentation could reveal wheth
er or not there was still any life
left in the cells, although I respond
ed fayorably to. the preliminary
tests The .upshot was that ! con-
scented to the treatment--"
Eyes? Yes?" Every woman in
the room now sat forward, no long
err old friends or rivals, affectionate
or resentful, nor the victims OF con
yention solicited into sh3Rrr Ilack
and white by the years #Ihey were
composite female.
1T consisted Of the concentration
of powerful Rontgen-what You call
X-Rays-on that portion of the
body covering the oyaries--"
How horrble!" ibid you feed
as If you were being electrocuted? ?"
Are you terribly scarred?"
Not at all. l felt nothing what
ever, and there was nothing to
cause scars"
But thought that the X-Rays--"
"Oh, do be quiet, Louisa ex-
claimed Mrs. Tracy impatiently.
Please go on, Countess zattiany."
"As said, the application was
painless, and if no benefit results.
neither will any harm be done
when the Rays are administered By
a conscientious expert My fnal
consent. as told you, was due 10
the desire to regain my old Will
power and vitality | was extreme
~ skeptical about any effect on nay
personal appearance. y During the
first month felt so heavy and dull
that in spite of assurances tEat
these were favorable symptoms, /
was secretly convinced that | had
forfeited what little mental health
[ bad retained; but was consoled
by the fact that slept all night
and part of the day: | had SUI
fered from insomnia since my du-
ties at the hospital had ended
But surely you must have been
nervous and terrified" All Of
these women had seen and suffered
illness. but all from time-horored
visitations, even If under new and
technical names. and they had suf
fered in common with millions of
others, which, il it offended their
sense of eXclusiyeness, at least
held the safeguard of normalcy.
They felt a chill Of terror, in some
cases of revulsion, as Madame Zat-
fiany Went on to picture this abnor.
nal renaissance going on in the
body unseen and unfelt; in the
body Of one who had been cast in
the common mold, subject to the
common fate, aud whom they had
visioned--when they thought about
her at alias growing old with
them selves; as any natural Chris
tian woman would, 1t was not only
mysterious and terrifying but sub
tly indecent. Mrs. Nane drew back
from her eager poise. Almost it
seemed to the amused Mrs. Ogle-
thorpe that she withdrew her
skirts. Drama was for the stage
or the movies: at all events drama
in private life, among the elect,
was objective, external, and. how
ever offensive, particularly when
screamed in the divorce court, it
was, at least. like the old diseases,
remarkably normal But an inte-
rior drama; not to put too fine a
point on it, drama of ones in.
sides, and especially one that dealt
with the raising from the dead of
that section which refined women
ceased TO discuss after they had
got rid OF tit was positively
shoulish. Drama Of any sort in
this respectable old drawing.room,
which might have been photo.
graphed as the sareophagus of all
the Responsibilities, was extremely
offensive. And what a drama!
NeVnr. had thaua Ali ,ra111 YtA