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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 196, 19 August 1912, Page 5

Englishwomen who have, secured the M T D. degree are being told that they ought voluntarily to adopt, for the sake of clearness, some common titular prefix indicative of their , sex (writes the London correspondent of the Age). It appears thnt many of them—like women engaged in literature, art, and business pursuits—are in the habit of leaving ..the general public in doubt on that rather important detail when signing their names or announcing themselves on the door plates of their consulting rooms. A male member of their profession who has been -discussing the matter, remarks that such a signature as "Matilda Smith. M.IX," is somewhat cumbrous, and "Doctor Matilda Smith" at least as absurd as "Mr Matilda Smith" won Id be in the case' of a lady whose qualification or practiee_ was mainly surgical. For the avoidance of confusion between . the sexes, he suggests that ladies possess-i ing the M.3>. degree should consent to be called! "Doetrcss." He points out;that it is a good and well-estab-lished English word, which, according' to the New Oxford dictionary, was in common use as early as the sixteenth century, and is absolutely free from any objectionable association. He concludes with the suggestion—, j which will be suspected of ironical inI tention by some of the medical stiffra^- ' gettes^—that the frequent appearance jof "Doetress" in print would bring into prominence the extent to which i ladies have captured: ; positions, of eminence' in the medical profession. That tightness across the chest, that | thick troublesome phlegm, that run-* I ning of the nose t may be relieved and removed by "NAZOL." It has cured | thousands. 60 doses, Is 6d'. Use with Nazol Inhaler.—Advt. The French Minister for Finance has laid a Bill before the Chamber I which will be a drastic measure for ! abolishing all sign-board advertising I along railways. The scheme is to ! inflict so heavy a tax that no adver- | tiser will be willing to pay it. The j idea is not a new one. Time and | again there has been a campaign in France against wholesale advertising in country places and by means of ; immense signboards along ; railway lines. "A few tourists might be glad to see that a certain mustard is the 1 best in Francej and to read above it ! the distance between Amiens and ! Paris," writes a correspondent. "But people must prefer not to travel from Paris to Boulogne or from Paris to the Riviera between a hedge of signboards, reminding them of the cheapest sardines, the finest catsup, or the best pickles. When they have paid for their seats in a first-class carriage they want- to see some of the landscape en route. The Minister for i Finance has heard; their complaints, and he has drawn up a i measure, which might \be termed the ! Bill for Redeeming, $he Landscapes. For a _signboard a:£yard square the advertisers will ha%e to pay 50f. a year. If it is twenty yards square, they will have to pay 20;OOOf.; and ' if the same board; contains three or four advertisements the 20,000f. will be multiplied three or four timo*. Advertisers 'will thus find that it will be cheaper to hire, a shop on the boulevards than a small spot in. a field for a signboard. The Bill exempts only signs near towns or villages wiilfi in a limit of 100 yards, or on the , v walls of housed.^.^Aj&ejrfcisers will , have to buy tip fartnhouses or barns. | This is the only way of ©scaping the drastic law." For influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.. Never fails. Ip^. 2s Od.--Advt.