ARE WOMEN DEGENERATING?

West Coast Times, Issue 10532, 16 July 1897, Page 4

ARE WOMEN DEGENERATING?

Hokitika, July 16, 189 1 ?. (To the Editor.) Sir, — In these days of ever-increasing competition, when the straggle for existence has become more intense and earnest than it has over been before in the world's history, the question as to whether women should enter into the pursuits, and assume the vocations, hitherto regarded as exclusively manly, is one of the utmost importance to both sexes. It is not my intention in this short letter, however, to go into this question again, for it has already been discussod in all its aspects, and with great freedom, by many of the greatest thinkers of the day. That women do compete, and successfully too, with men is a fact most emphatically proved. But the question which is of the greatest importance lo us at the present moment is : Are women physically capable of sustaining the great efforts now required of them both in their home life with its worries and cares, or in the outside world of business and pleasure? Alas! we have not far to seek for the answer. It is written too plainly in the faces and forms of the women and young girls we meet every day in our streets. Pale faces, which should bear the bloom of health, and dull, expressionless eyes, which should beam with life and hope, tell their owd tale ; and we know our women are paying the penalties due to diseased corfstitutions, either inherited or resultant from the artificial modes of living and the unhealthy foods of the day. The climate of this country too, with its sudden changes from heat to cold, its dust storms, and its enervating winds is in itself a great strain on the female constitution. It is, then, an undoubted fact that the women of to-day are physically degenerating, and therefore the interesting particulars contained in the following letter, received recently from Miss Adeline Bell, of Napier, proving as they do the marvellout curative powers of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in all ailments of the female sex, should prove interesting to all readers. This lady gives the following graphic description of her ailments. She says : " I was troubled with cold hands and feet, palpitation of the heart, constant feelings of weariness, headaches, loss of appetite, lack of energy, and also swollen feet and legs. The symptoms first appeared about three years ago. Two doctors were consulted about rrfy case, and medicines were used, but without avail. I now wish to thank , you for the benefit I have derived from' your highly-valued Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They have done me every good, and I am now quite another person in health. I can recommend your pills to anybody." In conclusion it may be added that this wonderful medicine has cured numbers of people, not only in Australia, but all over the world, of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and other ailments. — I am, Su, Yours, etc., "PRO BONO PUBLICO."