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theeetthe iter. i on fair nd-bariverinven-thelta-igenedby5 Ofice.arythemdrollney!CU-unesideockonereiebMr.)or,sod[allpoll5 53 •theyrtheMr.themytalfhat roublean-cialMr.bat*ose and I on arts will5 tedfix--hatMr.ave e of oat,4•ingK)Ufcnotth.”. to.;hatr a bedfortheop-forttermistelyi ted See,for[iu-;or-urtgsaidset.heness irom enquire, i/ ao not tmnjc mere is any chance that Mr. Squire will evade trial. If he finds that the developments are such that he win probably be convicted hie may resign his office, and should he do so you will find that the prosecution will not push the ease any further.”SEX IN EDUCATION.*Dr. Moore’s Views on the EfFectf of tudy upon Girls—What New XiorJc Physicians Say on the Subject.■■J An Evening Post reporter called on severalprominent physicians of this city today in relation to our cable despatch of yesterday ’touching the remarts of Dr. Withers Moore before the British Medical Association the flightbefore on the subject of the higher education ofwomen and its effects upon them as observed in this country. The reporter sought to ascertain whether the conclusions of Dr. Moore were shared by the ^medical men of this country generally.Dr. Stephen Smith of Ho-. 574 Madison Avenue* » isaid this morning: il It is probhbly a fact that women of the first fifty years of this country inthe same family libe had larger families than the women of the second half of the century, but thatfact has no reference to education. The womenof the higher social classes have fewerchildreh than women of a lower Social'scale, but that 1 believe to be universal.I would not condemn the present system of edS-cation though. It may be as Dr, Withers Mooresays, but if so the fact has has not come under” •my notice or observation. You had better seesome one who has paid special and more attention to the subject than I have. I do not believe that education in itself has any specialeffect upon fecundity. [Of course women may acquire habits resulting fromeducation, the habits of a recluse, for instance* that would be detrimental to their physical health. That is all I care to say on the subject.It is not one chat has been discussed much by the profession. Some papers have been written upon it by those who have given it special attention, and they are best qualified to express the opinion whether Dr.Moore s conclusions are well founded.* ' Dr. Thomas Addison Emmett of No. 93 Madi-' son Avenue,. has paid special attention to the.health of women and the education of girls in relation thereto, and has written much on the subject, his works being regarded as authorities by the profession. Dr. Emmett is in Europe attend- ; ing the meeting of the British Association at which Dr. Moore made his address.His son, Dr. J. D. Emmett, has followed his; father in the study of the subject in question* \[ and is thoroughly informed as to his views. \’ Speaking to The Evening Post reporter thisafternoon be said that his father held similar'views to tho?e attributed m the despatch, to Dr. Withers Moore. ft is perfectly true, he said, that the forced education of - women or girls between theages say of thirteen and twenty Is most injuriousin its effects and those effects are precisely thosementioned by Dr. Moore. These effects are mo fcnoticeable in'the New England States. To showhis father’s views on the education of women Dr.J. D. Emmett quoted certain excerpts, from hisbook on ‘ The Principles and Practice of Gynce-cologjV S'S follows:I hold that it is not practicable to educate agirl by the same method found best for the boywithout entailing serious consequences. ... I would advocate the highest grade of education for woman in keeping with her^means and station, but not the wrong method which has beenemployed and the wrong period of life which hasbeen settled tor obtaining it. To enable* her to ieach the highest physical development the young girl should pass the years between certain ages free from all exciting influences. Her *mind should be occupied by a very moderate amount of study. There should be no studying at night under any circumstances. . . .Dr. J. D. Emmett said that the present system of education for girls in the public schools was undoubtedly detrimental to tbeir future health, and in that view he believed nearly all physicians concurred. The general public might perhaps think, at first, that Dr. Withers Mooie's conclusions were incorrect, that his premises were wrong, and that he was unnecessarily alarmed, but it would be found, he thought, on examination that his vijws wore borne out by the experience of the profession m this country.Flirt tn a freight Elevator.Kate Campbell, nineteen years old, is a scrubwoman in fbe Murray Hill HnteL Her hour of reporting for duty is at midnight, but last nightshe w as late. Thinking to join her companions unseen, she ran around to the Forty-first Street
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