Mrs Longshore-Potts, M.D

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 99, 9 February 1893, Page 2

Mrs Longshore-Potts, M.D

♦ — WOMAN TALKS WOMAN. A petite lady on the stage, attired in a neat costume of black silk, trimmed with black silk lace ; a fan of white down in the right hand, nsed to emphasise the graceful gesticulations of the left hand ; a head of shapely, intellectual mould,covered with short, curly hair of a beautiful gray ; a face that would attract attention in a galaxy of faces because of its kindly, firm, matronly appearance ; the face of a woman who has seen the world, and has had a share of sorrow; the face of a philosopher and student ; the face of the noblest example of all nature's handiwork --a womanly woman, a gentlewoman. That is Mrs Anna M. Longshore- Potts, of Philadelphia, doctor of medicine. Never in the history of Feildmg, on a similar occasion, has such an audience assembled under one roof as that at the Assembly Booms on Tuesday afternoon. Not one man in the entire assembly to mar this bevy of fair women — only women — old, young, and middle-aged, brunettes and blondes, and some of silvery gray. This large audience assembled to hear a leetur& by Mrs Longshore-Potts, M.D. Mrs Potts, who spoke in a clear, strong voice, opened her address as follows : — " Ladies, we are here this afternoon to study ourselves as women and to learn various truths about ourselves, on which our health and happiness depend. The mind can not be serene and well-balanced without good health ; and if we would be happy we must intelligently care for our bodies. No one should be ignorant of her physical-make up, and if this were under* stood by men, woman would suffer far less than she does." The lecture was full of sound common sense and showed a thorough knowledge ot physiology and hygeinic laws. Dr Potts' remarks were interspersed with quaint witticisms and well-told stories, with occasional bursts of eloquence. The lecture was well illustrated by fine stereopticon views. No lecture ever delivered here, whether from the ordinary rostrum or pulpit, was more able, or more pregnant with the highest morality, than that of Tuesday afternoon, Mrs Dr Potts can feel complimented that her audience contained Feilding's leading women. She will deliver her last lecture to women only to-morrow and Saturday, i That of Saturday will be the most important being on the subject of maternity. To-morrow night Mrs Dr Potts will deliver her famous address on " Hearts and Homes " or " Is Marriage a Failure '?" This has contributed more than anything else to the wide celebrity the gifted quakeress enjoys.