The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-04

pores, N order taat tnoy May % uteo
from inBisibls but no less exist ng in
purity.
d.. COmbs says, aWhsn sbs S.
line and animal elements lei By pes-
piralion are NOT duly removed By wash
ing and bathing. they a last obstrucs
the pores, and irritaie the skin. And
il Is apparently FOR this reason that in
the oassn and warmer climates,
where peFspiraiiOn "a very eOpious, sb-
luton and bathing have assumed the
rank Of religions Observances." 10
another part Of bis work on PhysiolO-
gy be observes "For those who are
no, robust daily spOnging the whole
body with cold wafer, Is The best sub
sliiute FOR the cold water. bath, and
may be resorted to with safety and
advantages in most STATES Of the system"
Cold water creates q delightful glow
while heated water generally produce
an after sensation Of cEilIiness. That
these are ordinary and natural effects
is evident from the fact,that to restore
warmth and animation TO frozen limb
il is plunged in ice-water while to
check the progress Of fever the warm
bath is used. This is in accordance
with the great Homeopathic principle
--simIia simillbRs euraatHT-like
cures like.
But the most injurious doctrine in
culcated 10 the article in the February
Magazine above alluded to is. that
health and beauty are not always to be
derived from the same source. This
is not only erroneous but calculated 10
cause irremediable injury. Almost all
women instinctiVely desire TO be beau
tiful. They hear beauty lauded in their
childhood. They see its potency in
early youth. They themselves feel its
inexpressible charm. History and
poetry teach them its might. They read
Campbell, and learn that there are
none who have not
"Paused while Beauty's pensive eye
Asked from the heart the homage Of a
sigh"
And Pope tells them that
"Beauty draws US with a single hair"
And TO what means do not women
daily resort 10 enhance their personal
attractions Comfor is never for a,
moment consulted by these martyrs to
beauty. It's unhesitatingly sacrahced
on the altar Of vanity. Do not two
thirds Of the sex smilingly endure a
compression Of waist and upper portion
OF the body, which causes the breath
to be painfully and gasPingly impelled
from the oppressed lungs Stacking
every movement, which might other
wise have been graceful? And while
doing this, do they not persuade them
selves that they experience no incon-
veniencss u Do they not willingly
suffer cramping and curiailing . { the
Ieel, aud its attendant evils, to which
the iron torture-shoe 1nciently used By
the inquisitiOns bears no slight rssem-
blance Do they not, with praisewor-
thy patience, night after night submit
to the tedious inhiction Of the curling
pincers, cOnpIacendy enduring sun
dry burns aud the tearing out Of stray
hairs By the cots Do they noi--
but wherefore enumerate f! Who will
not admit that oae reigning wish in the
breast Of woman IS to possess beauty
| remember an instance of a French la
dy, who under the most tying and
vexatious circumstances, invariably pre-
served her equininliiy, and especially
the cOmposure of her features.
Her most beautiful china vase might
be dashed to pieces by the carelessness
Of a servant, or her robe torn at the
very moment Of entering q ball room,
still her features never relaxed except
10 a smile add no angry crimson ever
flushed her cheek. On questioning
her as 10 her motive for sometimes
forbearing TO show a proper degree Of
spirit, she replied eOmpOsedly, "Doyou
suppose | intend to grow old as long IS
| can help il! Do you not now that
repeated agitation Of the features wrin-
kles the face Then the blood sent to
the cheeks BY passion spoils the COM
plaxion. Seeding creates bile and
makes the skin yellow. My vases
may be all dashed to pieces aud my
dresses ruined, but intend that my
beauty shall be bien conssrvee." Does
not such heroic self-cOntrOl prove the
strength Of this craving for exterior
loneliness
Let those who desire the charm oil
beauty remember, that every thing
which conduces to health, contributes
to beauty. J here eau be no perfect
physical beauty without health; no fault,
less symmetry Of form unless every
part Of the frame is unsolicited 10 On.
natural compressions. True il is that
bright and joyous spirits, an elevated
and feeling soul, may create a short