The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-06-14
LETTER To COUNTRY GIRLS.

SathfNny NtsitcI, ms THO Io'iowinp lei
ter TO country girls. She talks "righ, cut"
to them.
You know said ,ha. could quilt almost
a. fast as two you The reason 10, take
caro- Of my hands. You would not be
caught putting glove on to sweep, or hoe,
or weed in the garden, because YOU think il
would look NJ il ynu wanted tn he fine In
dies. II YOU SOC any one take care Of her
hands, or careful TO wear a sun.bonnet 10
preserve her complexion, you shy she is
'proud and stuck up."
But j. Is you VIII, arc proud. You have
mn idea YOU look we'll enough 1t any rate.
So you just make Yourself ~ rough and
coarse ne ever YOU can, by way Of being in.
dependent. Your hands grow N stiff aud
hard as il you had held plough and swung
a scyihc, and when you take needle Won
can scarcely feel il in your fingers. This
is wrong. There are many things which
women ought to do, which require their
handsto DO soft and pliablc, and they should
he careful to keep them so, in order to make
them sscful. Every woman who liyos in
the country should knit herself pair of
WOODEN gloves. with long fingers closed at
the tops-not miis to let The fingers get
hard. There should 30 . piece Of ribbed
work at tho wrist TO make them stay on
When you use your hoe, rake or broom, put
on your clovcs-when You iaka hold of
skillet. pot, or kettle handle, tskc cloth 10
keep yonr hands from being hardened -
When you wash clothes or dishes, DO not
havo water M hot ~ 10 feel unpleaaant-
Many girls scald their hands until thcy eau
put them into water almost boiling. Such
hands are unfit 10 use needle Or q PIN
They are mot 90 good to hold baby or dress
q wound. Take caro- Of your hands and do
not forget your faces. have seen many
country girl who At sixteen had complex.
ions like alabaster. and ut twcnty-six their
faces would look like runnet that had hung
six weeks in tho chimney corner.
One reason Of this il, they do not wcnr
a bonnet to protect them from the sua.--
Another reason is, the habit Of baking their
faces before a wood fire. hare seen wo-
mon standing befores great rons,ing fire
and cook, until ] thought their brains were
a. we'll siewed ~ tho chickens; and thew
would get 20 used to il that they would
make no attempt 10 shield their hends from
tho heat. Nay, they will sit down in the
evening and bake their faces BY The hoHr
this is one Of the reasons WHY American
women grow old, wi,hsred .nd ~rinked
fifteen wears heforc their time But anoil.-
or and the greatest reason il, your diet
People in this country live 10 well md e.,
too much hot bread and meat. Country
people usually eat richer food than those
who live in the cities, and that is rcason
why. with oil their fresh mir, their average
age is little greater than that Of CITY folks.
Thousands Of beautiful, blooming country
girls, make old eallow faced wsmcn of
themselves before tho are thirty, by drink
Ing coffee. smoking tobacco. end eating hot
bread. They shorten their lives hy these
practices about NJ much as city ladies' with
their fashionable follies. do not know
what you think nbout it, girls, bu, think
Il IS rs much Of n sin for women 10 got old.
brown wi'hered faces, by eating too much,
ms Il IL for mon to Get red noses by drink.
ing too much. Very few people think it
a disgrace to have bilious fever; but l
would just rs leave the doctor would tell
me WAS drunk As that was bilious
The one would come from drinking too
much, tho other from eating too much; and
where is the difference All this is q seri-
Gus matter, for il effects health aud life;
and the reason why ] talk about your COM
plexions in speaking Of il is. that every
body loves 10 look well, whether they will
acknowledge ], or not. Now. people csu-
not look we'll unless they arc we'll; and no
one can DO we'll very long Who does not
try to take care Of herself. Tho woman
who roasts her head 1t the fire, disorders
her blood, brings on headaches, Injuries her
health. and makes her face look like piece
Of leather; when she swallows hot coffee.
hot bread greasy victuals and strong
pickles, she destroys her stomach, ross her
teeth. shortens her lie, and makes herself
too ugly for any use, except soaring tho
crows of the corn. J.G.s.
TmE OLDEST SENATOR in Congress 10 M.
VIM. x. King, Of Alabama. The Senator
longest 10 Congress is Col Benton, Of
Missouri. Al ono time Col. Bcnson was
toasted a. the Father Of the Senate" He
denied tho ''soft impeachment" aud Trans
ferred the honor to Col. King, ar anterior
70 service. entitled to the soubriquet Of
father Of the Senate. s.I3ut," added Col.
Benton, II regret 10 add ibst my friend, .
hopeless bachelor NJ BE- isis father oc
nothing else. "-Defroa Free Press.
One of the most beautiful gems in orien-