Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-28

almost all tables, Except those who live with
in hail oi a butcher, ana whose owners are
well to do in the world. Tea is the grand
panacca for all fatigue, low spirits, damp
ness GOODNESS, pains in the head and in the
back, and, in short, for nearly all the ills
that flesh Is heir to the quantity taken by
middc-agcd and elderly women almost sur
passes belief. Certainly, to put the average
at six or eight cups day would be setting 1t
low enough
What mere human beauty could stand
thcec hdtrors Fancy Miss Angeline, dressed
for her first ball. and sitting down. before
she goes forth conqucring ana to conquer, TO
keep up the stamina with just little snack
OF Fat pork. gooseDcrry. Jam lana pumpkln-plc
Is it any wonder, that TINS young lady should
wither at twcnty-hre vet mt PORK mas IT'S
advocates Cobbett was delighted with the
fondncss OF the Americans for " extreme
JUNCTION, and on his return to this country,
did everything in his power to force the
greasy dish upon the Enghsh Paiate' alnrm,
ing that dislike to lat pork was decided
symptom OF mSd""f' W may aii9uei IKE
wise, to the Important part piayeu ny nUgs
laru IN the composition OF cosmetics Inc
thousand ana one Kinds oil paste ana poma-
tum for the skin and hair are all OF tins sub,
stance, only differing little IN the color ana
perfume and in nineteen cases out OF twenty,
hogs's lard is bears grease W ny should
substance improve beauty whcn ABSORBED ny
the SKIN, and destroy II when taken INTO the
stomach This ~ question we ieaVe 10 DC
settled between Una and the chemists.
Another cause OF the unhappy conditlen OF
female beauty in America IS stated ny the out
spoken Ina to be-the dirtiness OF the fair
sex. This is dreadful. Not one woman IN
ten, she asserts, permits cold water TO touch
her whole person every day, and not one III
five performs the same ablutlon once week
while, If the truth could at once be flashed
forth from It's hiding-place, 1t would shew
still longer intervals from the bare thought
OF which imagination shrinks' we 10 not
know what Is the case IN TINS respect as re-
CARDS the majority OF our own countrywo-
men and, to say the truth, we are AFRAID 10
ask.
Ihe wrath OF ma tails next upon the sleep
ing accommodation. Three quarters OF New
England. she tell us sleep IN shghtly en-,
largcd collins ana IN our OPINION, calltal
plan 1t is, Tor II the lourth quarters were
slowed with the rest, the people mlSht as well
be IN their graves at once. These colfhs are
called ncdrooms, ior no otler reason than tnat
they are large enough to hold a ped, light
stand, and wash stand ana 'they are often
rendered redolent oil sweetness ny thlckets oil
hung on the wall inns IS so iaithlul sketch
oi the bedrooms OF tne midlle class hoiuoh-
ers, that one might fancy l ma to be speaking
by mistake, on the wrong SIDE OF the ques-
ton, I'll we hear that the dens descrineu ART
''purlhed ny the perfumes ot tine ADJOINING
Kitchen, and the dead dry heat OF It's red-hoe
stove. Here "pa, ma, ana the Dapy, with
now and then brace OF small Try IN trun-
dle-bed, seethc ana swelter through the WIN
ter nights, and mt themselves admirably Tor
facing the nor -wester IN the morning. Here,
when one OF the family Is sick, he Is pretty
sure to die because lever almost iney'tn-
bic takes the typhoiu form from the ietiu at
mosphere around and the struggling currents
OF health are sent stagnating back to the bur-
dcned heart ana lungs
7 to TINS point INA makes out no case
specially against her couhtrywohen ana II
the argument ehded mere, we shoulu nave 10
BRING IN Nature guilty oil what IS iald TO the
charge OF the American women But now, at
the very fag-end OF the discourse, comes the
whole Sist OF the matter and we see why 1t
Is that f'hgiish women are superior III iresh-
ness oi looks, ana IN their duration oi prnu-
~ not only to tneir transatahtic sisters nut m
10 'hc women o' most oi .''e coui'ries o' hu-
rope. All day long IN winter says ina !;
the s'o'e-hea' purns lh'o 'he oraih' an"
withers me cheeks, ana pa,sieS the muscles
ana ehleepics the step ana thoush summer
comes WIN i,s ou'-uoor ar anu l.s lr"lt ana
mowers, the LOADS IL Is asked TO remove are too
much Tor H. ana the years circle round, the
weary soul-consuming years and the bad
diet, ana the uncleanly hanits ana the ioul
MIR, and the not stove nave done their misera-
BILE work; Beauty Is gone, health is vanish