Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-12-20
How to Preserve Wemsa.

There is nothing in the world that We think 90
much of as we do of woman. Our mother 10 a
woman wife. sisters, pretty cousins, are women;
and the daughters will be if Heaven spare them!)
they live long enough. And then there 10 love
of women in general which we do not deny. A
6ne magnificent specimen Of the sex, full of life
and health, ripe red cheek, and flashing eve, 10,
something that does one good to look at as she
illuminates the humdrum sidewalks, and every
day streets. A North River Steamer under full
Roadway, with colors flying is rather aprerty sight,
rather stirring and inspiring and We pull up our
tired nag to see her pass and admire the swell she
cuts. Comparatively however, the ste mer sinks
into insgnifcance, or some other very deep water,
BY the side Of a well kept, well dressed woman.
There is no rubbing it out women are the orna-
ment, charm, blessing, beauty and bliss of life,
(men's life, we mean, OF course.) Any means
that can be devised for preserving them should
be publicly made known. They are different fron
any other kind of fruit. You cannot pickle them.
You CT mot do them up in sugar and set them in
cold room, with o paper soaked in brandy over
their mouths. You cannot put them up in
cans and seal them up air tight, without injuring
their form and favor. Now, a. men are 80 de-
pc ldent upon women for lifes choicest blessings,
a proper rode Of preserving them becomes of
great moment, and We are sure that the public
will thank Us for an infallsble receipt.
Have the feet well protected then pay the next
attention to the chest. The chest is the repository
of the vital organs. There abide the heart and
lungs. It il from the impressions made upon
these organs through the skin, that the shivsr
comes. 1t is nature's quake-the alarm bell-at
the onset of danger. woman never shivers from
the ei ect of cold upon her limbs, or hands, or
head; but let the cold strike through her clothing
on her Chess, and off 20 her teeth into chatter,
and the whole organism is in q commotion. One
sudden and severe impression of cold upon the
chest has slain its tens Of thousands. Therefore,
while the feet well looked after, never forget
the chest. These points attended to, the natural
the woman is ready for the air. Now let her
visit her neighbors, 60 shopping, call upon the
poor, and walk for the good of it, for the fun
of it.
Keep awav from the stove or register. Air that
is dry or burnt, more or less charged with gases
9, olved by the fuel, is poison. Go up stairs and
maze the beds with mittens on. Fly around the
house like mad, and vsntilate tho rooms. Dom.
sit pent up in single room with double windows.
Fruit will not retain it's full form and flavor in
air tight cans; neither will women. They need
air. If the shiver comes on during these opera
tions, 60 directly and put on something more
about the chest.
Again, do not live in dark rooms. Light fades
the carpet, but it feeds the flower. No living
animal or vegetable can enjoy health in dark
ress. Light is almost as necessary as air. and a
brown tan is far preferable, even as matter of
beauty,'to sickly paleness of complexion.
Thus much in regard to the physical means for
preservation. There are moral means no les, i'm
portant. Every woman should be married to an
excellent man. Marriage. it is true, brings care
and wear, but it is the ring that is that keeps
bright, and the watch that lies still and unweund
that gets out of order. The sweet sympathies
evolved in the relations of the family, the new
energies developed by new responsibilities, the
new compensation for all OUTLAWS of strength,
brings about delightful play Of the heart and
intellect which, in their reaction upon the body,
produce an effect that is nothing less than pre-
servation. Then, there is a higher moral power
than this-one which We speak Of sobery and
honestly. No one is completely armed against
the encroaching ills of life, who has in the heart
NO place for religion. The calmness, the patience
and the Joy and hope that are in possession of
that woman whose heart is right in its highest re.
lation can never fail to preserve and heighten
every personal power and charm that she pos
sssses.
There! you have the receipt. Some of it is in
sportive form, but it is not the less sober truth.
1t mas within it the cure for many a disease the
preventive for more. 1t might be made longer |;
but when we see its prescriptions universally
adopted, it will be time to bring forward the
remainder.
An IRIsHxAN's IDEA OF AMERlcA.-One of the
best de6nations Of an lrishmans idea of America
that we ever saw, is contained in the follow
ing extract from 6 the Fairy Circle" tale of
John Brougham's Irish Echoes.
{" Where did 'baccy come from, Corney p" in
ouired Mary.
8" why from Meriky, where else ?" he replied
that sent US the FIRST pitaty Long life to it for