Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-12-25


OF We find the following in the Lafour-
che (La.) Union, but can't tell whether it is
original there or not. No matter-it is a
capital article, and the author of it, whoever
be may be, observes we'll of the Republic"
How TO PRESERVE WoMEN.-There IS
nothing in the world that we think so much
of as we do of women. Our mother is a
woman-wife sisters, pretty cousins, are wo-
men and the daughters will be if (Heaven
spare them } they live long enough. And
then there is love of women in general
which we do not deny. fine, magnificent
specimen Of the SEX full of life and health,
ripe red or eek, and flashing eye, is, some
thing that does one good to look at as she
eliminates the humdrum sidewalks, and
every day streets A North River steamer
under full Roadway, with colors flying is
rather pretty sight-ralher stirring and in
spring and we pull up our tired nag to see
her pass. and admire the swell she cuts
Comparatively, however, the steamer sinks
into insignifcance, or some other very deep
water, by the side of awell kept, well dress
ed woman. There is no rubbing it out wo-
men arc the ornament, charm, blessing, beau
ty 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 from any other
kind Of fruit. You cannot pickle them.
You cannot do them up in sugar and set
them in cold room, with paper soaked In
brandy over their mouths. You cannot put
them up in cans and seal them up air tight,
without injuring their form aid flavor.
Now, as men are so dependent upon women
for life's choicest blessings, proper mode OF
preserving them becomes of great moment,
and wo are sure that the public will thank
us for an infallible 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. 1t is from the
impressions made upon these organs through
the skin, that the SILVER comes. 1t is ma
lures quake-the alarm bell--at the onset
of danger. A woman never Shivers from the
effect of cold upon her limbs, or hands, OF
head, but let the cold esthrough her clo-
thing on her chest, and off go her teeth into
chatter, and the whole organism Is in a
commotion. One sudden and severe impress
ion of cold upon the chest has slain its tens
of thousands Therefore, while the feet are
we'll looked after, never forget the chest
These points attended to, the natural connec.
tons of the dress will supply the rest, AMI
the woman is ready for the air Now let bel
visit her neighbors, go shopping, call upon
the poor, and walk for the good of it, for the
fun Of it.
Keep away from the stove or register. All
that is dry or burnt more or less charged
with gasses evolved by the fuel, is poison. Gt
up stairs and make the beds with mttens on
Fly around the house like mad, and ventilatt
the rooms. Don't sit pent up in a single
room with double windows. Fruit will no
retain its full form and flavor in air-tight cans
neither will women. They need air. If tn
shiver comes on during these operations, g
directly and put on something more about tn
chest.
Again, do not live in dark rooms. Ligh
fades the carpet, but 1t feeds the flower. M
living animal or vegetable can enjoy healtl
in darkness. Light is almost as necessary a
air, and brown tan is far preferable, even a
a matter of beauty, to sickly paieness
| complexion.
Thus much in regard to the physical moan
for preservation. There are moral means n
, less important. Every woman should b
married to an excellent man. MarriaSeBl IL i
true, brings care and wear, but it is the rim
that is worn that keeps bright, and the watc
that lies still and unwound that gets out G
> order. The sweet sympathies evolved in tn
relations of the family, the new energies de
| veloped by new responsibilities, the ney
T compensation for all outlays of strength
, brings about a delightful play of the hear
: and intellect which, in their re action upo
the body, produces an effect that is nothin
! less than preservation. Then there is high
er moral power than this-one which W
, speak of soberly and honestly. No one
r completely armed against the encroaching i'll
of life, who has in the heart no place for re
ligion. The calmness, the patience, and tn
= 10y and hope that are in possession of ths
woman whose heart is right in its highest re
lation can never fail to preserve and heighte
, every personal power and charm that sh
possesses.
There you have the receipt. Some of
, is in sportive form, but it is not the less SO
, Der truth. 1t has within it the cure of man
disease-the preventive for more. Il Nigh
be made longer; but when we see its pre-
scriptons universally adopted, it will be tim
to bring forward the remainder.