Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-06-18

woolen or worsted hoes should be drawn
If this preliminary process is perfected,
a very important step has been taken
towards the general result Women are
spoiled nearly as much from unpro
tected limbs as from unprotected feet
Skirts are but an Indifferent protection.
Well, then, after the jackets and draw
ers are on, and the wooden hose, there is
nothing TO. hinder the perfection of the
dress after the usual mode. The woman
is on the direct road to preservation,
and no damage is done to her looks.
Expose to the air daily. As pre-
paralion for this, put the feet already en-
closed in woolen hose, (premising still
that the season is winter in thick.soled
shoes, or in regular Wellington boots
The thin slippers, and the thin cold rub
bers beneath are not enough. A better
conductor of caloric could hardly be
found than they combined TO prudence.
Besides, the rubber confines the moist
ure of the foot, and every moment it is
worn, the worse it becomes, until the
connection of the foot with the ice beneath
is almost as direct as if no medium in
terposed. We would not discourage
rubbers over thick shoes, to be worn du-
ringlbrief passages. They are very USE
ful and convenient, but they never should
be relied upon as the main protection of
the feet.
Having the feet well protected, 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 impression made upon these or
gans through the skin that the shiver
comes. 1t is natures quake-the alarm
bell-at the onset of danger. A woman
never shivers from the effect of cold upon
her limbs or hands; but let the cold strike
through her clothing upon her chest,
and off 60 her teeth into chatter, and
the whole organism is in commotion -
One sudden and severe impression of
cold upon the chest has slain its tens of
thousands. Therefore, while the feet
are well looked after, never forget the
chest. These points attended to, the
natural connections of dress will supply
the rest, and the woman is ready for the
air. Now let her visit her neighbors,
go shopping, call upon the poor. and
walk for the good of it, or the fun of it.
Keep away from the stove or the reg
lister. Air that is dried or burnt, more
J or less charged With the gases envolved
Y by the consumption of fuel is poison
e Go up stairs and make the beds with
a mittens on. Fly around the house like
e mad and ventilate the rooms. Don't sit
a pent up in a single room with double
: windows. Fruit will not retain its full
t form and flavor in air-tight cans; neither
will women. They need air. If the
shiver comes on in these operations, go
directly and put on something more
about the chest.
= Thus much for the winter treatment.
, Generally, for the other seasons of the
: year, adapt the clothing to every change
, Of temperature. This may require
! modification of the dress four or five
: times day but it pays. Ours is a yer
: satile climate, and if we are fit to live in
e 1t, or must live in it, we must take it as
D ii is, and make the best of it; and the
S way to make the best of it is by placing
S more or less between the atmosphere
, and the skin.
= Again, do not live in dark rooms
=, Light fades the carpet. but it feeds the
? flower. No living thing, vegetable or an
4 imal, can enjoy health in darkness
: Light is almost as necessary as air, and
Y brown tan is far preferable, even as a
: matter of beauty, to sickly pale COM
plexion.
Thus much in regard to the physical
: means for preservation. There are NOR
al means no less important. Every wo-
E man should be married TO an excellent
e man. Marriage, it is true, brings care
e and wear, but it is the ring that is worn
: that keeps bright, and the watch that
i lies still unwound that gets out of order.)
Y The sweet sympathy evolved in the re-
D lations Of the family, the new energies
b developed by new responsibilities, The
r new compensations secured for all
5 outiays OF strength, bring about de-
: lightul play of the heart and intellect,
0 which, in their reaction upon the body,
t produce an effect that is nothing less
than preservation. There is a higher
moral power than this-one which we
I speak If soberly and honestly. No one
: is completely armed against the encroach-
ing ills of life, who has in his heart NJ
place for religion. The calmness, pa
| tience, the JOY and the hope that are in
! possession of woman whose heart is right
e IN its highest relation, can never fail to
d preserve anil heighten every personal
= power and charm that she possesses.