Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-06-12

men are an ornament, charm blessing, beau
ty and bliss of life, (man's life, we mean Of
course, and any means that can be devised for
preserving them should be publicly made known.
They are different from any other kind of fruit.
! on cannot pickle them vinegar absolutely
spoilS them. You cannot do them up in sugar,
and set them in cold room, with paper soak
ed in brandy over their mouths. You cannot.
put them into cans and seal them mp air-tight
without injuring their favor. Now, as men are
so dependent upon women for life's choicest
blessings, proper mode Of preserving them be-
comes q matter of great moment, and we are.
sure that the public win thank us for an unfail-
ing receipt. Here they have it:
Wash clean in cold water as often as three
| times a week in cold weather, and every day in
warm weather, and then rub dry with coarse
! towel If the skin takes on blush under the
friction of the towel, so much the better. It
betrays inherent vitality and a happy reaction.
After the glow is we'll established, dress in win
ter with thick flannel--fannel jacket next to
the skin, and pair of flannel drawers, which like
the jacket, were better knit, and fitted closely.
Over the examinations of these heavy wooden or
worsted hose should be drawn. If this prelim:.
nary process is perfected, very important step
has been taken towards the general result
Women are spoiled nearly as much from unpro-
tccted limbs as from unprotected feet Skirts
are but an indifferent protection. Well then.
after the jackets and drawers are on, and the
wooden hose, there is nothing to hinder the per.
lection 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 preparation
for this, put the feet, already enclosed In q
WOODEN hose, (premising still that the season "a
winter in thick-soled shoes, or regular yelling
ton boots The thin slippers, and thin cold
rubbers beneath are not enough. A better
conductor of caloric could hardly be found than
they combine to produce. Besides, the rubber
coulines the moisture Of the foot and every
nioment it is worm the worse II becomes, until
the connection of the foot with the ice beneath
is almost as direct as if no medium interposed
We would not discourage rubbers over thick
shoes. to be worn during brfefpassages. They are
very useful and convenient, but they never should
be relied on as the main protection Of tho
feet
Having the feet well protected, pay the next
attention to the chest. The chest is the repos-
tory of the vital organs There abide The
heart and lungs. 1t is from the impression
made upon these organs through the skin that
the shver comes 1t is natures quake-the
alarm bell--at the onset Of danger. A woman
never shvers from the effects of cold upon her
limbs or hands but let the cold strike through
her clothing upon her chest, and or 90 her
teeth in chatter and the whole organism Is
in commotion. One sudden and severe impress
sion of cold upon the chest has slain its tens OF
thousands. Thersfore, while the feet are we'll
locked after, never foget the chest. These
,>,infc oftardo1 IN tbo ~ t,,eoI no..axa:...=-e
dress will supply the rest, and the woman Is
ready for the air. Now let her visit her neigh.
bors, go shopping, call upon the poor, and walk
for the good Of it or the fun oft. -
Keep away from the stove or the register
Air that is dry or burnt, more or less charged
with the gases evolved by the consumption of
fuel, is poison. Go up stairs and make the
beds with mittens on. Fly around the house
Ike mad, and ventilate the rooms. Don't sit
pent up In single room with double windows
Fruit will not retain its full form and flavor in
nir-tight cans neither will women. They need
air. If the SILVER comes on in these operations.
go directly and put on something more about
the chest.
Thus much for the winter treatment. Cen
orally, 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 a day, but it pays. Ours Is
q versatile climate, and If we are fit to live In
it, or must live in it, we must take it as it is,
and make the best of it and the way to make
the best of it is by placing more or less between
the atmosphere and the skin. a..
Again, do not live in dark rooms Lirht
fades the carpet, but it feeds the flower. No
living thing, vegetable or animal. can enjoy
health in darkness. Light is almost an neccs-
sary as cir, and brown tan is far preferable.
even as matter of beauty, to q sickly paleness
of complexion a.
Thus much In regard to The physical smeans
for preservation. There are moral means no
less important. Every woman should be mar
red to an excellent man. Marriage, it Is true,
brings care and wear, but il is the ring that Is
worn that keeps bright, and the watch that
lies still unwound that gets out Of order. The
sweet sympathies evolved in the relations of the
family, the new energies developed by new re-
sponsibilities, the new compensations secured
for oh OUTLAWS of strength, bring about de-
lghtfnl play Of the heart and intellect, which,
in their reaction upon the body, produee an e.
feet that is nothing less than preservation
There is higher moral power than this-@-one
which we speak Of soberly and honestly. No
one is completely armed against the encroach.
ing ills of fife, who has in bis heart no place fr
religion. The calmness, the patience, the Joy
aud the hope that are in possession Of woman
whose heart is right in its highest relation. can