Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-02-09
A Word to the Ladies.

ne preventive is worth a pOunu oI cure.
Wien we consider how fatal disease
consumption is, and how comparatively
easy il is to avoid it, we are more than
eve- impressed with the truth Of the old
nroyerb. During the last few days we
have been amazed, indeed, at the folly OF
women, whom we have seen pronenadlng
the streets, with the snow loot deep at
the crossings, in low, paper-thlck shoes,
thinner than the thinnest worn by men in
snmmcr lime. Will the sex ever exhibit
common sense in regard TO this matter :!
There is but one proper covering tor the
foot of woman, i'll either cold or sloppy
weather, and that is Wellington boot,
such as every gentleman uses. In fact,
the protection which it affords TO the leg,
especially agains! wet, is more necessa-
ry in the case of women than Of men, be-
cause, such case, the damp skirt flaps
agast calfskln or morocco, instead OF
against the limb. We are glad TO see
that within few wears these high boots
are beginning to be worn by ladies; but
they are by no means universal, as they
ought to be, and il is pity that the lea
ders of fashion would notsel the example,
both Of walking and wearing waterproof
boots.
For daily walking is as requisite to
health as the wearing ofinpervious shoes.
The wives and daughters of our lich men,
who never take exercise except in car
riage, are undermining their constitutions
quite as effectually as those of their sex,
who, unable 10 keep coaches, yet initiate
them in wearing their drawing-room
shoes. The one is injured by wet feet,
the other by want OF proper exercise Ii
is common thing, at this inc'ement sea-
son Of the year, to hear ladies congratulate
! themselves on their warm rooms; yet OF
ten these furnace-hea.ed apartments are
hovel of the beggar. We often enter par
ors where the thermometer is eighty
where the air is fairly sco,ched, and where
to cap the climax, every door is shut sc
as TO exclude The possibility of ventilation
Yet many females IemaIn in such rooms,
at this season Of the year, week after week,
without once going out, especially if they
are in circumstances too good TO compel
their working for livelihood, yet not
good enough to enable them TO keep car
riage. The consequences are impaired
digestion, or hysterical affections, or in
cessant headaches, excessive liability to
catch cold, and, what some perhaps will
think more than all loss of color u beauty
! There are therefore, two faults charac-
terisiic Of American wOmen-One neg
!ect to exercise and the other a too thin
istyle of dress in winter. Every female
who can possibly do it, ought to walk in
the open air from one to two hours every
day. If suitable clothing was worn, and
especially if the feet were properly pro
tected, daily walk even in winter, would
be more conducive to health and lovelness
than all the panaceas ever COncocled OF
ali the drugs prescribed by the faculty. /
would give elasticity 10 The step, bloom tc
the cheek ,briIliancy to the eye,gay spirits
brightness OF intellect, sound slumters--
every blessing, in short, that vigorou:
physical health bestows, and Of which
alas so many American women pracuc
ally knew nothing. Vitality would bt
strong and high, the deficiency OF which
in most cases, is the beginning of con
sumption. The lungs, too, would have
needuI plav, for no one can 60 out on {
bracing winter morning without initiating
the lungs fully; and the air at such times
is always the purest. If you would es'
cape pulmonary complaints, ladies'; if fyou
would live to good old age; you would
enjoy life while living; if you would adj
to your personal charms. dress warm anC
dry, and take daily exercise in the open
air Let nothing keep you in doors bu
inclement weather; but be always clothed
to defy cold and wet, especially 10 your
feet.--PhiLadelphic Ledger.
.Anprdoie ofCoL RichardsOn.--A cor.
respondent of the New York Herald gets
i OF the following in regard 10 the Demo
cratic candidate for the Speakership:
In spite of The ColoneI's good looks,
this anecdoc is told by some wags. When
! he FIRST came 10 Washington, among the