Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-13
A Word to the Ladies.


The old adage aptly says, 'An ounce Of
preventative is worth pound of cure
When we consider how fatal disease con
sumption is, and how com paritively easy it
is to avoid it, we are more than ever i'm
pressed with the truth Of this old prov
erb. During the last few days We have
been amazed, indeed, at the folly Of wo-
men, whom We have seen promenading the
streets, with the snow foot deep at the
crossing, in low, papcr-thick shoes, thin
ner than the thinnest worn by men in the
summer time Will the sex ever exhibit
common sense in regard TO this natter
There Is but one proper covering for the
foot of woman, in either cold or sloppy
weather, and that is Wellington boot,
such as every gentleman uses. In fact the
protection which it affords to the legs cs-
peciallv against wet, is, more necessary in
the case of women than of men, because
in such case the damp flaps against calf
skin or morocco, instead of the limb. We
are glad to see that within a few wears
those high boots are beginning TO be worn
by thc ladies'; but they are by 10 means
universal, rs they ought TO be, and il is 4
pity that the leaders of fashion would set
the example, both Of walking, and Of wear
ING waterproof boots.
Daily walking is as requisite to health
as the wearing Of imperyious shoes. The
wives and daughters of our rich men, who
never take exercise except in Il carriage,
are undermining their constitutions quite
as eliectually rs those of their own sex,
who unable to keep coaches yet initiate
them in wearing their drawing room shoes.
The one injured by wet feet. the other by
want Of proper exercise. l. is common
thing, at this inclement season Of the year,
to hear ladies congratulate themselves on
their warm rooms, vet often these furnace
heated apartments are only less deleteri-
ous than the unprotected hovel of the beg
gar We often enter parlors where the
thermometer is 80 where the air IS fairly
scorched, and where to cap the climax,
every door is shut so To exclude the posi-
bilitv OF ventilation Yet many females
rcmairi III such rooms, at this season oi
the year, week after week. without once
going out, especially if they are in circum-
stances too good to compel them to work
for a livelihood, yet not good enough to
enable them to keep a carriage. The con-
sequences are impaired digestion, hypo-
critical affections, or incessant headaches,
excessive liability to catch cold and, what
some will think more than ALL loss of color
ard beauty.
There are therefore, two faults charac-
tcris,ic Of American women--onc neg
lect to exercise, and the other too thin
style 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 protec-
ted, daily walk even in winter, would be
conducive to health and loyelneSs than all
the panaceas ever concocted or all the
drugs prescribed by the faculty 1t wonld
give elasticity TO tho step, bloom TO the
check, briliancy to the eye, gay spirits,
! brightness Of intellect, sound slumber-
every blessing in short, that vigorous phys
/ ical health bcstowS, and of which, alas, SO
many American women particularly know
nothing. Vitality would be strong and
high, the deficiency of which, in most ca
ses, is the beginning ofconsumpiioa. The
lungs, too, would have needful play; no
one can 90 out on a branchy winter morn
ing without Initiating the lungs fully; and
the air at such time is always the purest.
If YOU would live to good old age; if you
would enjoy fife while living; if YOU would
add to personal charms, dress warm and
dry, and take daily exercise in the open
air. Let nothing keep you in doors but in
clement weather; but be always clothed to
defy cold and wet, especially to your feet.
Phiadelphia Ledger.
1I.Willic,' said Il dotng parent at the break
fast table to abridged edition of himself who
had just entered the grammar class at the high
school. willie, my dear, will you pass the butter p
'Thrtainly, thir-takthes me to pasthe anything.
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