Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-08-30
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 80, 1858.
now TO PRESERVE WOMEN.

There is nothing in the world that we think
m much of 40 We do of women. Our mother
IL a voman-wife, sisters. and pretty cou-
sins, are women; aud the daughters will be-
Heaven spare tbem!) they live long enough.
And there is q love Of woman in general
which we do not deny. A 6ue, magnificent
specimen of the sex. tull Of life and health, a
ripe red cheek, and flashing eye, lie something
that does one good to look at as she illumlna-
tea the humdrum sidewalks, and every day
streets. A North River steamer, under full
Roadway, with colors hyiog, is rather q pref.
ty sight-rather stirring and inspiring: and
We pull up our tired nag to see her pass, and
admire the swell she cuts. Comparatively,
however, the steamer sinks into inslguih'
capce, or some other very deep water, by the
side of q we'll kept, we'll dressed woman
There is no rubbing it out; women are the
ornament, charm, blessing, beauty and bliss
of lfe-(men's life, we mean, OF course.J-
Apy means that can be devised for preserv'
ing them should be publicly made known,-
Thew are different from any other kind OF
fruit. You cannot pickle them. You can
not do them up in sugar and set them 10 a
cold room, with a paper soaked IN brandy
over their mouths. You cannot put them up
in cans and seal them up alright, Without
;n;nr;no their form and flavor. Now, as men
are 40 depepdent upon women for lite's choic.
Get blessings, q proper mode OF preserving
them becomes of great moment, and we are
sure hat the public will thank US for an IT,
fallible receipt.
Have the feet we'll 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 shiver comes. 1t Is na-
ture's ouake-the alarm bell at the onset OF
danger. A woman never shivers from the
eject of cold upon her limbs or bands, or
head; but let the cold strike through her
clothing on her chest, and off 20 her teeth
into q chatter, and the whole organism is in
o commotion. One sudden and severe i'm
preston of cold upon the chest has slain its
tens of thousands. Therefore, while the
Feet are we'll looked after, never forget the
chest. Those points attended to, the natural
connections of the dress will supply the rest,
and the woman is ready for the air. Now
let Der visit Der neighbors, 60 shopping, call
upon the poor, and walk for the good OF 1t,
for the fun Of it.
Keep away from the stove or register. Air
that is dry or burnt, more or less charged with
gases evolved by the fuel, is poison. Go up
stairs aud make the beds with mittens on
Fly around the house like mad and vent'late
the rooms. Don't sit pent up 10 a single
room with double windows. Fruit will not
retain its foil form and favor in air tight
cans; neither will women. They need air.
If the .hiver come on during these operations,
70 directly and pat on something more about
tho chest.
Again, do not live in dark rooms. Light
fades the carpet, but it feeds the flower. No
living animal or vegetable can enjoy health
10 darkness. Light is also as necessary as
air, and q brown tan is far preferable even as
q matter of beauty, to a sickly paleness OF
complexion.
Thus much in regard to the physical means
for preservation. There are moral means
important. Every woman should DO mar
ried to on excellent man. Marriage, 1t Is
true, brings care ADD wear, but it is the ring
that is worn that keeps bright, and the watch
that lies still and unwound that gets out of
order. The sweet sympathies evolved IN
relation to the family, the new energies de-
yeloped BY new responsibilities. the new COM
pensation for all outlays of strength, brings
about a delightful play Of the heart and 10
tellect which, in their reaction upon the
body, produces an effect that is nothing less
than preservation. Then, there is a higher
moral power than this-ope which we speak
of soberly and honestly. No one is complete
ly armed against the encroaching ills OF life
who has in the heart no place for religion
The calwness, the patience, and the JOY and
hope that are in possession of that woman
whose heart is right 10 its highest relation,
can never fail to preserve and belgbten every
personal power and charm that she possesses.
Therel you have the receipt. Some Of 1t
10 10 sportive form, but it is not the less sober
truth. 1t has within it the cure for many q
disesse-the preventive for more. 1t might
be made longer; but when we zee its prescrip-
tions universally adopted. it will be time to
bring forward the remainder.
nDEkNn EISCINH