Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-05-12
AN ARTICLE For our LADY READERS.


We find the following in the Lafourche (La.)
Union,-but can't tell whether it is original
there, or not. No matter,-it is capital arti-
Gle, and should be read by every lady in the
land:
HOW To rREsERvE WOMEN.
There is nothing in the world that we think
so much of as we do women. Our mother is q
woman-wife, sisters, pretty cousins, are wo-
men; and the daughters will be if Heaven
spare them y they live long enough. And then
there is a love of women in general which we
do not. deny. A fine, magnificent specimen Of
the sex, full of life and health, ripe red check,
and flushing eye, is something that does one
good to look ut as she illuminates the humdrum
sidewalks and every day streets. A North
River Steamer under full headway, with colors
flying is rather pretty 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
insignificance or some other very deep water,
q. .gRelEk ,sHell dressed Yoman.i
There is no rubbing It out; women are the ors'
nament, charm blessing, beauty and bliss Of life,
-(men's life, we mean, Of course.) And means
that can be devised for preserving them should
be publicly made known. You cannot pickle
them. You cannot do them up in sugar and
set them in cold room, with paper soaked in
brandy over their mouths. You cannot put
them up in cans and seal them Up air tight,
without injuring their form and favor. Now,
as men are so dependent upon women for Lies
choicest blessings, proper mode OF preserving
them becomes Of great moment, and we are
sure that the public will thank us for an unfall-
BILE 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 anu lungs. 1t is from tue impressions
made upon these organs through the skin, that
the shiyer comes. 1t is natures Quake-the
alarm bcll-at the onset Of danger. A woman
never shiyers from the effect Of cold upon her
limbs, or hands, or head but let the cold
strike through her clothing on her chest, and off
20 her teeth into chatter, and the whole or
eanisn is in commotion,' One sudden and Sc
we're impression of cold upon the chest has slain
its tens of thousands. Therefore, while the feet
are we'll looked after, never forget the chest.
These points attended to, the natural connec-
tions of the dress will supply the rest, and the
woman is ready for the air. Now let her visit
her neighbors, 60 shopping, call upon the poor,
and walk fol- the good of it, for the fun of it.
Keep away from the stove or register: Air
that is dry or burnt, more or less charged with
casses envolved by the fuel, is poison. Go up
stairs and make the beds with mittens on. Fly
around the house like mad, and yentilate the
rooms. Don't sit pent up in single room with
double windows. Fruit will not retain its full
form and flavor in air tight cansI neither will
women. They need air. If the shivcr come ON
during these operations, 60 directly and put on
something more about the chest
Again, do not live in dark rooms. Light
fades the carpet, but feeds the flower. No liv-
ing animal or vegetable can enjoy health in
darkness Light is almost necessary as air, and
brown tan is far preferable, even as matter
of beauty to sickly paleness OF complexion.
Thus much in regard to the physical means
for preservation. There are moral means no
less important Every woman should be mar
ried to an excellant man. Marriage, 1t is true
brings care and 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. Ihe
sweet sympathies cnyolved in the relations OF
the family, the new energies developed by new
responsibilities, the new compensation for all
outlaws of strength, brings about delightful
play of the heart and intellect which, in their
reaction upon the body, produces an effect that
is nothing less than preservation. Thep there
is higher moral power than this-one which
we speak Of soberly and honestly. No one is
completely armed against the encroaching ills
of life, who has in the heart no place for relig-
ion. The calmness, the patience, and the joy
and hope that are in possession of that woman
whose heart is right in its highest relation, can
never fail to preserve and heighten every perso-
nal power and charm that she possesses.
There you have the receipt. Some Of it is
in sportlye form, but it is not the less. sober
truth, It has withinit the cure for many dis
ease-the preventive for more. 1t might be
made longer, but when We see its prescriptions
universally adopted, it will be time to bring
forward the remainder.
EAT PLENTY OF FAT MEAT.-1n late num-
Der of the Sculpsl in an article on "Diet," DR..
Dixon, in assuming the position that the use
of oil would decrease the victims Of consump-
ton nine-tenths, and that is the whole secret of
the use> OF cod liver OIL" quotes the following
summary observations on this subject, made by
DR.. Hooker
l. OF all the persons between the ages of fif-
tee1faud twenty-five years, more than one fifth
eat no fat meat.
2. Of persons at the age of forty-hve, all, ex-