The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-09-16
Msw to Preserse Women.

we think so much of as we do of women.
Our mother is woman-wife, sisters,
and pretty codsfns, are women; and
the daughters will be if (Heaven spare
themD they live long enough. And
there is love of woman in general
which we do not deny. A fine mag
nificent specimen of the sex, full of life
and health, ripe, red cheek and fash
ing eye, is something that does one
good TO look at as she i1fuminates the
bumdrum sidewalk, 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, how
ever, the steamer sinks into insignif-
cance, or some other very deep water,
by the side of well kept, we'll dressed
woman. There is no rubbing it out;
women are the ornament, charm, bless
ing, beauty and bliss of life-(men's
life, we mean, of course.y Any means
that can be devised for preserving them
should bepublicly made known. They
are different from any other kind of
fruit 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 mp air-tight, without injuring
their form and flavor. Now, as men
are so dependent upon woman for life's
choicest blessings, a proper mode of
preserving them becomes of great mo-
ment, and we are sure the public will
thank MS for an infallible receipt.
Have the feet wefI ventilated, then
pay the next attention to the chest.
The chest is the repository of the vital
organs. There abides the heart and
lungs. 1t is from the impression made
upon these organs through the skin,
that the shiver comes. 1t is natures
quake-the alarm bell at the onset of
danger. A woman never shivers 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 goes her teeth into chatter, and
the whole organism is in commotion.
One sudden and severe impression of
cold upon the chest has slain its tens
of thousands. Therefore, while the
feet are well looked after never forget
the chest. These points attended to,
the natural connections of the dress
viii supply the rest, and the woman is
ready for the air. Now let her visit
her neigbbors, 90 shopping, call upon
the poor, and walk for the good of it,
for the fun of it.
Keep away from the stove or regis
ter. Air that is dry or burnt, more or
less charged with gases evolved by the
fuel, is poison. Go up stairs and make
the. bed with mittens on. Fly around
the house like mad and ventiIate 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 cans: neither will women. They
need air. If the shiver comes on DUR
ing these operations, 60 directly and
put on something more about the chest.
Again, do not live in dark rooms.
Light fades the carpet, but it fades the
flower. No living animal or vegetable
can enjoy health in darkness. Light
is also as necessary as air, and a brown
tan is far preferable even as matter
of beauty, to a sickly paleness of CON-
plexion.
Thus much in regard to the physical
means for preservation. There are
moral means that are important. Ev-
cry woman should be married to an
excellent man. Marriage, it is true,
brings care and wear, but it is the ring
that is worn that keeps bright, and the
watch that lies still aftd tsnwound that
gets out of order. The sweet sympa-
thies evolved in relation to the family
the new compensation for all outlays
of strength, brings about beautiful
play of the hesrt and intellect, which,
in their reaction upon the body, pro-
duces an effect that is nothing less than
preservation. Then 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 religion. The calm
ness, the patience, and the joy and
hope that are in possession Of that
woman whose heart is right in It's high
est relation can never fail TO preserve
and heighten every personal power
and charm that she possesses.
There! You have the recipe. Soue
of 1t is IN sportive form, but it is not
the less sober truth. 1t has within it
the cure for many disease-the pre-
ventive for more. 1t might be made
longer; but when we see the Sc prescrip-
tions universally adopted, it will be
time to bring forward the remainder.
WHAT is PoPULAR SovEREIGNTY?&
Popular Sovereignty, as preached snd
practiced by the Democratic party,
kir1eans,
| THAT the Constitution of the
fUnited States, perse, carries slavery in
to every territory in the Union.
2-That neither the people of the
territory nor Congress can exclude
slavery therefrom, although ninety-nine
to one may be opposed to it.
3-That in the formation of a State
government, the right Of shareholders