Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-06-01
Out ofDoor Exercise.

There is probably not another people to be
found that take so little exercise "out of
doors" as those living in the cities and large
towns of the Northern States. This indoor
confinement is the direct occasion of two grest
evils-impaired health, and destruction Of
vivacity. To be healthful and cheerful, much
time should Je passed in the sun light, where
oxygen may be inhaled without stint. Stay
in the house, shop, store, Office, study, sane
tum, or other confinement where carbonic
acid gas and other impu<ties are breatfsd.
and breathed again and again, and it would
be very extraordinary if such persons always
maintained cheerful hearts, and enjoyed good
health II
Among the Germans in fatherland. (andht
may be true of them here, their ,ulstalt
cheerfulness and gaiety would be Il marvel to
our sad grumbling people, out of temper, be.
cause out of health and out of spirits. Early
IN the morning, from four o'clock until ten in
the evening, the thoroughfares in and aboht
the cities in Germany are thronged with lads
and lasses, vending their way to the public
gardens and other places Of resort, where
social pleasures are freely enjoyed, and the
heart is made glad, and the health and vigsr
of the body improved and preserved. -
When the men and women have finished
their work, or business, they, too, 60 forth for
amusement. And what is worthy of note, the
ladies are not afraid of being Drowned by the
suns rays and the health giving breeze5.
They will spend hours in the sun light, daik,
and do marvel that any should object to such
an airing.
Can any one wonder at the superior robust
ness and cheerfulness of the women of Germa-
ny, Italy, and other European countries, over
the women OF the northern cities of our coun-
try, after contemplating the difference in their
habits
Mothers should encourage their daughteri,
especially, to take much exercise in the opa
air, and do not compel them to take the me&
ured, boarding-school step. Allow them 70
run, skip and mop, as if they were really alive
and full ofjoy and life.
Any girl, from the age Of ten to twenty
years, who is in possession Of ordinary health,
should so accustom herself to walking, as not
to be dependent on the cars or the omnibuses
in case she desires to visit Mount Auburn or
any other desirable place of resort within six
miles of the city. Yet, as daughters are now
brought up, it would be difficult 10 find Il girl
in the city, Of the period of life indicated, that
could walk to Mount Auburn and back with.
out endangering health and perhaps ife.
If not accustomed. to walking, begin by ex-
ercising moderately, increasing little every
day, until you are able to walk three, six or
twelve miles day.
The pleasures oflife will be greatly enhanced
by exercising, as now indicated, or in some
other not less efficient way. 1t is no unusual
thing for girls to begin to lose the freshness
and beauty of girlhoOd-that delightful period
Of life-before they get out of their teens.
Take our advice, providing it meets the ap-
proval of your mothers, aud you will preserve
aud magnify the priceless graces Of childhood
as of manhood-health, beauty and cheer.
fulness--and secure that which everybody
desires, q long, healthful, happy and useful
life.-Boston Traveller.