The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-30
now GIRLS SHOULD WALK.

now GIRts SHOULD WALK.
After inculcating the advantages Of
wearing broad soled shoes, the Doctor
proceeds to give some hints on how to
walk we'll.
How any of you who desire to appear
well, to make fine impression, eau con-
sent to crawl about, poking your chins out,
shOulder-blades sticking out aud wiggling
yourself along in that stubby, stumbling
way, amazes me. There are certain pre-
requisites
First. You must have low, wide heels
and broad sOles, especially about the toes,
afording a secure surface, upon which, in
taking each step, you can push the body
forward.
Second. The body about the waist
must be perfectly at liberty. The corset
is deadly enemy to fine walking.
But given perfect freedom atthe middle
of the body, through which all the move
mentS in walking must pass, given this
freedom of the trunk with good shoes, and
you have the prerequisites on which the
gene.ll exercise of the body depends.
| have sometimes thought that l would
write a book GU walking, and my book
would contain only four words. Let us
see we must have two leaves, and each
leaf must be as large as your thumb nail
We have four pages. Now we will pro-
ceed to print this book. On the first page
we will print one single word, 'chin !" on
the seconds single wold, "close !" on the
third page, "to;" now we approach the
end Of the volume turn over, and on the
last page we print the word "neck." The
volume is complete. No explanatory notes
need be given, not another word need be
said. Who ever carries the "chin cose to
neck" is all right from top to toe, and will
walk we'll. Strange to say, the chin is the
pivot ON Which the whole body turns in
walking.
\ charming lady, of the grand, old fash
Toned pattern, bore herself like an empress
at eighty-siX. l ventured to ask her:
"0ladame, what was the source of this
remarkable carriage Of your person 2" She
replied:
"During my young life l carried large
book on my head one or two hours every
day. My mother had been taught tho
practice inan English school, and she trans
lnltted it tO her daughters"
WHAT GIRLS SHOULD DRINK.
On this point the Doctor declares war
upon China:
81 am astonsShed that a young woman
who is ambitious of clear, fine skin
should drink tea. 1t is a great enemy Of
fair complexion. Wine, coffee ard cocoa
may be used without tinging the skin; but
as soon as tea-drinking becomes regular
habit, the eye 0! the discriminating obaer-
yer detects it i'll the skin. Tea compromi-
ses the complexion. probably, by derang-
ing the liver. Weak tea Or coffee may be
used occasionally, in moderate quantity,
without harm and those who live much in
the open air, may drink either, in consid-
cradle quantities, without noticeable harm;
but | advise ali young women who would
preserve a soft, clear skin and quiet nerves
to avoid all drinks but clear water. 1t is
an excellent practice to drink one or two
glasses of cold water on lying down at
night, and on rising in the morning. If
you have good teeth, and can help the
food into your stomach without using any
fluid except the saliva, it will, in the long
run, contribute much to your health"
FAT GIRLS AND THIN GIRLS.
We mus, conclude these few and scrt-
tered extracts from book so full of good
things with DR.. Lewis advice on subject
Of vast importance to many dissatisfied
beauty who would part with her back hair
if she could only gain or lose little flesh,
as the case may be. This is the presump-
ton:
Are you too fatl Eat ess food, with
larger proportion of meat, rise early in the
morning and exercise much. This will
reduce your weight. Even diminishing
the quantity of food alone, without any
other change, will be sure to do it. 1t is
impossible that excessive fat, either in |
horse or man, can hold out against per-
sistent reduction in the quantity of food.
And if the reduction be gradual and ju-
dicious, the strength is not lessened, but
is steadily increased, until the excess in
fat is all gone. And will add that, af-
ter two or three days there will be no sense
of hunger until the excess has been re-
moved.
Are you too thin7 Sleep more by going
to bed curiier; do not Oycr-Wurk: cat