Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-01-05

G society and law, to dress in any name
that NAV seem to her most conducive t
+ comfort and health.
But, perhaps some Of your lady rcaderl
are ready to inquire: "What is this dresi
J reformf" | viii briefly give description
1t consists Of o short dress reaching tt
about the knees, fitting neatly yet loosely
around the waist, underneath this is worn
the pantaltts, all the clothing being sus-
pended from the shoulders instead Of the
hips, and all the abominable parapherna.
liza Of corsets and stays being rejected, A
woman thus attireJ presents neatness and
beauty of form, ifher carly physical train
ing has not been neglected, that defes all
the pading and stulfing Of the mantan.
maker, to make amends for defect Of beau.
ty in form caused at times by tight lacing
and other perversions ia living, which
shorten the lives of thousands Of Ameri.
can women, and entail misery upon the
unborn of our race. Tell me, women, who
have by tight dressing, corsets, stays, lac
ing, DC, till your waists have been red duced
to two-thirds or one.half their normal
size, do you expect to become the mothers
of a noble race of men Ond women, who
shall 60 forth feariessly und successfully
to grapple with the many obstacles of llc2
| SO, then remember that u well deyel
oped physical organization is the begin.
ming of one of che many needed reforms Of
our day. A sound mind in a sound body
was an apothegn of the ancients, and con.
tains true philosophy. But then am re-
minded of the fact that such dress as the .
one just described would be immodest and .
would expose the feet and ancles of the
dear, delicate, little creatures; this isl all .
false, for every portion of the person is
completely enclosed in dress, and their is
no exposure of the person in getting in or
out of the cas-, buggies, carriages, DC, as
is the case with those modern Innovations
the hoops-now worn If woman would
ever gain her rights she must show that
enable her to maintain the msny posi-
Jions in society to which she is aspir-
ing Besides most women will be re.
luired at some period Of life to take upon
the cal es and burdens of mater 4
lity, and without well developed phys
cal organization, the exhaustive process
If CESSATION, palturitionand lactation will
over the tone of vitality. and greatly =,
horten life; for remember that vitality :,
nee lost cannot be regained.
Our mental and moral capacity depend, !
0 some extept upon our physical organ !
zation. "Saand mems COrpOre sdnO,' was
wise and truthful saying of the ancients
md when living organization is dis
ased, the only true remedyis the Uir med
catfir RGturea, or the restorative power of
ature. All drugs are antagonistic to all Il
wing organizations, for the living organ '
.aton acts upon the durgs and not the NJ
rugs npon the human system. 1t is a fixed /
Ict in science, That living matter acts and
lat dead matter is passive. The books gi
science teach that dead matter nets til
lis has been the corner stone of the med
al profession for four thousand years, la
I'd all the philosophers of medical schools in
ay be safely challenged to provethe con. al
ary of the propositicn, "I'hat liyingmat by
racts and that dead matter is passive" " he
e have not time now to establish the af br
NATIVE of this proposition, but will, at ot
me future period do SO, for the ptoposi- lo
IN is us susceptible of clear demonstra- Ia
M as any other problem in the natural to-
iences. If this proposition is clearly We
oven, then the system of drug medica of
m is at an end, and people, when sick,
Il ato opt the only rational and true scien
ic means, to wit; The numerous hygitn-
agencies found in nature, such as mir, pc
ht temperature, water, food, clothing, pl'
ercises, rest, sleep, electricity, passional pie
Aueuce and external objects; the normal ha
: of these things gives health and main tn
ms it, and their abuse induces disense sir
ese are the only agencies that are used WI
this health institute. CO.
Drug doctors cure diseases by doing pa
ut they say they do, and doing whit an'
r books teach that is they cure dis stu
es by creating drug disease, but more sci
his another time, In my next shall am
e you an acccout of the Hygeio-thera- ara
ltc College, at this place, of which | lam Oeg
,udent, BENJAMIN RANKIN.