Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-25
what Women should feed .heir Ilusban.

DIR. Everett delivered her lecture on the
"Best Food for the Best Bodies" in New
York, yesterday. She began to dissect the
manikiu, an object evidently so uninviting
that she very naively remarked: Beauty
is, after all, only skin deep. We would all
resemble this were our cuticle removed.
You will observe that the manikln has not
q greoan bend. In my estimation, the
Venus de Medic ia the standard for beauty.
II q woman stoops, all her organs acquire in
time morbid position. Ifthe chin natur-
ally protrudes, learn to draw 1t In. Woman
who stoop and who do not carry their heals
erect seldom bear LIES burdens heroicalIy.
Women should be five feet six inches high;
men six feet high. In New York, sad to
say, throngs of women may be met on
Broadway only five feet in height, or
little over, som0 even of diminutive sta
ture. The Lacedemonians fined one OF their
Kings for marrying a short womBu. Little
women should go out of fashion. This
physical diminutiyeuess can be avoided by
right methods in the use OF food. Although
Harvey discovered the circulation of the
blood, no did not dream of the wonderful
circulating apparatus belonging to the stom
ach, pancreas and liver. All the blood In
the body is circulated through this portion
of the system from three TO four times IN
twenty four hours. will indicate the spinal
column because Ii connects with the BRAIN
aud food must be chosen with reference to
In the back. There are seven for keeping
the head erect. Pains in the neck and the
spinal column can be obviated by eating
brown bread. Az one-half of the nervous
matter Is phosphorus, food must tend to
produce PHOSPHORUS. | must ease my
mind on the question OF teeth. Children un-
der l6 wears of age should he reared largely
on brown bread and milk; then they will
possess pearly teeth, brilllint eyes. healthy
CONNEXIONS. Condiments are abomina-
tions. Mustard, vinegar.a catsups should
be discarded and salt INDUCED in sparngly
Sugar and molasses come under tho head
or condiments. Although some chemists
and ph ysiolog lsts advocate sugar as an ar
ticle of food. yet, because tho body makes
sugar from the starcby food eaten, the pure
article is unnecessary. Neuralgia is an in
oication OF deteriora.ed blood, and should
| be cured by eating brown bread, oatmeal
porrldge-anything containing much bran.
No Vsriety OF wine should he drunk.
Ever since the world WAS created women
have been mems tempters, and should
avoid encouraging them in the use ofiiquor.
| Women who in any sense OF the word In
dulge in alcoholic stimulants seem TO lack
refinement and true womanliness. Per-
baps because of my Quaker education, l
hold the IDEA. In the good time coming,
when women shall live sensibly, dress sen
sibly, eat sensibly, morally speak ing, they
| will have moro intiuence over their nus
bands. Perhaps, could We look INTO The re-
mote causes OF the late panic, the fault would
| be found to be with those women who did
/ not feed their husbands sensibly. For spec
u'ation, for thought, for bushes g. mon need
| the proper kind of food. Let women feed
their husbands on Oatmeal porridge and
apples. Food should be chosen with refer
ence 10 the season. In the Spring, vegeta'
| bles, aud 10 the summer fruits. should take
the place of heartier food. Men do not wear
| we'll in New York; they are at their prime
| at 3S instead of at so, because their eating l;
not properly regulated. II dinner mus be
served at 9. or O'Clock let 1t be light,anc
the heavy meal eaten in the morning.
am not vegetarian. Negetsrians are Otter
from necessity gormandiIers, because they
must eat SO much eiu order 10 obtain
sufficient amount OF nutriement. | believ'
In an occasional piece Of good roast beet
Fish Is an excellent article of food; but,oat
meal is the food par excellent. Tue Scotch
degree Of intsllectuaii,y and a tine physiqu
are nation Of oatmeal eaters.