The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-07

oNe nOur anu u uali poioio bI' i1NSioSe
begins her lectures on Health and Sickness
the doors of Robinson Hall are opened, |
and at that time a throng of ladies are
waiting to secure the front seats.
Many of the auditors take notes. Mrs.
Everett speaks without manuscript. In a
conversational style. and gives her hear
ers a home feeling, so that they every now
and then interpose d question. She SAID
that rheumatism is a blood disease that at
tacks old, broken-down persons not old,
perhaps, in point of years, but OF condl-
lion; that it is manageable and durable, 1t
the sufferer will, as in all diseases, be deter
mined and constant in the effort to get well;
taking the right means therefor; attend to
the skin, exercise and tonics the greatest
tonic being inhalation from the reservoir OF
oxygen that is five miles deep.
The Scotch, famous for their oats, are
an ambitious, enduring, pushing, large
headed, masculine race and naturally they
fill a majority of the offices under the En-
glish government.
Women should so train themselves as
to be free from aches and pains, year in and
year out, and instead Of bearing sorrowful
and pale faces, be equal to all hfe's duties,
so directing the life-force that health and
not disease shall be the rule.
Beethoven's ~favorite dish for breakfast
was fish. Fish should be baked or broiled.
Do not have the same kind of brown
bread until you are tired of it. Variety
is necessary. Sometimes the brown muffin,
&c. Cake is white -four, fat, and sugar,
and should, therefore, be eaten sparingly.
The right kind OF cookery gives strong
muscles, calm nerves, and a cheerful tenn
per. Sour bread and soul temper. dyspep.
STA and dependency are closely allied.
OvEREATING.
She spoke of overeating how it disor-
ders the mind spoils the complexion
makes the features coarse and stupid,
gourmands being gross, and lacking ideal
ity.
Charts on the wall behind the stage ex-
hibited tables giving an analysis of the
foods, the relative amount Of material in
each article for brain, muscle, heat and
lat, water. Activity and brilliancy seldom
go with an abundance of fat. Spareness is
better for longevity. Fat persons can en-.
dure less than long, lean ones. Fat per.
sons are only ''out of condition They
want a course of training" by diet, &c,
INDIGESTION.
A deal of Indigestion comes from brain
lag. The brain is a ~secreter of nervous
power, and vitalizes the whole body. Ii
the sensitive stomach fruits and vegetables
together do not agree-vegetables anC
fruits being antagonistic. At this season
especially do not eat when you are no
hungry. Dyspeptics, perhaps without ex
ception, do now and then g%ormandlze
Lightly pound your stomach three times
day. Our meals should be holiday hour
reunions.
Fat is a lower formation than muscle
First brain, second muscle, third fat
Never be so fat that you cannot run up
flight of stairs or hasten a block or tw,
without being out of breath. Nations lv
ing largely on potatoes deterioatein brain
There are two kinds of dyspepsia, mu
cous and nervous. Fat persons have mu
cous dyspepsia, and lean persons nervous
dyspepsia. From the ranks of our mucou
dyspeptics we get our apoplectics and GU
paralytlcs; and from our nervous dYspeptic
we have our lunatics. Ifyou eat too muc
vinegar, an artificial acid, you will not hav
white teeth. 1t acts on the enamel. Tn
natural acids are from the fruits, apples
lemons, currants, &c.
WHAT ALL OUGHT TO KNOW.
A lady asked whether loose corsets wer
Objectionable. The answer was that
you splinter your arm you cannot use il
Take off the splinters, and your arm
weak so with the corset. The body az
/. customed to its support feels when withou
it as though it might fall to pieces.
Bake your potatoes and eat the skins
Southern corn is much richer in materia
for brain and muscle than Northern corr
Cheese is most highly concentrated food
and when thoroughly masticated is unob
.iectionable. Cheese, like anything els
swallowed in chunks, would astonish
healthy stomach and outrage it. The al
bumen of the egg is nearly identical will
the blood, and eggs. except in excess, ar
not bilious food. The speaker, when liv
ing in a bilious climate, knew person
who drank lemonade and ate sour fruit
freely, and thereby escaped bilious disor
deIs. Nuts are seeds. Masticated thor
oughly they are good food.-New Yor