The semi-weekly miner., 1883-11-07
FARrHER ON.
(COmmunicated.)


In former talk we considered
some of the reasons why our girls
are, as rule, so delicatel We found
that it was due to insufficient exer.
else and dress, and lack of fresh air
. that the trouble began, and for this
the ignorance, carlessness or wilful.
ness of mothers is responsible
Farther on, as the girls take care Of
themselves, at home or at school, i'll
health often rapidly increases. Not
long ago the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae took pains to study up the
reasons Of the average ill health OF
;, educated American women. They
issued circular stating the result of
their Investigations. as follows. Rea-
sons:
! l. "Social dissipation and excite
ment. Girls are often stimulated to
shine socially and intellectually at
the same time"
. 2. "Habitual loss of sufficient and
healthy Sleep"
! 3. "Irregularity and haste in TAX
ing food. and the constant use of
confectionery"
4. "Tight, heavy and insufficient
clothing, which frightfully increases
the tendency to consumption and
spinal diseases. A ply sician of wide
experience confidently states that
this cause alone has incapacitated
more women than over study and
over work of all kinds"
5. The lack Of sufficient out door
! exercise.
&. The ambition Of parents and
daughters to accomplish much in lit
tie time at the expense of health.
7. The usual postponement of in
struction in the laws of physiology
and hygiene to a college course.
What an array of charges against
our girls! No wonder they suffer for
such disobedience to the laws of
health. And although it is fact
that study of physiology should
come earlier In course of study and
that mothers should guide the girls
in common sense ways; girls cannot
plead ignorance, because, for years
these truths and warnings have been
repeated in lectures and papers, un-
til it is very old story I
am trying to impress upon
my readers. DR.. Lewis has de
voted his life to the study and
diffusion of the laws of hea lth, and it
is due to his faithful work that girls
now enjoy the developing exercises
so beneficial in schools. While as a
rule educated women are more deli
cate than their less cultured sisters,
owing to the causes above men,
toned, there are many sad cases of
among the women whose
life compels them to take plenty of ,
exercise, but it is caused by the fatal '
manner of dressing and by lack of I
fresh air.
Att ough boys arc often as ignorant
Of laws of health as girls, they are lett /
more to nature, and instinct keens t
hem safe. Growing boys could +
hardly be made to break SO many of '
natures Law. They are not ambitious n
.nough to study hard. They are too \
hy to seek society. and they are so Il
awkward they are not forced TO y
shine socially" Tired out by the .
of their muscles and nerves, q
hey usually. of their own accord, go o
, bed in season. Fashion has de- :,
reed for them sensible dress. Their
lothes hang on their shoulders. Did
ou ever see more uncomfortable
eing than boy whose suspenders Il Il
ave given Way? How he wriggles e. e.
nd wiggles! He endures for short ii
lme what his sister endures for a life &
me! They take, of their own ac- " "
ord, plenty Of fresh air and exercise, II
nd, as result. have appetites tor e,
ood supply of wholesome food. ID
Now, having discovered the causes pl
the trouble, how shall it be reme- ut
led? in
First, let us reiterate and repeat. ~ ~.
yer and over, these truths, until th
lreful mothers shall inform them vi
lives and begin Alright, and until Ia
'oughtful girls ahai! try to remedy 60 90
hat their mothers have done. ir,
Secondly. Let study Of physiol- q,
" be introduced in the common ~, w
hools, from the primary room up ho
ard. Every tee cher should be able tn
give practical oral lessons to the ln'
tie ones. Thus taught, the pupils a. a.
9 prepared to take care of them so,
Ives during college course. or 90
rough long life Of usefulness. wi
Have girls study a spec ol'
ply ysiology. like Mrs. Shepard's,
For Girls" published by Fowler &
ellis of New York. Let them read 7
ch books as Ewes Daughters" "by GOV
arian Harland. Let them prac- o., oh'
e what they learn, and We may nj m;'
'k for the domestic millennium, W. w.
len neuralgia, hysteria, and innu. be
erable diseases are known no more inj
the land F. A. r. ~
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