The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-15
CLARA BELLIES PHYSICIAN,
What He Said About Fashionable Girls
Health About Sleep and Dress.

My friend Laura found it pleasant
to be thin and pale, because she is not
strikingly beautiful, and in appearance
was slowly fading away, like q broken
lily, writes Clara Belle to the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, There she created an
interest that she could not otherwise
have enjoyed. Laura is u dear, good
girl, and point out this weakness
solely because | mean TO make her case
an illustration of some things that my
readers ought to know When she
found that her ethcrealness was likely
TO kill her, she made up her mind that
she was kind of lily that preferred to
have her stalk Strengthened up, so that
she might bloom awhile longer. There
fore she consented to 90 with me to my
physician. He is a plain spoken old
fellow, and when | explained that Lau-
ra was not really sick, but only droop-
Ell die away, a anguisher, he held
her hand up between his eyes and the
light and said; There is no flesh and
blood there only skin and bone. She
lacks vitality Then he was informed
in answer TO his questions. that she did
not keep late hours, nor live exclusive
ly Oh caramels, nor lace tightly, nor
commit any other Of the common fe-
male sins against health,
"The fact Is, y said the doctor, that
tight lacing is rarely carried to an iniu-
rious extent nowadays, and late hours
by women are usually followed by
plenty Of sleep, in the daytime. The
worst thing that fashionable wo-
men do, as rule, is in the changing
from warm covering to nakedness, You
90 about all day enyeloped in seal
skin sacquc, which keeps you in
Turkish bath, opening every pore in
your body, and then at night you go to
ball or party with your arms and part
of your body bare, Colds are bound to
follow"
Laura protested that she never wore
decolettc dresses, and the doctor might
have guessed as much from her scraw-
niness, if he had used any sense outside
Of the medical line.
How do You Sleep" he asked.
"Splendidly," she replied. mine or
ten hours without dream; but when |
wake | have a dreadful headache.
"What is Your room like?'
| had seen the prettiest of imaginable
nests, and Clipped in with a descrip-
ton of it. Nothing could be wrong
obout the ventilation, | declared, for
the windows were high and broad, and
were left open over night The bed
stead was carved all over in solid rose
wood; the mattresses were filled with
freshly curled hairand rested on springs:
the linen was OF the whitest and finest.
the blankets were a Gift from Califor-
mia, where the sOitest and warmeSt
are made. The recollection Of the down
pillows threw me into rapturous
praise. OF the undressed silk Of which
their coverings were made, and their
elaborate embroidery. The edges were
finished with silk cord, carefully avoid
ing anything that would keep the cush-
ion in shape, for it was expected to
yield and expand to every movement of
the head. They were a little more than
a half yard square, and covered with
Indian silk crushed strawberry tint,
on which were scattered designs in
neatly worked darning stitches, taken
close together, and the"
Hold on, interposed the doctor;
you are not writing fashion letter Just
now. Have YOU ever seen Laura asleep
in this wonderfully beautiful bed?'
Yes, only Yesterday morning"
Where was her nose?'
Let me see. Oh, yes; it was under
the blankets,
81 always sleep that way said Lau.
ra; cover my head when ! get into
bed and il stays so all night,
Probably that causes all the troub.
le,' said the doctor, "You manage to
ventilatc your room properly, and then
manage 10 breath vitatcd air for eight
orten hours every night. stop it. Sleep
with your head uncovered for week,
and then let me know how YOU feel.
She followed his advice, and at the
end of the week felt first rate.
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