Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
WOMEN MADE PRETTY.
A Physician Tells How Women May
Preserve Their Beauty.
Coed Health, warm Clothing, Ex-
ercise. Careful Diet, and the
Charm of a Clean, Well.
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ranged the moment see her face" said
west side physician TO the writer. 81 ask
her casually, not nearing to be o!Iicious,
How is your healtE9 AMI invariably comes
the answer, All right, DOCTOR But it's not
all right Sunken eyes, hollow chests, round
shoulders, blue-pinched features, sallow COM
plexion, often marked with patches of deep
yellow, chapped lips, tainted breath do not
exist when the health is all right. The Amer
lean women" he continued, ''are going
down, and going rapidly, too. Why, not
one in q hundred sleeps enough or at the
proper hours; they don't cat the right kind Of
food or wear the right kind Of clothes, they
don't take outdoor or indoor exercise.
What does an aimless walk amount to, or q
drive, lolling in close carriages Bah, it's
preposterous Our women are outrugeously,
shalnefully lazy.
''Just get your pencil out, and I'll tell you
what to advise them if they want good COM
plexions
Gin the first place, she wants plenty Of
warm, loosely fitting Undertaking, With one,
or not more than two heavy wooden skirts,
hung from the shoulders or corsets, for the
sex would fall to pieces without corsets; they
are all that keep women in an upright posi-
ton. Now, then, you want good, thick
shoes, with room foG at least three toes
spread out, rubbers, & gossamer, light hat
wraps and gloves, and en- umbrella il con-
Yenient. For outdoor exercise have the
young woman do tie marketing and family
buying, and make sure to have her take back
spurious purchases. Do as much of this
shopping as possible without the aid of a
street car. Teach her a lesson in economy by
sending her on an errand down town. max
ing her walk the distance to save l. cents.
Ii the trip does not exceed five miles, two
doses week will not do her any harm. Ex-
ercise to be beneficial must have an object,
and there is nothing better for a wo:nan's
muscular development than limited amount
of homework taken regularly. Sweeping is
good, so is duSting, when the windows are
open admitting air and sunshine without a
draught; bread making can be done in
couple Of hours and is Invaluable for ex-
ercising the arms, chest and lungs; garden
ing is frst-rate, and so with rowing, skating
and horseback riding, if such exercise can be
INDUCED in But impress upon your readers
that exercise means work.
''Now for the diet. Some people eat them
selves to death and others are dieted TO death.
When a woman is feeble the first thing she
does is to take a hearty meal. The very worst
thing she could do, as nature puTposely takes
away the appetite, for when a woman is fee
BILE her feebieness extends to every muscle Of
the body, and the stomach being made up Of
bundle of muscles, has its share Of debility,
too. 1t requires several hours for the stom-
ach to work OFF a meal, and to give it that
amount Of work when it is already in an ex-
hausted state is like giving man who has
worked all day task that will take him half
the night to perform. Eat little, eat it slowly,
and eat it when you are hungry. Avoid
pastries, too much fatty substances, and
everything that does not agree with you.
Always on rising drink as much cold water
as the system viii take. Precede your break
fast with fruit, baked apple, dish of Der
ries, grapes, raisins, or any kind convenient,
only make the item imperative The best
thing.i the world to aid digestion is a couple
of figs, or any fruit, fresh or dry, containing
seeds. Don't drink much coffee, and none if
you can subsist on milk OF water. Have
what you like for dinner; make your supper
the lightest meal, and, ignoring the old adage
that fruit is golden in the morning, silver at
noon, and lead at night. eat small quantity
Of fruit before retiring; if, however, it does
not agree with tie stomach, avoid it in fu
ture.
'Iwould advise your young lady readers TO
take their baths daily if they SO desire, only
have them at night just before retiring, as
they viii thus escape many severe colds.
Take warm, but not hot water, which is too
enfeebling. Let cold water alone, save for
the morning toilet; then use plenty Of it,
bathing the chest, in order to guard against
an attack of cough or catarrh. When she
gets up some morning, feeling as limp as
piece of blotting- paper tell her to sit on the
edge of the bath-tub, take a sponge full OF
cold water, and applying it to the nape CT
the neck, squeeze it till the water has all
coursed down the spinal column. Repeat tina
operation. The attempt viii require sona
indomitable pluck, but will waken her up TO;
all day.
''Now for the face. First use good, clean
soap, and don't be afraid to put plenty of it
On the face, only rinse it of with couple of
ADDITIONS of clean water. About the tenn
perature say nothing, for some people use
warm and some are habituated to cold, with
equally good result. In washing always press
the hands over the eyes, rubbing them toward
the nose Roughness of the skin may be re-.
moved by little glycerine. For black specks
or heads in the pores Of the skin here is a
remedy I think will avail: Get a dull knife
blade, or any instrument of similar surface,
and if the skin is sensitive cover it with the
fold of cambria pocket handkerchief, and,
thus protected, scrape the affected parts as
barber scrapes the face. If the blade be
pressed down as it is moved some of the heads
will be expelled. In the morning saturate a
piece Of soft cotton cloth with acetic acid,
wet the parts treated the night previous and
remain in bed until the acid is thoroughly
dried Wash it off in the toilet with soap and
water, and repeat the operation until all the
animalcula disappear.
''There is great charm in a clean, we'll
kept face which is positively refreshing.
Aside from her pretty manners and teeth,
the clean, healthy appearance Of Mrs. Lang
try's face is half her beauty. Freckles must
be endured, but it is stated on authority that
a real good case OF sun-buIning or couple
of coats of tan will remove them for keeps
If the skin has sallow hue the liver is out
of order, and IS or SO invested in the advice
of a good medical doctor who makes a
speciality of the internal organs will not only
have beneficial effect on the blood, but will
tone up the system and brighten the COM
plexion. If the eyebrows meet, and thus an
noy the lady, do not try to correct the luxuri-
ance by pulling out the hair, as that will
make the bridge of the nose sore. 1t is not
disbursement but, If deemed So have doc