The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-20
W0HEN's COMPLICATIONS.
The Importance OF Frost, Air, Cold Water
and Good Ventilation.

What beautiful complexion
"Ies. and what's more, it's all her
own ~
The words were passed by we'll.
known physician and Times reporter as
they sat in'the formers office. The sub
ject of their criticism vas lady who had
just left.
as it 80 rare nowadays for ladies to
use their own compilations ?" asked the
reporter.
doctors hear and know great many
things under the seal of confidence
which they dare not reveal, but if you
had been into as many ladies' bedrooms
as have, and seen woman who imag-
ined she was sick, looking old and hag.
gard, because only tho doctor is going
to see me- and who in company has a
complexion which Cleopatra might have
envied-only the modern Cleopatra buys
her complexion in bottle, 81 apiece or
six for $5-you wouldn't need to ask that
question:"
"How can woman have good. com
plexion ?"
easy enough. Let her get three
things aud she will have the desiderata.
They are fresh air, water and good ven.
tilation. Sounds old fashioned, doesn 7
it?"
"a trifle jaded."
"But true, nevertheless. Before 20
any further want to say this No wo-
man whose health is bad need expect to
have pretty complexion. The two
things dent assiU,ilate aTy more Than
disease and pure blood do, and, in fact,
the complexion reflects to an experienced
eye that exact condition of the blood
pulsing beneath it. But il woman's
health is good, so in the same way will
be her complexion provided she treats
herself with little common sense and
shows slight knowledge of sanitation.
But she doesn't; not if she can help it.
You are not married? All right; am
going TO give you some valuable hints.
You take the average young girl-.he
girl who would give almost anything to
have q complexion like Mrs. Langtry'e.
The dear little bundle of silks and laces
hates cold water, and keen, cold water
with holy horror. She has vague
suspicion that colds and cold water are
closely associated, and to prevent the one
shuns the other. Now hate Ray it, but
it is fact that nine times out Of ten your
dear C!sEibei, tina; ycu fingered so fond.
ly over in the conserva' ory at Mra. Jones
last dance, is actually dirty. Don't look
shocked. because with dirt, like every.
thing else, there are different degrees.
Claribel, when she leaves her couch of q
morning, puts on several garments before
she ks Of letting water touch her
skin; then she rubs rag over her face,
lightly touches her neck, and her ablu.
tions ere finished. Now, if the dear
child would heed tho advice of man
who hss given the subject of hygiene
some consideration, she would wash in
this fashion: On getting out of bed let
her put on her stockings and slippers,
and divesting herself of her night.gown,
bathe herself-and by bathing 1 don't
mean looking at the water, but putting
it on without stint.
$50 much for water. Now for venti.
lation. She thinks little air would
prove fatal; hence she almost hermeti.
cally seals her room and sleeps in vitia.
ted air. The windows of every sleeping
chamber should be opened an inch or
two from the bottom, not the top; and it
is we'll established that nobody ever
caught cold from sleeping in a room with
the window open, provided there is no
direct draught.
"The last ingredient in this prescrip.
tion is exercise. American girls stay in
the house day in and day out. They
never walk unless obliged to. If they
were to take q CONSTITUTIONAL every day
their doctors bills would be less and
their bodily comforts much increased.
Exercise / hold tn be as necessary rs
food - Detroit Times.