Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-09
TO Il busy MOTHER.

The human brain needs rest and change.
The human mind needs relaxation. The
human heart needs pleasant companion
ship. Deprive them of these req uisites
and the result. in nine cases out of ten,
will be insanity. Perhaps you imagine
that mean to brighten you. Why, TO
to tell the truth, if / could not. arouse
you to sense of your condition unless l
terrified you little would rather do so
than see you an inmate of an insane asy-
lum. You see this to be quite in accor-
dance with the rest of natures laws.
The body cannot subsist on one kind of
diet; it must have more or less variety;
and behold how plentifully our Creator
has provided for this great need IN the
abundant fruitfulness of earth, air and
sea! How soon the palate tires of one
article of diet! How soon the body
starves when fed upon one thing! Dear
friend l besccch you, give this subject
your most careful consideration, for
perceive you are killing yourself with
the constant strain brought to bear upon
body and mind, and unless YOU consent
to relax that strain you will suffer very
seriously in consequence.
Your nervous headaches" are sent.
perhaps as warnings, which, if needed,
may prove your salvation from more seri-
Gus trouble. have found it exceeding
ly injurious to work during the evening.
You have been busy all day with one
duty or another; the night has come; you
can find no warrant in scripture for con-
tinuing your labors, but you can for rest
ing from them. So let the work basket
remain undisturbed, let the needle rest.
You will be all the more skillful with it
ON the morrow. Spend the evening,
in reading, convcrsjng, playing interest
ing games with your children or in visit
ing your friends; or, better still, if you
feel able, IN attending an interesting lee
ture or concert; then, when you retire, you
will sleep sweetlY and awake refreshed
and equal to the performance of the days
duties
Never eat heartily when 'tired to
DEATH" Drink q cup Of tea and eat a
S'"SNSA ~ wv, VI OCdC oil ckS Ill HALL
pint of milk, sweeten and flavor to taste
and drink it. This will strengthen you,
and will not make any demands upon
your weary stomach or digestive organs
And another thing: Do not rise early in
the morning and trot all over the house
doing this and seeing to that for hours
before You eat Anything. Put on the
| coffee. If you use that beverage, or the
| tea, it you use that. as soon as possible,
and pour yourself out cup just as soon
as it IS in a condition for drinking, and
add whatever light. easily digested al ticle
you may like best. This done-and YOU
must eat slowly, and at your ease-you
| will find that you can return to your
work and fairly make things fly"
You will catch yourself singing, per-
haps, and when your husband and chill
dren come down fresh from their pleasant
slumbers, they will meet smiling face
and sit down to breakfast presided
over by cheerful hostess. Force your
self to try this once or twice and l know
you will be pleased with it. l have the
greatest faith III 1t, because 1 proved it
in my own case, and this is true of all
the suggestions have given in this let
ter.-Iuustr0ted Christian Weekly