The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-02-06
WHY WOMEN FADE.

One chief cause is fretting or o~veranxiety.
Women, as a rule, dwell too much on little
things they magnify troubles, anticipate
their coming. and weary themselves ovei
~trifies. Mothers fret about their children
in the most unnecessary manner. Another
cause of early vanishing beauty is the want
of fresh air. Net an occasional walk OF
drive, not a round of calls or a little shop
ping. but regular doses of good fresh air.
A woman should make it a religious duty
to see something new every day, something
which will compel her to walk, and at the
same time divert her, leading her to forget
the unfinished garment or the impertinence
of a maid of all work. 1t is right, proper,
essential to good health, spirits and an
equable temper, that a woman should go
out, not saying, Il will finish this needle
work" or ''arrange this room" but put
ting health before all else, resolutely go out
into the air, Yes, half an hour will tone
one up for the day. If need be, let the
children be taken, and the walk will be
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less p~rattle. \ famous botanist dated his
love for plants to the early morning walks
taken with his mother. She knew some
thing about their habits and names, just
enough to inspire him with a determination
to know more. Not long since a young
mother said, s'When you proposed the con-
stitutional for me, I thought it a luxury /
could not afford. l had been taught in my
New England home that every good house
keeper always finished her domestic duties
before going out. | resolved to try your
method, not, however, till health and
strength were failing, and the care of two
children made me nervous and fanciful.
Now, for more than a yearl have thrown
open my windows, exposed bedding and
room to a current of fresh air, and then
put on over my morning dress a little suit
of waterproof. For each child | made a
simple ulster, which covered the plain or
soiled dress underneath. Thus arrayed we
went out for an honr. no more, no less.
The good has been beyond estimate W.
my husband r~ejoices in my common sense
ideas and increased strength" suppose
some one should call and afterward repre-
sent you as an untidy housekeeper@" Il
as wiser now. and | know very well that
the untidy women are those who leave
things entirely undone or badly done not
those who consider health first and take
the remainder of the day for things of less
moment. Hundreds of persons make up
their beds without airing them at all, or
only for a few moments any good physi-
clan will tell you that is untidy.' The
more duties a woman has to perform the
more need she has foruniform good temper
and strong, healthy nerves. These She
can never nave if her days and nights are
spent within -four walls, with little to cheer
and much to wear out her vital forces. If
it be true that all have a certain amount OF
vitality, is it not worse than folly TO expend
any part of it in oyerniee attentions that
give mere animal qualification? As a rule,
but some are so constituted that restless
ness is their portion. Some women are
miserable when idle, even when rest is nee
essary. When TO rest, how TO rest, and
where to rest, eachmust determine forher-
self. but all know hat nature rebels unless
true and complete rest is taken during
some portion of the day. When this is
done, and women learn that fussiness is not
neatness, and that %fretfulness is a deadly
foe to beauty. our ONE will not fade in
their youth, or look careworn and anxious,
as hundreds now do. 1t is a painful fact
that 'too many women are overworked, =
and yet large numbers needlessly overwork
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