The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-02-07
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Paper soles, and three-inch heels
! tapered down to a cherry pit in the
middle of the foot. l presume you
wear these all the time you are in the
house?' y
"Why, Of course, suntie.''
''In the dead of winter as we'll as in
the dog days?"
The young lady laughed merrily at
her companions old fosyism. Ger
tainly. Just see how pretty they look
with the silk Stockings
GLOW many corns have you,
Blanche?''
ooh, only two or three little bits of
ones. l send for a chiropodist once
in while, and then I'm all right for
ever so long"
ga girl Of nineteen with her feet in a
chiropodist's hands :" said auntie, with
a wry face. x
"That isn't anything. Why, almost
all the girls"
"Not the slightest doubt of it" the
lady interrupted. "You have nothing
else, l suppose, to put on your feet but
these things?"
"No, auntie, and l wouldn't wear
any others if l had"
81 have now accounted for your
backaches, Blanche" said Miss Har-
rington, "and we will proceed to elimi-
nate the spinal column from the charge
Of malaria; it is perfectly innocent"
And now the nurse examined the other
articles laid out for use. There wasn't
an inch of flannel to be seen: nothing
but the finest and most deliberately be-
ruffled and embroidered linen.
"And you do not own flannel pet
ticoat, Blanche?"
"What in the world do | want of
fannels? You know l almost always
60 out in the carriage, and there are
lots of warm robes"
at is about as l supposed" Miss
Harrington remarked, sadly. "Your
break down IS due to perfectly plain
and natural cases. There is nothing
in the least mysterious about it. You
have deformed your feet, weakened
your spine and consequently your
whole nervous system, by the shoes
you have worn. By series of expo
sure you have reduced your vital force
to such ar extent that reaction was i'm
possible without further prostration and
q complete cessation ofirritatins causes.
Here are your corsets. How much do
they measure, please?'
"Nineteen inches, auntie '-the
young lady was almost ready to cry
now-"and they are a whole inch lar
ger than most girls of my size wear"
"What is your size? Here is a tape
measure, and will soon tell you. You
have lost considerable flesh, and shall
have to allow for shrinkasc. Twenty
four inches just as you are. Think of
it 4! A twenty-four inch waist squeezed
into nineteen inch Corsets F.! We will
now clear the heart and lungs from the
charge OF malaria. Your irregular pulse,
the cutting pain in your side, your un-
even and most inadequate respiration,
can be traced directly to tight lacing.
Now l have this to say, my child. |
shall not permit you to wear one of
these articles as long as you are under
my care. If you will accept a pair Of
my quilted slippers, and allow me to
wrap you in blankets till you have some
clothes suitable for a convalescent 10
wear, all right. If not, you must find
some one else to take care of you. My
time is altogether too precious to throw
away. This NAV seem very cruel,
Blanche but really think it would be
far better for you to die now than to
be nursed back to the old shameful
conditions. There is nothing before
you but life Of invalidism if you de-
eide to go on as you have begun"
':But how can | wear horrid old
shoes and old scratch fannels, and
have a waist like a washerwoman's?
the girl inquired, between laughing and
crying.
you haven't said anything about
goloshes and leggings yet, but perhaps
you'd like to have mc wear thosc?"
"Shall l get the blankets and my
quilted slippers, Blanche?' Aunt Mary
inquired.
eyes bring the gun-boats and tn.
fsnnels," her companion replied
"And if you can find few hens feath
ers to stick in my hair, the resemblance
to Sioux squaw would be still more
striking"
After this Miss Blanche had SOM
lessons in physiology and hygiene, anc
very interesting and profitable topic
they proved to be. She learned tn
reasons of things, and had sense enougl
to accept and utilize them.
CURE FOR PILES.