Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
That oar daughters may be as corner
stones, polished after the similitude of
palace, rs. 144: IL.
How Girls May Help.

not good.
Our habits mnst be in accordance1
with the lass which govgrp'o uit being.
First let s,besystemattc' &hd' temper.l
ate in all things, apd educate our bodies!
and mihds'upE 70 a'fsalthyi standard.
We cannot M healthy eitthst'iA body
Or soul if wB are continually doing those
thingsiwhicArate strictly forbidden.
It matters; NIT w9hethe, We commit
an errtSsff 'iininocsnt]y,' OF Willingly, the
penalty foSws JUST so sure AAy The law
is yiIlattHAasr', ~ia>' So :''';'' az 'i''t
And tive are ignorant Of those laws
and petitaities, 'tthaxA't certainly IT IS our
duty to: M4ay thh8qh, that We may UNI
derstand'tH s causg'ahd effect, and there
fore be 4bls to overcome tie evil"
Why has Dur CfeIator given thy reason
and bodies YYa6shaioih;sd after 'Htiy own Inn
age? Ceftkinly not to 'bes neglected,
but to befchitivatea'an deve1opvd.
This caH'odty ba'dohe ~ christianity
exercising "oo,air physical and MENTAL
powers 4 the PROPER manner. VI"
we must, as far as possible, keep u
physlcal system n perfect order, this is
at least agood beginning. When our
system IS not properly developed, or If
there is astack OF tone, perhaps for the
want Of e&srcise, OF proper flourish
ment, the iAalaiisshv usually applied is an
alcoholic sstihalasp1tS.
While the proper remedy would be,
stimulating exercise plenty + 1fresh
air and sunshine, and goodst%holesome
food for both body sn N! a. This call
for stimNlapts spy the system Indicates
a deficiency somewhere and we must
supply FIAT deficiency TSy something
else besides alca95lhoal.
But our physiology teaches us that
there is ~ 2 peep fer satima?u llP}7 9 1T our
whole system is Wen Ino7urished and all
properly performed,
We, the young women o opr country,
will soon be called upon to assume this
work which is now being carried on by
these noble women of the w. G. 7. u,
and it is our duty to be prepared in ev-
cry way to meet themany requirements,
and fill thesarious Departments Of this
great work which =. has been'so well be-
gun and Drought uPito What # is to-
day. We should atteRd'th he's meetings
and become interested, aRd aid in every
way we can.
And finally, when our mothers trans.
fer the work into gNpr hands, may we
be able to take it up pravely and indie
pendently, and shoW by u deeds that
we h~avelearned we'll the many lessons
taught and have followed the noble ex.
amples which they have set before us.
Miss MATTE PALMER,
Supt. Hygiene and Heredity,, Portland,
Ore, ", G. T. U,
49,
The Central w. G. T. U. Of Chicago
is sending to all the physicians of the
city a circular letter asking that they
subscribe If they can csnscientiously
do so, to the following consensus opin.
ion prepared by leading men and WON,
en- of the profession:
Since physicians are the administra'
tors Of the laws of Qietetics and Their
apeutics in all civilized countries, and
alcohol is at the present time prescribed
under these laws, it seems advisable
that. we as members Of the vast and in
tiuential body Of physicians of Ameri
lea should aid the investigation of the
true nature and effect of this agent by
giving PUBLIC expression to our Qpin
ions. We therefore state that we be
liaYa,
LIST. That alcohol is a poison,
2nd, That alcohol is not in any prop
er sense a food and should be elimina
ted from our list of Dietetics,
3rd. That alcohol in any form inter
feres with the true digestive process
1t produces a morbid alcoholic condi