Wichita daily eagle., 1886-08-01
WOMAN AND HOME.
A LADY PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDS
3 OUT DOOR EXERCISE FOR GIRLS.

The Proper Hour for Dinner-Cure for
Sleeplessness-Acquai on the
Cara Hint for Mothers-The Corset
Etiquette from Books-Hints.
daughters Don't you know If you keep
her confined in school and at her piano,
taking only fancy work and novel reading
as recreation, that If her white feet do not
slip into the grave she is liable to become
an invalid for lifes She needs exercise,
and that out doors; not In the shape of
drudgery, but as recreation Plan frequent
country excursions; have outdoor games in
which you join, and, other things being
equal, roses will supplant the lilies, and the
child SO dear to your heart will be fitted for
LIES purposes
1t is quite true that many diseases may
be cured by persistent exercise After
lecture given to the young ladies Of q
seminary in Kansas, in which the advan-
tages of outdoor exercise has been urged,
the principal, the wife of an Episcopal
clergyman, said: II heartily endorse and
emphasize what Dr.. Stockham has been
telling you Fourteen years ago was
given up to die with tubercular consump-
tion. My doctor told me he could only hope
to palliate the symptoms, and that BY
means be feared would be unwilling to
adopt I had three children dearer to me
than my life How could be taken
from thems told him for their
sake would do anything. He asked:
would you be willing to play ball!'
This, indeed, was a bitter pill; but If
would be with my babes few months
longer, certainly would do it My hus-
band and began playing ball in the back
yard, screened from the neighbors by high
board fence and trees could not bear the
thought that l, a minister's wife, should be
SO undignified as to play ball Little by
little gained strength, and in q few months
without drugs was a we'll woman Three
years afterward I asked my doctor if he
was sure had tubercles on my lungs He
said he had no doubt Of it, as a careful
microscopical examination had proved the
diagnosis correct / was cured by the very
undignified exercise of ball playing"
II SO hopeless a case as the above can be
restored to health, what degrees of strength
and vigor our young ladies might obtain by
resorting to the pleasures of outdoor recre-
alton. Lawn tennis in the country, where
there is plenty Of room, is among the best
of out door pleasures With pleasant COM
panions, dress free from all restrictions,
this game is very exhilirating, and calls
into action every muscle and organ Of the
body.
Tricycling for those who have affections
precluding standing and walking, affords
superior exercise Its therapeutic value
has been proven In many cures A young
Lady of Chicago who had long been an
invalid and pronounced by high authority
incurable, recovered her health in few
months through riding the tricycle., using
no other means
Another young lady who had the use Of
but one limb with which to propel the wheel
derived great benefit from the outdoor
exercise on her favorite pony. She named
her machine Victor and seems as proud
Of it as if it were a living creature. She
had been confined to the house for months,
but could soon ride miles upon her pony.
The rapidity with which she gained
strength was a surprise to all her friendA
More invalids would procure wheels il
they knew that by this means they could |
drink of the elixir Of life The sick are |
made well, the weak strong. and those |
already well become robust and enduring. |
Tricy yelling must become q favorite exercise |
for women. Compared with the physicians |
bills 1t is inexpensive, and gives great inde
pendence OK lOcOmotlOn. StOckham,
n D., IN Minneapolis Housekeeper.
California's Woman Fruit Farmer.
Mrs Buckingham, the richest woman
fruit farmer in California, has an orchard a
mile long, with row after row of pear,
cherry, peach and apricot treeS-Chicago
Herald
The coarsest father gains . new impulse
to labor from the moment of his baby's
birth; be scarcely sees it when awake, and
yet it is with him all the time Every
stroke he strikes is for his hild-Higgin-
SON.
Welcome to the parents the puny strug-
gler. strong in his WEAKNESS; his little arms
more irresistible than the soldiers; his lips
touched with persuasiea, which Chatham
and Pericles in manhood had not-Emer
son.
Just 90 long as women become wives for
any consideration, whether Of money or
ease, or anything less noble than q pure
love, just SO long there will be miserable,
and ill-paid wives
The training of children is an occupation
where we must know how TO lose time in
order to gain it-Rousseau.