Daily Republican., 1888-07-12
AUNT rABIraA'S naIssIoN.
By ADA n. TRoTTHR.

dblb COulu ulhhO ~ WhSh AahpoAoA |
by small means, but Aunt Tabitha
viewed 1t with disfavor.
Her healthy Eense of smell at once
detected that no windows had been |
opened in the reception room since the
previous evening. The air was heavy
with gas, and the portieres seemed
designed to impede ventila
ton.
Up went the windows in tIice, the
portieres were pulled back, and Aunt
Tabitha stood by the door, swinging
il back and forth to drive out the close
air. This done to her satisfaction,
she went up stairs in answer to the
call Of:
"Auntie, do come up and speak to
me-"
The speaker was lying on couch
IN darkened room, which also bore
tokens to Aunt Tabitha's keen sense
OF lack of ventilation. Before saying
a word TO the invalid, she threw open
the window and let in some fresh air
laden with sunbeams.
"Oh, Aunt Tabitha, please don't;
I've got such an awful cold
"That is only too evident to the
eye," replied Aunt Tabitha. IT hate
to look at an unhealthy person. Your
hair has lost its lustre, your cheeks are
sallow, your eyes red and watery, and
you look decrepid generally. Preserve
me from a young woman who goes in
for enjoyment of poor health"
"Aunt Tabiths, how can you be SO
cruela You know l can't help being
so delicate. l just get one cold on
another" said her niece.
81 don't see any reason why you, at
twenty five, should be less healthy
than /, at sixty years OF age" said
Aunt Tabitha. 81 must say I'm sorry
for John"
This was too much for Mary, sweet
tempered though she might be. She
sat up and looked at this dreadful
Aunt Tabitha, who sat up smiling and
brisk, very young for sixty years.
"Sorry for Johnl" she said. "Why
auntie, you know he is Just wrapped
up in me-"
swell, with my experience Of man
kind, / should say he'd soon get un
wrapped" said Aunt Tatitha, sudden
lily holding hand glass in front of he
niece. Look pretty, don't you~
Mary was not vain woman, ttil
she cOlored with annoyance. Then
she sneezed violently and took refuge
Bagain in her pillows.
"I'm not fit to talk TO any one to
day" she said "Do come and see M
anolher time, Auntie."
"You want me to CO. see. Well
Pm not going till I've had my soy, an
if you are a woman of sense, you will
listen and give up once for all thi
semi-invalid condition which Is max
ing you an old woman before you
ttime."
"But, Auntie, l can't help myself.
catch enc cold on another, and il jus
keeps me weak"
"You catch cold because you do ne
LOBBY the simple laws necessary
keep your body in healthy condi
ltion."
"Lawsl can't see what Law
have TO do with me-" replied Mar.
crossly.
keep the law of health" sal
Aunt Tabitha, land be strong; brea
them and be sick"
al don't break them," said Mary.
"The long and short of the matt,
! is this: I'm a delicate woman, and II
climate is too severe for me. The do
tor says ought to go to Florida"
: "Boshl You are my own niece, al
know you started with fair const
tuition. Apply your common sense
Iyour daily life and you can be a we
woman in a few weeks" cried Au
!. Tsbitha, with spirit.
"Oh, If | only could" groane
Nary, with another sneeze.
J "it l lived as you do, improper
&C clothed. fed and warmed, l shou
% soon lie in your condition." said h
oe Aunt.
&c Aunt Tabitha'
o ~ mean it. Nature has given you
&c large frame, but you ignore the taC
90 and make your waist 80 small, y
look like a dyspeptic wasp"
% 81 never knew any one who cou
q say such unkind things as you do
IHAlu MARY WIN q thhBhs
% "Oh, that's my mission" cri
90 Aunt Tabitha. ~ am decidedly sor
oo for Jonn. Money is spent laVlshly
re medicines and tonics for you-mon
that should be invested in real estat
A. =, or in buying booke and pleasures f
IA you both. Now, instead of this, apr
re common sense to your daily life.
90 YOU are down stairs have your be
room window open, so as to keep Il
sy air pure for the night. If you lea
q 1.-THE parlor, open that little window,
but little, so that your lungs "
have something better tor food tn
. devi,alzed air. You have no op
a gates, no chimneys to ventilate yo
rooms with, and in consequence mi
keep your attention carefully on t
n, Necessity for change in the air.
"But, Auntie, ii kept opening a
shutting windows like that, l Shot
~ catch cold all the time"
: mot If your body was properly p
~ tected by undergarments OF wo
!. Wear warm vesa and thicker gov
and keep your house cooler. NeN
81 let the thermometer get above siXt
~ leight degrees. BY keeping your hot
Isl so warm you make the contrast /
90 tween the open air and the house
aS great, and thus render yourself in
Icondltion to catch cold. There
81 another thing that will help you to
~ sist cold. Eat nourishing, plain FOX
and let hot cakes and sweet trash alol
Your appetite is poor because you Ii
N, in unwholsome air. Take a br
nd walk daily, rain or shine, and y
az will soon get healthy desire to ca
81 "Any one would think, to hear y
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