Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26
SENSIBLE TREAIMEhI


- "ooo Tor 0ueens, and Also for Nerv,us !
American Women.
IL Is reported that the Queen of
sweden u undergoing very simple
but equally novel system OF medical
treatment for shattered nerves anna
tite and loss Of rest. The practical
physician OF her Majesty, instead Of
pretending to exhibit wonderful
science In his profession, prescribed
the plebeian medicine Of rising earlv
In the morning, making her own bed.
sweeping and busting her own cham
per- taking good walk before break
last, working among the flowers In her
gardens and generally leading a life OF
active outdoor exercise. The Queen
was sensible enough to obey her sensi-
bic and practical physician, and the
result is that she has been greatly
benefited and IL in fair way TO COM
pietely restored health.
This new system of medical treat
ment for royalty has been ridiculed by
some OF the less honest or sensible OF
the profession in Europe as the .charn-
bermald treatment, but no one has At
tempted to dispute its efficacy. In
deed, the treatment has long been
accepted by the more sensible and
practical royal families of Europe.
When the Dowager Empress.
widow of Frederick, was accused
OF want of dignity during her
early married life because she nailed
up window curtains to suit herself. her
answer was Mother does.it." She
had learned practical industry from
her mother. the Queen OF England.
and she had good example for her
good sense in the lessons of industry
taught in the household of the then
King OF Prussia and later Emperor of
Germany. Every son and grandson OF
Emperor William was made practical
mechanic. Frederick, the late Emperor,
was ieweler, and an artist in his
trade: William, the present Emperor,
Is glove-maker, and proficient in his
trade; his next brother, now Com
mander-in-ehief of the German navyt
Is a matchmaker, and perfect in his
trade; his royal sisters are all skilled
dressmakers. None of these shoots of
royalty have to have the chamber
maid treatment prescribed by physi.
clans to quiet their nerves or assure
them sleep.
/ In no country of the world is this
"chambermaid treatment needed
more than in this country, where
every woman is a queen without the
exactions of royalty. In no country
of the world is the '.chambermaid
treatment so much neglected by
women of fortune or nobility as it is
by the women Of fortune in America.
The cultivation Of usefulness is only
too commonly regarded as the neglec,
of gentility, and the result is that
housewives are almost unknown among
American women who are not com.
PEELED to work for their own support
We have more disordered nerves
among American women than can BIZ
found in any other land. and it ii
chiefly due to the fact that Legitimate
exercise of their physical powers ant
the natural employment of their men
tai powers are almost totally neglected
for the constant strain Of dress. society
fashion and social dissipation.
We have American doctors who con
fine men and women suffering from
dtsordered nerves to their rooms fol-
weeks and even months to quiet theil
nervous systems; we have others wht
prescribe severe rules and regimen fol
the same ailments, and yet others whit
dose them until they can not stand i
longer and then ship them on to an
other climate; but what American
doctor viii exhibit the good sense AM
professional courage to prescribe tn
..chambermaid treatment for on
, | nervous American women? Ever.
doctor must know that it would cur
nearly half the present ailments c
, our women who live in leisure o
; affluence, and why not make it at one
, respectable and famous? 1t woul
make tens of thousands of happ
mothers. wives and daughters who ar
now victims of idleness and social dis
;. sipation, and what American docto
will take a bold stand for the goo
work. PHILADELPHIA Times.