The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-14
SENSIBLE TREAIMENr.
1t Is Good for Queens, and Also for Nervou
American women


American Women.
It is reported that the Queen of
Sweden is undergoing a very simple
treatment for shattered nerves, appe-
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 early
in the morning, making her own bed,
sweeping and dusting her own cham
Der, taking a good walk before break
fast, working among the flowers in her
gardens and generally leading life of
active outdoor exercise. The Queen
was sensible enough to obey her sensi-
BILE and practical physician, and the
result is that she has been greatly
benefited and is in a fair way to COM
pleteIy 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 ''cham-
bermaid 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 a jeweler, 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-chief of the German navy,
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
treatmentp 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 neglect
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 be
found in any other land, and it is
chiefly due to the fact that legitimate
exercise of their physical powers and
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
disordered nerves to their rooms for
weeks and even months to quiet their
nervous systems; we have others who
prescribe severe rules and regimen for
the same ailments, and yet others who
dose them until they can not stand ii
longer and then ship them on to an
other climate; but what American
doctor will exhibit the good sense and
professional courage to prescribe the
"chambermaid treatment for our
nervous American women? Every
doctor must know that it would cure
nearly half the present ailments OF
| our women who live in leisure or
afluence, and why not make it at once
respectable and famous? 1t would
make tens of thousands of happy
mothers, wives and daughters who are
now victims Of idleness and social dis
sfpation. and what American doctor
will take a bold stand for the good
work? -PhiIddclphta Tunes.