The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-24
Ill lIcul,l OF Young Women.

Mrs. Roso Terry Cook. In q letter to
tho boston Globe, argues that 1t is no
wonder that many young women and
girls are unhealthy, for their mode of
life Is SO very unhygienic. She says:
They 60 to bed at night and fall
into sort of stupor; why not? Is
there one breath of fresh air in their
sleeping box? DO they ever, except
In the heat Of summer, have 80 much
as crack Of the window open? If
there is q fireplace in the room or Il
stovepiFc hole don't they close them
up as tight as they can? No wonder
1t Is so hard to wake up In the morn
ing. I can hear them groan and moan
and yawn and scold now, at tho im-
perative summons to get up. And
what do they find on the breakfast
tables Sweet fried cakes, something
in the shape of meat, generally fried,
potato either fried or stewed, hot
coffee, and probably "gridd!c cakes"
fried of course. Now, nm not going
on o crusade against the frying pan,
for 1t has its uses, but when l see
girl sit down at the breakfast table
with dull eyes, a sallow face, listcss
manner and proceed to make that
early meal Of strong coffee, swcetcned
cakes, fried pork and potatoes, with q
sequence Of griddlo cakes literally
buttcred and drowned In molasscs, /
feel like shutting her up for weeks
starvation on bread and water.
Then there is dinner; tough meat,
baked vegetables, pic, any kind OF
pic with crust either tough or sandy;
tasting strongly of lard and filled with
things most convenient. a favorite
pic in our homes Is constructed Of
sliced lemon, flour and molasses, baked
10 o mass, as unfit for the human
stomach as stewcd rubber overshoe.
Tea time brings cakes of various
sorts, probably more pic, cheese, fruit
preserved, and so i'll done it is fer
mented, or canned fruit, which is COM
parativcly harmless, strong tea and hot
biscuit. Repasts fit for
"A cassowary, 80
On the plains Of TimbuctOo."
Then to begin the day again. After
breakfast they run up stairs and
spread their bed with all tho cxhala-
ttOns of their bodies during the night
still imprisoned in 1t. At bed timo
they slip into their unaircd beds after
hanging the dresses they have worn
eight of ten hours in that tight shut
closet, and repeat the experience of
tho night before.
aNOw they have sown tho seed.
What shall the harvest brt'
If 1t is winter, heavy cold; the
misuscd lungs, forced to breathe over
and over air that has no vitality in it,
Dir that Is absolutely noxious, become
congestcd more or less, and they begin
to cough and sneczc. If they have
scrofula hidden In their constitutions
and how few people have not-the
harvest of this planting will be bron-
chitis or consumption.
The next crop Is dyspepsia; they put
into that delicate organ, the human
stomach, already disgusted by the hard
labor of its next noighbor, tho lungs,
and weakened by the slow circulation
Of vltilated blood, vitilatcd by the bad
air, a mass of indigist!blc stuff thut
they call food; at first they do not
notice any special effect; they arc
young and strong and can bear a good
deal of physical misfortune without
much trouble, but after time food
begins to distress them. life gets very
tircsomc, they have acid tastes in their
mouths, heartburn, i!atulcnce. Yes,
! know these are unpleasant things to
talk of, but they are a great deal more
unpleasant to have.
Then they lose their rest, their ap-
petite, strength courage, chcerfulncss.
THIS is a bad COP; it realizes the
primeval curse: "Thorns and briars
shall it bring forth unto thee"