Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-11

wish to compare me unfaYorably with
Others of my age.
This letter is given at length, as one of
type frequently received, points clearly
to the treatment of its case. The young
wife, constitutionally Emphatic, taking
less and less exercise, finds digestion
impaired and her looks suffer accord
ingly. good fashioned bolus to
start will at once reduce the circulating
fluids and flesh perceptibly. Take twenty
grains jalap, three grains cloves and
heaping teaspoontul of cream of tar
tar, mix a little water, as a night
dose, once Follow with compound
licorice powder each night for
week. at the same time,
furnish the coarse graham bread which L
regret to say is seldom found in
bakeries as it should be. l have no less
authority than Mr.. Edward Atkinson for
the opinion that any person who wishes
to make fortune could do so by selling
good bread across the counter at cents
a loaf, and l have been strangely tempt
ed to go into the bread-making business
myself, from the impossibIlity of getting
sound, healthy bread any other way
Bread to make women IS compilations fair
and their forms round without ungainli-
ness, should be of flour from sound
wheat, washed, dried and ground
coarsely between stone, with
out any boiling. This is
the flour for strength, spirit and health,
the food for athletes and beauties. 1t
should be freshly ground, and I hope we
may soon see wheat brought from the
West, so that we may select it at the gro
Ger IS and have il ground to order, week
~ or monthly at farthest. The differ
ence between bread from such -four and
the poor corrugated stuff, SO fine that it
loses flavor and SAVIOR in its long keeping,
is TO be felt, not conveyed. 1 was brought
up in a wheat-raising country, and
know what bread ought to be. AS q sub
stitute, get the best Graham or "whoIe
wheat flour as it is called,
which has no loss by boiling. Probably
the use OF such bread for six months
would reduce flesh and bring color with
out other treatment. But life is short,
and the process may be forwarded by
taking spoonful of fluid magnesia after
each meal or when acidity is felt. Dry
meats, green vegetables, gelatine jellles
and watery fruit should form the diet,
drinking freely of water and lemonade
daily to promote intestinal action. Three
times week a warm bath should be
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soft soap if possible, if not, from
CASTLE soap, and the body should
in the water ten or fifteen min
utes to soften the dead skin which should
be thoroughly rubbed off with coarse
cloth, till no more peels from the sur
face. This practice will stimulate the
ana the loofa may be used
on rising for dry friction. 1t
should not cost over twenty-five cents.
For the pimples, when itching, battle
the face with the juice of a large lemon
in nearly pint of water or with lotion
of twenty five grains sulphate of zinc in
a pint of Tosewater. Or try the |
old and excellent wash, one
drachm gum camphor dissolved in two |
ounces of alcohol, with two drachms lac |
sulphur (mllk of sulphur) and two |
ounces of water. Wet old linen with |
this and lay on the lace five minutes at |
night, letting the skin dry without wip-
ing. To secure good color, rub the |
cheeks well with the palm just before
going out for a brisk walk. This will
create a tendency of blood to the sur
face of the face, and little friction at
odd times will keep it up, aided by the
coarse bread and fruit, which seems to
create color. Exercise is indispensable
If very inert, take half a glass of claret
with as much water at dinner, adding a
half teaspoonful of acid phosphate
Enquirer wishes to know how the
size of the limbs may be increased and
1orpulent body diminished. Lessen the
first, taking the advice given
above, and then accustom yourself to
active exercise. People grow corpuient
because they fall into slow habits They
should go about quickly, time themselves
to do things in short space, and work
lard. But get rid of the flesh first by L
alap and cream of tartar followed bysE
small daily doses of salts.
SHIRLEY DAREsssssS1