The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-08-29

+ W1itten hy Eliza Putnam Heaton.

cabbage and cauliflower. Let her eat
whole wheat bread and abjure cake
and pastry.
And what to do with skin which
after bathing and after dieting still
looks languid and unhealthy like a
plant grown in cellar? Why exer-
else. We women stitch our trials and
our losses and crosses into scarfs, cur
tains and doyleys when we should take
our woes out into sunshine they need
air and light. We should pound down
our pains, walk our quick, firm foot
steps, and as the tired heart all uncon
scious beats an accompaniment to the
flying feet, and the soft air gently
touches the flushed cheek in sympathy
and the glad warm sunshine rests on
the face in loving benediction, the
pain will be hushed and the new
strength and the new vigor will a6d
new graces
There is one glory of the sun and
fers from another star in beauty. Wo-
men are not born equal in personal
attractiveness, but any girl, not posi-
lively deformed, can be bred to be
lovely as our girls are bred to hold
their arm down at their sides, to be
"ladylike" and to graduate. To
begin with, it ought to be part of
every girls education to learn to run.
Running is as natural to healthy
girl as breathing, but it is carefully
trained out Of her at as early an age
as possible, and who ever saw grown
woman who possessed that supreme
grace of motion? To sea woman
run is to see goose waddling. Did
you ever look at frieze Of Greek
girls running in any classic collection?
Did it not impress you with its beau
ty, health and sweetness, its Joy i'll liv-
ing? Could you look at the round
supple limbs, instinct with grace and
freedom, the short tunics, the lightness
and poise of the figures without feel
ing that those large eyed, sound-lung
ed creatures were what woman was
meant to be? Many disorders OF the
complexion come from functional diff
ficulties, and to be able tof run is TO
possess strong hips which bear life's
burdens early.
Find woman who has made stir
in the beauty market or on the stage
and you find a girl who was hoyden,
Peg Wellington who sold oranges,
the Cummings who were madcaps, a
Jersey Lily who ran wild with her
brothers, a Mary Anderson who got
her matchless complexion from the
bluegrass of Kentucky. 1t is seldom
anything more than second rate
beauty which is developed in city
drawing rooms. The pose Of the
archer as the arrow is loosed is said to
be the most graceful woman can as
sumo. To paddle canoe-not row a
boat which is very different matter
is wonderful specific to round the
arms AMI fill out the chest developing
a deep bosomed Diana To throw
stone stretches the muscles, and to
climb and jump and swim and fence
the box ana run races trains down the
figure, makes firm the muscles and
gives the ease and lightness of varied
motion, of force and good staying
power to the whole body. All these
exercises aerate the blood and make a
living woman, not creature in petit
coats with mush in her skull where
she should have brains To he able
to walk is grand thing for the COM
plexion, really to walk three. four or
five miles at a quick, brisk pace, in
stead of leisurely strolling through the
park or Supplying ones self with half
days shopping in crowded. heated
stores.
Exercise, and in order that you
may exercise, breathe. Take yourself
out of doors and stand with your
weight resting on the balls of both
| feet, not on the heels. Draw in the
chin, hold the head erect, throw the
chest out so that a line dropped per-
pendicularly from i: would touch the
toes, let your shoulders alone, draw in
the abdomen, then forcibly fill and
employ the lungs, compelling the vital
breathing organs to work to their ut
most capacity Do this for ten OF
twenty minutes every day No tonic
will be found more beneficial to i'm
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lassitude. This of itself ought sensi
bly, to freshen the complexion if prac
ticed for six monthly persistenily A
bad skin meaEs bad blood, and baG
blood calls aloud for exercise
And if one sunburns? If one OBJ
jects to sunburn or if it becomes pain
ful there is always hot water or steam
Wash the face half a dozen times 8
day with a soft sponge in water as hot
as you can endure without screaming
Mop the skin dry and reneat the
operation. This will Written the face
and sometimes it will dim the luster o
a chronically red nose. Steam tn,
face over kettle of hot water tel
minutes daily. This is another per
fectly innocent bleach, good for motl
patches and sallowness as well as tan
J 1t has somewhat pursuasive effec
on wrinkles And if one freckles?
; you eat coarse bread and grits and at
tend to the bathing directions you vii
, be less likely to be troubled, but pow
dered sulphur mixed into paste wit
lem IN juice and spread OH the face 9
bedtime will be found a good prever
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