The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-18
PAGES 9 TO II.
SUGGESTIONS FOR WOMEN.
some Interesting Facts Which Are
Worth Considering.

oOAe interesting Facts Which are
Worth Considering.
BROOKLYN, N. ", May IA very
lovely friend of mine, a woman slow to
anger and of considerable intellectual
power, has reached the highest point of in
dlgnation because of the following remark
OF her physician. 1t is my opinion that
this professional man must have had un-
usual provocation, or else no is by nature
honest beyond tho average This is what
he said: "A physically weak and
spiritually timid woman is not of
the slightest use anywhere" This asser-
ton, though little rough and some-
what exaggerated, is true in the MAN, That
know and my readers know chronic inva-
vaiids. some who, completely bed-ridden,
are towers OF strength in the family and
neighborhood, does not alter the essential
fact. The swift and beautiful spiritual
growth in their cases has more than COM
pensated for the physical disability. But a
woman who is both weak in body and poor
In spirit Is about as useless a piece of
mechanism as was ever set a-going. / can
remember when the woman who did not
scream at mouse OF q caterpillar, or who
was able to climb a stone wall without
assistance, was considered lacking in refine
ment. | recall an incident that hap
pened not longer than three years
dSO WuACu proved bLhU bn6 JTdQSDllLL6u
idea of a woman's clinging dependence on
man was even then very active one. A
young lady was swinging in hammock on
the piazza of seashore cottage. Several
gentlemen were reading and lounging on
the lawn. The occupant of the hammock
realized all of a sudden that wasp's nest
had opened right over her head 1t was
not comfortable position, but being girl
OF excellent common sense and considerable
gla nathan al no xaI
Tho pestiferous creatures, left entirely UNI
molested, finally grouped themselves upon
the piazza floor a short distance away.
This was her opportunity. Without the
least furry she LETT the hammock, went into
the house, filled a pail with water and
poured it over the black heap. A second
pail finished them entirely. and a broom
soon after removed all signs of their exist
ence. There asnothing particularly heroic
in thir. 1t was simply wise and sensible
act, but the point is that not one of the
young men approved of it. A Yale student
declared that ANY girl who would NEEDLE
with wasps when mel were about deserved
to be stung so that she would avoid such
unwomanly performances in the future"
The girls reply was exceedingly pertinent.
but what will become of the girls who
always depend upon men when there are no
men at handF AS my readers will suppose,
this question was qui unanswerable.
1t is happily the fashion now for women
to know something Of their own bodies.
The development of the muscles is no longer
confined to men. 1t has been discovered
quite recently that women have muscles
and that much depends on their proper use.
There are some of the feminine muscles that
really require more consideration than those
OF men. This is particularly true of the
abdominalS. A woman who does not use
her abdominal muscles III the respira-
tory process is likely to have
trouble with her lungs, aud especially likely
to fall into decline after the birth OF chill
dren. Lungs that are not properly oxygen
ated and fully inflated become weak and
unable to resist climatic and atmospheric
conditions. Women who have strength
ened the abdominals by scientific exercise,
who have learned to use them with every
breath they draw, will not only be exempt
from the usual Ills, such as a tendency to
take cold, indigestion and rheumatism, but
their children will be born with less pain
and danger, and recovery will be more
speedy.
IL sometimes seems to me past belief that
style should have come to the aid of health
But 1t is quite true. Even the dresses OF
the ultra fashionable are noted for their
beautiful simplicity. The spine-heating
hustle is no longer seen. The hollow bacK
is not void to be filed with cotton, hair
vi Dlu newspapers. luo InUSb TdQlCdlly
fashionable dresses are made on a gown
form, thus forcing the shoulders to bear all
the weight, and with petticoats gathered on
TO yoke and the yoke fastened to a corset
waist, the hips and all the delicate internal
organs are entirely relieved from the drag
and strain which has made SO many women
invalids for life.
The India silks were never so pretty as
they are this season, and are made in every
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elaboration by those who have good taste.
Loops Of velvet ribbon are the favorite
trimmings for materials of light weight
The domestic India silks are very beautiful,
and as they are somewhere about 10 or
III cents yard, and can scarcely
be told from the real article, they
are much used for tea gowns
l have seen some pretty street dresses
designed of these goods and are intended
for the very hottest weather. The domestic
lndias will wash, but of course will not be
as fresh and as glossy afterward. But
there is no more necessity for laundering
them than there would be for washing the
imported silks. Nuns yelling, mulis, and
nainsooks are also much worn, and are all
made in the simplest manner. Notwith-
standing the talk In some circles, dress
skirts will not touch the ground. The
sw1ng-clear skirt is still the fayorite. and
luckily, for health, comfort and cleanliness,
it Is likely to continue to be.
The styles for girls are just as simple as
for their elders. White flannel will be much
used for children's frocks. This material
faced with blue and trimmed with blue
braid is exceedingly pretty. The greatest
care is now TO have our little girls lightly
clothed, and the weight of their costumes.
as with their elders. to come upon the
shoulders There is no more talk about
"making figure" and gymnastic drill and
caIisthenic drill have come to take an lmpor-
tant place on many school programmes See
to it, mothers, that your children breathe
from the diaphragm and abdominal mus
cles. By little care now q world'of future
misery can be avoided.
ELEANOR KIRK.