The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28
How Women Should Live.

| think it is 100 little understood that
mental habits have an enormous value
in deciding the physical condition. A
heart and brain dissipated in frivolous
detail, in idle gossip, in laccid intro
spection, in empty trivialties, rarely en-
genders an imposing personality. The
body feels the dispiriting effect of the
regime. Fools have dropping shoul-
ders, wandering eye, can not fix their
attention, are cyclists, tremulous and
uneasy. The mind we'll stored, in
quiring, awake, seems to give the poor
body poise and repose. The brain re-
quires nourishment from without as
we'll as from within, and nOurishment
that assimilates. Superficial culture
rants and roars, makes itself heard, is
exhaled in froth and endless bombast
Deep culture lies silent, slips about in
Extensively, broods in the blood which
it warns and invigorates. Mental sloth,
the want of a vital interest, is the curse
of half the women in the world. In
the same way the physique tells upon
the intellect. No good work can grow
out of exhaustion, no fertility, no flash
of Protean fire or of genius, from
nerves unstrung, jaded and tangled.
But the invalids are obstinate. A con-
frmed dyspeptic once swallowed in my
presence five raw bananas just before a
meal to which he naturally came with
out enthusiasm. l timidly ventured,
when he complained of his lack
of appetite, "The binanas." He
replied, glaring fercely, Fruit agrees
with me-" There is the young
woman who pulls in her belt
until her face is purple, and then
goes to the doctor for physic or a
skin lotion. You mildly suggest" Lac.
ing" "Oh," she shippers, it never
hurts me. 1 can breathe" To appeal
to woman about her health has long
ago proved useless in these matters
but every woman is jealous of hel
beauty. A tightly-laced girl may be
lovely at eighteen, she will be hideous
at thirty. Why will not the physicians
touch and awaken the chord of vanity
But the doctors are dull or careless
They give pill where they should
loosen string. A physician was once
heard to admit he could not discover the
complaint of blooming flower of fash
ion who was yet constantly in his hands
l could have told him, for had seer
morning. And how ungraceful, how
lacking in all voluptuous abandon ant
forceful elegance, the movements o
these strapped automatons, not to men
ton the red nose, the roughened com
plexion, and the startled, panied eye
ball! Then, as to the diet, day begun
with heavy, farinaceous food drowned
in rich cream and sugar, it would in
deed take the Scotchman's field-day tt
digest. The short walk or drive, an(
long session in hot rooms, of our city
routine, leave such a meal heavy or
the soul. How much wiser
cup of tea, crisp bit of toast, quite
sufficient nourishment for the openins
hours of an artificial day. At nool
there should be hearty repast, ligh
soup, chop, some green vegetables
an orange. No sweets, no wine, if thu
figures lines and the skins purity ar,
valued. A cup of tea and bread an
butter at five are permissible to sucl
persons as dine very late. They insur
a lighter dinner, and this is sometime
an advantage. Then at the ball nothin
should be touched, unless indeed SUI
of bouillon. Hot suppers are super
fiuous. The hunger of the small hour
can be easily appeased, on the return
by glass of fresh milk and a biscuit
Upon this diet the most immured mon
dame need never fear that horrid a
pect of "a diner-out." Then excl
else! How abused and neglected
Three miles day of walking is enough
and not too much, or horseback gallo
of six or eight miles. To be out in tn
air twice during a day is well, but never
never, never TO overfatigue ones sell
Once is too much. Once has broken
constitution. The Roman ladies knee
the tonic of the bath. Lolita Paulin
and Popp@a Sabina priced their charms
The warm bath at night, the cold
water sponging in the morning-grea
beautifiers these. Another matter c
vital Importance is the living in rooms
not over-cold-for habtually chill le
skin can never be fine-but fresh an
well ventilated. The large blazin
heat of the open fire is very desirab
as compared with the death-trap of tn
hidden register. - From "Hedlth
HerOinesu an OctOber TiDDincOtt,s