The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-10
HOW WOMEN SHOULD LIVE.
Not by Tight La.inE, but bJ AbuI DAFT
Exercise.
Lippincott's WagaZine.

Lippincott's Nagazine.l
7 think it is too 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 faccid intro
spection, in empty triviaities, rarely
engenders an imposing personality.
The body feels the dispititing effect of
the regime. Fools have dropping shoul-
ders, a wandering eye, cam not fix
their attention, are egMistS, tremu ous,
and uneasy. The mind we'll stored.
, iuquiriny, awake, seems t" give the
poor body poiSe u,ld fepose. The brain
requires nourishn,ent from without as
! well as from within, aud nourish ment
that asSin,iIates. Superiiria: culture
rants ami roars, makes itself ard, is
exhaI II in froth and endless / mt asst.
Deep culture lies silent, slips about
inotiensively, hrlodsin the blood which
it warns anG invigorates. Mental
sloth, the want of Il 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
grew out Of exhaustion, no fertility, no
fiasl, of Protean FIRE nr nf genius from
nerves unstruug, j..ivI, and jing'ed.
But the invalids are nLstinate. A coE-
firmed dyspeptic once swallowed III my
presence five raw lalrurIas just before a
meal to which he naturally care with
out enthusiasm. timiGly ven!ured,
when he com plaired nf lis lack of
appetite, "Fhr hananas." He replied,
glaring ti.rccly, Fruit agrees With
! me-"
| There is the yo,lrg won!an Wh"pulls
in her helt unit! her face is purple, and
then goes to the doctor for phys;c or a
skin lotion. You mildly suggest Lac
ing" "Oh," she shippers, lit never
| hurts me, l can BREATHE"
To appeal to a woman about her
health has long ago proved useless in
these matters, but every woman is jeal-
Gus of her beauty, A tightly-laced
girl may he lovely at eighteen; she
will he hideous at thirty. Why will
not the physicians touch and awaken
the chord of vanity? But the doctors
are dull or careless. They give a pill
where they should loosen a string.
A physician was once heard to admit
he could not discover the complaint Of
a blooming flower of fashion who was
yet constantly in his hands. I could
have told him; for I had seen her get
ting herself into her gown that morn
ing. Aud how ungrac+ful, how lacking
in all voluptuous abandon and forceful
elegance, the movements of these strap
ped autonatons, not to mention the
red nose, the roughened complexion,
AMI the startled, panied eyehall!
Then as to the diet. a day begun
with heavy, farinaceous food drowned
in rich cream and sugar, it ~would in
deed take the Scotchman's hard field
day to digest. The short walk or drive,
and long session in hot rooms, of our
city routine, leave such meal heavy
on-the soul.
How much wiser Il cup of tea, crisp
bit of toast, quite sufficient nourish-
ment for the opening hours of an
artificial day.
At noon there should be hearty re-
past, light soup, u chop, some green
vegetables, an orange. No sweets, no
wine, if the figures lines and the skin
purity are valued. A cup of tea and
bread aud butterat five arc permissible
tp such persons as dine very late. They
insure a lighter dinner, and this is
sometimes an advantage. Hot suppers
are superf,us. The hunger of The smal
hours can I've easily appeased, on the
return. hv glass of fresh milk and a
biscuit. Upon this diet the most
immured mondaine reed never fear
that hnrri-d aspectiofa "diner r'u'."
Then exercise! How abused and
neglected! Three miles day Of walk
ing is enough. and not too much, or
horseback gallop Of six or eight miles.
To be out in the air twice during Il day
is we'll, but never. never, never to over
fatigue ones self Once is too much.
Once has broken constitution.
Th. Roman ladies knew the tonic OF
the bath. Lolita Paulina aud Popp9a
Sabina priced their charms. The warm
bath at night, the col'l water sponeing
in the morning. beaptilirrS these
Another matter of vital Importance is
the living in ronms not overcn!d-for
habit,allv chilled skin can never be
fine-hut fresh and well ventilated
The large blazing l'eat of the open fire
is ya,y dpsir ihle as compared with the
death trap of the hidden register
Georgia M-l"gse Lore
from the Atlanta Constitution.
When vnu're lpavin' home at sunup,