The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24
HEALTH HINTS
For Living DRintily, Comfortably and
Keeping In Good Health.

case 10 IGllON6 WAITS 10 NllCn II was ap-
piled once a day for from two to six
weeks.
Three Don'ts-Don't forget that painted
walls are best for ell living rooms, as they
are non-absOrbent. Paper can be made
so, however, by vanishing. Don't
forget that pitchers, Jars or bottles hold
ing milk, put into an ice-chest or outside
of it. should he covered. Ordinary cotton
batting, after being baked, makes good
shoppers. Don't forget that wood
wool sheets are comfortable, healthy, an-
tiseptic and cheaper than India rub
Der sheets. They absorb discharges
completely, and are simply burned after
use.
Nervous Headache-In the shops every
imaginable remedy for aches and pains ia
offered for sale. Prominent above all
others Headache Cures" take the lead.
Behold the tempting array red labeled,
green labeled, in small boxes, in bid
bottles; sizes to suit each distressed crea-
ture, proportional, no doubt, to the size Of
the ache to be cured. We all know the
misery OF beadache-ne know its cause;
never care 10. Nine times out of ten the
cause is nervousness" and no better cure
can be tried than the following Boston
Herald cure:
The Milk Diet-The need for nutri.
tious food is rarely realized, especially bv
those who do the most work. Among the
| masses Of workers some have indeed be-
gun to appreciate this need, but for tho
benefit OF those who do not think, Wa
again suggest the useful milk. The Health
Journal says: I'm the list of foods, whether
for strength or beauty, milk comes first, as
1t furnishes all the elements necessary foI
life and growth. 4 bottle OF sweet milk
/ Il. 1 ! Il
a woman can have at home, in school, in
| the business office or workroom; it is all
that a child needs, and there are thousandS
| of scholars. business men and other brain
workers who depend upon it every day Of
their busy lives"
"Slip Off your bodice and bare your neck.
Twist your hair into a loose knot on the
top OF your head. Then take a sponge
and a basin OF hot water-iust as hot "a
you can bear il. Pass the hot wet
sponge slowly and steadily over the face
and forehead for eight or ten times,
keeping the sponge as hot as it can bs
borne. BY that time your face will
look and feel as if it were par
boiled. But don't worry. Then
battle the hack of the neck as VOC
have done the face. carrying the sponge
each time well MP the back of the head
then, without looking at yourself in thu
glass, because that would be sure to dis
quiet you, dry your face and neck softly
and 90 and lie down flat on your back,
Close your eyes and think of Just this one
thing. How heavy you are on the couch
and how easily it supports you. That is
really an important part OF the cure. Lie
there for ha'f an hour ii YOU don't fall
asleep, as YOU probably viii. Then get
up and take the deferred look in the glass.
The tired look Is gone; the muscles have
regained their tone; the wrinkles have
disappeared. You look like your younger
sister. Best of all, the darting pain in
the head and the pessimism OF the soul
have gone, too"
To Prevent Badness = DR.. Rudolph
Lessuer of Vienna positively asserts that
the prevalent badness among men in the
cities is due TO too frequent visits 10 the
| barber shops That badness is not hered-
itary he proves by the fact that women
| in families where masculine badness pre-
walls are seldom afflicted like their BROTH
| ers. He observes that peasants, farm
laborers and gvpsies who rarely have their
| hair cut and comb 1t with their fingers are
| seldom bald and the same is the case with
actors, singers and artists who wear their
hair long. He objects even more stren-
uously to smuggling the hair, which has long
| been in vogue on the continent and is now
practiced TO some extent in the United
States. This practice, he says, makes the
hair dry, brittle and weak. AS for the
| close cropping of the hair, he SAYS it ex-
poses the scalp to the sharp air and chills
and loosens the roots. 1t may be mem
toned that Henry Ward Beecher, the
! greatest of the long-hair represen tatives,
| reached the age of seyenty-four years
| without becoming bald. If DR.. Lessuers
words are needed combs no doubt will go
| out of style, and the manufacture of mini
! ature rakes prove q profitable business,
| for who does not envy the gypsy his raven
| locks? Possibly long hair may bring long
years to the wearer too, If not SamsoDiau
strength.
Baby's Bath-It is advisable to keep a
! thermometer IN the nursery by which to
| test the temperature of the baby's bath.
! An ignorant attendant will often 60 on
| the principle formulated by that nurse
who, when asked how she regulated the
warmth OF the bath, replied: when
puts the baby in it if he turns blue
! knows it's too cold, aud If he turns red
knows it's too hot" The thermometer
renders regulation an easy matter. About
ninety degrees will be found the best
temperature. The baby should not be-
/ left in the tub more than a few moments.
All necessary soaping should have been
done before he goes in, so that
good rinsing Is all he really
! needs. When he comes out there
| should be big flannel apron or blanket
ready to roll him in and he may he dried
piecemeal. as it were, without being exc
posed to the chill air. A gentle rubbing
with the hand should follow the drying,
and after this should come the powdering.
| The best time for the baby's bath is in the
morning, an hour or so after his first meal.
Generally he will be both hungry and
sleepy after his toilet is concluded and
quite contented to be fed and placed in
his cradle. When the little one has a cold,
| fhe plunge bath is more honored in the
| breach than in the observance. In
its place should be the sponge bath,
which, properly applied, cleanses the
child quite as effectively with less
exposure. Wrapped in a blanket the
baby may be washed and dried little bv
little and each portion clothed as fast as il
is dried and powdered. The best of
everything should be provided for the
baby's bath. No cheap soaps or powders
should be tolerated The bath tub should
be soitened for a young baby by an old
cloth or towel laid in the bottom. A fins