Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-18

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whole female sex signs for beauty and
health only one woman IN every hun
dred Is willing 70 use sense and industry
Ia the pursuit and maintenance OF either.
The otheE ainety nine viii exhaust them
selves n shopping and calling and in a
score OF resnltless ways. and complain
that they have no time for an hour
each day IN The gymnasium.
When completely Frustrated they will
take expensive treatment Of high priced
physicians, but they will not take sim
PIE preventiyes 10 disease which nature
provided for man as well as for cats and
dogs.
They viii use dear and dangerous cos
metics. but they viii not persist in daily
methods Of developing beauty Of form
and complexion.
The one thing they viii do is to battle.
And n the bath. As in many other things,
the American woman goes TO an ex-
trerne and makes an abuse OF il.
One can Dc clean without soaking in a
tub OF water twice day. Only the
most full blooded. oily skinned. vigor-
Gus woman can retain her vitality with
this incessant opening of the pores.
Give up my morning plunge? Never!"
cried one " these perpetual scrubbers,
who was always complaining of fatigue
AID lassiSude.. II should not feel fit TO
associate with civilized beings" Finally,
persuaded TO rub her whole body with
fine salt moistened with alcohol three
mornings each week in place of her
plunge. most remarkable increase Of
yigor resulted. with no diminution Of
cleanliness. IL is more trouble than the
soaking process. however, and few wom-
en- have the perseverance to discover its
benefits.
The bony chested, fiat busted girl
who would have the industry and an
bition TO rub her breast with perfumed
sweet oil for ten minutes every night
and with cold water every morning the
Same length of time would find firm
layers Of muscles and flesh covering the
bones in two years time. Ten minutes
each day given to deep breathing would
assist marvelously in developing the
chest. Bat she tries these things one or
two weeks. says il is IAN awful bother
and gives it up. She does not give up
signing over her lack OF a good figure.
When an all wise Creator provided
catnip for ailing cats and gave ma
lsria affected dogs the instinct to chew
dogweed ne also provided health giving
herbs for man. But man laughs at the
suggestion as a ''granny's notion" and
dies Of kidney and liver complaint after
providing for an army of physicians.
The simple red clover blossom con-
tains health giving property that in.
variably ifnparts vitality and averts dis
ease 20 the person wise enough and per-
sistent enough TO use IL. II can be
gathered in any country place in sum
msr or bought for few cents at any
drug store. A quart of clover tea drunk
daily In place Of dyspepsia mourning ice
water viii in three months time give a
woman a clear skin and a fine color il
IL is natural for her TO haye color. II
will give her vigor and vitality also. and
completely cure any tendency TO scrof-
ula IL persistently imbibed every day.
To my personal knowledge the con-
slant use Of this simple herb tea has
cured five cases Of well developed cancer.
And yet where Is the woman who
merely 20 avert disease aud obtain vigog
viii persist in brewing and drinking
this beverage day after dsyp Echo an.
swsrs. Where indeedy".
We have hundreds Of women who viii
climb vesuvius and gaze into its crater
bnt not one in hundred will tie piecs
OF wooden yarn from ths chandelier, che
end falling even with her lips. and count
the seconds is requires 20 keep it moving
with her exhaled breath. Yet this small
act. performed for few moments sew
ersl times day, viii increase the bust
measure two inches in one year at ths
very least. develop the chest and give
lung vigor. Nearly every woman who
reads this article win say Of some one q
these things, well. now am going u
trv this But az the end Of enc week
the interest viii lag Il haven't time,
she will say. Yes, we have all the time
God made. and it pays 70 take enough
Of that time 30 keep health and good
locks. This can be done without sacri
fcinr sny duty in hfs Il we only learn
not 70 s.dawdls- and fritter away the
moments in useless WAYS.
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