The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-09
ONE DAY IN A MOTHERS LIFE
How She Should Cultivate the Hysicnic
Side OF Living.


How She should Cultivate the Hy.ieni.
! Side of Living.
! There is no class of women under the
sun who SO need to be coached in re
gard to hygienic principles OF rest as
mothers. All, how heavily the cares Of
life press! SO heavily that even the
longest day in the year refuses to fur.
nish that one precious half-hour which,
If devoted to rest, will save woman
good looks and vitality from premature
decay.
Why. hygiene, these days, is as much
of a fad as the souvenir spoon. Wise
ones are very wide awake to tkis fact,
and as a result those delicate nerve
centers, upon which we women depend
for womanly comeliness and sweetness
of disposition, are, as far as possible,
carefully looked after.
The sister does not live who can be
at her best when tagged to death. No
matter how clever the patents used to
run the domestic machinery, the wear
and tear tells, and in way to bring to
the front unpleasant little gusts of
temper that might be easily controlled
were it not for an overtaxed system.
L. Rest, if only thirty minutes day.
Give the tired nerves chance to relax.
This is duty which you owe. not only
to yourself, but your family as we'll
Rest by all means-rest, if you have
to fitch from the days duties the thirty
minutes for repose. Surely, somewhere
in between the flying hours they may
be sandwiched
What the average woman needs is q
nook all her own, in which will be
found the softest of divans, the down
lest of head-rests, and light so tenn
pered that it will aid in wooing the god
of sleep.
You need not hesitate to accept this
luxurious idea on account of the cost,
for even a slender purse can surely at
ford plain little cot This gives you
comfortab BILE beginning. When a thin
hair mattress and pretty cheese
cloth coy have been added, along with
a trio of denim-colored pillows, you
will, feel certain, have secured very
strong incentive for following my adj
vice.
The home which owns the faircst
the freshest-looking, and the best
natured wife and mother, is always
supplied with coy corners, Now comes
the question Do you know how to rest?
Not one woman in hundred does.
How often one hears the remark: ~
do most OF my thinking and planning |
when lying down"
Could anything be more exhausting?
The trouble is this; Every moment
given to socalled rest seems to the
busy soul just so much time wasted.
There are so many tasks waiting
their turn And how they march and
before the half-closed |
lids! Thump, thump! beat, beat! There
is regular trip-hammer movement go
ing on in the base Of the brain. It is dis
couraging-so discouTaging that you
give up the struggle.
What is needed is a first-class method
Tor shutting down the thought valves
of the mind" as some one puts it.
close down your mind like water
gate. 1t you can not do this, place
1ear your couch something that will
turn your thoughts into more sooth-
ng channel A big, branching palm
n a few cool, feathery ferns are rest
nj Danish, with what will-power
'ou possess harrassing details. The
irst trial will no doubt be failure,
nut after time you will gain better
ontrol of your mind, and some fine
ay you will discover that this little
vay-station along LIES road is doing
nore for you than all the balms and
otions in the universe. dorothy Mad
OK, in Golden Days