Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-10
into permanent automatic acts, in which

into permanent automatic acts, in which
the will apparently plays no pnst. Pilins
up muscle on the outside does not nee
essarily mean health or power to resist
disease. Athletes are frequent victims
to consumption and heart disease. Tc
train the will that the body may be kept
in poise is the first step toward grace and
the exercise of all the muscles. In tho
management of the nervous, drcs:
is an important consideration.
Often the weakness OF girls ana
women is merely an affair OF
clothes. Once in some easy cos
tune, our girls, both large and small,
find they have more muscles than they
ever dreamed, and strength sufficient
unto the day. Clothing should be light
and warm, the garments worn being MS
few in number as possible. Heavy cloaks
and heavy dresses are to be avoided.
Rough material is often great annoy.
ancc. to the sensitive wcarcr. Soft,
smooth fabrics are much more satisfac-
tory, requiring less time for brushing
and cleaning. When the habit is rs
costly as the purse can Duy-wcll-ttting,
modest and artistic-onc cause of worry
and strain is removed. The we'll dressed
woman, harmonious and at ease, forgets
herself utterly, and can devote all siMrc
energies to capturing the happiness of
the moment ;ls it flies. Emerson realized
the wisdom of conventional garb for
those who are not robust when he says,
in effect, that weak nerves must have Il
good coat. Every woman needs an easy
lounge with cushions and pillows OF
various sizes. 1t is great rest to the
whole body to lie at full length with
little cushion tucked under any part
that calls for support. To close the
eyes and think of nothing at all
for ten or fifteen minutes at intervals
during the day is great restorcr of tired
nerves. If half an hour before the mid
day meal, and a little longer before the
evening meal, can be thus employed
regularly, the result in Il month or two
, will surpass belief. Rest aud exercise
are equally important for the average
nervous woman. Nine or ten hours in
bed and for sleep are necessary if nervous
states are to be overcome. When there
is much irritability and weakness, from
o'clock at night to 8 in the morning
are good hours for rcposc. Breakfast
should be in the room, and the day be-
gun about 10 O'clock, when the family
have dispersed and the house is quiet.
A short, brisk walk in the open air, with
correct poisc and breathing, breaks up
the "tircsomc old vault of heaven into
new forms, and prepares the mind for
the new work of new day. Regular
employment is one means of cure in
nervous disease; occupation for each
day at the same hour. The sufferer can
not keep herself to routine work with
out anothcr's help. In nervous states the
will is exhausted or diseased, and some
times primarily deficient. Judgment,
tirmncss, sympathy, kindness. must be
supplied from without-pourcd in, us it
were, to hold nervous girls and women
to definite tasks. This is the office of
friendship, one impossible to overestimatc
in value. Charles Kingsley, when asked
how he accomplished so great an amount
of varied work, replied, laconicaly, 81
had IL fricnd.' Well for the nervous
woman if she can say as much! Then man
.lallabor and intellectual effort Can become
aids to the tllc:lghtful physician, and
rouse into activity hcalth-giviny powers
dormant for want of proper stimulus.
Athletics Cor women is aqucstion mucl.
in evidence of late. Like every other
question, there are two sides to it. For
women VINO take no exercise at all, it is IA
distinct gain t. 60 through definite mus
cular movements in a we'll ordered gym
nasinm, and to develop groups of muscles
that are deficient. While athletics offers
field of promising chances, there are
other equally productive ways OF giving
elasticity aud tone to the muscles. How
about llouscwork? the polishing of tin,
silver, furniture and brasses; sweeping.
dusting and cleaning. bed making and the
preservation of law and order iii closets,
Such medical directions are like the COM
mand to bathc in Jordan. The health
seeker of old felt offended at the sim
! ! plicity of the prescription. So. too, with
useful household arts. Yet in the prac-
ticc of these there are health and strength
for the muscles, variety for the mind,
and a moral uplifting in the knowledge
OF effort that is directly productive of in
creased beauty and comfort in the house
hold. Very few American servants mix
their polishing material "with brains,
sir!" as did the English artist his co!ors.
1t is the eye of the mistress that sees
evcrything-the little corners and crew.
ices. 1t is her hand alone that can give
the finishing touches to the best arrange
mcnt of any room. To superintend reg
ularly the care of either larlor, dining
room, bed chambers, or halls, means con
siderable practice in household gymnas-
TICS. To one unframed in domestic arts
such activities must be undertaken
slowly. First, room must be busted
regularly. Then q quarter of q room may
be swept; then half; and, finally, after
q few weeks, the whole floor. Every
woman should be allowed a hobby, lit
tic pet personal foiblc distinct from the
family failings. And this hobby must be
protected by the sacred rights of prop.
crty, oven If sisters, cousins and aunts dis
approve, and though "fathcr may scold
and mother may sigh" The fresh
blooms of little fcm'n nine fancies are to
be trampled upon and scotfed at. Let
women be happy in their own way.
The fret of feminine nerves is too often
the result of want of mental fcxibility,
or of the fatal tendency in human nature
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