The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-21
ONE DAY IN A MOTHERS LIFE.
How She Should Cultivate the Hygienic
Side of Living.

How She Should Cultivate the Hygienic
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's
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 this fact,
and as a result those delicate nerve
centers, upon which we women depend
for womanIy 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.
Rest. if only thirty minutes day.
Give the tired nerves chance to relax.
This is a duty which you owe. not only
to yourself, but your family as well.
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 a
nook all her own, in which will be
found the softest of divans, the down
lest of head-rests, and a 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 slender purse can surely al
ford plain little cot This gives you
comfortab BILE beginning. When a thin
hair mattress and a pretty cheese
cloth coy have been added, along with
trio of denim-colored pillows, you
will, feel certain, have secured a very
strong incentive for following my adj
vice.
The home which owns the fairest,
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 restP
Not one woman in hundred does
How often one hears the remark: II
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
counter-march before the half-closed
lids! Thump thump! beat beat! There
is regular trip-hammer movement go
ing on in the base Of the brain. 1t is dis
couraging-so discouraging that you
give up the struggle.
What is needed is a first-class method
for shutting down the thought valves
of the mind" as some one puts it.
Close down your mind like q water
gate. If you can not do this, place
near your couch something that will
turn your thoughts into more sooth-
ing channel A big, branching palm
or few cool, feathery ferns are rest
full Danish, with what will-power
you possess harrassing details. The
first trial will no doubt be failure,
but after a time you will gain better
control of your mind, and some fine
day you will discover that this little
way-station along life's road is doing
more for you than all the balms and
lotions in the universe Dorothy Mad
dox, in Golden Days.