The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
Health Hints and
Rules Of Hygiene
Suggestions That May Save You Many
a Doctors Bill.
WISDOM FOR THE HOUSEHOLD
These Hints Don't Cost Much, Are Not
Copyrighted, and if They Don't DO
You Any Good, They'll Not
Do You Any Harm.


those women who take little exercise
and accumulate flesh rapidly green veg
etables growing above the ground, like
peas, spinach, and asparagus, and
plain green salads, unmiXed with poul-
try, meat, or fish, such as lettuce, celery
and crosses, with a French dressing.
Very little starch food and white meats
should be eaten, as chicken, lamb, or
mutton, but there should be consumed
great deal Of fruit, toast, and whole
wheat bread. Avoid sweets, it is fur
ther advised, and use few stimulants,
the best being Sauterne and Rhine
win in moderation. For brain Warkers
the same authority advises red meats,
particularly beef, with starchy foods
taken in the form of rice and whole
wheat bread, all green vegetables that
grow above the ground, green salads
every day, with French dressing con-
tanning plenty of oil, fruits in abund-
ance, and no sweets
An excellent remedy for hands that
chap is cold cream. 1t should be well
rubbed into the skin, and gloves-pre-
ferably white-slipped on. The palms
Of the gloves should be slit in several
places to allow the air and prevent
cramp Of the muscles, and. the finger
tips clipped off. Vaseline should never
be allowed to touch the hands. 1t turns
the skin yellow and leaves a stain on
the nails that is hard to clear away.
In winter cold water should be used
sparingly. Its action roughens the skin
unpleasantly. Tepid water with q very
few drops of household ammonia and
good lather of CASTLE or boraX soap is
advisable. If the hands are inclined to
redness, the trouble lies in the way of
circulation, and slight gymnastics will
relieve 1t. To remove stains from the
skin or nails use a few drops of oXalic
acid in water, making the solution eX-
tremely mild. This should be rubbed
under and above the nails with a tiny
ash stick, which comes for the purpose
at the cost of 5 cents. Many women
are worried by a constant tendency
to perspire freely in the palms, which
ruins their gloves. This is an eXpen-
sive distemper for there are women
who spoil new gloves simply in one
wearing. For this use magnesa. Get
it in square blocks and rub it thorough
ly into the skin before pulling on the
glove. Vigorously adhered to, the effect
is entirely desirable. There are small
diseases Of the nails also to be con-
sidered. One is ridges. These form
lengthwise on the nail quite spelling
the shape. This is due to weakness
and can be "amateurly' treated by con-
stant use of the nail polisher dipped in
pink enamel powder, for the cause is
due to weakness and this method
strengthens. Another trouble is an ag-
gravating splitting of the nail. Just
to run it rapidly through the hair or
over piece of cloth tends to take the
entire edge off down to the level of the
finger. For this the friction of chamois
skin is the most helpful application.
Yawning, though contrary to the
canons Of good society, is undoubtedly
very beneficial to the individual. y
New York Herald writer thus explains
why: Muscles are brought into play
during a good yawn which otherwise
would never obtain any exercise at all,
and its value as a sort of natural mas
sage is considerable. The muscles
which move the lower jaw and the
breathing muscles of the chest are the
rst ones used during the process of gap
ing, then the tongue is rounded and
arched, the palate tightly stretched
and the uvula raised. The eyes gen.
orally close tightly toward the ter
mination of the yawn, the ears are
raised slightly and the nostrils dilated.
The crack sometimes heard in the ears
proves that the aural membranes are
also stretched and exercised, something
impossible by any process but yawn.
1t has recently been recommended by
some doctors that sufferers from nasal
catarrh should make a practice of
yawning six or seven times day and
sldered valuable in Inflammation of the
palate, sore throat and earache."
For nervous headache, which is apt
to come in the back of the neck and
at the base of the brain, try rubbing
the neck with camphor. 1t is not neces-
sary that the camphor should get on
the hair at al, and 1t should give great
relief to the pain.
Here are a few old proverbs relating
to health. Doubtless our elderly read
ers can supply many more. Proverbs
are not always safe guides; but they
are at least interesting. Who can sup
plement the following list:
Wash your hands often, your feet sell
dom and your head never.
The best physicians are DR.. Diet, DR..
Quiet and DR.. Merryman.
Never touch your eye but with your
elbow.
After dinner sit awhile:
After supper, walk mile"
Eat at pleasure,
Drink by measure"
"Cheese 1t is n peevish elf,
1t digests all put Itself"