The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-03
Health Hints and
Rules Of Hygiene
Suggestions That May Save You Many
a Doctors Bill.
NISDOM 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.

mourning: THE poison of grief is more
than a name. To urge work. study
travel, the vain search for amusement
IS both useless and dangerous. For q
time the whole organism is overthrown
ana temporary seclusion is imperative
for proper adjustment. After some be.
reaVement the custom of wearing
mourning has q distinct moral value
But It's period of use must be brief
1ew weeks, months perhaps a year;
otherwise dense black draperies become
a burden, an aesthetic blunder, and a
source of depression in themselves. For
time they have place, securing con-
sideration from strangers and silence
from mere acquaintance, since sorrow
Is one of the touches of nature that
makes the whole world kin. When there
Is nearness of relationship to nature,
rambles in the open air days alone with
the sea, alone in the forest, console as
nothing else can. Quiet, silent drives
or even short journeys by rail. will re-
veal new heaven and new earth to
one fatigued and worn by sorrow. Mu-
sic, when 1t can be borne, has a soothing
power beyond words. Books, too, have
their place, those gentle companions
without speech, whose calm, society
helps annihilate time and space, and
who always receive us with the same
kindness. The familiar faces of news
papers and journals bring a stray com
fort that even the tenderest heart is
powerless to bestow. The care and COM
panionship of children is another source
of strength. Children are not watching
to see how the afflicted are bearing up
under sorrow, nor are they waiting for
some expression of sentiment or the
overthrow of self-control. A. child is
always the best comforter, uttering no
word of sympathy, yet arousing interest
in life because its nature is sweetness
and light. Sorrow, grief and all great
misfortunes should be regarded as con-
ditions similar to acute infectious dis
eases, which they resemble in result;
and later as convalescence from such
diseases Seclusion, rest, sleep, appro-
pirate food, fresh air, sunshine, inter-
ests that tax neither mind nor body,
these are requirements in this class of
illness. The care of the condition fol-
lowing depressing emotion calls for the
same treatment in greater or less de-
gree"
Treat the body not as mere machine,
which wearsNout In any case after a GER
n N Of q
but as vital organism having the
power of reviving itself--capable of be-
Ing hard worked, but demanding, too,
times of recuperation.
The cupboard, so long the cherished
object of the housewife and so evident
ly necessary to a well-ordered house,
has at last, says the New York Tribune,
found an enemy in the modern hygien-
ist, who condemns all such stowaway
places as receptacles of close, foul air
While 1T would be impossible to do
away with such household convent
ences, there Is reason for this COM
plant. When clothing Is taken off the
body and is not at once put in the wash,
1t should be hung across a chair or in
some other place where it will be open
Not only should every care be taken to
avoid any sources of dampness and
mould In the clothes closet. but the
closet should be frequently ventilated
so that 1t will not have the close, un-
pleasant odor that such receptacles so
often have.
M. Camescasse, q French physician
is the authority for the statement that
soap is one of the most effectual ger
micides known. He says that the mouth
is the receptacle for multitude of
germs, many of which it is most diff
cult to sterilize. For this purpose every
sort of powder and wash has been re-
commended at one time or another and
then abandoned. Better than the most
elaborate of preparations Is plain soap,
with which the mouth should be washed
every day as thoroughly as are the
hands. Not only will the teeth be kept
clean and sound, but many microbian
complaints of the mouth and throat.
such as pharyngltis and tonsilitis, will
be warded off by this practice. A wet
toothbrush should be passed over the
soap and then be used in the mouth,
without any water. The saliva makes
an emulsion and the mouth Is filled with
suds as soon as the teeth are briskly
brushed. The operation is completed by
passing the brush over the inside of the
cheeks after all the accessible portions
of the teeth and gums have been gone
over.
In the course of an interesting article
in the Popular Science Monthly upon
the care of the eyes, one writer presents
the following ideas: I'VE iniure our
eyesight by chewing of tobacco. bv
the use of wine, spirits or beer; by the
indiscriminate administration of ami
nine; by the use of cosmetics for height
ening the lustre of the eye and mix
lures for dyeing the hair and eve
brows. Also, often by cutting off the
beard or wearing the hair too short, so
as to chill in cold weather the parts
around the face and eyes. The wear
ing of tight neckwear such as collars
which are too small, or shirtbands or
neckties tightly drawn should be
avoided, as they prevent the downward
column Of blood returning to the heart
and injure the eyes from a slow or him
dered circulation of the blood, The
sam rule holds good of construction of
other parts of the body. 1t is claimed by
some that a green disc or square of
sufficient size, suspended on a direct
line of vision at or against wall, on
which the eyes can rest, gives great
relief; but best of all to look upon is a
green grass plat or green trees. It is
claimed by some that 1t injures the
eyes to read on the cars but we doubt
this, especially If the track Is smooth
80 as to produce no jarring motion on
the body. Reading in a bad light or
reading too long and firing the eyes
Is the real cause of injury. Those who
are obliged to use their eyes in office
work for hours daily should rest them
by looking at the Clouds the trees the
open fields, the ocean in summer, after
their work Is over. Still another tonic
for the eyes is to dip the face morning
and night into bowl of cold water
open and shut them as long as one can
hold the breath, and after removing
them to massage the eyeballs and
around the balls for moment or two
10 promote the circulation of the blood.
This may be done when the eyes are
weary three or four times day."
HEALTH FOR THE MILLION:
Touch each wart with the acid nitrate
of mercury, taking care that none OF the