Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-06
SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT.
DR.. Jenness Miller Talks Further to Her
Sex ON Topics Of Interest.

The audience which greeted Mrs.
Jenness Miller yesterday afternoon at
the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium though
comprised absolutely of ladies, was
much larger than at her former lee
ture. Mrs. Miller is an exceedingly
pleasant speaker. thoroughly at home
with her subject, and it is to be re-
GREETED that the time of the lectures
could not have been SO arranged as
to give many women detained by
their work teachers, clerks, ETC.
an opportunity. which many of them
desired, for hearing her.
In commencing, the speaker said
that before considering the subject Of
the lecture proper. she would like to
call attention to the dress she was
then wearing, in order to emphasize
what she had said the previous day
in regard to artistic dress. 1t is in
this particular that many of the So
called dress reformers have failed to
accomplish their purpose. While
giving attention wholly to the n.y.
gienic, they have utterly neglected
the artistic side of the question. and
thus failed to appeal to the popular
eve. The main points spoken of in
connection with the dress were har-
mony of color, harmony of weight.
soft folds over the bust. the short
waist, and the neck cut low. In
connection with this latter point.
| Mrs. Miller denounced the decollete
gowns as worn by many as immodest
and inartistic.
Artistic Care OF the Body.
The subject of the afternoons talk
was the artistic care of the body:
something she claimed which few
women take, or are capable of TAX
ing, as they are ignorant of the re-
quirements. IL the race for the in
tellectual. physical development and
all things appertaining thereto. have
been lost sight of. Many who can
talk learnedly on mathematics and
architecture, read the old philoso-
piers in the original Greek. and
speak a number of languages flu
emily, are puzzled to know, when
asked, whether the number of bones
in the body is 40 or 240. To accom-
plish results one must work intelli-
gently, must have a thorough knowl-
edge of what to do and why. Study
the body first. Become conversant
with anatomy. physiology and by
giene. Take such exercise as will
tremendously develop the whole
muscular system. Nourish the body
properly. Upon this point the
speaker dwelt some time, talking in
turn of the kinds of food-carbon-
aceous. heterogeneous and mineral
the Importance of food being scicnti-
ically prepared, the demands for
ments of the system, the changes Of
season, the temperament of the per-
son, etc.
Improper Preparation OF Food.
She claimed that about one third
the food as prepared now in ordinary
families was nutritive: that to many
eating was simply satisfying hunger.
She believes that in 90 years, or
more, family Kitchens will be relic
of the past. and cooperative ones in
charge of scientific chef will take
their place, thereby giving us better
food, suitable food, and thus by nour-
ishing the body as it should be, rob-
bling the doctors of many patients.
reserving to that profession only
acute diseases. She thought the
largest item of expense on the
grocer's bill should be for pure
water, of which much should be
taken. being a mineral food, and ma
lures own solvent. She touched
upon heredity, child's right to be
well born, and correctly launched
upon life's voyage; the care of the
skin as an organ, its cooperation
with the liver, kidneys and other or
gans.
All desire a good complexion; few
know how to obtain it, because they
work ignorantly. In this connection
Mrs. Miller spoke most favorably of
Turkish baths, sun baths, vapor
baths: the necessity for using
only pure soap; the advantage of
the Turkish mitten and Turkish
towels; the stimulating effect on the
skin of Swedish massage; the COM
parative value of the hot, cold and
tepid bath, recommending the lat
ter to be taken every day; the neces-
sity Of using either pure rain water.
or distilled water. Cosmetics were
scored, though face powder, if busted
on after using good cold cream.
was spoken of as a protection from
winds, dust and dirt.
| Treatment of the HAIR
The hair must be treated as a liv-
ing structure, and not as an orna-
ment; must be kept perfectly
cleaned, but not washed often
er than once in one or two
months, and only dried in the sun
light; thorough ventilation is a posi-
tive necessity to its beauty and
growth; brushing the hair is to
cleanse the hair and not to stimulate
the scalp. Sun baths for the hair
stimulate growth; the best dressing
for the hair is Beef marrow; the hair
must be clipped if it shows deficiep-
cy Of natural oil, and the ends singed