The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
AND HEALTH
SIMPLE RULE TO FOLLOW IN ONE TO
OBTAIN THE OTHER.


$4,000
the Y. NJ. c. A. health talks last Friday
night. His subject was THE Influence of
Dress and Exercise in Health" Contrary
to what is usually expected of profession
al men, he eschewed all techinal and scsen-
tiflc terms and couched his address in Ian
guage plain to the humblest person. His
entire talk dealt with the proper manner
of dressing to secure the best health and
his suggestions were such as could be COM
Piled with by SO per cent. of the people.
His address in full follows:
1.-THE question of Dress with relation to
health is broad and somewhat difficult Of
solution. We are confronted with the mat
people is of much Importance. We are again
confronted with fashion. which has a COM
m fahrin gsnd dni is IN the 80 seie Se hod or , rae
CARELESS. in many cases, of their relation to
hygiene: The dress is an index to the char
religion influence the selection OF the attire.
Different periods of civilization have been
ing styles of dress. More especially is this
true of the female attire, ranging from the
and an iea beaD ut Mo'a gown Eve Of 20 modern 1ae eiAP 3imes.
Changes of color and style are pleasing to
the eye, and from year to year we are con-
old; but the plates OF old magazines reveal
the fact that the matter of fashion, like the
subject alone. if pursued. would be an in
terestlng and fascinating study. The nigh
est ueSfoe OF ART Is attained Dy the ldllOF,
d~ressmaker and shoemaker when beauty
and comfort are combined.
Art insists on the recognition of good
taste in the construction of dress, not only
in excellence of material, in grace of con-
tour and in harmony of color, but in perfect
adaptation to the conditions and necessities
of life, claiming that no dress reform can
be speedy. effective or permanent which ig-
nores the inherent instincts of beauty, and
no scheme of amendment successful where
beauty and utility do not act in harmonious
combination; poionius, on his son Lasrtesss
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but
not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
IN the mechanical construction Of gar
ments for all classes and both sexes, care
IS CONSTRUCTED so as to interfere with free
dom of motion, the function Of respiration,
the unobstructed circulation. of the blood,
and the development of the body according
one of her published papers. says: with
mar school, consisting Of forty-two girls, I
asked: How many of you wear corsets?'
stretch their arms as high as they could
above their heads. In every case it was
hard work, and in most cases Impossible, to
get them above a right angle at their Shout
derg' on.,.a $685..
before the Indiana State Medical Society,
DR.. Martha J. Smith calls attention to the
e eepiH,a we suffer saes mao most from ihe'o cruel y tyre sne
rany of dress, and American women are
known abroad for two DISTINGUISHING traits
lance. and these are their i'll health and
extravagant devotion to dress
TIGHT LACING.
1.-THE pernicious practice of constructing
the waist and thereby reforming the thorax,
displacing and disarranging the abdominal
and pelvic organs, is SO apparently unphysi-
illogical as to require no rguInen Fortu-
nately the present ideal of a good figure de-
mands a larger waist than was formerly
considered correct. 1t seems to be loss of
time to advocate the abandonment of the
| corset. Like the itinerant awyer and doc
tor, it has come to stay, bat, unlike them,
it stays. The new clothes philosophy adj
vocated by the gifted authoress of Gates
| Ajar' and her followers has had a -salutary
influence toward emancipating women from
the corset that embraces the waist with a
tighter and steadier grip than any lovers
heavier than maternal burdens Two car
dinal points should be borne in mind with
! reference to female attire: First, that the
material should be such as may serve to
| retain the necessary animal warmth, and,
second. that its form may be so arranged as
sion nor any interference with muscular ac-
ton. Hence. whatever little influence the
| physician may exercise in this matter
| should be employed to induce his clients to
adopt underclothing of flannel or merino
card those dearly -prized habits of using
| COMPRISING devices, elastic carriers and
I tightly-itting high-heeled SHOES, by which
young ladies' seek to reduce their natural
proportions. however robust, and at what
ever cost of comfort or health, within the
limits prescrlbed as the PINK OF iasnion ana
sThe human race may have suffered from
inherited physical peculiarities resulting
from voluntary mechanical distortion of the
body, but this has not been proved to be
true. The uncramped feet OF the Chinese
body, Notwithstanding the fact that their
mothers. for many generations. have been
arrest of development of their feet.
1t is, however. q reasonable position to as
mothers to care for and nourish them have
better prospects for full development and
good health than those who are stunted by
their dependence on tender, cramped and
puny mothers. The ancient Greek women
wore loose and scanty garments. The Spar
tan women were encouraged in athletic
sports and had freedom in the exercise Of
running, wrestling and throwing quoits and
darts. and their bodies became strong and
disgraceful in the scanty dress OF the
ancient Greeks, because svsryth,ng was
Indecent word or action. but he claimed
that it secured a simplicity Of manners and
body. Their ideas were naturally enlarged
while they were not excluded from their
were furnished with sentiment and lam
euage such as the wife of Leonidas is said
to have made use Of when a woman of an
daemon are the only women of the world
who rule the men, She answered, We are
the women that bring forth men,
s'The circulation of blood in the limbs is
not unfrequently interfered with by bands
which are used to support the hose.
whether the garters are elastic or inelastic,
IL tight they will retard the return current
of blood by pressure on the superficial
veins. The arteries being deeper seated
carry the usual supply of blood to the ex-
tremities. Distension of the walls OF the
veins from pressure takes place. frequently
resulting in the condition known as vari-
cose veins.
."The collar should be of sufficient size 50
as not to compress the neck. If the band is
close fitting when the wearer is in a quies-
cent state ii may become dangerously tight
under e~xertion or during violent attacks of
coughing. If the arteries of the brain are
not in q perfectly healthy condition the
unusual enlargement may cause rupture of
an arterial or capillary wall, from which
more or less blood escapes, and we have
apoplexy.
CARE OF THE FEET.
'sThe foot is a member that is of much
Importance with relation to the subject
under consideration. 1t should be dressed
and protected so as to preserve its useful
ness in the most perfect order that is pos
sible. The boot should be constructed in
such a manner as TO afford a level bearing