Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-01
ICE PICKS, ETc.-EwlNe BROS.
vIRGINIA's BEAUTY RULES.
Recipes Found in the Notebook OF An
Old-Time Southern Belle.

Recipes Found in the Notebook OF An
Old-Time Southern Belle.
The rules and recipes are taken from
an old book found in a Virginia home
stead. They were in use among the
beauties OF the South in the days when
all women were handsome, and grace
Of figure was as common as beauty IN
rose;
To get thin-Eat a great deal Of
chopped meat without any potato in it.
Drink little fluid Of any kind, except
strong tea. Exercise q great deal with
outdrinking, and do not eat bread and
butter or candy. Lemonade, acid
drinks of all kinds, and saline mineral
waters of kinds are excellent Drink
| q glass of clear water before BREAKFAST.
To get Fat-Eat vegetables and sleep
after each meal Go to bed at o'clock
and lie in bed hall an hour after you
wake I'D. Laugh a great deal. Drink
water b. the pint or quart il you can.
Drink weak and sweet tea, with plenty
Of milk in it. Take cod liver oil and
sweet oils as much as you can. Eat
until you feel as if yOu would burst at
the table. Put plenty of butter on your
bread, and do not be afraid OF ales, Ia
gers and sweet wines. This will guar
antee a gain of five pounds month,
and if YOU can sleep a great deal Oh
double that amount.
To Have a White Skin-Eat no meat
at all. Become a vegetarian; they al
ways have beautiful skin. Once IL SIX
weeks or so eat a meal Of fresh meat.
This does away with the tendency Of
scurvey. that curse Of the vegetarian.
| Drink as much water rs you can, eat
little grease and touch no tea or conee,
Your breakfast may be oatmeal and
oranges; your dinner fruits, nuts, fruit
tea-Iheferably ounce tea-graham
mullins. caulilOwer. croquettes, marm-
alade and dishes Of stewed vegetables.
The diet is not so bad when you get
used to it. In large towns you viii
| find one or two restaurants catering 10
such as you.
To Become Very Muscular-Walk
great deal. carrying always scmethinS
in the hands. This develops the arms.
To roll a hoop might be good, If one
were brave enough to DO so in public.
Practice lifting a little every day. New
err strain or tire yourself Each meal,
drink milk, and practice bending back
wards and forwards, and sideways eve
ry day. At night rub about q tea
spoonful Of brandy or rum into your
skin or the under or tender part OF the
arms.
To Keep Ones Feet Small-This is
difficult. The first sign that one has
passed youth is the tendency TO wear
larger pair of shoes-and this is ne
cessary. The feet spread and really
grow. To remedy this. wear shoes as
long as can be managed, but not as
wide as seem necessary. Never wear
old slippers around the house unless
they are snug in width, and be careful
Of corns. These are never necessary
while the chiropodist exists.
Then there follows dozen other rec
ipes for being pretty, sweet and at
tractive generally. and the old book
whose wording has been modified and
modernized considerably, winds up by
telling the young ladies of Virginia
that they deserve no special credit for
following ont these hints and sugges-
tions, as they were absolutely neces-
sary for every girl who would be &
lady"