The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-10

they relax a new supply nows ~. We
zee, then, how exercise: wnien 40 mus
cuIar action. aids th' eh'""''" " 'he
taking ND specific exercise. we may
cav that while action OF the arms ana
legs is important, yet the muses. y. .he
cirnnia ton If the various organs OF the
body depends upon them, ana without
This circulation healthy. not sluggish. we
are In bad way.
,oS.s Of dress. These have been des-
canted upon at some length IN a previous
article in these columns put the corset
dt should be spelled win a large cap
Tba' American airl of fifteen. or even
vomneer. Is encased in TINS modern ar
;icle 81 torture when she is anything but
developed and from thi ,ra es' The says sys,:.
ton OF fIl-health OF the American
Syon Al the school the girl is taught
a number of things, but not that IN order
TO have good health s ,hosa ~ The ,r,,ns
daily and systematically. What are the
conseoiencesf II is a disagreeable duty
TO thrust them into the races OF even even
thew must be told. with the hope that 1t
will cause a reform In our modes OF
living. The circulation becomes feeble;
hands and feet are always coia, the bioou
accumulates In the ors aI " ., me 'i ,iar'
"a a,9d ;be waste products OF the sys-
tenn. Instead OF being carried on. accumu.
late IN the blood seitnd oubt eiv Kld RISE SCI
10 most OF the flJ1ctional nervous dis,
turbances in women. are are y9v troupie0
i'm the manner described! III So you
know the cause. -. ,
In France, a petition against wearing
the corset on account of its harmfulness
to the health of the femaie pOpulation,
has been received by. the Chamoer OF
a sol
a humber of notable women over there
denounce the corset as unhealthy ana
ungraceful, spelling the pretty forms
and doing nothing to improve the ugly
ones. -,
Another cause referred to Is supersti..
tion: il is the belief that medicines will
restore health and keep one IN IL. rms
is not so. Medicines are intended as
aids TO nature. not TO take natures place,
and the only way, says tne authoriy
before referred to- 10 meet ttus. great
evil, is TO introduce physlcal cuIture III
GGr schools and make IL "oI,p ~ Ills
subject for while; | may n not agree
With you. but will desist with this part
ing shot: Any one who does NOT TAKE
time for exercise will probably have TO
axe time to be i'll.
TYPHOID FEVER FROM OYSTERS.
An epidemic occurred at Wesleyan
College I'm Middletown, conn. ana u
was ascrIbed to eating oysters. rms
has caused number OF people to think
that the cause OF the fever was the
oysters While true that they were the
vehicles of contamination. yet they were
not the real agents. The water in which
the oysters were bedded must be looked
10 for the exciting cause; IL ths w ha
been produced directly. The oysters
should not receive the blame any more
than the fish which were taken from
the same stream cooking ent bny yn too 5a Would
have given rise TO the contagion, Re
member. then. that the oyster can't open
and don't blame him too harshly. II
you suspect that he comes from pol
luted water, cook him
TOO SLOW.
The following IS as great shock as
we have encountered for many days,
and yet, in thinking of H. one can but
d dD 5C" Hob Hoibrook " takes issue with the
prevalent opinion that as a people the
Americans are living too fast; and ~
inclined to think that the. majority OF
rs are living too slow. For instance.
we are IN no hurry 10 20. to bed at night
or 10 get up In the morning. We are in
no haste to learn the best ways OF living,
so as to make life deeper and richer.
We are in no haste to give up unwhole-
some food and drinks. There IS no hurry
about changing unhealthful style OF dress
for one better adapted TO our needs, nor
Is dNNDOuN III ndStt W
tary houses or develop physical bodies
as perfect as nature intended them 10 be.
If we were in greater haste 10 do these
things. we might work at a far more
rapid rate than We do and be the better
for it,
FEEDING IN CHTLDHooD.
Mamma gimme, mother piece bread
CROUCH" Mamma. GIMME mother
'tator." How often have I told you
not to ask for a second helping"
Well. IL may not be manners for the
boy 10 ask a second time to be helped.
but his bodily wants are crying for
noUrishment. He knows he is hungry, but
doesn't know what IL means. His nother
thinks he merely wishes TO cat for the
Ike of eating. Neither does she Know
what IL means.
During the period of gro with the pro-
cesses are more active than when one
has attained full development. Digestion
End absorption go OIL more rapidly, the
dt mand for food is greater and IL comes
at shorter intervals. If the child falls
TO obtain what no needs. tho 'Ho'' is SOon
and severely felt. "Hippocrates observed
that old persons endure fasting most
easily. next adults. young persons not
so we'll and infants worst of all
Young children and boys and girls
are often insuffciently fed; they want
more than their elders, and usually get
less From : to q in the evening until
breakfast is too long for a child TO fast.
A growing hungry child needs a plain
but substantial supper. and often some
thing light before bedtime. School boys
are frequently not sufficiently well fed:
not from want Of means. but want, OF
knowledge" SANlTAS.