St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-16
Practically Explained and Il
Illustrated TO Interested
Women.
SHE SKATERS OLD IDEAS
And Tells How Women May
Be Healthy and Beau
tiful.

as beautiful in dress, lectured to a
large and very appreciative audi
ence of the representative women of
ST. Paul at the Central Presbyterian
church yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Miller's talk was on the Artistic
Care of the Body" and by the use
of simple methods and the strict OBJ
Servance of natures laws she told
the women who listened to her how
to live according to high ideals and
how to care for every member of the
body for usefulness and the highest
type of attractiveness.
Mrs. Miller came to st. Paul under
the auspices of the Young Women's
Friendly association, and was intro
duced to the audience by Mrs. r. M.
Newport, as president of the associa-
ton. In few happy remarks, Mrs
Newport spoke of the generosity of
Mrs. Miller, who, at some incon-
venience to herself, had made this
long trip over the country especially
to make good her promise to the
women of st. Paul and the board of
manager of the Y. w. F. A.
Mrs. Miller's sallies against the
old-tfme corset and petticoat of our
grandmotherS' day were met with
hearty applause. "Dress improve
ment" is the doctrine of the lecturer,
and she seeks to teach other Wom-
en- what she herself has learned
and what she firmly believes, that
women may dress SO as to secure
perfect freedom and ease for all the
muscles of the body, and yet not look
unlike any well-dressed woman of
fashion. She herself is certainly the
most striking exemplif1cation of her
own theories. as she is beautifully
dressed woman, and has, besides, the
most exquisitely poised figure,
Speaking of how early women in
general age, Mrs. Miller said:
Women should be beautiful and
useful to the end of life, and in
stead of wrinkles and all the other
attendants Of old age being in evil
dence in the woman of fifty or sixty,
she should simply be
IN HER PRIME
at that age, and when the age of
ninety or Whereabouts is reached.
instead Of having been miserable
and burden to herself for many
years, soul and body should simply
part because she has done her work.
My theory of the possibility of long
evity is based on my knowledge of
the body, and of the functions of the
nerves, muscles and blood. The i'm
portance of physical development
cannot be overestimated, and this
involves very careful study of life
itself. This brings us down to the
question of how to sustain life. and
to the most important problem of
all-that of the proper nourishment
OF the human body. This involves
very careful study of the chemis-
try OF foods, and the adjusting of
the various food products so that
they will support the human struct-
ure. The majority of women know
very little about the properties of
foods, so little that very frequently
when a child is i'll, it is simply the
cry OF the nerve tissues for more
nourishment"
MRS. Miller spoke of the ridiculous
practice of rushing a child off to
the doctor, when in nine cases out
OF ten, all it needed was to be prop
erly fed. She spoke Of the diff
cuitles In the way of finding per-
sons who understood the principles
OF cooking in a scientific way. and
she prophesied the abolition of the
individual kitchen.
After the matter of the conduct
Of the kitchen had been disposed of.
Mrs. Miller called the attention of
the women to the next important
point il they would care for their
bodies in an artistic manner-the
treatment Of the skin. She insisted
that care should be given the entire
body, and not only the little patch
On the face. She ridiculed the old
process of steaming. and advocated
the use Of the Turkish bath. She
said that, as the office of the skin
was to get rid of waste matter
through the pores, so the necessity
OF frequent bathing was very press
ing one. She showed how. in con-.
nection with the tepid sponge bath
with the wooden n1itten, little Wig
orous massage treatment could be
given to stimulate the action of the
skin. For cosmetics, Mrs. Miller
has no use whatever, and of all
Things for the improvement of the
complexion she advocated sun baths.
On the care of the hair, the lect-
urer also had something good and
practical to say, and she concluded
her talk by showing the ladies the
only three undergarments that she
wears in any season, and the mater
nifty dress.
TALK TO YOUNG WOMEN.
In the evening Mrs. Miller talked to
the young women Of the association, in
the gymnasium hall, corner of Sew
enth and Jackson streets. She outlined
her theories in regard to beautiful and
healthful dressing. especially in regard
to the wearing of heavy skirts sus-
pended from the hips and tight, high
heeled shoes.
She spoke of the injuries to back
and head that must invariably follow
the neglect of these rules, especially
to girls who stand all day at their
work. She told them many practical
and simple ways for the improvement
of dress that can be applied by any
one who desires sud& Improvement.
Mrs. Miller's talk was listened to very
attentively by the young women who
We're present, and the audience was
very large, completely filing the hall.
Mrs. Miller will deliver her second
lecture this afternoon at 4 o'clock, her
subject being Dress for Health and |
Beauty" and it is earnestly hoped that