The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-27

improper food, but to impropore stavs.
When flesh comes it has to go to some
place Now, the woman who wants a
slender waist imagines that by having
her maid pull the strings of her stays
as tight as they can be drawn she is
downing the flesh. She Is not. She
is simply getting rid of 1T at The waist
line and forcing it above and below, so
that, in time, she becomes a most Of
fensive shape. Women who want to in
crease their flesh should drive. not
walk, should eat rice, drink milk,
adore smooth gTavies, long for bread
and butter, indulge in cocoa, eat as
much chicken as possible, love soups
and joy over sweets, nuts and bon
bons. They should let sour wines
alone, and drink good Burgundy and
champagne whenever it can be gotten.
If nvbody is brave enough 20 drink
three quarts of milk day, eat grapes,
apples, rice and bread and butter, she
win fatten like a Strasburg goose.
| But nobody will be beautiful who
has not good digestion. That is the
| secret of everything beautiful. Clear
| eyes, white skin; good firm flesh, sweet
| breath, white hands, rosy nails, and
| good hair ceases to exist when the
! digestion is out of order. If you doubt
| this, look at a dyspetic. Her eyes are
duh, with dark lines under them; her
| flesh is habby, her skin is either pale
| or yellow, her nails are white, her
/ hands are dry-looking, and her hair
| is crisp, inclined to break, shows diff
| ferent colors, and lacks all gloss.
| Therefore the first secret of beauty
| is good health. The next is cleanli-
ness, and after that a woman needs to
! be wise enough to look after her diet
| and to have on her toilet table the
I simple connections that are to be used
! for simple complaints. Once anything
! of Importance is the matter with you,
/ do not try to cure yourself il you wish
/ to keep beautiful. Start off to the best
| doctor you know and pay him a good
/ fee to make you well. Not to just cure
/ the ailment, but to find what caused
/ it, and to force that to disappear.
/ Foolish women, once in a while, an
nounce that to keep beautiful a woman
should plunge into a cold bath. Now
| TO the average American woman, cold
! bath is a terrible shock, and a shock
! is followed by nervousness, and nery-
| BUSINESS means loss of beauty. The
! best bath is a tepid one. This should
! be taken in the morning, and if it is
/ followed by good rubbing, one can
| go out in the coolest weather, without
| fear of catching cold. An occasional
| extremely hot bath should be taken
at night This is purely cleansing
! bath, since it forces the skin to open its
| pores and throw out every particle OF
| dust that they have managed to accu-
mulate, and to which they hold with
a tightness that is wonderful. While
/ am preaching, / might just as well
| tell what is an absolute truth. One
| half the women are not as particular
about their linen as they should be.
They wear clothes that look clean, but
that are really not pure from the stand
point of good health. Be as extrava-
giant as you like with three people and
| you will be beautiful. These are your
| laundress, your cook and your doctor.
| Then give great deal of thought to
| the way your table appears, because
! YOU must tempt your appetite.