The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-17

HOW TO KEEP WELL
Trifless Which if Neglected
Play Havoc With
Health.
LAUGH AND GROW FAT
The Benefits Of Fresh Air-A Wo-
man Who Proposed-Highland
Mary's Nephew Women
Travellers.
LAUGH AND GROW FAT

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Said a prominent physician a few
days ago to a writer in the Philadel-
phia Press: HE majority of women
know far too little about health.
mean,' he continued, too little about
the small rules Of health which, if stud
led and followed. would keep a healthy
energetic mind in a vigorous body
When asked what some Of these i'm
portant rules were to which he re-
ferred. DR.. s. chatted with me for
half an hour to the following effect.
That the very first thing to be looked
after was furnishing the system with
food that must nourish it and the lungs
with good pure air. Very few women,
he said, understood the meaning of real
~ nourishing food. and the result is the
sickly beings who imagine themselves
Frustrated by a dozen ills, whereas all
they need is real food to keep the blood
pure and the system strong.
he gave as his opinion that one wo-
man in twenty-five would hardly be
found who thoroughly understood the
Vaiue OF fresh air and light. sRooms
are kept dark and Damp he said. "be-
cause the fresh natural sunlight, meant
ana designed for many good reasons in
ms world of ours, would fade the car
pets II allowed to come IN. 1t is a ter
ride mistake. If you ever notice coll
orless lips and bad skins you maj know
ms to be the cause. Better an old fad
ed hoor covering-or, in fact, none at
altman the illness and misery which
Follow the exclusion of light and air.
1hen, at least, half an hours. exer-
else should be taken each day. by all
whose occupations are in any way Sc
oentary- Light calesthenics are lust
the thing for children, growing girls and
women. Dumb-bell practice is also ex-
eeHent, If the instrument are selected
according to the strength of the one who
exercises, and if the slighter forms of
using them are employed In the begin
ning and the more vigorous ones at
tempted by degrees.
Women 10 not stop to think con-
tlnued the doctor. that perfect beauty
OF form is only acquired by thorough
exercise of every muscle. If they did
we would not find the half developed
women on every side that we see to-day.
Ihe very prettiest features Go not count
Tor much if accompanied by a bad com
piexlon and an ungraceful, partly de-
veloped form.
AS to bathing-no woman accustomed
to the hot water bath should suddenly
forsake this habit and plunge into cold
water. as is being frequently done at
present by women n girls who hear
the advantages of the cold bath talked
ABOUT and written up. If a cold bath is
desired. lower the temperature of your
water and make your bathroom warmer
each morning. We physicians see MANY
cases of young persons whose constitu-
lions have been seriously weakened by
too sudden chill in bathing, by remain
ing in the water too long, and by too fire.
quent baths. Perhaps the best bath of
all for the majority of people is that of
warm or tepid water, followed by quick
ponglng with cool or cold. and q. brisk
FRICTION With a rough towel.
less important is a knowledge of
the relations of digestion and exercise.
Ihere should be a regular time for meals.
precede the meal. If the work which has
set both mind and body in action is
only discontinued in time for the woman
70 To- rusn to the table and take her food
their functions. After eating, the need
Ior rest and quiet is even more impera-
tive than before. If immediate activity
IS necessary it is far better to postpone
a complete meal until a time of leisure
and to merely. support the strength Of the
system by a light repast.
"A great sin against good constitutions.
clear complications and light hearts is
one to which hundreds of otherwise in
tel1gent women are slaves-that of taxi
ing too much medicine of every kind.
The number of quack medicines manu-
featured at present is appalling, and the
number of foolish women who buy them
and who's constitutions are ruined in
this way is more appalling still. The
effects Of these medicines is in a great
part guesswork. and sthe system under
goes great strain before it is. able to
cast off the results of the poisonous mat
ter contained in them. If remedies are
necessary they should be taken sparingly.
The body should be trained to get along
without them as far as possible.
Recreation is absolutely necessary for
the body and mind which are to be kept
in good condition. The woman with,
growing little ones under her care should
make sure that they have a healthy
amount of ".play-time."n. Mirth-provoking
sports should be freely allowed, since
laughter is excellent and even import
ant.
And no less important is it that the
mother herself take several ~"off-hours"
each day, during which her mind is en-
tirely relaxed from arduous duty and
her energy turned toward amusement
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