The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-02

on the stimulus given by cigarettes or
strong coffee, will soon cease to work at
all; or else she will become a nervous,
morbid old woman, a burden to the peO-
pie who have to care for her. | used to
think that the French women were the
most nervous in the world. Now | am
convinced that ''cess nerfs' are merely a
bit of acting on their part and that they
are too clever not to give proper care to
their bodies, and so to control their nerves
l know a woman who spends half her
time in sanitarilms and hospitals-a
young woman, 4 pretty woman, woman
who by every law of nature should long
ago have made her husband father-but
no. she whirled through the season. she
gave no thought to the wisdom that
might be shown in eating and drinking.
and she would carelessly say that life
that is, the life that she wanted-should
be Il short and merry one But such lives
not not short always, and they are merry
for Il very little time. The string that
holds the nerves together may relax Il
bit. Its color may fade, but the woman
lives along, a pleasure TO nobody and a
terror or an awful example to everyb body.
You look at me as much as to ask If
cakes and ale must be given up entirely.
Certainly not. but there are so many
things that are good and appetizing and
healthful and cheap. As Il nation we
have all the fruit in the world at our COM
mand the whole year through. and yet
some times little children have to be
forced. sometimes be whipped. to induce
them to eat beautiful oranges in the early
morning. An orange is more ambrOsial
and nearer TO the fruit found in the Gar
den of the Gods than any other. How
many women do you know who prefer our
wonderful straw berries. our dainty rasp-
berries and our rich melons. to some a.
bominat ton in pastry that is. nine times
out OF ten, not fit to enter the stomach
of an elephant? | think if | had my way
pastry, except when it was tiaky, light
and only offered in small quantities, should
have such q high tariff put upon it that
nobody would buy it. And candies. Ev-
cry Saturday afternoon there are thou
sands of dollars spent at one well-known
confectioner's by young girls who are go
ing to the matinees. 1t would not be so
bad if they bought a little wholesome
candy: but. no. they choose queer little
colored sweets filled with absinthe. with
brandy, and with all of the dangerous
cordials. This is an easy way to cult
vate taste for the liquids.
l wish all the women who want to i'm
prove their compilations, brighten their
eyes and make their lips red and rosy
would write, in very black ink, on a
square card. these words: ''-All the ex-
ternal applications to the face are use
less. My face is the diary that tells Of
the treatment / give my stomach. and if
that treatment is bad | will soon be old,
ugly and by no means pleasant as a com
panion." Then let this card decorate the
mirrors before which beauty poses. Prob
ably you don't believe me- Ask your ply
stefan. He will tell you THAT adj the wis
dom Of the school of medicine is summed
up in the ounce OF prevention that | have
given you, and if you do as l say, physi-
clans will not have so many fees, and a
good many of them will have decided
grudge against Bah.