The evening times., 1898-08-25
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Women Are Nearly Always
Uncomfortable.
High Collars. Laced Waists and
Tight Shoes Among the Worries
That Murder Her Comfort.

settled 1t that women are always wor-
ried and that they are so accustomed to
being uncomfortable tina, they no long
er recognize the condition as such.
why do women grow tired and worn
looking and lose their freshness 50 much
sooner than men?" co1nter-questioned a
thoughtful physician recently. when con-
fronted by this query, because they are
| never really at ease" There is absolute
| ly no time in the life of an ordinary wom-
| an when she feels thoroughly comforta-
| BILE and at her ease excepting when she
| Is attired In loose and flowing tea
| gown or wrapper or when she is ready
for bed. The wrapper all too often has
| stin and unyielding corsets beneath it or
Is SO frilied and furbeIowed that the care
OF Its delicate and fragile beauty quite
precludes and possibility of real comfort,
and at night many woman makes her
| self so uncomfortable with kid curriers',
facial remedies and other supposititious
| aids to beauty that she is less at ease in
bed than at any other time
There are countless women, says a
writer In the Chicago Times-Herald. who,
| from the early girihood which begins to
| rank style and fashion above the
childish desire for comfort and ease uh-
| til ripe old age Is reached never expe-
rience anything like the absolute and
perfect comfort which comes to the man
who dons his coat, slips on an easy
smoking Jacket. ielevates his feet and en-
| joys life generally. Women even In their
hours OF ease' worry about anything
and everything, and thus destroy all
! finances Of real comfort. Convention
ality, too, does not allow them to be
~
i continued lack c< ease Is distinctly ap-
parent in the tiny wrinkles which dis
figure 50 many faces and in the failing
vitality which causes women to lose Their
freshness and enjoyment of life so much
earlier than does the average man.
The first thing which ] always look
after when called to care for a nervous
prostration' feminine patient" says an
other clever Chicago doctor. who is a
woman. lis to try and discover what
small physical discomforts are devastat-
ing the chances Of chat patients recov-
cry. Sometimes she will be perpe;uaAy
'hroubled by the upSra1d.pg of her hair.
Now and then it h fthe recurring loss Of
a stickp.n. book or handkerchief which
annoys her without ceasins- Now. physi-
cal comfort-ansnai, comfort. If you will
is absolutely necessary for the curing
of nervous woes. SO l endeavor. without
aroitraily fcrb.ddirts her TO indulge in
chs habit to Substitute some more com
Portable and less wearing fancy. You
remember The doctor who is reported TO
have compelled Ellen Terry to swing in
a hammock fer a silent hour daily? Well.
he was fo..owing this very ider& The 81
lence es.ed her the hammock was COM
fortabie ard the constant swinging prt-
vented her from ew!stirg her belt r.obons
or in any other of the nuroeriess small
ways in which women make themselves
,yr,fl f,.t
both their nerve fsrse and the gray mat
ter Of their brain.
"The movement for improved dress has
done much 10 mike women comfortable.
was the reply of one of Chicago's most
res,ful and comfortable women, but the
average woman is never thoroughly COM
Portable. not even when clad in easy gar
ments. Her bodice may be loose and Pill
able her skirts OF hygienic cut and short
Eess but she Is uncomfortable. neyerthe-
less. She may cling to the high collar.
which fashion foists upon us TO spoil pref
~ thrOats and murder comfort; she may
wear laced shoes which will persist in
coming united and annoying her; she
may have a feather on her hat which
perpetually leases her by blowing against
her face or ears. II none of these troub-
les victimizes her. she probably has either
no pockets at all or so many that she
can never find anything she wants. Fall
ing any or all of these causes for discom-
fort. she is very likely a slave to the lost
handkerchief habit"
The lost handkerchief habit smiling |
~ repeated a woman whose chosen work |
is to teach other women how to be lovely. |
graceful, and charming. that is very |
good phrase. Every other woman whom |
/ meet is a victim OF that habit-the hab-
it OF perpetually losing and seeking the
pocket handkerchief
Fashion. you see" she continued.
every now and again DEGREES that this
troublesome morsel of linen or lace shall
be kept in a new place. Some time ago
we all carried our handkerchiefs stuck in
the front of our bodices. little later we
tucked them under the lower edge of the
Same garment. still later We made the
belt serve all the purposes of a handker-
chief pocket. for nearly year now we
have carried them pushed up our sleeves.
Now, this location is an especially az
erayating one The slippery things are
forever getting loose from their moorinSs
and dropping to the ground. sometimes
We discover this fact in time to recover
them: more often We do not. In any case
there is a never ceasing strain upon the
nerves and temper which cannot faii to |
To render any sane woman uncomfortaoie-
The habit OF carrying the pocketbooK In
the hand is another thing which initiates
strongly against feminine comfort
No. Thonuhffu1.