New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

BET, p0GS AND CATS MUST BE GIVEN Ot--OO|O-
PATTON A CURE FOR NERVOUS PRosTRA-
TIOS AMONG THE RICH.
Ct, lanes Sawyer in his recent lectures on lon
.v,,v has given us such excellent rules for self
observation that every one should possess them.
r..v gre eight hours sleep, sleep on your right
~ keep your bedroom window open all night,
..ys q ma; 10 your bedroom door. do not have
,oy, sedstead against the wall, no cold tub in tho
-o-,,ng b.; a bath at the temperature OF the
.,r. exercise before breakfast, eat little meat and
a.. ,na. II Is well cooked. For adults-Drink TO
rs "a, plenty OF fat 20 feed the cells which are
.s,,es by disease germs: avoid intoxicants. which
.Asroy those cells: allow no pet animals about
,our living rooms (they are apt 10 carry disease);
w. m the country II YOU can; watch the three
De drinking water. damp and drains; make change
Z occu0auon. take frequent and short hohdays.
l.,4. YOUR ambition and keep your temper.
Al undoubtedly excellent rules. but several
v,lca. IN certain cases. require modification. Not
.vtrv one In ;his chaneeabe climate can stand
,,e2.ng with The window wide open and exercise
bs.o-a breakfast Is apt 10 disagree with certain
.ous,tu.o1s. Perhaps. however. that may refer
,oG.ew minutes vigorous Calisthenics af;:r ones
,yh n which case the exercise would probably be
,s,eat.al TIE structure IN regard to pets seems
,s.hsr arbitrary. and yet cats. il IS sad often
,,'-s d.~h:heri7. bu; why milk is forbidden II Is
ss-l n imagine on tho wto.e however, the
.u,ss sneak FOR themselves and well may he sub
.c.ad 10 proof
RIDING-NIsTREsS INSTEAD OF MASTER.
:, Is peasant to know that the English 'idins-
mistress 7as found her way across seas at last.
H. golden head and perfectly turned out habit
md lrmsn;s. wiki which We have 50 long been
.aruia- IN Rotten Row. is becoming a familiar
srlre In our own Central Park as she canters by
r.h her pupils or exercises her horses on the
.,,3lcpath She has been heretofore not only
distinctly English product. but mas shown SIN
.u.a1ly A,tie appetite for The American ooHaFs
which professionals" seem 10 believe may De
pckci M FOR the asking his side OF the At
ante: hu she hos finally arrived. and it is 10 De
hoped that she will Hnl the venture q successful
orc and that she has come 10 stay, for certainly
she seems = more fitting companion for young
women shan the German cavalrymen who have
heretofore held :he monopoly or that species OF in
s;ruc;ion Riding Tnisrcsses, liz England at least
fo- what they WIZ develop into with our complex
conditions il Is hard to say-are variety OF
Araazoniaas or nymphs OF Diana. That is 70 say,
By reason o. the close intercourse which they
must have with their pupils who belong to the
robesi and best IN the land their lives and their
characters must be irreproachable, while the nat
IRE q their occupation. which throws them with
certain class OF "horscy' men, compels them TO
l1opt a rigid. businesslike exclus:vcness which
has become in a way their Preroga;ive A riding
distress may come and 20 as she likes without eX-
citing comment or observation.
NY first love remarked a man recently who
with the rest o, MS family had been brought up
In England. was my sisters riding-mis,ress. l
was about we've and She was between twenty-five
end thirty. but was wild about her al the same
She was truly A taking creature. and have often
wondered what became of her. Tall, slender ana
petty with perloc, figure and haxen hair worn
In neat Knot at the neck. always dressed in nc
horses, she might have turned older heads man
nine. bC; she mover gave the occasion for inc
..gAtes, gossip. she taught the younger members
Of the ROYAL family and half OF the nobility OF
London. and ralored the confidence II was s@iI. OF
he highest ledy in the land. In the Row riding
n.st!csses ale The only cIucstriennes without a
WV she IVES never caed lri1so-passed every one
used 10 turn and look OF her. A. one TINE
thought Of writing novel ana taking her for my
heroine. She certainly would have Deen an At
iTactye one
NERVOUS PROSPERITY.
q hear your mistress Is III. Dinah." said a South
EN- woman % the maid Of one Of her friends.
VIVA; Is her trcube?"
y dunno zacAly. Mis- Smith" answered the dam
eel It's q new disease. ] reckon think the
ioc;or 't,led It nervous prosperity
Il would be curious 20 know how many of the
so-caled Of nervous prostration might be
more correctly diagnosed as nervous prosperity"
II Is no uncommon thing 10 hear an overworked
mother ana house-mistcess exclaim, Il should be
Il IN bed II DID not have so much % DO! Doubt
.-ss she would Le. bat would her spirits or neaIh
x any the better Ia consequence? Is not the sense
., being actually needed IN he- household oil DeiAS
.. paramount value 20 her children. of leaving 4
c,stacty felt void Il she became incapacitated,
ionic worth having? After ALL ii Is only our snort
sighted way OF .ookirg az things that makes the
.ol OF 4 woman with nothing 10 do and money
.s.ose seem SO much more desirable man tnat OF
,he harasseo. but mucn-needed ana therefore
blessed, mother. who has no time 10 think of her
ailments
Nervous prosperity" or. as it IS incidentally
..ss.ed post9at.on. IS greatly on the Increase. is
acre no physician with the courage OF his conNlc-
uohs who viii dare 10 tell these fashionable hypo,
..oHGrlacs what is really the matter with theIn ana
sAa' they viii cease 10 think OF themselves ana
ave Tor others their Ills will disappear? Like Naa-
nan: the syrian II Is hard for those afflicted WIN
le leprCss OF sclnshness to believe that ny simply
sasnng in the river Of moral eXer;ion they VIII
:. cured
EASY FANCYWORK
Inc most fashionable toacloths for afternoon tea
9-s' now are embroidered in cutwork over trans
'@lency This looks Ike most elaborate en-