The Jersey City news., 1899-12-18
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II is ostmsibly to calm the mind and
sootbe tbe nerves In doing this it in
advertently works upon the complexion'
saws .sDemorest's Magazine" There IS
nothing SO absolutely fatal to bloom and
freshness as constant worry and fret.
small lines comes out about the eyes and
mouth. and the constant rack of brain and
nerve makes itself very apparent in the
face.
Some people when they are in repose
sink into an unutterably sad train OF
thought. and this naturally shows itself
in the facial ligaments One can no more
suffer mentally than physically without
showing it.
Don't Worry Clubs are to train the mind
to put away narrowing thoughts-to put
out the old lumber, so to speak, and clear
it for the cheerful and serene Notice.
when going about In cars and puplc
places. the number of persons with anx-
ious, unhappy faces, especially those OF
the middle-aged. They are doubtless car
rying their troubles with them and Drooo-
ing over them, which is habit they nave
fallen into when left to themselves
Don't Worry. Club might well be recon-
mended to each one of these. There IS
no sorrow the better for being brooded
over. and since we must live, even after
being visited with affliction. how much
better to be cheerful about It.
famous French beauty when asked
how she preserved her lovely complexion
even past her sixtieth year, disclosed the
secret. She did not resort to cosmetics
nor 70 outside assistance When anything
worried her she simply went to bed ana
slept until she had forgotten it. That
would be hardly feasible in these days,
bnt the nriucfule is the same. It was not
the going to bed exactly that preserved
the skin of the beauty, but her ability to
nut the worry out of her mind.
Another thing which mars many counte-
nances and gives them dismal express
SION * the dread Of growing old. We
are warned repeatedly to grow old grace
fullv what Is growing old gracefully?
The answer is simple enough: Growing
old naturally. 1t only hastens matters
to grieve over il.
Our Don't Worry Clubs teach US that
age is honorable, and, moreover, that
there are so many worse things Whlcn
can happen to person, little thing IKE
growing old is scarcely worth mentioning.
Worry about advancing years is like clip
ping the hair--it only hastens its growth
Cleanliness, naturally, and plenty OF
exercise in the open air, are great fac-'
tors in the preservation of ones looks,
but without the mind at ease they are
not of much avail. The women VINO
walks ten miles with tight shoes and
aching feet, urging herself further and
further. to call the roses to her cheeks,
may be surprised on reaching home and
looking in the glass, not to find them
there but instead. to see some very
strained little lines about her mouth and
a tense suffering look in the eyes. She
tells herself that all this exercise Is
mere RUBBISH and that she might have
done better to remain at home doing
the family mending. How nearly right she
is, she little guesses- Perhaps that very
mending was Weighing upon her mind
the entire time she was walking, and
the thought of 1t would dispel any rose
she might gather on her way.
The mind can be trained to pleasant
thinking just as the body can be trained
to any particular carriage, and this to
what the Don't Worry Clubs strive to
teach US. A healthy human mind is
quite as tangible as a healthy human
body. and one is hardly possible without
the other.
How many persons who have scoffed at
and ridiculed these same clubs, when
told of the salubrious effect upon the
complexion will continue to deride them?
We shall probably have more of them
than ever They may come to be called
Beauty Clubs after a while.
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Our American women are proverbially
overworked," claims Mrs. F. NJ. Colby in
the December Women's Home Com
panion Many of them are of slender
fragile build. not able to perform
the Herculean tasks demanded of
them. Oftfmes it is the task of the
tabled Sisyphus, ever repeating ted
fous routine; that is. rolling the never
ceasing stone. Fl makes ones heart
ache to think of all the rough work they
do-work that sometimes their husbands
know nothing about and think nothing
about-tasks that are often done by the
light of a lamp whose blaze is fed by the
midnight oil And this work is kept up
until at last tired nerves give way or
cough comes on, a sensible decline begins
the housewife falls down prematurely,
and q husband is left wifeless and fam
ily without mother. Somebody is at fault
for all this but whom shall we blame?
Life demands so much society demands
so much; your own ambition and pride
aud your husbands welfare and success
are exacting constant surrenders of time
and strength. But there should be a
limit. No woman can afford to sacrifice
her health and welfare Of her higher ma
ture at any price. Work thus becomes
moioch; but why not refuse the terrible
offering Of life and blood and strength it
claims? Take time to rest Recreate,
read, attend the quarterly meetings. A
human life, souls happiness, is worth
more than few paitry dollars, the pleas
ure Of outshining your neighbors, having
better house or better dressed children.
Tired. nervous, overtaxed wives drop
that work now and run out and breathe
the fresh air Of the fields. Take your
chiidren out under the trees. You will be
the better for It,, and the work will not
he the worse. An hours rarnbie or rest,
listening to the singing of the birds, the
wfirr Of insects, watching the shadows
nlay with the sunshine and drinking in
tbe revfving, freshness Of the balmy wind
"a cheaper than a DOCTORS CALL
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The general idea that bluslTing is due
N fulluess of blood in the brain is incor-
rect according to a new theory OF a
French expert, says Pearson's s Weekly