The Republican journal., 1899-04-06
Health Hints.


TUH Tic apr Ldu1eS nome journal.
To learn to breathe properly, initiate the
lungs and walk for five PAGES, keeping the
mouth shut and breathing through the
nose, increasing the five PAGES to ten, and
then to fifteen or more. Follow this up
by taking several long breaths after get
ting up in the morning, and again before
retiring.
If people who regularly use powder
could only realize how destructive the
practice is to the skin, and how exceed
ingly nasty the results are, they would
gladly try what radiant, perfect cleanli-
ness would do. Several dollars worth of
rouge and powder can be outdone by a
plentiful use of pure water if only sensibly
applied.
After having washed the body all over
in cold or tepid water, dress warmly and
walk for an hour at least; exercise is
essential to health, without which beauty
cannot exist. The fresh water stimulates
the blood, and gives, naturally, a rosy tint
to the complexion. The exercise shaking
off the lassitude caused by fatigue, gives
a steady circulation to the blood, which
enables it to flow freely through the nat
ural channels, and imparts to the skin the
fresh color which is such charm
Wells do more to ruin the complexion
than any other thing. The skin needs the
friction Of the air. Constant covering
interferes with the circulation and the
healthy action of the pores. 1t heats the
face, and keeps it covered with an oily
moisture which catches the dust and dirt
and gets into the pores. When the face
is left exposed to the air the dust is blown
Oft, the skin is kept dry and clean. 1t
also stimulates the circulation of the
blood and gives color to the cheeks
Patti, the famous diva, tells writer in
the April Ladies' Home Journal how she
keeps her complexion clear and fresh
and avoids the wrinkles, 81 get one
pound of mutton--fat mutton" she says
''It is hard, like suet. Upon little
alcohol stove in my room | try it out
Slowly the grease SINNERS in my little
white dish until there is a warm cupful
of fat. This | run through little hair
sieve which | carry with me. Once tried
out | take the fat which is now the
purest mutton tallow and stir into it as
much gycerine as there is fat. Into this
| put a few drops of perfume. | keep
stirring gently until it begins to harden.
When it is done | put it in stone jars.
Every night | massage with this cream.
1t keeps away Wrinkles
Writing on SLOW to be Pretty Though
Plain, 'in the April Ladies' Home Journal,
Mrs Humphry contends that "'without
fresh air the body cannot be healthy, and
in the absence of good health the posi-
bilities of good looks are diminished.
Many girl whose complexion might be
clear and softly tinted if she only gave it
a chance, goes through life with thick
and muddy looking skin that suggests the
ACCESSIBILITY of an application OF emery
| paper, because she insists on sleeping with
the windows shut and therefore breathes
bad air for at least three quarters of the
night. Scientists inform us that room
which measures ten feet wide by fifteen
long and twenty feet high contains enough
air for the consumption of one person for
one hour. After thatits freshness is gone,
owing to the carbonc acid given off by
| the lungs. Yet the ma jority of people
sleep with their bedroom windows Shut
tight. The custom of having the gas
| lighted in bedrooms early in the evening
and burning there till bedtime, convenient
as it certainly is, is also most Injurious to
health. The gas vitates the air, aud
completely robs it of its freshness and of
those qualities which render it one of the
principal nutrients of the body"