The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11
FOR FEMININE READERS
HINTS To ovERwRoUGHT WOMEN
WHO ARE RUSHING THROUGH LIFE.
Women Are Successful as Drug Dis
pensers-Pleasant Pastime OF
scrap-Book Making.

4 lie coming WOMAN Will DC a tiiih5 u
beauty. rule and not an exception. a.
| plain woman an ungraceful one will he
looked upon with pity, as deformity Is
row. says a written in the Philadelphia In
| quirer
| Neither drugs nor medicine will bring this
| about-cnly plenty of the purest air to be
had and exercise to keep blood In circula-
| ticn. To remain young a woman must keep
| her joints Timber she must keep up active
habits and make the most of natures gifts
| by cultivating them with assiduous attea-
| ton. These the lessons are teaching
| our girls More than one-half OF the bad
| and clumsy figures are due to careless
| habits. II women only half appreciated the
| value of breathing exercises fiat chests and
found backs would become obsolete. II In
dian clubs or dumb-bells were a part of
| the practical furnishing OF the feminine
| bedroom undeveloped arms would not be
| knC wn- If a proper carriage of the body
was universal there would be grace where
| awkwardness now rules. These are the
lessons which women refuse to learn. Cor
| rect breathing Is the first law of health and
| comfort, and a positive joy when you get
| accustomed to it. In cold weather a warm
| glow can be sent through the whole bo1y
! by filling the lungs to their capacity with
| fresh air and holding it as long as you can
| Two or three of these deep breaths are al
| you need to make you forget that the
| weather is cold. In the warm season this
| breathing gives such lightness and strength
| TO the body as to make you oblivious of the
| heat. 1t is good plan to take few Of
| these breaths whenever you go into the air,
| as they give the lungs vitality and remove
| whatever impurities you may have Deen
| breathing in a close apartment.
When a woman is confined closely to the
house these health and beauty exercises
can be practiced before an open window.
| The hands should be raised straight over
| the head and then dropped naturally to the
| sides without paying the least attention to
| the shoulders. They will fall into place
without assistance. Then. with closed
mouth, long, deep breath should be taken
| IN, held for few seconds, then slowly eX-
| hailed. This not only strengthens the lungs,
but increases the measurement OF the chest,
and is the surest safeguard against colds
and other petty ills of the flesh. A full,
| round chest and fiat back are the first
| requisites of figure, and those who are
not born with them or do not try to secure
| them by reasonable methods must either
resort to art or acknowledge their deformi-
| ties every day of their lives. After the for
| tieth birthday woman must take little
4 more care OF nerSelI, increase the cOQullng,
| but never sink into slipshod ways. She
must have an interest of some kind outside
| Of her routine work, but she should not
| pursue it too ardently. Judicious rest.
| proper food, unlimited bathing and plenty
| of exercise Will give her enough to think
| about In addition TO her regular duties and
| her diversions. Coddling is an almost un-
known word TO many busy women. 1t IS
| just what the WORKOUT worker needs and
wants if she has sufficient energy to voice
| her wishes. We are only grown-up children
Lot hnnt nral n..f
| ding days, although we rename them when
we leave childhood behind. We save"
rather than coddle, ourselves.
There are numberless ways in which
strength can be saved. We waste an
| amount of energy by not compelling our
| heads to save our heels. little thought
Will prevent useless steps and few grains
/ of precauton will save an amount of
| strength which can be put to other uses.
| Women really try to do too muchAthey
overlook the many. things which are best
| left undone. Men, as a rule, concentrate
| their attention upon one line with possible
| side diversion, while women divide theirs
| into infinitesimal parts. That is one cause
| of nerves among us. am not advo-
| eating monotony but crying down the num-
| Der of unnecessary duties which keep wom-
| en- IN perpetually tired state. You have
| only to note the pace at which we are
| rushing through the world to find cause
| for that strictly feminine complaint, nerves.
| In health the nerves are normal they only
| cry out when the body brain is over
taxed. We rush TO work, to places Of
| amusements. We push and elbow our way,
our one thought, apparently, a desire to
| pass somebody.
realize the difficulty of changing ones
| habits. Women, especially, are averse to
trying experiments, even though they often
| feel that they would like to live diff
| ferently. So they continue to live life
! that they know needs modifying, needs
sweetening, because they lack the moral
courage to make the change necessary to
| their well being. 1t is almost useless to
talk to people who never take holidays,
who find no time to read, to see new pic
| ture or play, or acknowledge social obliga-
/ tions. Poor, tired, overworked women.
| They get very little out of life. They grow
| old before their time because they take no
| has to be wooed persistently and pa
| tiently, and these women have no time
| to spend in coaxing. They will not ac-
| knowledge the value of fve-mnute maps
| because they have not time to test it,
| They do not know how cat maps brace up
the system and relax the nerves. So
| ciety women, who have as little time TO
| themselves as the verieSt household drudge
but to whom good looks are paramount,
| snatch these little five minutes whenever
| they can, lying down, If possible, but al
| ways with the muscles of the body relaxed
| as limp a muslin frock in a thick
| fog. The eyes are shut, the whole body
| the five minutes have passed. By
perience the number of minutes can be ac-
curately gagged, but at first the restful
sensation of being thoroughly at ease is
| apt TO prolong the five minutes, without
| harm, of course, unless one is tied to time
| Maps are the best investments busy women
1 can make, for they repair portion of the
| waste and store up vitality, not more than
| enough to last through the day, however.
The most successful business women /
ever met were thorough believers in fire.
/ quent periods of rest. But they differed IN
| their ideas. One, whom can call to mind,
spent one Sunday of each month in beo
/ Her room was darkened and two meals
were brought 10 her rather light in charac-
| ter. because there was to be no exercise
for twenty-four hours. All day she dozed
and luxuriated in complete idleness, with
no thought of the cares which the morrow
would bring. She banished unpleasant
| memories and made her mind as nearly
| blank as an intelligent woman can on
| Monday morning she was ready for work.
| keen OF brain, alert in body and with an
| appetite like that of a growing boy AT
| forty-five she passed for woman ten years
| younger. and was as free from nerves as
| any man of her acquaintance. Another busy
| woman. one who shares her husbands Of
| flee and his business cares, goes to a Turk
| ish bath every Sunday and remains until
| closing time. She has two reasons for her
4 choice-rest and comfort, the former Sc
| cured by the refreshing sleep which follows
| rather rough treatment at the hands OF at
/ tendants, the latter brought about by the
/ loss OF flesh which she secured in the hot
/ room. She Is a blooming specimen OF
healthy womanhood. even though she does