The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22

solutely essential to health Take the
air, yes, but let it he in carriage when
ever you can. Violent exercise is the
worse possible thing for 8 woman who
would fam grow plump.
Extreme plumpness would be avoided
If the rocking chair were given up. If
women were less lazy they would not
grow so stout. says a recent writer on
the subject. No woman can reduce her
flesh who lacks courage. The woman
VINO is inclined to be stout can gain a
pound easier in a day than a slender
woman can in year. 1t is said that
when the beautiful empress of Austria
discovered that her waist was growing
larger and that her beautifully modelled
chin was losing its curve she, the finest
horseWoman in the world, gave up rid
ing and took long walks every day and
in all sorts of weather
To grow thin you must exercise. Walk
If you can but better still, work; keep
mind and body busy. Above all, renounce
everything that comes from the con-
fectioner. Eat moderately of underdone
meats, green vegetables. salads and
those fruits that are slightly acid. Drink
put little, battle regularly, taking tepid
baths Constant work Will do more to
reduce ones flesh than anything else.
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well known society lady is RESPONSE
I
good advice to those in the position to fol-
low it: When I get overworked with my
social duties, when things go wrong gem
orally, and when I get into that mood
with which every woman is familiar,
when life does not seem worth living, and
one hates ones best friends, 1 simply go
to bed and stay there till things come
straight and I begin to feel q new zest
of life. 1 come back into the world In
the most beatific frame of mind with all
my incipient wrinkles gone and everybody
glad to see me. If women would just try
| this prescription they would be surprised
| to find out how it heightened their youth,
soothed their nerves and made them far
more agreeable companions and friends.
! The daytime nap should always be
taken in a darkened but we'll ventilated
room. and under sufficient bed covering.
| In a sleep like this weary housekeeper
/ gains enough strength to enable her to
feel fresh and bright in the evening,
when so many women are worn out.
! Where one must trespass upon night
| hours usually allotted to sleep, the day
/ time nap should be prolonged.
! AS fresh air is the best tonic. 1t IS
| said that a window may be opened at the
! top on sunny day, no matter how i'll
! the patient be- If in the opening a
wooden frame, covered with flannel is
! fitted On this point. however, the doc
| tor should be consulted. An umbrella
covered with a shawl makes a good screen
when the windows are open, the patient
being sheltered under it as If in tent.
A folding clothes horse may also be Util-
lied as a screen frame.
| AS a person lying on his back Is de-
prived Of the protection Of his eyelids
! from the light. the blinds and curtains
should be adjusted with regard to that
fact A room a little shaded is more rest
full to a person In illness, but if a patch of
sunshine can be let in somewhere in the
room 1t makes a CHEEKY spot for the pa
tient to turn If minded. The Italian
proverb says: Where the sun does not
enter the doctor does
Don't sleep with eyes facing the light.
A test by closing the eyes when facing
the light quickly shows that the strain
is only lessened, not removed, and the
interposition of an adequate shade is as
grateful to the shut eyes as when they are
Open 1t is sometimes necessary in a
small room to have the bed face the
window, but even then by means of
shades rolling from the bottom instead
Of from the top the window may be COW
cred to a few inches free for the passage
of air.
PRESCRIPTIONS
In acidity of the stomach, accompa-
MED with pain, the MEDICAL Press and
Circular recommends Subnitrate of bis
muth, 10 grains; carbonate OF magnesia,
Is grains; solution Of potash, minims;
dilute hydrocyanic acid, minims; tine
ture of ginger 5 minims; peppermint
, water to make l ounce This is one dose.
To be repeated two to three times daily.
Shake we'll
In ivy poisoning the following is use
full. Sulphite of soda and glycerine. of
each 1 drachm; camphor water to make
4 ounces. Leon Noel.