New-York tribune., 1901-05-03
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with the coming OF ''ye merrie monath O. May
the social season is practically ended for time.
and the average has time 70 devote 10
recuperation OF body and mind. The nerve weari-
ness attendant upon the active pursuit Of pleasure
or business both Of which more exacting in
winter. usually has produced plentiful crop OF
wrinkles pronounced incipient that must be
eradicated promptly.
Most women plan 70 massage the face every
night for five or ten minutes before going TO bed.
and II this were faithfully carried out the wrinkles
perhaps would not have appeared, but every one
knows how easy It IS to omit the process just
for tonight when especially tired, and how IN
evitaby the omission becomes more frequent. until
the massage is a htfuI ceremony, performed not
more than two or three times in a month
II is not the external physical effect, but also
the internal that needs treatment and the two
should be considered together, with some priority
given TO the internal wrinkles" of the nervous
system
The first thing TO do is 10 secure as much rest
as possible. Nothing restores vitality TO tired
nerves so quickly as sleep. and every woman who
values health and beauty should devote herself 70
sleeping as many hours she can hlch from the
day She should begin TO prepare for bed by $3.50
ar the latest which would give time for the tepd
sponge bath. the careful application Of cold cream
70 neck and face and the hair brushing that should
precede retiring.
One may say: But I cannot go TO sleep so
early. and lying awake Is so tiresome!' There are
always remedies for this condition, II does not
and exhaustng social duties keeps her nerves in
good condition by using grandmorher's old
fashioned herb recipes. One OF these she takes
freely every spring drinking a wneglassful before
going 10 bed and before breakfast. This panacea
is nothing than camomile tea. Its devotee
buys the camome flowers and sleeps them in
hot water, not boiling. but kept just below the
boiling point, for an hour. using only enough 10
cover them thoroughly This she bottles. and
adds water dilute the desired strength as
needed For the ''nightcaps'' she uses hot water,
and for the morning tonic cold water is her choice.
The same sensible woman attributes her lovely
mpIexion to the restricted diet that is all she
allows herself in sprlngtime- Through April and
MAY her dinner consists OF a single lamb chop, d
generous salad Of fresh dandehon and a grape
fruit or Strawberries. Coffee she resoutely puts
aside. in the tiniest OF cups, and sweets she
For breakfast all the year she eats a orange,
several slices Of coarse bread and three min
utes'' egg and drinks cup OF coffee. This Is
varied the recuperat1ng season oy onlltInS
coffee from the breakfast well as from the dln-
ner menu and substituting two cups OF water as
hot as can be taken. This regimen was prescribed
who do not insist upon constant dosing she
regards IL as an infallible cure for all minor dis
orders Of stomach and liver. TO which bad COM
on general principles. all green salads should be
eaten abundantly for luncheon and dinner, II IS
q nitv that garlic and onions are so obJecJtonable
vegetables 4 scientific man who has given much
attention 10 the subject OF foods attributes tne
rueFed health OF the South OF Europe peasantry
20 their free OF oil. garlic and simple wine;
But urfortuns tely perhaps, the alrruisn 2f good
breeding prevents refined people IN this country
from frequent indulgence in food that taints tne
renedv for the odor OF onions garlic after eat
-sx will confer boon on humanity.