The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
BY MARION MARTINEAU.
with photograph posed by her.l

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
I have received so many letters from
young women who are so situated that they
must he at work during the day that 1 feel
as though II were time to devote a special
talk to them
Not only are my correspondents numbered
among the younger class Of workers but
1t Is from older women as we'll that numer-
Gus letters have come.
They want to know how to keep up their
general health though at work daily; and
they wish. above all things. to learn how
to keep pretty and free from wrinkles
though occupied at work which is more or
less nerve-racking.
1 have always been of the opinion that
the woman who goes out to work daily is
not as tired at night as the woman who
stays at home and works. The stenogra-
pher has her noon hour and her mornings
and evenings; 50 with the bookkeeper; and
the girl who is IN the trades. The dress
maker. milliner. manicure and professional
woman ell have hours of work and hours
of play.
The school teacher has, perhaps, the hard
est work OF all, for during her hours CT
duty there IS n great nervous strain, COM
bined with physical effort. The school teach
er must use all her senses Mt once and
keep her body and brain moving. II she
stands at the blackboard she must use her
arms. keep her head turning, her ears must
be acute. her eyes looking in front of her
and behind her at the same time, and her
mouth must be busy talking. There Is
nothing more trying than this.
Keeping Young and Pretty.
The woman who stays at home has one
advantage. II she is i'll she can hu:aor
herself. If tired she can adjust matters to
suit her MUSCLES; II she wants TO work she
can do SO, or she can rest. Should the light
IN the room not suit her she can darken
or brighten It, she can open and close the
windows and she can sit in a rocking
chair.
So, after all, perhaps the balance is
against the woman who works. her duty
with her is stern and she knows that she
must do her work steadily or drop out.
Now, the question OF how TO keep young
and pretty, healthy and 1.-THE, is one that
interests her, for she feels that not only her
comfort depends upon this, but her success
as well. The woman who is slender, active.
comfortably healthy and actually good
looking has a much better chance than the
woman who is fat and heavy, sickly and
~dyspeptic, with a poor complexion.
The woman who is employed must exert
her mind and her judgment in order to keep
herself as she should be. She must let the
brains that are making a living for her be
OF assistance to her IN the beauty quest.
II she is obliged to sit at a typewritins
machine all day she will find herself ex-
hausted at night with a pain in her side
from too much exercise. Her legs will feel
cramped, though her arms will be tired.
Walking is not the right exercise, nor IS
sitting of any avail.
A private gymnasium in New York City
which IS patronized by professional women
who are earning good salaries makes it a
rule that all shall begin the nights practice
with Indian-club work. but It is surely the
strangest exercise with the clubs you ever
saw. Instead Of swinging the clubs the
pupils uss them In other ways. The first
exercise calls for a resting OF the weight
upon the clubs. These are placed upon the