The Jersey City news., 1902-05-31

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tion of a new diet which will answer all
needs and minister to our comfort with
equal. .ifnot more satisfactory results than
the immoderate indulgence in animal
flesh.
Schulz, writing on mental diseases, asks.
rs our civilizations to blame for this neu-
rotic condition." and the answer IS in the
affirmative How can nutrition prosper
in the body where malnutrition holds full
sway? asks DIR. Julia Holmes Smith in
the May Pilgrim And how can people
be happy and healthy when worry domin-
ates their lives? Far in this human being
the lower officers of the nervous hierarchy
draw their very breath at the bidding Of
verify reciprocal. for to keep the brain
healthy the unconscious nervous func-
tions must be kept IN good shape, proper
activities alternating with wisely arranged
periods of reDose- Just aa soon as one
notices the approach of nervous irritable
ity systematic nerve rest will shorten an
attack. and by rest. I mean to have the
patient go to bed and have massage. The
amount of eercise undergone In a good
scientific massage is equal to a walk of
two or three miles a day, and it goes
without saying that such passive exer-
else should increase the appetite and the
food ingested and enjoyed will be well
digested and assimilated. l use the word
''enjoyv deliberately because there are
some nervous invalids who cannot enjoy
their food unless in solitude. In addition
to the massage I would recommend salt
rubr which are very easy to give. Have
a saturated solution of common table salt
Rub the body briskly. especially from the
spine outwards towards the side of the
body, and as soon as the skin is well red
dened, wash off with moderately cool
water and the chances are all in favor
of reStful condition. In case persons suf-
fer from cold feet at night, 1 would ad-
wise the bathing of the feet in cold water
before going to bed, and having a hot
water bag always at hand.
Lettuce celery. spinach. onions are all
vegetables especially value TO a person
of nervous temperament, and milk hot or
cold is invaluable.
Not few of the ailments from which
girls suffer might be prevented by a little
care and common sense.
70 take one instance-neuralgia Does
it ever occur to you young ladies how
largely this is due TO the indiscriminate
eating of sweets?
Girls. as a rule, eat a great many more
sweets than are good for them, and
what is worse, they often eat them at
the wrong time-i e., just before or mid
way between meals. The consequence is
that when luncheon or dinner time comes
they have hardly any appetite
Commonplace beef and mutton seem
most unattractive; they can hardly touch
such things and no wonder. The cara
me,s'' and "fondants'i and creams" they
have been eating all the. morning have
turned. as "sweeties" have an awkward
trick Of doing. into acid in the stomach.
and when your stomach is full of acid
you may bid adieu to any relish for
wholesome food.
But" you may say. what has this
to do with neuralgia? Doesn't it come
from cold?"
Not always; certainly not. Strong
people. says an exchange. whose blood
is healthy, can stand lot of cold and
even damp without getting neuralgia. If,
however, your system is run down be-
cause you are not sufficiently nourished.
then you are open TO all sorts of neural
gle attacks. and ir spite of the posses
sion OF q good cook and well-stocked
larder you may be half starved by reason
of your digestive apparatus being out of
gear.
Want of appetite is often the direct
precursor of neuralgia, and many girl
is the destroyer of her own healthy ap-
petite for plain, wholesome food because
she spends all her pocket money in the
"sweetshop''
Some girls begin their sweet eating
even before they get up in the morning
and eat sugar things in bed the last thing
at night. They should be warned in time
against such a foolish practice, for they
will assuredly damage their good looks
as well as their health.
An acid state Of the stomach is a COM
mon cause of that very unpretty thing
a red nose Acid seeretions ruin the
enamel of the teeth. Toothache is large
~ due to this cause, and once the teeth
begin to go the bloom of the youthful
face soon follows.
Physical culture used TO be regarded as
extraneous to the college course. 1t was
a specialization, like music or china
painting and was merely decorative bit
in the curriculum. put there for those
who might care to take it. It, stood, in
relation TO the present meaning of the
course. about the same as did the white
flannel gymnasium suits. which the girls
used to employ their fancy in devising
to the sensible dark Sblue and dark red
garments now selected for hard use in a
we.le-ouiDped gymnasium.
In a word. from being regarded as an
amusement, diversion. or sort of ac-
eomplishment, physical culture in young
women's colleges and in schools has crept
into the curriculum, ana Very 0rnlF eS-
tabished Itself. A few years ago, it was
nearly always optional: and the physical
culture teacher was engaged to BE there
when some few pupils should arrive
whose parents had specified that their
daughters were to take this work in the
gymnasium. The instruction consisting
of pretty fancy drills and marches and
dance steps. was given TO those who
wished to take it. and they were excused
from the lesson the slightest pretext
Gradually as the necessity for physical
culture began to appear to a few heads
of institutions. the work was required for
an hour or two hours a week. but only
in the freshman and sophomore years
At the present time-in Bry Mawr-for
instance--a student must have taken the
required amount of physical exercise dur
ing the four college years before she may
receive her degree.
These are the days when, as Shakes
peare says. t'rooks and davis and maidens
bleach their summer frocks.s says the
s'woman's Home Companion The sum
mer frock 10 a coneomitant Of warm
weather that we would not willingly do
without However much they may de-
light in young leaves on the EN-. the per-
fun,e of lilac blossoms. the morning notes
of the birds, and other outdoor matters
that poets ike to sing of. mankind in
general if they are honest. viii tell you
that the chief Joy of the season is in the
privilege of looking at and being with,
carefully gowned women. Here is one
note of spring that the city man has
oftener than his country cousin. The lat