Evening star., 1903-08-18
BENEFIT OF-AIR BATHS
REMEDIES For, CASES OF "SHAT-
TERED NERVES.
Nothing Like Ssunsaine and outdoo,
Life fsf "H6n Down"
aferss6hs.
From the New YorR .rrib@e.

From the New YorR TabssAe.
I'm afraid cant d1 much for you while
you persist in SITTING, in this half-closed
room." said an old physician to a woman
patient not long ago. The woman sat in a
darkened room reeking of aromatic vinegar
and violet smelling salts, her forehead
swathed in Ice water bandages, a look of
acute discomfort on her face.
Here you sit day after day, breathing
pretty much the same old air over and over
again. because to admit the sun or sun
warmed air would heat the room. you say.
And you are so nervously wrought up you
say you could not bear to go outdoors
1 don't know whether you know-I don't
suppose you do-that fresh air Is the finest
preservatfve of sound nerves and a good
temper there is. Irritation. which amounts
TO a positive disease with a great many
people and nerves-that is to say, over
stralned or exhausted nerves-are two con-
dftions which you can actually see being
produced in people by bad air. The snap
pishness and shortness so often seen in
business ofhces. the surliness OF elevator
Doys and the bad manners of people Son-
orally are not to be wondered at when one
sees the places where they work and sam
PIES the air they breathe
Summer Nerves.
"You. for instance are suffering from an
attack of summer nerves. You were al
ready nervously exhausted when the warm
weather first set in. and few hot, sleepless
nights increased your restless stata. in
stead of finding or making occupations that
would keep you out of doors, you shut
yourself up in a darkened room, ,exclu led
as much of the outer air as you convenient
ly could in an effort to keep COOL and
made desperate effort to calm yourself.
Now. nobody ever calmed his or her
nerves by resolving to be calm. We can rc-
solve to do things that will have a calming
erect on them. but the determination to be
calm Will invariably have just the opposite
result. 1t did on you You are in this NOR
bid. nervously irritable state largely be-
cause you have been breathing dead air for
the last fortnight. and thinking about your
self a great deal more than was good for
you.
Now, l am not going to consider you a
SICK woman in spite of all the distressing
symptoms you have been telling me. You're
the sixth woman I've been called to this
week who was suffering from summer
nerves. and nothing you have said has sur
prised me in the least
Natures Medicine.
What I want you to do is to begin a
course of air baths, water baths and open
air living. sha'n't give you any medicine.
except these three powders which 1 hope
will give you good nights rest for three
nights, thus breaking up the habit of
sleeplessness you have formed 1 sha'n't
tell you what they are. or give you pre-
scr1pt1on, so three are all you can have.
AS you have f9of which none of your
nefghbors can overlook I want you to 20
up there every morning at o'clock and
take an air bath. Remove your dressing
gown and let the fresh air and sunlight
play around your body freely. Don't try
to do anything or think of anything. Just
d. fal Ian
guorous. I'm sure you have seen pictures
OF eastern beauties reclining on divans or
being famed byatheir women attendants
See how 1t feels to be an eastern beauty
yourself. Being a rich woman you can
easily have your Indoors man carry a couch
and rug up to the roof for your comfort
If you drop off to sleep. SO much the better
After half an hour or SO, or when you wake
up get on your things go downstairs and
take a shower bath.
First tepid, then warm, then hot, then
cold. Have the hot water as hot as you
can bear it quite comfortably. After three
minutes turn the hot water Off short and
the cold water on full, as cold as you can
get 1T. for three minutes more. Then give
Turkish towel. No. want you to do it for
yourself. Your maid can help you into your
clothes afterward, if you want her to-
You will feel ready for breakfast by $50
O'Clock, and see no reason why you should
not eat 1T with your husband and son. You
are not an invalid, remember, only q worm
out nervous irritable woman bored blue
and cross. Make your breakfast nutritious
but light, and eat all you want. l should
think half muskmelon, a Graham muffin
an egg and as much cold milk as you can
drink would make a good. typical break
fast
Morning Coffee.
The woman raised her head weakly from
the pillow in protest. But, DOCTOR" she
said, in pleading tone, II can't get along
without my cup of coffee in the morning. I
always have coffee brought to me in bed
could simply not dress without it-and
then I positively must have it with my
breakfast"
Just as supposed" rejoined the man of
medicine. You have been whipping up
your jaded nerves with coffee until they
simply refuse to carry you another STEP
Not a drop OF coffee or tea shall allow you
until you have crawled out Of this hole into
which you have dropped. know perfectly
well how it would be-if / told you YOU
could have a small cup Of weak coffee with
your breakfast just for little taste in a
week I should find you taking two full
sized coffee cups Of strong coffee in the
morning, and as much more in the course
Of the day. In your present state tea and
coffee are simply poison-rank poison
II want you to spend the remainder of
your day outdoors. Lie down as much as
you want, sleep all you can. read an hour
or two. but not in a recumbent position
sew or do fancy work. but do everyth in
full effect on the nerves. Try every little
while to take deep, full breaths. Be in bed
by Q. Before retiring take tepid bath
that Is, have the water 90 degrees-and
stay in it, the body completely submerged
for fifteen minutes. Keep this treatment