The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-11

~ IS worn out with her engage
ments: II n business woman she
IS tired TO the hone from fag.
II a working girl she IS worn out. not 50
much with mental work as with real bodily
fatigue.
All can tal,e time to recuperate except the
working girl.
And It Is the working girl. OF all women.
who most desires and requires 10 look nice.
The working Girl expects 70 marry some
day. and Tor this she wants TO keep her
comcliness.
She must toll. meanwhile. aud for this
she wishes TO preserve her health.
She, whether working or at home, must
be active, and for this shs must maintain
the figure with which she grew 10 woman
hood.
The minute she loses that youthful rg-
ure. and COTS either a little too fat or a
littlo too thin. at that moment she ceases
20 hr useful.
The too thin woman Is delicate; the too
Tat woman is bulky.
Neither can DO the days work properly.
Tho working girl suffers most of al! from
fatigue.
This IL not always from overwork. fo-
an employer has n right TO ask certain
duties of his clerks.
II is more from the fact that A certain
set Of muscles are used. and no others.
This makes Them always sore ana l!EcN'
and the day is a drag and the night no
better.
The working girl can begin upon the
more comfortable existence by changing her
shoes every day of he's life.
Shoe leather is cheap, and she can just
as well have three pairs of boots as one.
Now. If she will alternate these, wearing
each pair for two days out of the six,
then she will he pretty sure of comfortable
feet. 'fG1
Though this is not n talk upon feet, it can
be remarked that the short shoe IS never
good.
If pointed toes are worn they should be
very long.
STANDING ALL DAY LONG.
In case of n bunion, let the working girl
al once see that the Joint Is cured This
can only be done 10y correct massage.
4 bunion joint is caused hy the d;sloca-
ton OF the joint cf the toe.
This must br gently lifted IN pace hnh
n pad must he placed between the toes to
hold tho joint whore 1t should be.
This will Instantly cure n bunion joint.
But at the first pressure upon the top
of the too the joint will again be dislocated.
Where the ekin has become sore and an
phsccss has formed 1t will take 4 little
longer.
But all bunion Joints a.e durable. They
are dislocations, and must be treated as
such.
The TIRED wOrKlfE WDIlldIl IlhoN "'aA :"
different set Of corsets for Mt least Two
DAYS of the week, and II would be well
n sho could wear n different gown, for
,he bands OF the skirt press INTO the f'ps.
and If the pressure can be changed one VIII
NOT start out In tho morning so very tired.
Tho working woman must also vary her
food.
She should never eat anything which she
does not relish.
Tho stomach continually revolts against
unwclcome food. and ic the working girl
does not like her rations she may be sure
that they will do her no good.
often they will give her indigestion
a certain tircd-out school teacher cravca
pie for breakfast.
Sho was not n New Englandcr from the
great pie holt. but Il woman VINO hau Always
lived in the city.
She was tired and pevish. and she wanted
pia instead OF oatmeal. and pie instead OF
toast.
A wise landiadv humored her. ard each
fay for three days che found mt her plate
n nice large quarter OF rich pumpkin pie
with a crust so thin that 1t could not hurt
her.
She really ate n dish Of warm pumpkin.
with egg and milk and sugar and other
nourishing ingredients. disguished us pie.
and at the end of that time she was ready
for her cereals again.
EAT WHAT YOU WANT.
There Is everything in eating just what
YOU want, and in getting all you want of
II.
If the tired working girl will take for her
supper a nice dish Of succotash, or a bowl
of pea soup. or the best vegetable broth,
and will finish with an inexpensive charlotte
russo or ice cream. or any other easily d-
gested food. she will find herself in better
condition than though she had sat down TO
the conventional boiled dinner. which
seemed. somehow. to go against her from
very start to finish.
Tla stomach Ia a curious organ.
1t has its likes and dislikes. its cravings
and its relishes.
And when II does not want an article OF
foui II throws T. forth.
IT. less pronounced strain It rebels against
fo,ds which It did not crave. and the gas
trio j-.i,ns which come SO freely when tho
right s<ticlA - eaten will not como at all