Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-31
THE GIRL WHO is TIRED,
And the Best Course of Treatment for
"Lazyritis."

Lucy always felt tired when she
watched her mother, and the hired girl
40 the thou TherefS for she
help. Her favorite method of not see
ing that which fatigued her was to re-
tire to the parlor recline gracefully on
generally had peace, although her baby
brother neglected perforce by a mother
busy with her other duties, sometimes dis
tyTbed Lucy by crying IS,i in his crib in an
Lucy didn't like the annoyances, says
George Owen Koch in the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Recently Lucy had not been feeling quite
herself. She was not in any immediate
danger of death-merely oppressed with a
sense of lassitude and chronic weariness
| made the whole thing easy. The doctor
was an amiable old chap, and Lucy
| thought she could bring him to look upon
| TIT IS she wished.
The visit to him was quite satisfactory.
| He was properly sympathetic when Lucy
described the symptoms of her nalady,
| and he rose to the adroit suggestion of
| physical culture as the trout rises to the
| fly. 1t undoubtedly would be good thing.
| she did not need any medicine in the
shape of drugs; just some exercise with
proper apparatus and in correct costume.
| Certainly he would inform her father of
| the state of her health, and what she
ought to have to effect a cure. He would
write her father letter that evening.
Just as he finished his meal, and he open
| ed it at once.
| 1t read as follows:
Il have diagnosed the case as one of
I,aZvritis a by no means rare ailment.
A thorough course Of physical culture
| is the only cure. For this reason /
recommend that your daughter be fur
nished with appropriate apparatus and
costume for INDUCING in the following ex-
ercises:
Wrestling, bag punching. Swedish
calisthenics,, endurance motions and hex-
ing actions"
Hes a dear old man. thought Lucy.
when she had perused the foregoing
"He recommends exactly what / want"
Then she continues the letter:
"WRESTLING-This exercise can be
had willis making beds. Turning several
heavy mattresses a day will prove very
BAG PUNCHING-rhis exercise also
can be had while making beds: Humping
pillow to get them soft and smooth is
excellent for the muscles of the arms and
shoulders.
SWEDISH CALISTHENICS-Th
can be INDUCED in with the aid of a
broom: The Beading, and swaying neces..
sary IN sweeping !se1 VII reduce the size OF
''ENDpIA,Sct.s a MoTIoNs-To :. be
practiced over d washtub filled with hot
soapy waterand soiled clothes. The W
cleansed will strengthen the whole body
and give great powers of ;, endurance.
Also excellent as a vapor bath for tai
complexion.
these actions to perfection. The reacninE
! out with the brush while the person exgiFs
cising Is on haHd; and knees makes an
the muscles pliable.
"COSTU ME-Ordinary house dress.
without corsets; skirts clearing the floor
and sleeves tucked up at the elbows.
'grIME,-All the time, except when acfu-
ally fatig1ieti.
II hops 10 hear of decided improvement
in your daughters health shortlys I'm.
my dear sir, yours. TtfS respeetfuly. A.
Whereat Lucy wept and said smiefuf
things about 1.-The nasty, mean old piysi-
cian.'' Did the prescription do her any
good? Well, her mother has been totwo
natinees in three weeks. and the girl has
bought book entitled Housekeeping as
a Science"