Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-08-20
To Cure a Case
Of Nerves Try Fresh Air.

am so nervous | can hardly keep still,
and jump at the slightest sound SO
complained Il woman to a friend. Have
YOU tried dose of fresh air?' asked the
friend, with a twinkle in her eye. Il had
Il case of nerves and went to SAM
tarium with them. | was cured in the
open air, but it cost me thousand dol
lars. You can take the same cure NJ
home without paying ont one cent.
Fresh mir, continued this woman, is
not always easy to get. At home We
have very little Of It. Our house faces u
row of red brick dwellings and the back
oyerlooks a tall factory. We are pretty
well shut IN. But so up on the roof
now and then. once a day. anyway, and
get the fresh air. And, then, | get ali
i'll the parks.
Look at me" continued She mot n
nerve in my body. | am we'll | feel
strong and active and when | get up ia
the morning | am glad to be alive
Il used to be terribly sickly. | rose Ia
the morning without appetite or amb-
ton and went to sleep in the same man
ner. | used to get up worn and tired.
and by the time | was dressed | wanted
to go back to bed again Sometimes the
perspration poured off me like rain.
Even my hair was wet and clammy with
moisture. | was weak and the weak
ness was all nervousness.
Then. in the matter of eating | had
trouble. Nothing would digest 1t was
a bad case of plain nerves. | was 80
nervous nothing would go down com
fortably. You never saw such wreck.
MY worst hours came at night for
then | woke up and worried | worried
and | worried and | worried. | did not
know what it was to sleep whole
night. Finally. | went To the sanitarium.
And this is what they did for me.
They made me sleep with the win
dows open. not partly. but wide open. !
could feel the breeze blow across me.
They would not let me 90 to bed at night
until | was terribly drowsy and often
times | have been 50 sleepy that ! could
not keep my head up while undressing.
was both sleepy and tired.
And no wonder. | rose in the NOM
ing. and was compelled 70 dress with the
breeze blowing through the room. was
not allowed a morning bath. as ! was
not strong enough physically for that.
Then | had breakfast, and such break
fast. II was lesson in food values.
Il ate cereals and green things and
celery and watercreSs and everything
nice | wanted in the way Of fruit. |
also ate all the hot breads | desired
and had plenty of good butter | also
had hot drink viii b was a good az
coffee
'All the mol ming ! walked IN the open.
| was sent ont i'm the shade 50 that I
would not ger 81 headache and ! walked
ana walked. stopping only occasionally
to rest.
My, what an appetite it gives you to
walk If you are dressed for your walk.
I wore large shoes with perfectly Eqt
heel~ | wore a short skirt with a loose
bell | wore u comfortable waist with
ccrspt~ that supported hut did not press
upen the back. And in this garb | could
walk forever.
For luncheon such neal There
were >ferel fruits III plenty. There was
cooked spinach There rcre toasted
breads and mullins aud there was breast
Of eAirksn plenty If il. but no real meats.
Il may say that / was afflicted with
obesity ana the diet was an obesity liet.