Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-13

a reasonable amount of rule and pre-
cept concerning sumber There are
!. few women who cannot maintain a
tolerably strict regimen so far as
habits of sleep are concerned. The
mothers of little children must resign
themselves to broken nights, but the
majority of wives and mothers and
still more the younger women, may
have a fixed time for retiring and adj
| here to this with some degree of
/ strictness. 1t is very well to ailot
six hours of sleep to a man. seven
/ to woman and eight to FOOL as
! the old proverb runs, but the So
called fools allowance is none too
much for the greater part of man
/ kind and womankind.
| Besides this there are other health
| considerations to be borne in mind.
| Dress is among them. A well-known
physician in an English medical jour-
nal has written recently against the
evil Of tight lacing, and has laid to
this much of woman's i'll temper. The
writer who is a woman and evidently
knows whereof she speaks, tells of
the compressed organs, the restricted
blood vessels, the hampered nerves. |
and declares it is no wonder that the
average woman is irritable and i'm |
patient 1t is said that there was
never yet a woman who would con-
fess to lacing tightly, but in confiden-
tial conclave they will sometimes
own that perhaps the laces are once
in a while drawn more snugly than
is altogether omfortable,-always by
accident, of course! Those who con-
fess to this will probably acknowl-
edge to pains in the legs and back
that hinder their activity of motion
and maize any brisk movement. or
even standing, painful.
All this should be abandoned by
the woman who would keep well. She
may wear corset, but it should not
only be of the right cut and be put
on properly, but it should be worn
loose enough to allow her freedom
and avoid all danger of discomfort
Sometimes it seems as though a
special Providence must watch over
all women in general and young wo-
men in particular, that they are still
alive on the face of the earth. The
foolish things they do the risks they
'un are enough to drive a mere man
o despair. See the girls who go out
clad who pride them :
selves on emitting heavy fannels
rom their winter wardrobe, who neg
ect overshoes. affect thin soles and
10 a multitude of other such idiotic
hings These errors alone should be
nough to decimate their ranks. even
f they did not eat things that are
'ad for them, ruin their teeth and u
heir stomachs with sweets and in
ulge in a host of other insane ac-
ions. After they have grown old 4
nough to learn wisdom they may try
0 reform. but by that time they have
sually laid the foundation for i'll G
eaith or at least impaired their con- n,
titutions to such an extent that they c
re never quite well. even if they do =
OF enroll themselves among the in .
Aids %
Perhaps the women of the rising fe
will grasp the fact that 81
ley are not made of indestructible m
lateral and try to take care of
lemselves while they are still in fair "A,
,ndition. For those who have done IN
injury there is stiH hope
they will address themselves to -
lie task of repairing damages and
'eventing further harm. This is not
be done by over dosing. but, to re-
at the injunctions already laid
'wn. by correct food, dress and
bits of sleep and by regular and 4,
FL directed exercise in the open air