The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-06-18
FOR THE NERVOUS WOMAN.

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FOR THE NERVOUS WOMAN.
(By Marian Martineau i'm Chicago
Tribune)
Il am so nervous can hardly keep
still, and 1 jump at the slightest
sound"
SO complained a woman to a friend.
Have you tried a dose of fresh air?''
asked the friend, with twinkle in her
eye Il had a case of nerves and went
10 sanitarium with them. 1 was
cured IN the open air, but it cost me a
thousand dollars. You can take the
same cure at home without paying out
one cent.
Fresh air." continued this woman.
lis not always easy TO get. At home
We have little of it. Our house faces
row of red brick dwellings and the
back overloOks a tall factory. We are
pretty well shut in. But 1 go up on
The roof now and then, once a day.
anyway, and get the fresh air. And,
then. | get air in the parks.
Look at me- continued she, mot a
nerve in my body. i feel strong and
active, and when l get up in the morn
ing | am glad to be alive.
1t used to be l rose in the morning
10 sleep in the same manner / used
TO get UP worn and tired out, and by
the time / was dressed ] wanted to go
back TO bed again. Sometimes the
sweat poured off me like rain. Even
my hair was wet and clammV with
moisture. ] was weak and the weak
ness was all nervousness.
Then in the matter of eating | had
trouble. Nothing would digest. 1t was
d bad case of plain nerves. | was 50
nervous nothing would go down COM
tortahly. You never saw such
wreck
My worst hours came at night. for
then I woke UP and worried. I wor-
ried and ] worried and ! worried.
did not know what it was to sleep
whole night. Finally / went to the
sanitariGm. And this is what they old
for me:
They made me sleep with The win
doWs open, not partly. but vide open
could feel the breeze blow across me.
They would not let me go to bed at
night until I was terrible drowsy and
oftentimes / have been so Slespy tl:at
could not keep my head up while I'M
dressing. ] was both sleepy and tired.
And no wonder. / rose in the morn
ing and was compelled to dress with
the breeze blowing through the ICON.
] was not allowed a morning bath as
] was not strong enough physically 1cr
that Then l had breakfast-and such
breakfast, 1t was a lesson in food
values
Il ate cereals and green things, and
celery and watercress, and everything
nice l wanted in the way cf fruit. I
also ate all the hot breads l dcf.ired.
and / had plenty of good hutter.-.
hot = .fr,l- J.,
good as coffee.
All the morning ] walked in the
open. I was sent out i'm the shade so
that ] would not get a hea ia:le, ard
] walked and / walked, stopping oc-
casionally only to rest
My, what an appetite ii gives you TO
walk if you are dressed for your TX.
I wore large shoes with perfectly fat
heels. / wore short skirt With a
loose belt. ] wore com eortdble waist,
with corsets that supported. hut cid
not press upon the back. AnG in this
garb / could walk forever.
For luncheon such Z meal. T':ele
were stewed fruits i'm plenty There
VAS cooked spinach. There were
toasted breads and mullins and there
" as breast Of chicken, plenty Of ii, but
no red meats
Il may say that / was afflicted with
obesity and the diet was an obesity
diet. We had no starchy things 70 eat
and 20 pastry. In place of pie and
cake we were given stewcd fruits and
~ place of the rich creams, w1ica turn
TO acids IN the stomach, we ate green
things, such as lettuce, celery. al tire
many palatable green leaves walCh are
served up on the table.
The drink question came up often, !
for where people exercise a grea, deal
6r are inclined to be stout, tfer5 Is al
ways a great thirst. l had been in Tie
habit Of taking a good glass IF mater /
every hour But this WIS fOrh.C0en |
One small glass had to suffice from |
meal to meal. But ia its place there /
was substituted ripe, fresh fruit, !
slightly tart, such as apples and /
orsnges, and after taking bit IF these /
no further drink was needed. 1t is |
astonishing to find how soon you can /
overcome the habit of drinking ali I
times of day. I weaned myself from !
The drink proposition in week. l /
now felt no thirst at all.
The trouble with people who diet 1
for obesity is that they confine them !
selves to the strictly necessary foods. |
They eat only those foods which are |
tUll Of substance and they eat as little /
as possible. The result is great dis
comfort. The stomach needs a little +
waste tissue, and unless you ill it UP !
il will not feel easy.
Don't try, if you are dieting for OBJ
esity. to get along with too little food.
Fill up the stomach, but let 1t be with
foods that are digested easily. Don't
starve. II will not do you nor your
stomach any good. The stomach can
not be abused In this manner without
responding with a protest.
Dieting is terribly difficult. The
trouble is that you and your stomach
want the thing which you are told will
not do you any good. You are in
structed not to eat all You want. yet
your stomach protests vehemently
against such privatiOn. The solution
Is to eat all you want, fill up, but try
10 get the right food.
And there is something in training
your stomach. If il has a'sdesire which
is not to be gratifed teach it to want
something else. A woman who con-