The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-17

You see, this all sums itself up in 1 this law: Work more. rest more l Have I made it plain that this state ment is not paradoxical? The great majority of nervous patients have fall ed to work and rest. both; they have marely worried. Of course. this state- ment should not be taken speewingly. There are those who are brave and poised, and at the same time give out because of literally too many hours of hard work. Again, nervous troubles sometimes come as a result of purely physical ills and must he treated through them. But I believe idleness Is the most common cause of too com mon breakdown"
 You arc talking of women Are they different from men in this re- spect?"
 Very different. man naturally enjoys life and the good things that 1t contains, while woman takes to its troubles and cares like duck to water A man waits until troS'se is forced upon him. A woman seeks 1t. Above all, man. so long as his digestion will let him. eats, and this is his salvation. You can make a woman eat The nrst thing she does when she feels a pit bored with life is to turnsin disgust from her breakfast, no matter how
 
 While there's appetite there's hone. The nervous condition is very depen- dent upon the physical. If women would attend to sleeping. eating whole l somely and exercising properly, there would be a better chance for them"
 What about exercise?'
 Let the woman who suffers from | nerves take all teh exercise sch can stand. certain amount of fatigue, tne Kind that insures a sound sleep, will do her good. Above all let the exercise be out of doors. The fresh air works like magic in the way of l soothing overwrought nerves" What forms of exercise do you recommend?"
 "oh. there are countless out of door sports that serve about the same pur- pose The idea is to keep the patient m the open air--to keep her mind ab- sorbed in something ~e besides herself. 10 give her vigorous work that .wiu s.ars the circulation and make every organ perform It's function better, Tennis and horehack riding seem to me to be especially beneficial. They are so interesting that the mind Is diverted, and the body is given brisk work at the same time. And see to 1t that they are indulged in; for a short time each year at least. in the country A city's noise and confusion IS a strain on the nerves such as few realize.' There are few who cannot anord few days outing and what it costs will mean money saved in the long. run."
 pr. Hunts practice lies largely among women of wealth who as he says. would find homework SO dis tasteful that it would do them more harm than good; but I knew a victim or nervous prostration who was not cured until her husbands finances be- came such that she had to discharge her cook and do her own kitchen work She. says that the tub and the rolling pin were her salvation. She become so interested in them that she forgot her own ailments, which was the whole secret of the cure. If you are one of those women who have no artistic tai ent who do not care for a profession or who have no opportunity to take m one, take up the nearer labor, that in the home. and make 1t interesting. Housework can be turned into an art If you will
 Work does not age a woman. You will find among the wealthy. the la- dies of leisure, plenty who have to fight or wrinkles. They are those who worry. To be sure, workers do like wise; but it is their own fault when they uo' One or the youngest appear. ing women of thirty I have ever met has supported herself, her sister and her parents since she was twenty. She has worked from eight to ten hours every one of her six days, but she has the gift supreme-the gift of sunshine.
 Answers to Correspondents.
 Irvine-You can whiten your tanned face with a mixture of one-half pint milk, one-half ounce white brandy one-fourth ounce lemon juice, the whole boiled and carefully skinned. Apply twice a day.
 M B.-The matted condition of your friends hair is most trying, but a little care will straighten out the matter To a glass of tepi dwater add half glass of alcohol Saturate the hair with this. You will find 1t easy to comb out the locks and dis enfangle them after this treatment shampoo the hair every week for d time. using castillo soap and rInsing finally wit hthe juice of a lemon in the bowI of water. Brush out the hair from roots to tips several times a day. Comb 1t loosely back and let 1t hang In braid all the time until the mat ting has disappeared, repeating the dose of alcohol as often as necessary and diiutinR if lesa iF mad hn