Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-25
HOW HEALTH MAY BE FOUND.
Exercise, Correct Dict, Clothing and
Habits.-Some Evils.

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Copyright 1904, h, Christine rrrhnnc Herrick)
As nation we have never learned
that an ounce OF prevention Is
worth pound of cure. We forge
gaily ahead, doing what pleases us
and fail TO awake to the fact of our
folly until we reach n point where we
have TO go TO work to repair injuries.
II would be a great comfort If those
who take a deep and peculiar JOY In
saying Il told you So" could feel that
this sort of blunder was confined to
men, But women hold a prominent
place I'm the ranks of those who poss-
ess n capability for recklessness and
faith I'm remedies. Several causes
have Joined to produce this state OF
affairs
! In the first place, women are too
busy. They always cut out more tnan
they can accomplish and go on the
principle that there are at least TWEEN
/ ty-seven hours in every day. II their
work were purely selfish one conld
condemn them unreservedly But as n
rule a big share of II is done for 9TH
ers. Had the ordinary woman sense
of proportion she would see that some
times she does more for those about
her when she does less, so TO speak
/ In other words. II she would spare her.
self n little there would be n likelihood
that she would be able TO stand, for
more in her family and social life.
But this is something that Is hard for
her to learn.
A woman almost always means
well. II she didn't there would be
more chance for her, she might be
converted from the error OF her ways.
But her ways are so good that there
seems no ground for criticism Yet
even while she justlfies herself in her
course of overwork she feels that
something Is wrong. somewhere.
heard one woman voice the opinion of
many not very long ago.
II have so much to fill my hands"
she said II work all day and have
comparatively little time TO be with
the children. And when the active
employments are out of the way ana
| want to give myself to my family
there is nothing left worth giving
There is the trouble. The woman
breaks herself down by over exertion
in some good object. She does not
take time to preserve her health. She
wears her nerves to what is popularity
known as n FRAGILE. and then she
takes medicine to build herself up.
on the ground OF live and let live
her attitude and action might be just
flied. For what would become of
auacks and patent medicines II 1t
were not for women? Men patronize
these. too. but after all. the women,
with their generous confidence that
there is panacea for every evil un-
der the sun, are the best patrons of
proprietary remedies. I have said that
women lack a sense of proportion. In
nothing do they display this more
than I'm the faith that they can labour
for years to make themselves physical
wrecks and then restore themselves to
health and strength by few bottles
OF some well advertised heal-all. II
they could once have II borne in upon
them that earth bears no balsam for
mistakes" that 1t takes longer TO
climb up hill than II does to run
down and that It Is easier to keep well
than TO get well they would have made
a long stride towards health and hap
piness.
OF course 1t might not be so inter-
estingl There are still plenty Of wo-
men who enjoy poor health" II they
did not have something the matter
with Them what would there be to
talk about2 They would have lost one
of their most absorbing topics Of con-
versation. Moreover, they would miss
the delight we all know In being worse
off than our neighbors. Every one
who has read "The Mil on the Floss"
recalls the pride Mrs. Pullet felt In the
amount of physic she had taken,
pride which her husband shared.
"Pullet keeps all my physic bot
ties said Mrs. Pullet He won't have
one sold. He says is nothing but
right folks should see 'em when I'm
gone. They fill two of the long store
room shelves already. The pill boxes
are in the closet in my room,-but
there's nothing to show for the
bouses. IL it isn't the bills"
The American husband may not be
quite so complacent about his wife's
physic record as was Mr., Pullet. but
there are plenty of women who openly
or unavowedly, cherish the same
modest pride as to their doctors and
druggists bills.
Apart from this class are women
who are so busy at their various avo-
cations that they do not take proper
care of themselves. Il never know
am tired until | break in two in the
middle" l heard a woman say once.
There are many like her. When the
breaking in two" comes, II is natural
that the victim should turn to what
palliatives she can find and endeavor
to repair damages by drugs.
Not for moment would l criticise
the physician or belittle the advan-
better to keep well in the first in
stance, or if one can, to bring oneself
up after one is run down, by natural
common sense methods than to make
ones stomach a general deposit for
drugs of sorts.
Such common sense ways are not
far to seek. In fact, they are so close
at hand. so every day. that sometimes
something nasty taken out of a bottle
they are condemned on that very ac-
count. The patient feels as Naaman
did If some hard thing were re-
quired. il would be done. but diet. ex-
ercise, correct clothing seem futile
useless things. a doctor, a prescrip-
ton. appeal far more to the imagina-
tion.
But let us consider the common
place remedies. The question of diet
should be studied by every woman,
both for her own sake and for that
of her children. The mother of a
family should know that there are
certain foods that build up bone and
muscle, others that make flesh. still
others that may please the palate but
do little besides. She should learn
what these are and give serious