The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-01-09
F1vE-M1NUTE EXERCISES FOR WOMEN.

A man went the rounds of the city the other
day trying to find a woman vino wasn't busy. He
save it up as an impossible job. Three-fourths of
the women were rushed to death, and the other
fourth were down sick from ovcrwork.
The industry of the busy bee is proverbial but
not more so than the industry of the busy wo-
man. \ mans work may be from sun to sum- but
a womans work is never done
Yet, in the busy hive of women workers, there
must be some that are buster than others. And
among the busiest ones can be counted the women
who work who are actually employed And in
This number can be mentioned the women lawyers,
doctors the women school teachers, stenographers
and clerks the women who work at indoor pur-
suits and the large number OF wage and salary
carriers everywhere. All these require a special
physical culture treatment
A correspondent wrote a little while ago to
know what could be done to improve the physical
condition the who works. Il am q school
teacher she said, land in spite of attempts at
hygiene breathe bad air all day. At night ] am
so exhausted that | come home glad to sink down
on the couch. l am too tired to eat, and often
my dinner goes ntasted.
Even wh,n / do eat" continued She my food
does not agree with me, and | suffer from what Is
called nervous indigestion. Exercise only makes 1t
worse, and l get thinner and thinner, and more
and more nervous.
Ii is not difficult to imagine that this plant is
one of many. How a school teacher woman
lecturer of amy description use her lungs all
day in room which is filed with pupils, all
breathing the same air and over again, IS a
miracle. The problem of supplying the lungs OF
The teacher with perfectly fresh, pure, warm air
has never been solved, and the poor teacher must
either breathe poor air or open the window and
catch cold
OF course there is such thing as ventila-
ton But this is imperfectly arranged as every
teacher knows and as every woman who Is en-
ployed in an office, where there are others, knows
The air grows heavy and the head grows dull, and
The heart and stomach grow sick. 1t IS the old,
cid story of the woman who works. She Is tired
10 death before the day ends and goes TO bed too
tired to sleep. She does not get rested until spring,
when she breaks down with nervous prOstraton,
and so secures little respite.
1t is not TO be expected that the woman who
cannot reconstruct the office she 50 order
matters as TO make herself wholly comfortable
She must take thing as she finds them and over
come that which is bad to the best of her abll-
ity.
Physical culture Is that sort of training by
which the i'll effects of bad method of living arc
overcome The woman who knows anything at
all about physical culture will not get as tired as
the woman who Is Ignorant OF the art While one
grows tagged and pale the other keeps her color
and preserves her strength.
II IS all a matter of physical culture, this pres
crvation of your health and this retaining of your
color One woman grows white and wrinkled and
ragged, while the other stays plump, and red and
pretty Both breathe the same air. both eat the
same food but one thrives while the other pales
The first requisite for the preservation of health
Is the proper amount of exercise But this should
not be taken as expercise pure and simple. 1t
should be modified sort of exercise sort which
rests and does not tire.
The woman who goes home at o'clock at
light tired in every limb and weary of bone
and brain that she cannot Think Is in no condl-
lion to perform health exercises.
In the first place, she Is too tired to tax her
vitality. She is really too weary TO do anything
hut rest She must not exert herself to the point
of exhausting the little strength she has left.
There are those who approve of hot bath at
such times, and others that advocate a cold bath
Truth to tell, the woman who has worked all day
is too tired for either. The cold bath shocks her
too much while the hot bath takes too much of
tie natural oils out of her system.
If convenient and one feels equal TO it, rub
down of alcohol is best. But ii this is always
possible the woman who has worked hard all day
will find herself wonderfully freshened by com
Iete change of clothing, particularly of the shoes
and stockings underwear and collar.
The theory Of the complete change Is this:
The body which has been compressed all day in
corsets collar and shoes has become tired in spots.
The collar presses on the back of the neck, the
shoes grow rough here and there, the corset wor-
lies the hips. Now, if fresh lot of clothes be put
On. there will be 4 new pressure eXerted and
the old spots will get rested It is almost equal,
inrestOrative qualities, 10. putting rest robe.
If the woman who has worked all day feels
equal to the task, she slip into gymnasium
suit; and, once in it, she perform stunts: and,
O, such pretty stunts at that. She take
rocking chair and with this simple outfit, can go
through the gymnastics which viii rest her body
and develop il as well as though she were 10 try
The most elaborate Of calisthenics
In performing the gymnastics the woman who
has worked herself tired during he day should take
Of al that it is possible TO remove.
She should then sit down ir the rocking chair
and leaning forward, touch the tips of her shoes.
This is a simple feat, but ii rests the back. She
can then rock backward and forward, swinging her
arms ever her head. 1t is not at all hard to do.
She can also kneel on the chair and, still rock
ing, manage to keep her bod balanced: There
are many and many little things she can do TO ex-
ercise without thiTing herself.
in certain sanitariums in Austria, where the
tired out Austrian society women go to rest, they
have bath which is for the out. 1t consists
OF olive oil scented with rose. This sweet and in
MIGRATING mixture is used as a massage, and 1t
i rubbed into the body until there is not a drop
left in an ounce bottle. This takes a long time
rubbing, but it leaves the patient rested. As fat
Toner it has no equal.
All of the pure. sweet oils are good rubbed
into the body and all are restful. But the tired