Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-05-04

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Br MARY ANsABEL rANgoS.
IL is NOT more than q single gen
GRAFTON, since Spring was accepted
as the doleful season of the year,
Poets did praise 10 reluctantly and
flowers would bloom; but on the
whole ID was regarded as time OF
general misery.
People were expected TO take cold,
and 70 get run down." and .wh hen
home WASH I made desolate by house.
cleaning, there were horrid herbs
brewing and dreadful concoctions
being handed out to tone up unhap-
py humanity.
The present generation Id more
|ckaerful- II finds hopeful sprine =
pleasant season, 70 Be spoken OF re-
spectfully. II doesn't write so much
poetry, not take SO much medicine.
IL plays golf instead, and makes
friends with Spring.
But there is still left the occasion
al spring cold, that is SO hard 30 get
rid OF, and the tendency toward re-
Taxation from the nerve pull of win
ter. One can have their ills with
the utmost admiration for whimsi-
cal beauty of the early warm days.
And dosing, but increases the evil.
The best spring tonic that l know
OF is morning plunge into cold
water; q tub full of water, cool and
invigorating. yet invariably soft.
There is no spring lassitude at break
fast IL q cold bath has interviewed be-
tween bed and board.
To speak in spring parlance. "it
starts the sap running" and il the
blood is circulating well, the nerves
are quiet, food is digesting, the brain
is clear, and there is fresh color in
the cheeks and a cheerful light in
the eyes.
You can't have the "blues" and
spring fevers and moodiness, if you
are feeling vigorous and energetic.
and you can't feel listless, il the or
gans OF the body are in good work
ing order.
Sleep with your windows open
land q screen about the bed if you
like) and never forget that elixir of
life-the cold plunge if you want 10
lind all the JOY of Spring.
But make sure that the water is
soft. A daily plunge in hard water,
would so roughen and harden the
skin, as TO bring about condition
OF actual misery.
You cant thoroughly dry the skin
from a hardw water bath, and damp
skin means first roughness and
through roughness. possibly poison
ing, from contagious irruptions.
To a tub full of water add tea
spoonful of borax, well dissolved In
warm water. Then the bath will
not only be invigorating, but posi-
tive benefit TO the skin, making il
white and velvety.
1t is an excellent plan IL one lives
in a ard-water country, TO have in
the bathroom q solution of borax-
water with as much pure borax as It
will hold in solution-always ready.
Duringarduous housecleaning days.
a teaspoonful of this solution should
be put in all water used for any sort
OF cleaning. II helps the cleaning
and saves the hands.
1t is also the greatest comfor. in
the world to the weary woman who
has trouble with her feet" A tea
spoonful of borax in q basin of warm
water and then immerse the feet for
some ten minutes, a dash of cold
water, o brisk rub, and every bit OF
swelling and pain are gone.
One cant suggest too many rest
fui ideas TO busy women-and this
Water Cure, warm at night and cold
in the morning. is one of the pleas
ant and heaEthful suggestions that
modern science has yet offered 10 an
eviling spring time world.