The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-18

a brilliant Frenchman, visiting this !
(country for the first time, made the /
usual complimentary remark about
American women. saying that they
We're, the most beautiful N the world
but he discounted his praise by adding
that their beauty vanished at the very
hrst sign of fatigue. For this he was
at once dubbed most ungallant, though
undoubtedly truthful. There are few
women in the world whose looks, like
Triibys or Kitty Ashes. are enhanced
by WEAKNESS or sease, and a pro-
longed shopping expo 5ition viii usual
y send the family beauty home with
but few traces left of that loneliness
Of face and disposition for which she
IS SO famed.
The American girl, beautiful or 9TH
erWise, has yet TO learn the great les
son of conserving her strength She
is still too anxious to do a dozen things
at once She must go in for every
thing from the higher education to the
latest fad for anklets, and so 1t hap
pens that in her early 20s day Of
strenuous work or play VIII leave her
tagged and haggard, and at 80 she be-
gins to realize that she must look out
for traces of WEAKNESS in face and
them as soon as they appear, for they
are only too inclined to remain and 10
grow stronger with each successive
expenditure of force and finally TO
stamp her as ''prematurely old. The
things which do the greatest harm to
the American WOmanS looks, prOVld-
ing. of course, that she is naturally
healthy, are, first, the unreasonable
and unreasonable hours she keeps, the
nervous tension under which nine WO-
men out of ten are labOring, the lack
of knowledge about diet, and exercise,
and for those who are much indoors,
bad ventilation and strong electric
lights.
The girl who tires easily should make
UP her mind to get nine hours sleep
every night, nine hours in room with
the window open If il is cold, pile on
more blankets and have hot water bot
ties, If necessary, but fresh air is absO-
Iutely essential One of the reasons
why so many women look wan and
tired in the morning is that they have
been breathing vitiated air during their
hour of rest The bed should never be
placed next to the wall, and the mat
tress should neither be too hard nor
too soft. Divans and couches are not
10 be Te nended for the tired girl,
as they become lopsided and the
nervous Sic. = unconsciously feels as
if she must nuid on to the bed to keep
on it. This muscular contraction dur
ing sleep is another reason why our
girl does not feel rested and she must
make mental and physical relaxation
the first step in learning to conquer
fatigue and banishing the marks Of
age.
Complete relaxation is more a matter
of the mind than of the body. In or
der to learn this very necessary art,
one should lie fat on the bed, or sit
in a comfortable chair of the Morris
pattern, built TO fit the human frame,
Sit perfectly at ease. Fix the mind on
some calming and Testful thoughts.
Now go over the entire body, starting
at the heads, down the neck, shoulders,
arms, hands, then chest and trunk, and
so on down to the toes. Stiffen each
muscle separately while inhaling a full
breath, and relax each muscle while
exhaling. Inhalation should always be
through the nOstrils. After doing the
muscles separately, sending the
thoughts to each portion of the body,
(which is being tensed and relaxed, one
gins to feel what real relaxation
cans. This exercise should be done
fore going to sleep, and will in most
Fasts prove d potent cure for insomnia,
= particularly if the muscles are
stretched and stiffened at the same
time.
The woman who begins to feel ChrOn-
ically tired. providing, Of course, her